Best Use of Prog in Film

Svetonio wrote: Peter Gabriel's cover of Strawberry Fields Forever in All This and World War II and Mike Oldfield in The Exorcist.

My word! I thought I might be the only one who remembered All This'. It went in and out of theaters so fast in '76, I think, to makes one's head spin. Just Beatle covers interspersed with WW II footage. I found an unopened copy of the accompanying album at a used record store (now defunct) around 10 years ago, and the proprietor actually let it go for the price on the album's original sticker! Also enjoyable among the tracks and related to this thread was Bryan Ferry's rendition of "She's Leaving Home." Unfortunately, three other songs were assigned to (brace yourself) Leo Sayer, of all people. I guess he was a hot commodity at the time among pop singers.

For All This and WW2, don't forget the Frankie Vallie and The Four Seasons cover of We Can Work It Out.

Edited by SteveG - October 23 2014 at 14:47

Blacksword wrote: Buffalo 66: Yes - Heart of the sunrise Yes HOTSR

Guldbamsen wrote: Blacksword wrote: Buffalo 66: Yes - Heart of the sunrise Yes HOTSR Excellent choice good sir!

This. I love Vincent Gallo in an erotic way.

Blacksword wrote: Buffalo 66: Yes - Heart of the sunrise Yes HOTSR

hell yeah...  if or when I ever run a strip club... that song intro will play in an endless loop man...

I'll go with the easy one: Yellow Submarine with the Beatles

I don't know many movies that use prog on their soundtrack, but I feel that's a big wated oportunity. I think this kind of music could work wonderfully on movies... you could have the "song part" and then go on with the instrumental passages for the action scenes and whatever... It could take the place of the orchestrations often used in movies. On the other hand, since Tubular Bells was mentioned, I guess it is indeed a great use of prog on a movie... but I actually don't know that movie very well, nor do I intend to watch it; greatly because I don't really like that kind of movies, and even more because I don't want to related that wonderful music with the theme of the movie.

Yes', And You and I, is in the film Apollo 18 multiple times... horrible film btw.

Edited by zachfive - October 23 2014 at 22:26

zachfive wrote: Yes', And You and I, is in the film Apollo 18 multiple times... horrible film btw.

Rednight wrote: JD wrote: I seem to recall a part of ELP's Karn Evil 9 being used in a film. I want to say "Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry" a typical 70's car chase movie. Can anyone help me out on this? That would be "Aloha Bobby and Rose."

I'm sure I saw a Japanese movie that used Toccata. It was a long time ago and I can't remember whether it worked or not. I also remember Starless by King Crimson being used in the UK TV detective series Hazell which was co-written by former England manager Terry Venables. The series, I mean, not Starless.