prog soundtracks!!
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Topic: prog soundtracks!!
Posted By: philippe
Subject: prog soundtracks!!
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:04
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What is your best music for film composed enterely or partialy by a prog band? ------------- 
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Posted By: Russiandude
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:07
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Big Fish with soundtrack by Yes comes to mind immediately. However, musically, score by Brian Eno and music by Toto (which is not really prog, but...) to David Lynch's DUNE!!! ------------- Respect |
philippe wrote:Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:09
| Tangerine Dream: Legend. Jon Anderson sings on the final tune. |
Posted By: Russiandude
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:11
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Also Lady Hawke with Alan Parsons' fabulous symphonic score!! ------------- Respect |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:11
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yes...Dune soundtrack is great!!! especially the composition by K. Schulze -------------
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Posted By: Russiandude
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:14
The closing moment Take My Hand by Toto (when credits are running in the end of the movie) is also something!! Paul meets Chani, also. And Eno's Prophesy--haunting, psychodelic and sad... ------------- Respect |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:17
For info if you like Eno's dramatic, sad ambiant pieces, have you ever heard his "music for films"... . His music for the unreleased "Spinner" is also not bad at all, particulary the title track. -------------
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Posted By: Russiandude
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:20
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Sadly, no. I would love to, though. I'll check Napster but....if there are some free downloads ------------- Respect |
U can count on mePosted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:22
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'Sorcerer' by Tangerine Dream. 'Suspiria', 'Profondo Rosso', and 'Dawn Of The dead' by Goblin
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 12:27
Yeah!!! excellent -------------
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...about TD soundtracks, I really love 'Sorcerer' notably the creepy and atmospheric ouverture. I personnaly think that 'Thief' is the best Soundtrack composed by TD despite that the film is a big commercial sh**Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 13:47
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Keith Emerson's soundtrack for 'Inferno' is my favourite closely followed by Vangelis 'The Bounty'.Also worth a mention is Francis Monkman's score for 'The Long Good Friday'.
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 14:20
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"Dark side of the moon", the soundtrack to "The wizard of Oz". http://www.ingsoc.com/waters/info/oz.html - http://www.ingsoc.com/waters/info/oz.html http://www.confusio.com/issue2/wizoo.html - http://www.confusio.com/issue2/wizoo.html And many more! |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 15:10
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"Das Boot" (The Boat) by Klaus Doldinger (Passport)
I really love this soundtrack (and of course the movie)  ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Marcelo
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 16:26
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"Koyaanisqatsi", by Philip Glass, and -of course- "The Wall"
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 16:34
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THE DARK SIDE OF THE WALL.
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: dropForge
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 21:50
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Here's one nobody else will mention: the complete score to the Transformers animated film by keyboardist Vince DiCola. Yes, really! Outstanding electronic symph-prog. Just skip over the track with the stupid guest vocal.
TD have so many soundtracks besides that one (and most are better). The Jon Anderson tune is wimpy; they never even met -- Jon's voice was "grafted" onto a TD instrumental at the label's insistence to have another vocal cut besides Bryan Ferry's "Is Your Love Strong Enough?"
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 23:53
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Well, lets see:
Iván |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: August 04 2004 at 23:59
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"RocknRoll Your Eyes" - ELP's PAAE movie... is my favorite... followed by Pink Floyd's "The Wall", "More" and Keith Emerson's "Inferno". There are a few movies were I love specific songs from the soundtrak.. for instance, I liked some of the soundtrak from "The Crow" especially Jane Siberry's "It Can't Rain All the Time". And I love Annie Lennox's "Love Song for a Vampire" from Bram Stroker's Dracula. ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 00:09
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yep, hard to beat the Blade Runner soundtrack. Even without the film, it's an impressive piece of music that reminds us what the Vange is capable of when he's truly inspired. now it's not quite prog, but the Highlander soundtrack by Queen is pretty close- true, it's over the top, bombastic, melodramatic, and often fairly cheesy...but it fits the film perfectly and is well executed (especially compared to their work for Flash Gordon- just as memorable, but dated, campy, and just not as well done). Has anyone mentioned "Obscured by Clouds" or "More" by Pink Floyd? Both of which I'm sure have been experienced more by music fans than filmgoers And you can't forget the brief and unwelcome (by the composer, anyway, despite the fact that it's possibly the main reason so many people have heard of him) inclusion of Tubular Bells on the Exorcist soundtrack... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 02:59
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"Tommy" and "Highlander" prog soundtracks??? I'll buy that, but don't think many would - good choice in "Highlander"; great film and soundtrack! I'm particularly keen on the soundtrack to "Jesus Christ Superstar" - which I think fits the definition of prog and certainly fits the definition of Rock Opera. Cheating a little, how about the soundtrack to the film "Woodstock"? Great value for money, as there are two volumes giving nearly 4 hours of amazing music and ambience. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 07:27
| Surprised nobody has mentioned The Goblin ( or misnamed, as in the credits on one late night horror movie on the TV last month, The Goblins), who have made a career out of instrumental prog soundtracks - as Morte Macabre paid tribute to on their Holocaust album. |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 08:05
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Funny you say that- I just purchased "Dawn of the Dead" and noted that the music was credited to Dario Argento and The Goblins...I thought the band might have just been the Argento version of John Carpenter's soundtrack work. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 08:25
| has anyone mentioned the movie "Theif" with James Caan,the soundtrack is by TANGERINE DREAM!!! |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 09:47
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Mi fave TD soundtrack is that for Friedkin's The Wages of Fear: the album is called Sorcerer, and was produced by the TD in 1976, but wasn't published until 1978, when Peter Baumann was about to leave the band. Amazing stuff: in many ways, a return to their Atem/Phaedra days, yet maintaining some of the orchestral sensibility they developed during their 75-78 era. Regards. |
Posted By: dropForge
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 10:38
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It's just Goblin, and check the first page of this thread again. I've got over twenty Goblin CDs, myself. One of my favorite bands. Also, Goblin keyboardist Claudio Simonetti has a slew of film scores to his credit (some are Argento films, some aren't) and Claudio continues the Goblin tradition with Daemonia.
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 14:14
Certif1ed, Is it the soundtrack version you're referring to, or the original album which had Ian Gillan and Murray Head on it? The film came sometime after the album, as indeed (I think) did the stage show. If I remember correctly, the visual adaptions only came later once Lloyd Webber and Rice had managed to drum up some interest in the project. Anyway, assuming it's that album you're referring to, I agree entirely. An excellent piece of music which would warrant inclusion in the "Various artists" section of this site. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: August 05 2004 at 23:45
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I sort of like the Monkee's soundtrack to the movie "Head" ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 06 2004 at 00:38
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Somebody asked if Tommy was Prog', believe it was Certif1ed, good question. I've seen endless debates about this album, I believe it has many progressive characteristics, like being conceptual (even though not every conceptual album is prog') and has many songs that can be qualified as prog' rock, like Overture, Underture and Amazing Journey; which are absolutely complex songs. Of course there's POP material like Pinball Wizard and lots of classic Rock, but along with Quadrophenia are the only proggy adventures by The Who. I agree about Jesus Christ Superstar, there are many great progressive songs, like Overture, Heaven's On their Minds, Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) and John 19:41. But as Easy Livin said I believe we are talking about the original Opera released in May 1971, not about the movie with those two terrible songs added for the big screen. Lets remember Lloyd Webber was always influenced by the music that was in fashion when his works are released and if prog was ever fashion was in the early 70's. Iván |
Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: August 10 2004 at 21:03
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all i know is that many pink floyd albums sync up in synificant ways to films. dark side syncs with wizard of oz and echoes and atom heart mother sync up with two different scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also More is a brilliant soundtrack. other soundtracks they contributed on were La Vallee (Obscured by clouds), zabriskie point and tonight, lets all make love in london. Yes did the soundtrack for homeworld with the ladder. Omar Rodriquez from the mars volta has recently done a solo album which is a soundtrack. Also you have musicals like The Wall and Tommy. and Quadrophenia is a prog double album turned into a film but not based on the music of the album, just the story. ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: August 11 2004 at 03:38
Doldinger's music for 'The Neverending Story' was also good. And it surelly must have been an influence in the epic-prog group Rhapsody.
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Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: August 13 2004 at 06:53
| More and Obscured by clouds(Pink Floyd).I like this two soundtracks. |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: August 13 2004 at 07:33
the dreamy and repetitive guitar tune by CAN for Alice in the cities -------------
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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: August 13 2004 at 12:11
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Judging by the reviews of Pink Floyd's "Obscured By Clouds", it's not very popular and is often rated lower than other Floyd albums. But I think it's the business, so I'm glad to see zappa123 also likes it.
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: August 13 2004 at 16:35
You know, I really like More and I think it's almost as good as one of their 'regular' albums (especially since the album was recorded in a week!) but for me, Obscured by Clouds sounds more like half-finished outtakes half the time. And this is from a guy who loves Ummagumma  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: August 13 2004 at 16:43
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I've never heard the soundtrack myself, but it got a reference from an unlikely source: Aqua Teen Hunger Force (in an episode titled "PDA"). Yep, the same unique, darkly hilarious surreal cartoon show that has mentioned Geddy Lee (Meatwad spent most of an episode quoting "Fly by Night" and "Spirit of Radio"). I suspect that at least one of the writers is either a past or present proghead.
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Posted By: progchain
Date Posted: August 14 2004 at 07:10
| Everything about Goblin's music! |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: August 14 2004 at 07:16
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What about the new album by Kevin Moore. It's called "Ghost Book" and is the soundtrack for a movie called "Okul"...I don't know it but I ordered the album...
Does anyone know this soundtrack? ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |