Favorite Soundtracks
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Topic: Favorite Soundtracks
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: Favorite Soundtracks
Date Posted: July 26 2013 at 21:05
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Conor Fynes’ recent review of Vangelis’ amazing Blade Runner soundtrack got me thinking of a great thread/discussion idea (though it's probably already been done): Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of Original Music Composed by A Single Composer 1. Blade Runner - Vangelis 2. Thief - Tangerine Dream 3. Last Samurai - Hans Zimmer 4. Paris, Texas - Ry Kooder 5. Last Temptation of Christ – Peter Gabriel 6. Rabbit-Proof Fence--Peter Gabriel 7. Pi – Clint Mansell 8. The Fountain – Clint Mansell 9. Star Wars – John Williams 10. Rocky – Bill Conti ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 26 2013 at 21:37
| None are my favorite, but here I ll go for Blade Runner. |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: July 26 2013 at 23:07
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I'll add more as I think about it. But for now: Blade Runner - I saw this in the movie theater at 14 (tells you how old I am). I was already a huge Floyd fan, and I was absolutely convinced that the music was by Floyd. When the credits rolled around and it said Vangelis (whom I had never heard of), I figured it was an alias. (I'm still surprised that others can't hear how Floydian the music is.) Spielberg's E.T. came out the same year; everyone in my family was in tears after the film but me. I hated it. (Don't tell my wife.) Blade Runner was the great sci-fi film of that year and any year, imo. Diva - French film from 1981, scored by Vladimir Cosma. Some of it might be a bit cheesy, but I love even those. Great moody electronic music. Great film too. Stalker - Another sci-fi film, this time by Tarkovsky, scored by Edward Artemiev. It's been ages since I've seen it, but some of the tracks really helped heighten the creepy mood. That scene when the protagonists are kind of sunk in the ground and the camera very slowly pans across a creek or river... Still freaks me out just thinking about it. Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) - It's not prog, but what can I say, I have a soft spot for this film musical, LOL. Scored by Michel Legrand. 2001: A Space Odyssey - those Ligeti choral pieces are still frightening Solaris - Not the Tarkovsky original, but the superior re-make (in my opinion) by Soderberg. Cliff Martinez's score is haunting. L'ange - made by Patrick Bokanowski, scored by his wife, the composer Michčle Bokanowski. I'd be shocked if anyone else here has seen this. It's a classic avant-garde movie made in France in 1983. A bit hard to find as well, but well worth it if you like this sort of thing. Vanilla Sky - The problem is that the official soundtrack doesn't contain many of the songs that appear in this movie. This American sci-fi film from 2001 (a remake of the Mexican film Open Your Eyes, which is usually considered to be better) featured many new pieces from albums that weren't new enough to be considered masterpieces yet: Radiohead's Everything In Its Right Place from Kid A (also from 2001) and I Might Be Wrong (from Amnesiac), Sigur Ros's Svefn-g-englar and Njosnavelin (at the time called The Nothing Song, and which wouldn't be released till 2002), REM's Sweetness Follows from Automatic for the People (also wouldn't be released till 2002), Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, and other electronic music that was quite uncommon for an American film: Leftfield's Afrika Shox, Chemical Brothers' Where Do I Begin, tracks by Thievery Corporation and Underworld... |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 26 2013 at 23:19
I seem to recall the soundtrack to the old tom cruise movie Risky Business and that Tangerine Dream did some tracks on it  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 08:10
They recorded a couple of new tracks - The Dream Is Always The Same and Love On A Real Train and also reworked some of Tangram Part One and Force Majeure Part One. The soundtrack album also features others artists. If you want those original tracks they can be found on the excellent TD compilation Dream Sequence. TD have done a few decent soundtracks. My favourite is Firestarter which will be on my list.
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The.Crimson.King wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 08:19
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1. Nighthawks - Keith Emerson 2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone 3. Firestarter - Tangerine Dream 4. Blade Runner - Vangelis 5. Alien - Jerry Goldsmith can't really get beyond 5 without repeating the artists |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 08:29
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Anything by Ennio Morricone really.... I'll have to think about specific releases though, but he is without a doubt THE most innovative and brilliant of the famous movie composers imo. Any film supported by the back draft of Morricone's haunting, and at times rather playful music, naturally improves as a direct consequence of that. Even past his "golden days" of spaghetti westerns, you get the majestic beauty of The Mission - a soundtrack that not only rivals his best work, it additionally had a fluid stream of images equalling the music's greatness. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 08:36
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Oh and huge shout out goes to Danish experimental musicians Peter Peter off of the famous Danish post punk band Sort Sol (Black Sun) and Peter Kyed for their eerie ambient feedback monster of a soundtrack they did for Valhalla Rising. Together with the movie, it's like a long hazy dream with shifting images of natural beauty and man made horrors. Love that flick. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 13:17
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Tron Legacy- Daft Punk I love the Top Gun Soundtrack with various artists Sucker Punch- various covers Dredd- forgot the composer...
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Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 13:44
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Not in order Eraserhead - David Lynch and Alan Splet Fargo - Carter BurwellThe Conversation - David Shire Chariots of Fire - Vangelis Papathanassiou Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone The Graduate - Simon and Garfunkel The Social Network - Trent Reznor The Third Man - Anton Karas Blood Simple - Carter Burwell The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone ------------- 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 13:47
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 16:20
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Whoa! Awesome post, Jude111! Great List! Thanks for the detailed reasoning for your choices. Diva, Stalker, Solaris, 2001, and Vanilla Sky are all awesome soundtracks, though three of the five use a variety of people's compositions. I was really thinking more of soundtracks in which all of the music is composed and performed by one artist--like Solaris, Blade Runner, and John Williams, Hans Zimmer, james Newton Howard, Ennio Morricone, etc.
Also, Guldbamsen: Big thumbs up to Morricone! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 27 2013 at 17:22
OMG, how did I miss this one? ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 07:02
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I wanted to include Monsters Ball in my list but it has two people composing and playing. Great ambient soundtrack though. However if Simon and Garfunkel is allowed then maybe... Also I second the David Lynch suggestion for Eraserhead. Claustrophobic and scary. Reminded of John Carpenter's The Thing which was composed and performed by the man himself. Superb soundtrack which would be No 6 on my list.
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 07:14
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Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti The Omen by Jerry Goldsmith ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 11:25
Phil Collins' Tarzan 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 11:43
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Marc Streitenfield---THE GREY
VANGELIS--BLADERUNNER Various Artists---2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY mark Edleman & Randy Bachman---THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS Hans Zimmer--BLACK RAIN * Elliot Goldenthal---ALIEN 3 Daft Punk--TRON LEGACY Clint Mansell--REQUIEM FOR A DREAM Jerry Goldsmith--ALIENS Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart---AMADEUS (obviously lol) Wendy Carlos--score for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 12:52
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I've been a soundtrack fan before I was a prog fan. In my first batch of albums from Columbia House many years ago I got the Earthquake and Airport '75 soundtracks, which aren't particularly memorable. I'd like to put in the good word for a couple of soundtracks by artists where they did something outside their normal style - Toto's Dune and the Eurythimics 1984. Of course pretty much any soundtrack by Badalamenti, Vangelis, or Tangerine Dream. Peter Gabriel's forays into soundtracking are pretty good... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 13:01
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Hi,
We need to send you to the movies!
We have to start with some history of film!
1. You need to catch 2 or 3 Bernard Herrmann soundtrax with Alfred Hitchcock,
2. Jason and the Argonauts - Bernard Herrmann
3. Dr. Zhivago - David Lean and Maurice Jarre
4. Last Emperor - David Byrne and Ryuichi Sakamoto
5. The Last Buddha - Ryuichi Sakamoto
6. Performance - Nicholas Roeg and Don Cammell
7. Journey of Hope - Jan Garbarek and Terje Rypdal
8. The Double Life of Veronique - Zbiginew Preissner (spelling)
9. Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Werner Herzog
10. Purple Rain - Prince (by far one of the best "real" rock movies ever done!)
11. Tous Les Matins Du Monde - Film with Depardieu
12. Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner - Vangelis
There are a couple of Chinese and Japanese films I wanted to add, and will do so later ... I have more reviews to upload.
You really want to keep an on some folks that also do music. Take a look at this!
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Yellow Magic Orchestra and many Soundtracks - Massively involved in the development of the synthesizer in Japan. Also is an actor in many films
David Bowie - Acted in many films. His work in music has picked up more from the folks that he worked with as a director, than anything else. Working with Nicholas Roeg ended up helping him and Eno create "Low". He also did a lot of work with Brechtian instructors and even recorded some of it.
Popol Vuh- Their music appeared in several films by Werner Herzog. The interview that you can find on PA is very good on explaining that.
Vangelis - Started out with Aphrodite's Child ... with the father of "progressive music. Mr. Gomelsky! Check out his other acts at the time, and that is eons ahead of time!
Jean Michel Jarre - son of Maurice. Taught his father the synthesizers and such, and then the father went out and won another Oscar for his soundtrack. He is probably the only composer that succeeded in both genres, and you know why ... it was about the music for him, not the equipment! You could say he showed his son something!
More to come as I remember it!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 01:40
| Moshkito - what about Tomita? I think he has composed music for several Japanese films and arguably was the most important figure in Japan as regards the development of the synthesizer? |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 02:12
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 03:58
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Dylan - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Townshend - Tommy Townshend - Quadrophenia Knopfler - Local Hero Knopfler - Cal Morricone - The Mission |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 07:27
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also;
Hard Days Night Jesus Christ Superstar |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:27
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Some favourites and random thoughts The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone: Greatest soundtrack of all time IMHO and one of the few that stands up on its own merits away from the film. So many highpoints – The Ecstacy of Gold, main theme, Trio, Sundown Inferno – Keith Emerson: His best soundtrack, with a nice mix of romantic piano and pieces like the nutty choral/synth-based Mater Tenebrarum. Vertigo – Bernard Hermann. The hypnotic use of strings perfectly complements the dreamlike nature of the film Billion Dollar Brain – Richard Rodney Bennett. A great main theme for this weird 60s spy film and I love the eerie use of the early electronic instrument the Ondes Martenot throughout to accompany Michael Caine (Harry Palmer) on his journey around the Cold War Baltic. Blood on Satan’s Claw – Marc Wilkinson. Beautiful, creepy, rustic music for a beautiful, creepy, rustic horror film, which again uses the Ondes Martenot to excellent effect Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles: Great songwriting with hardly a duff track on it and probably my favourite Beatles album. Battle of Britain: William Walton wrote a thrilling orchestral accompaniment for The Battle in the Air sequence, the best aerial dogfight put on film. The rest of his score was rejected by the producers and Ron Goodwin completed it, but there is a version available with all Walton's score intact so it counts as one composer in my book! Where the Spies Are - Jimmy Smith: Not the greatest film in the world but lots of groovy Hammond playing from Mr Smith. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:33
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Just thought of this. I watched Bullitt here the other day and was kinda surprised by the soundtrack side of things. I mean, by the mid to late 70s this kind of "suspense" jazz fusion was all over the place, but I honestly don't recollect any other flicks from around the same period as Bullitt using this particular brand of music. It's pretty good too! Lalo Schifrin's the name! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:37
Yes, that's a great one. He also wrote the Mission Impossible theme and made an album with the immortal title "There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On". ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:41
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Frankly speaking, I'm quite surprised that in the top soundtrack lists on that site almost no-one mentions 'Twin Peaks', though, since it's very jazz/ambient-based, it should have pleased the local audience. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:47
 ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:52
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theres_a_Whole_Lalo_Schifrin_Goin_On" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_Whole_Lalo_Schifrin_Goin%27_On ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 09:53
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One should never doubt the cactus choir. You know this Steve. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:01
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I am never wrong. FACT! (well almost). ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:02
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Just doing my job. Say, there's an interesting new idea for PA responsibilities. A fact-checker. how much would PA pay me for that, you think? ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:08
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Now I don't know cactus choir personally, but I seem to remember something biblical about a cactus choir. So there you have it, no sense at all. Thanks for the facts Steve. I gather you could be a brilliant fact-checker  I guess they'd pay you the same way they do your reviews, clumsy fellatios.------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:10
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Actually before some annoying pedant points it out I did get the release
date for Dark Side of the Moon wrong on here last week. And then I
incorrrectly stated that 90125 is not the biggest selling Yes album when
(tragically) it is. But other than that I am er....omniscient! Despite my omniscience there is nothing biblical about me, Guldbamsen. I am merely the title of a 1976 Dave Greenslade solo album. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:18
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Ah my bad then. I only have Valentyne Suite and the first Greenslade album with him. I much prefer the former. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:24
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I have never known a cactus choir to get his facts wrong before, so I was confident my fact checking would confirm your statement. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:24
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I was going to say if you like the Greenslade band albums then you should check out Cactus Choir (the album not me!), but given given your preference I would recommend Colosseum Live! Lost Angeles in particular is a prog classic with some great Hammond and vibes playing from Mr G and an epic guitar solo from Clem Clempson. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:25
Aw shucks, thanks! ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:33
Thanks for the tip! I'm not entirely sure why, but I keep forgetting to buy this record. Strange, because I tend to go for live albums in general. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:47
| Easy Rider |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:49
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A Zed and Two Noughts Drowning by Numbers The Cook the thief his wife and her lover etc ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 10:56
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^Is that you officially losing your marbles? ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 11:06
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No lost those year ago. They're all Pete Greenaway films with music by Michael Nyman ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 12:08
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I've never had much use for soundtracks. I'm glad they exist, but I've rarely really noticed the music when a movie is playing, and I've rarely been inspired to buy a soundtrack album. Although -- sometimes when I'm listening to an album that SOUNDS like it could be a soundtrack for something but isn't, I generally like those albums a lot. I prefer movie soundtracks for the mind rather than for the screen, I suppose. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 12:19
I know the feeling. I love those albums too Speaking of which, one of the best ever mind movie soundtracks (created for the very same purpose I suspect) is the one Alain Goruager did for La Planete Sauvage. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 12:37
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I love that Alain Goraguer album. A rather similar soundtrack that I also love is Karl-Heinz Schafer's Les Gants Blancs du Diable. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 12:42
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That's right! I knew there was a similar sounding album out there, that you introduced me to a little while back. Thanks for the reminder Greg. Love those clips. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 23:09
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The Social Network--Atticus Ross and Trent REZNOR.
It was an Oscar winner. Pretty neat. Boy, REZNOR sobering up from all the drugs kinda paid off. Lol ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 01:13
For the sake of the thread it would need to be the film presumably? (which was very good). If we are talking TV series that begat films then I would stick Thunderbirds into the equation. Great theme but also the incidental music was excellent. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 04:07
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 05:50
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Tormandany's work on the Resident Evil 4 film was very well done. It's an industrial electronic Score that has a ton of ambience as well. Very cool. Highly recommend the soundtrack, not the movie. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 05:58
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Good call Svetonio on those two tunes. I looooove the Los Lobos one(actually have some pretty saucy memories of it being played whilst foolin' around with a girl). Then there's that Cocker one. As much as I'm fed up with the overplay of this track, you can't deny it's success and impact. I mean, play this at any time of the day - over the radio, tv, in China, Bulgaria or Denmark - and you'll see bad impersonations of Kim Basinger popping up almost immediately. It's like a stripper anthem. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 08:46
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Lalo Schifrin's Enter The Dragon and Mission Impossible. |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 08:55
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WjZm3Xjaw4" rel="nofollow - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WjZm3Xjaw4  |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 11:16
Imo the best track from 2001: A Space Odissey and maybe the best Classical stuff ever used in a SF movie:
This is fantastic scene and track too...
...and some of Balkan music from Time for the Gypsies the movie by Emir Kusturica; with Goran Bregovic's timeless one, this is a really beautiful scene
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Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 11:40
| Honestly, F-ZERO (original snes game) soundtrack is the best that I ever heard. MIDI rules. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 13:06
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This is what I call the great montage! Baba O'Riley scene of Summer of Sam the movie.
Donald Fagen's True Companion, Heavy Metal the movie (1981)
The best Vietnam war movie ought to be mentioned. Imo, that's less Holywood than Her Majesty Apocalypse Now. Adagio for strings by Samuel Berber.
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Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: July 31 2013 at 20:28
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The one from "Amelie poulain". The only original soundtrack I like to hear (although Star wars is also terrific).
And some of disney movies are great! Alan menken is a master... 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 31 2013 at 20:56
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Not she If anyone has mentioned Goblin's Suspiria and Zombi scores for the Dario Argento horror films yet, but those to are up there for me as well. Very good. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 31 2013 at 21:14
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Harold and Maude - Cat Stevens Amadeus - Wolfgang Mozart Anatomy of a Murder - Duke Ellington Ascenseur pour l'echafaud - Miles Davis A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones A Mighty WInd - Christopher Guest and Friends A Clockwork Orange - Wendy Carlos and Various Artists Casablanca - Max Steiner and Dooley Wilson Barry Lyndon - The Chieftains, Handel, Shubert, et al. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 03 2013 at 08:32
btw it was the Barry Gray Orchestra that did most of the music for Thunderbids and also other Gerry Anderson projects like Joe 90 and Captain Scarlet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gray" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gray |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: August 03 2013 at 23:24
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How about Jack Nietzche for STARMAN.
Awesome. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 04 2013 at 12:04
You're definitly not going to watch that one film and its end, then!
"... try it! It's a delicacy!" ... so says Helen Mirren! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 17:14
| Dune (Lynch) by Toto (yes I know, not "entirely" prog but the movie is) - btw how does the remake's soundtrack sound? |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 17:27
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In this week's mail:
DAY OF THE DEAD – 2013 2CD reissue of the John Harrison's score for the third film of George A. Romero's initial classic Dead trilogy. For $20, this is a winner, people! http://www.lalalandrecords.com/DOTD.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.lalalandrecords.com/DOTD.html 
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 12 2013 at 20:41
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Jurgen Fritz-Hard To Be A God love it, love it, love it! Also Bernard Herrmann in the 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Farenheit 451 |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 02:31
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Big Herrmann fan myself, pretty much anything he's done; Hitchcock, Mysterious Island, even his TV stuff. A master of setting moods and developing themes. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 03:08
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Gilliam including original 60s and 70s music really makes 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas' shine imho. It's not Lalo Schifrin sure, but that would never have worked anyway. Anyway, best use of 'White Rabbit' EVER in movies ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 13 2013 at 03:21
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looking to get this, I think it has the best tracklist of Herrmann's various comps -  |
Posted By: JCDenton
Date Posted: October 15 2013 at 20:38
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Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-Ennio Morricone, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Howard Shore, Star Wars Episode V-John Williams, Once upon a Time in the West-Ennio Morricone, Inception-Hans Zimmer I have to do video games as well. Some very worthy mentions: Chrono Trigger-Yasunori Mitsuda & Nobuo Uematsu Grim Fandango-Peter McConnell, Deus Ex-Alexander Brandon, Final Fantasy VII-Nobuo Uematsu
------------- "We have grown, but there is still much to be done. Many that live in darkness that must be shown the way, for it is the dawning of a new day." |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: October 16 2013 at 12:54
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Does Metallica's THROUGH THE NEVER count?
Seriously though. It'd pretty good film with a great Metallica set list all done live. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: October 16 2013 at 15:22
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The Alien soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith is awesome!
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 16 2013 at 21:00
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^ It's a beauty |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 01:55
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 10:10
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 10:25
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 18:52
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 18:55
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How about Issac Asimov's Film I-Robot...some band called THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT did the music for that one.
Seriously though. That is a good one. ;) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 18:56
Elliot Goldenthal for Alien 3 is amazing as well. Listen to LENTO. Epic. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 01:35
also a better film than many will have you believe
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 21:20
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^ Love A3, I think it's superior to Resurrection as entertaining as that movie is. Prometheus left me flat, however. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 23:07
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Prometheus was a solid movie. It just had some glaringly bad moments (and a silly closing scene). ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 18 2013 at 23:16
'Big Chill' and 'Forest Gump' have nice soundtracks if you are into 60's pop, rock, and soul.
Also 'Dazed and Confused ' and 'Until the End of the World'.
http://www.amazon.com/Until-End-World-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B000002LQZ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1382156943&sr=1-1&keywords=until+the+end+of+the+world+soundtrack" rel="nofollow"> ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 04:32
I'd probably go with this, watched it again not long ago and its an entertaining film although not as good obviously as the film that 'inspired' it. Its a 'popcorn movie'. The first film is a classic , the sequel is overrated (imo) and David Fincher tried to bring back the claustophobia of the original only partially succeeding but a good effort nevertheless. The film company wanted Danny Boyle to direct the forth but sadly he turned them down.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 04:44
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American Beauty
Any Other Name: Thomas Newman so I believe. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 08:16
| Bernard Herrmann's "Vertigo" soundtrack is awesome. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 11:57
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 18:19
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Prepare yourselves for one of the most mesmerizing Goldsmith cues ever, from the beloved '70s SF campfest Damnation Alley. "After The Holocaust" combines a stark electronic aspect with an already unsettling theme, and the tandem of organic and synthetic is wonderfully effective. Not a complex piece of music, either, which is part of the magic.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 19 2013 at 19:35
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^ I love descriptive music, such an under-appreciated form. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 20 2013 at 02:46
| Monsters Ball has an excellent ambient soundtrack. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 20 2013 at 11:54
I like his Sci-Fi, Adventure film soundtrax a lot better.
Get the album with them, and listen to it, and then go see the films without the music, by turning the sound down. It's not the same thing, and comes off, missing something!
His Hitchcock soundtracks are not as good as the ones in these films, mostly because Alfred always cut the amount of music down to small amounts, and while still effective, in the end, the other films allowed the music to take it away some, and enjoyed stratching the moments with it. I simply find, the adventure films more fun to watch and hear, than most Hitchcock films! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 20 2013 at 12:00
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Hi,
Some names in soundtracks to watch and listen to:
Gabriel Yared
Riuychi Sakamoto (so many and an Oscar)
Maurice Jarre
Nino Rota
I would like to name a couple of others in Chinese films, Japanese films and some others, but I have to look at my 500 film reviews to get them. It all depends on how the music is used, and if the director appreciates the music, it will make the film better, for my tastes.
Sidebar: You would figure that Martin Scorcese would know something about using music when he directs, but in the end he doesn't. And he was one of the cinematographers at the Woodstock film/festival, so you could say he never heard the music, or knew what he was shooting? Weird!
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 20 2013 at 16:54
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 20 2013 at 17:26
He turned in a superb melodic electronic score for Gandahar aka Light Years. Was that ever issued on CD? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |