k-k-k-kenny Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Pretty hard to go past Morricone's spaghetti westerns. High nostalgia for old farts like me: Les Musiques Originales et les dialogues de Jacques Tati (Naïve, 2001) - extracts of Jour de Fête, Les Vacances de M. Hulot, Mon Oncle & Playtime, but maybe only half of it is actual score. Um, Nelson Riddle: The Untouchables (the original TV show, not the film) I've a few Astaire/Rogers type things lifted from film soundtracks that are great (well, if you love Berlin, Kern, Youmans etc), but obviously they're mono and the sound quality is really dodgy. Also Ghost Dog is pretty good, and virtually any other Jim Jarmusch soundtrack (e.g. Broken Flowers with its Ethio-jazz, Neil Young doing Dead Man -"I just cain't drink it like I used ter could"): that man has a hell of an ear for music that goes with images. Edited July 1, 2009 by k-k-k-kenny fix film title
metal beat Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 surprised no-one has mentioned this classic - The Big Blue and of course this :-)
Bosk Posted July 9, 2009 Author Posted July 9, 2009 turntable said: and of course this :-) I hadn't thought of trying to get my hands on the soundtrack but wow, I loved that film back when I was a kid! :popcorn Funnily enough I had the chance to watch it again not long ago and realized that one of the kids is actually Sean Astin who played Sam in LOTR.
everyones_shadow Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Diva - Vladimir Cosma Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun and others Star Wars (Ep IV) - John Williams on LP Final Fantasy VIII (a game, not a movie, but OST CDs availble) All brilliant music and sound quality and great demo pieces for how loud, deep etc your system can go. And if you mean a collection of songs as played in a film as opposed to specifically composed for the film Times Square Since Lisa Gerrard was mentioned I'll give a big thumbs up to the film amd TV music of Graeme Revell. The 'other' great Australian on the Hollywood soundtrack scene. I'll take SPK over Dead Can Dance any day. ES
Paul Spencer Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 I used to really like A Beautiful Mind by James Horner. Bought the CD and played it over and over ... oooops! Killed it. I found it very musically descriptive of what was going on inside his head, and I also like the emotive quality of a lot of Horner's work. Gladiator - especially at the end; adds a warm and optimistic tone and creates a different feeling about death that ties in well with the story. Forest Gump LOTR - enjoyed the music so much it was still playing in my head after I left the cinema It's amazing how much is lost when you see a film without music. So much of the emotion and anticipation is lost. It's obvious even when watching deleted scenes where music wasn't included.
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