Members Suilebhain Posted November 12, 2009 Members Share Posted November 12, 2009 Michael Kamen's work on Cronenberg's The Dead Zone is a remarkable piece of work. It evokes winter to the point where the air conditioner comes on and I think I am in New York State in January. For fun, what tops the soundtrack to Repo Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LamerDeluxe Posted November 12, 2009 Members Share Posted November 12, 2009 Snow falling on cedars - James Newton Howard [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members augerinn Posted November 12, 2009 Members Share Posted November 12, 2009 Also from Shawshank, when Andy breaks out...that buildup is incredible. It's hard to beat the Imperial March from Star Wars. My two little sons are duelling around the house with their toy sabers trying to sing that all the time Quite possibly one of the best stories ever told. And one of the only SK books that translated well to the big screen. SK has been doing a lot of graphic novels lately. I'll have to pick a few up. I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted November 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 18, 2009 After (very) careful deliberation over all of these responses, I've decided that my original assertion is the most correct; Raiders of the Lost Ark is still The Best Score Evar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClavAnother Posted November 18, 2009 Members Share Posted November 18, 2009 zelda is pretty cool too though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Severalist Posted November 18, 2009 Members Share Posted November 18, 2009 After (very) careful deliberation over all of these responses, I've decided that my original assertion is the most correct; Raiders of the Lost Ark is still The Best Score Evar. Your careful deliberations are a cruel winter of the tongue, and an insult to being very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Severalist Posted November 18, 2009 Members Share Posted November 18, 2009 [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted November 18, 2009 Members Share Posted November 18, 2009 Only two people mention this mans work? [YOUTUBE]m6BQKFs3-VM[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]dHFLwe98rYM[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]dM6ojgE7vbc[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonMarmot Posted November 19, 2009 Members Share Posted November 19, 2009 I don't know if its been said already, but Spiritualized's I didn't mean to hurt you, found in Pineapple Express was pretty brilliant- [YOUTUBE]KwL3siS5OUI[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dead Star Posted November 19, 2009 Members Share Posted November 19, 2009 Because there is not much horror in this thread... Goblin - SuspiriaiJUaCAIxSk4 ????? - Phantasmi3ieQxm_M2I Rick Wakeman - The BurningDAfB7E5_7P8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arlene R. Weiss Posted May 3, 2012 Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 The late & legendary Maurice Jarre, Composed my favorite score for my favorite film, "Lawrence Of Arabia"..the most sublime score I've ever heard. Just amazing.[video=youtube;RuxHLzwlDY4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members selfinflikted Posted May 3, 2012 Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 Probably my most favorite film score (and you're all going to laugh, but I'm serious): Big Trouble in Little China-I do love me some 80's synths when John Carpenter is playing them. Also followed closely by: Poltergeist-Say what you will about John Williams (indeed, a brilliant composer) but I think Jerry Goldsmith is about a notch ahead of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted May 3, 2012 Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 I am not a movie buff and out of date when it comes to knowing what movies are out. Many times I noticed movie scores when people talked about them after the fact and I payed attention the next time around, like "Blade Runner". Occasionally I went to see a movie specifically because musicians that I like were in the movie and did the score, like "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" or "The Wall". I liked the jazz music in some of Woody Allen's films, but I can't actually name what tune went with what film. I guess that outside some of the biggies from my childhood like 2001, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T., and films for which my mom had the music like Sound of Music and Saturday Night Fever, I am a total loser when it comes to knowing about movies or scores. Oh yeah, and there were some of the 80's movies like Breakfast Club that had songs which dominated the radio waves when I was in college (and I even saw Simple Minds in concert at some point back then). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Artmuzz Posted May 3, 2012 Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 My favourite movie scores are... Inseminoid - John ScottTrancers - Mark Ryder and Phil DaviesEscape from New York - John CarpenterLegend - Tangerine DreamBladerunner - VangelisThe Bounty - VangelisThe Mothman Prophecies - TomandandyCreep - The Insects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted May 3, 2012 Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 Many times I noticed movie scores when people talked about them after the fact and I payed attention the next time around, like "Blade Runner". That's frankly one of the few synthesizer based scores that I would rank alongside the orchestral scores of the silver and golden age. Something like Tangerine Dream's "Thief" for instance works well with the movie, but the score is instantly 80s. Some of the best scores do have electronic elements, ranging from a simple Theremin (eg Miklos Rozsa's film noir work) to a *lot* of synthetic elements (the unfortunately overlooked Trevor Jones score to The Dark Crystal), but the orchestral element seems to be something I prefer. It's probably just my sensibilities or something, but the Hans Zimmer style synthetic action score that's the norm today just doesn't seem to be as memorable. Nothing instantly recognizable it seems like John Williams' work (Star Wars, ET, Schindler's List, etc.) or even the big hitters of some of the others (eg Alan Silvestri's Back to the Future; Basil Poledoris's Conan the Barbarian; Danny Elfman's Edward Scissorhands; etc.). Maybe it's not just me and those older composers were more handy with leitmotif or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bball_1523 Posted May 3, 2012 Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 how about Inception soundtrack? I enjoy Hans Zimmers music for that movie. It's powerful and epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mooginator Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 Susperia- best horror music EVERStar Wars 4 &5The Godfather(original)Planet Of The Apes ( makes the movie)(Original) King KongIron Man ( fiercely original)Cinema Paradiso ( Morricone tear jerker)JawsAkira Kurasawa's DreamsThe Last EmperorTrafficBlade RunnerPLanet Terror ( spot on retro synth Favorite uses of pre-recorded/pre published music2001 Space OdysseyPulp FictionThe ShiningKill Bill ( both vols)Saturday Night FeverShrek 1 & 2 Favorite Musical moviesWizard of OzGreaseThe Sound of MusicMoulin Rouge ( 2001)West Side StoryAll That JazzPink Floyd- The WallPurple RainLittle Shop of HorrorsThe BLues Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 Sorcerer- Tangerine Dream 1977[video=youtube;UMof5PuQF7w] Terrific movie and incredible soundtrack. The Last Temptation of Christ- 1988 Peter Gabriel[video=youtube;uTAaKAVpOOM] This soundtrack changed my life and the way I viewed world music. Plunkett & Macleane 1999- Craig Armstrong[video=youtube;3H98Zs0vXTU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H98Zs0vXTU&feature=related The pre cursor to ridiculous over the top Michael Bay inspired Orgasma-estras. Conan The Barbarian Basil Poledoruis -1982[video=youtube;5ZY2mRG5mzg] When I was 22 I would go to the gym and bench negative sets with this in my trusty Walkman cassette! Crush your enemies! BARRRRHHH!!!! Star Trek II- Wrath of KHAAAAN James horner-1982[video=youtube;Mv8dl9jCn58]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv8dl9jCn58 Love Jerry Goldsmiths original score but this one really connects with me as it's a departure from the original Star Trek motif. Brainstorm-James Horner-1983[video=youtube;mTYRH3xpt44] Another that touched me... incredibly underrated and amazing sci-fi... the music and sounddesign are integral to the story. Goldfinger-1965 John Barry[video=youtube;HNGBi4K5nys] Tough to choose as I love everything John Barry related. Goldfinger is perhaps my favorite choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 One of the most underrated SciFi movies ever as wel.. Of all these listed, many of them outstanding, the Clockwork Orange by Walter (now Wendy) Carlos to me stands as the corner stone of synth soundtrack work, and the Blade Runner soundtrack as the modern measuring stick. Think of what Carlos had to work with back them....pieced together, homeade, wires, patches, potentiometers....a nightmare from a functional standpoint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 RE: Pulp Fiction, while one of my fave movies, it was more 'chosen' than written. I tend to think in terms of 'written' soundtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kooki_sf Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 wow. this thread is back from the dead... http://youtu.be/3G9VzTXsTfk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 Taxi Driver-actually listening to it while i stumbled upon this thread!That and "Once upon a time in america" and "The Mission" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GloomGenerator Posted May 4, 2012 Members Share Posted May 4, 2012 There are almost too many to list so I'll just go with my most recent choice- Pandorum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted May 5, 2012 Members Share Posted May 5, 2012 Katamari Damacy is brilliant as a game and soundtrack wise, but video games really need there own thread. I can't believe that Clockwork Orange is not getting more love... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted May 5, 2012 Members Share Posted May 5, 2012 Starwars, Superman, Raiders, all child hood loves. Forest Gump was very good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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