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Subject: Great musical movie scenes From: Dan Date: 18 Jun 99 - 03:41 PM I'll never forget the scenes in Cool Hand Luke where the inmate in the background strummed and sang "Just a Closer Walk With Thee." Then there was the one in "Sounder" where the black guy was walking along a dirt road with a crowd of friends after a softball game, banging on a big steel string and singing "Jesus, Won't You Come Back Heah?" which later became the background music for the tear jerking finale. Hell, I could name a hundred. Which ones inspired you? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Bert Date: 18 Jun 99 - 03:48 PM I like the Oompah pah scene from Oliver. Lionel Bart also had a great scene in musical Blitz, but I don't think it was a movie. In the Underground singing 'Go to sleep'. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 18 Jun 99 - 03:56 PM Does the Camelot scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail count? I recall some great ones in the Colour Purple. They were probably a pretty accurate depiction of an old Juke Joint. You've actually inspired me to go out and rent that one again, it's been too long since I've seen it. I was so young when I saw Sounder that I barely remember it. I have since found out that Taj Mahal did a lot of the soundtrack, I think I'll get that on too. Sorry, I have a warped mind, but thinking of those two reminds me of the opening scene to The Jerk. I often feel the Steve Martin character when I'm in the midst of great music. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Fadac Date: 18 Jun 99 - 03:56 PM On TV they did an epasode of the Young Indina Jones. He was in Chicago, working part time in the speak-easys. There he learned jazz. This one epasode opened the door to me on what jazz is all about. Also Indy didn't just pick up the sax and play well right off the bat. They made a show of him working on just one tune...for months, before he "got it". This taught me to be patiant with myself, not to expect to just pick up an instrument and be a pro, in five min. (Unlike some other TV programs.) I wish I had that epasode on tape. -Fadac |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 18 Jun 99 - 04:27 PM The entire sound track of "A Soldier's Story" was amazing: Patti LaBelle--who played a blues singer in a black nightclub in the town outside the army base--wrote and directed it (the soundtrack, not the movie), and performed several of the songs. Others were performed by the actor who played the blues-singing baseball player framed by the sergeant in his drive to get rid of "geechy" black soldiers. A powerful movie, much of whose power derives from the great blues score. Others include "High Noon," the ballad--sung by Tex Ritter, father of the actor John Ritter--which serves as an emotional narrative for the story, one of the great Westerns, starring Grace Kelly and Gary Cooper. Others, of course, include Simon and Garfunkle's "The Graduate" soundtrack and Cat Stevens' "Harold and Maude." I also loved the Frank Sinatra/Bing Crosby "High Society" scene. But that was a musical and a whole nother category: "American in Paris," "Cabaret," and on and on. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Marion Date: 18 Jun 99 - 04:31 PM I loved the scene in "Titanic" where the little orchestra is playing while the lifeboats are filling up. Finally one of the musicians says, "Oh, we may as well stop, nobody's listening to us anyway." Another musician says, "They don't listen during dinner either; keep playing." I thought that line (though I don't remember the wording) was the best part of the movie. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: LEJ Date: 18 Jun 99 - 04:48 PM "Springtime for Hitler" from the movie of the same name, and Mel Brooks performing the title song from High Anxiety , his Hitchcock parody.Born to Be Wild blasting underneath the noise of Peter and Dennis' Harleys in Easy Rider."What is a Rose", from the Capulet Party scene in Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet. The bizarre, cacophanous music throughout The French Connection which was just perfect. The entire soundtrack of Last of the Mohicans, but specifically the pursuit across the limestone cliffs at the end of the film. The integration of story and action in The Sting, with the seemingly incongruous ragtime of Scott Joplin. LEJ |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Uilleand Date: 18 Jun 99 - 05:02 PM From "The Shawshank Redemption", when he barricades himself in the office and puts on the record with the duet of the Countess & Susanna from "The Marriage of Figaro" and blasts it over the speaker into the prison courtyard. Or the theme from "Gone with the Wind" at the end of the first half of the movie where Scarlett is standing under the tree looking at what remains of Tara. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mudjack Date: 18 Jun 99 - 05:07 PM In the classic "Grapes of Wrath" when Tom Joad (Henry Fonda" is giving the farewell verbage to his mother, the scene is special because "The Red River Valley" is haunting and I just can't hear RRV without thinking of that great moment in film.Great thread... Mj |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Matthew B. Date: 18 Jun 99 - 05:29 PM Fadac, I know the episide you're referring to: Indiana Jones and the Birth of the Blues. It was really great, and by the way, at the the end of that episode he's in his sixties, and he kills the bad guys by playing his saxophone, causing the snow to slide off of his roof and bury them. Talk about music that can move you! LEJ, "Springtime for Hitler" was from the movie The Producers and yes, it was great! The Duelling Banjos scene in Deliverance was also very memorable for me, as was just about every scene in Music Man. I was affected by the music all throughout the movie Amadeus, especially when Mozart instantly transforms Salieri's pedantic little march into a musical flight of fantasy, or when he's "forced" at a party to convert a piece into the style of JS Bach, and then suddenly, while being suspended upside down, to play the same piece he'd just composed -- backwards. But to me, the most poweful use of music in any movie was what I heard in Lawrence of Arabia. There's a brilliantly directed moment in the beginning where Lawrence snuffs out a match with his fingers; the extinguished flame is suddenly replaced by the blazing sun in the desert, where the two men cross a vast sea of sand dunes and the powerful musical theme brings the power, the majesty and most of all, the magic, right to you. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Shack Date: 18 Jun 99 - 05:34 PM In "Your Cheating Heart," the producer-guy, as a test, tells Hank he is going across the street to have a cup of coffee and you sit here and see if you can write a song while I'm gone. The producer-guy comes back and Hank is sitting there with his feet up on the desk, guitar on his lap, and without saying a word breaks into "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You." Makes me tingle to think about that scene. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Guy Wolff Date: 18 Jun 99 - 06:22 PM I've never gotten over how good the sound track to "The Long Riders" was!I'm interested why Ry Cooder dose not come up much in conversation around here.I thought his use of pump organs Mandolin fiddle and the rest was realy Brilliant in that one.The voiceing to that sound track was incredable!He deffinatly is his own man and has taken many liberties but I find that one of his strenths. What do peaple think? Yours in clay! Guy<<<<>>>>>>><<<<<<>>>>><<<<<>><<<<>>************8*8** |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Sandy Paton Date: 18 Jun 99 - 06:32 PM The musical exchange between ethnic groups in John Sayles superb film Matewan is very powerful, as is the rest of the music in the film (and the movie itself). Don't miss this one! Also, the soprano sax (I think) rendition of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee," played by George Lewis, that runs behind the opening credits and first scene of Heartland brought me close to tears. I went back the next evening with a cassette recorder and taped it. That, too, is one of the great recent films. Be sure to see it. Sandy |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: John Hindsill Date: 18 Jun 99 - 08:24 PM Any B oater starring Roy or Gene or Tex wherein the hero is ridin' his faithful hoss through the desert, strummin' his ol' guitar and singin'. Suddenly from nowhere (or behind the cactus) can be heard a full-blown cowboy band accompanying our heero.---John |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 18 Jun 99 - 09:48 PM Speaking of sax bits in films, there's the incredible, sensuous jazz sax solo in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" which inspired Francis McComber's wife to ask "Doesn't that African have any piety?" Anyone remember that one? I've been wondering who the player was for years. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DWDitty Date: 18 Jun 99 - 11:40 PM Tap Dance sequences - especially teams like Chuck & Chuckles or Buck & Buckles. The move Tap (not Taps) brought Sammay Davis together with some of the greats - Sandman Sims, Buster Brown, etc. The movie Crossroads (or Karate Kid learns the blues, as I call it) feature Ry Cooder doing lots of Robert Johnson. The final scene where the kid cuts heads with the devil (Steve Vai is the hired gun) is a pretty ferovious 10-15 minutes. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 19 Jun 99 - 12:31 AM Gene Kelly in basically anything.. but especially dancing on roller skates in "It's always fair weather", and doing the raunchy bit with Cyd Charise during braodway melody in "Singing in the rain". and the barn raising dance off scene in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 19 Jun 99 - 12:33 AM Louie Armstrong: "It's a wonderful day" in Good Morning Vietnam (not really a musical, but neither are some of the other mentions). Th song the little boy sang, in his sweet, clear voice, in Empire of the Sun. The whole soundtrack from Legends of the Fall; Hear My Song; a movie the Chieftains' music was featured in, with that really cool old cowboy actor, Something Farnsworth, called The Grey Fox, I think (sorry, my mind is a sieve, sometimes); West Side Story; Fiddler on the Roof (when I was working part-time at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in Waterford, CT, I had the pleasure of seeing songs from this and Oklahoma done by exchange students from Russia with their American counterparts; topnotch and thrilling); "who will buy" from Oliver; the spaceship communicatins tune from Close Encounters; Dumb Dog from Annie; Swing Kids; The Music Man; Rob Roy; and Braveheart. A bunch of the ones already mentioned, too, esp. Amadeus, esp. because I saw it with my brother whom I consider to be this century's only slightly discovered "Amadeus", only his middle name is "Lorenzo". Thanks, katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: WyoWoman Date: 19 Jun 99 - 12:40 AM I absolutely adore the soundtrack for "Dead Man Walking." So atmospheric and swampish, you can practically feel the moss growing on the notes. KC |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 19 Jun 99 - 12:48 AM Anything from "Local Hero" beautful scenery, and wonderful music. A great film.... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: WyoWoman Date: 19 Jun 99 - 01:05 AM Yes, yes. Local Hero is one of my favorite movies. No one I know has seen it. Has anyone seen the movie "Lawn Dogs?" There was an amazing dobro player on it and I wrote the name down but can't find my note. Now I guess I"ll have to re-rent the movie so I can fast-forward to the end and figure out who played that scrumptious dobro... kc |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Obloquy67 Date: 19 Jun 99 - 01:17 AM Kate Bush singing "Woman's Work" while Kevin Bacon waits outside the delivery room wondering if his wife and infant will survive childbirth... Ducky lipsyncing to Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" in the record store in "Pretty In Pink"... Aretha Franklin doing a redux of "Think" in "The Blues Brothers"... |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DonMeixner Date: 19 Jun 99 - 01:26 AM In the movie "Zulu" the Welsh soldiers are listening to the Zulus chanting when Sir Stanley Baker asks a soldier how do they shape up as singers. He replies they have a great bass section but no top tenors. Then he launches into "Men Of Harlech". Eventually all the British soldiers are singing "Harlech" which is sung against the Zulus war chant. It rises in intensity until at last the Zulus charge the regiment. Truly an exciting scene. DonMeixner |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 19 Jun 99 - 02:21 AM My favorite scene from The Blues Brothers is Cab Calloway's black suit turning to a white tux when he does "Minnie the Moocher" to placate the crowd waiting for the brothers to arrive. I love the old Calloway appearances from the '30s as well. Another really memorable musical moment is the only sound part of Chaplin's Modern Times, and Laurel and Hardy had a great one in Way Out West (is that the right name?). --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 19 Jun 99 - 03:21 AM I was absolutely transfixed by the band's playing of "Mist Covered Mountains" in Local Hero. So much so that I went out and bought a small melodeon the next day and set about learning it. I've rented that film at least a dozen times. I've acquired at least 5 recordings of the tune but nothing compares to the way they did it in the movie (wonky chords and all) |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Herge Date: 19 Jun 99 - 05:37 AM The nusic throughout 'The last of the mohicans' is spine-chilling. Also the score to 'Dances with wolves'. Good injun films. Herge |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Dave Swan Date: 19 Jun 99 - 11:45 AM Kat, That's Richard Farnsworth in the Gray Fox. He was a stuntman for years before he began doing speaking roles. Next time you see the film, watch him on horseback. That ol'boy knows what he's doing. Local Hero fans might like to see Gregory's Girl, a Bill Forsyth film which preceeded Hero by a few years. Same sweet off-beat feel, some of the same characters, though in an urban setting. Worth a rent. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Llanfair Date: 19 Jun 99 - 12:18 PM I remember the B&Wfilm of How Green Was My Valley, where my name came from, Mum was reading the book when expecting me, but the miners singing on their way to work in the pit always stays with me. I don't suppose miners ever really do that, the local choir aren't even allowed to song in the pub!!!!! Hwyl, Bron. (in long sentence mode today) |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: catspaw49 Date: 19 Jun 99 - 02:07 PM Some favorites, Matewan and Grapes of Wrath, have already been mentioned, but I don't think "Places in the Heart" has come up. It too makes my top ten. Hey seed....Remember Groucho's famous line? He had two "Heidi's" on one show and he quipped, "Okay, I'll call you Heidi-HI and I'll call you Heidi-HO......and you can call me Cab Calloway." catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: catspaw49 Date: 19 Jun 99 - 02:13 PM Oh yeah, since this is about "individual" scenes and I have to throw in the scene in "Blazing Saddles" where Sheriff Bart encounters Count Basie and his band in the desert. Certainly explains where all that background music comes from! catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: John Hindsill Date: 19 Jun 99 - 02:34 PM Thanks, Catspaw, I forgot about that scene in Blazing Saddles. I'm sure gonna sleep better now that I KNOW here the music comes from.---John |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: LEJ Date: 19 Jun 99 - 03:11 PM Don M- Absolutely right about the "Men of Harlech" scene in Zulu- brings a lump to my throat everytime I see it. Like the scene from The Man Who Would be King wwhen Sean Connery is standing on the suspension bridge as they cut loose the supports, and he stands proudly and sings, as Michael Kane joins in with tears in his eyes. Can't remember the name of the song, but along the lines of a British Military Hymn. Men of Harlech was also quite moving in A Child's Christmas in Wales , as Dylan Thomas' family all join in the singing of it. John Huston's last film, The Dead , also had a very beautiful moment. The film depicts a dinner attended by a group of arguing and guilt-ridden family members and friends. As the party ends, and the snow begins to fall, an opera singer in attendance is asked to sing a song. The sound fills the darkening house, bringing with it a sense of beauty and healing to all who hear it. Does anyone remember this movie, or the name of that song? LEJ |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 19 Jun 99 - 03:19 PM There are so many: _Bird_---the entire soundtrack. It's the story of Charlie Parker--directed by Clint Eastwood. __Round Midnight__---the entire soundtrack. Stars a wonderful Dexter Gordon as an alcoholic expatriot jazz sax player in Paris. Based on the life of Bud Powell. _Crossroads__ especially the scene where Robert Johnson is recording in a hotel room for John Hammond and Columbia---the mike cord running under a door into the next room---just the way legend says it happened. _To Have and Have Not_---the scenes with Hoagy Carmichael. Some of _The Benny Goodman Story__. The scenes with Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton & Teddy Wilson and other REAL musicians were great. Steve Allan din't quite make it as Benny however. Too bad 'cause I do like Steve Allen. A film that did it wrong was __Leadbelly__---should've used Michael Cooney to play 12-string instead of the lame musician they chose. Also, _Bound For Glory__ (Woody Guthrie's "story"---had terrible music. Sure would like to find that Young Indiana Jones episode on a video. Those generally were truly well done. Art Thieme
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 19 Jun 99 - 03:43 PM The use of the "Missa Luba" in "If" is one of the best soundtracks ever, haunting, violent. "A Hard Day's Night" has to be well up on the list, including the "I Should Have Known Better" scene in the railway car. Helen Morgan's "Bill" in Showboat. Still, the most effective musical moment of all for me is the beautiful healthy young man in Cabaret singing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" out in the countryside. The camera pans down to reveal that he is a member of the Hitler Youth. The song captures so many reasons why Hitler was so appealing to Germans in the 1930's better than anything else I know. You are sucked in like everyone else for a few brief seconds. That is really using music for cinematic purposes. Brrrrr. Yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: folk1234 Date: 19 Jun 99 - 04:07 PM When I saw the title to this thread two musical scenes immediately popped into my head. As I read through the very fine responses that showed great knowledge of both music and cinema, I began to feel embarrassed at the base level of my instant response. Nevertheless, here they are: The first is the closing scene in "Crying Game" with Loretta Lynn singing I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. The second is from "Boone's In Love" where Kris Kristopherson, quite drunk, is singing an Ode To Chester (the goat). "Gawd is wuz a good ole goat" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: folk1234 Date: 19 Jun 99 - 04:11 PM Correction to above. Last line should read "Gawd he wuz a good ole goat". |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: MAG (inactive) Date: 19 Jun 99 - 04:25 PM Does anyone know what movie used a version of "This Little Light of Mine?" It was sweet, slow and haunting. Movie had to do with left politics. -- MA |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 19 Jun 99 - 04:41 PM Dave: Thanks for clearing up the names of Richard Farnsworth and the movie. I KNEW he knew his way around horses; he reminds me of my dad so much, in that way and in the way he talks. I could listen to him for hours. LeeJ: I totally forgot about that song in the Man Who WOuld Be King. Thanks for the reminder; it's definitely one of the tops for me, too. reading some of the aboce, I can see there are a few movies I will have to rent. Forgot to mention the music in Brother Sun/ Sister Moon. Also, have any of you seen the First Nudie Musical? Ron Howard, Cindy whatshername, from Happy Days are in it and it is hilarious. There's a scene where a "dumb blonde" NOI came on to the stage to audition. She is totally naked, goes through a suggestive simulation when they ask her to show them what she can do; then they ask if she can sing. She says yes, then launches into a scratchy, off-key, horrible tone, using the word sing. It's truly awful and one of the most memorable moments in teh whole film. There are a couple of other scenes with songs which are priceless. Well worth it to see, lots of laughs. Warning....it is considered "soft-porn". katlaughing & corrupting! |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: searcher45 Date: 19 Jun 99 - 06:27 PM Great thread.... Just heard that "Man Who Would Be King" song on a Mastercard commercial...piano only....don't know the name of it, but Mastercard lost. All I could think of was the Connery/Caine scene....unforgettable. Another movie mentioned, "Cool Hand Luke"; Luke's just received word his ma's died, and he sings "Plastic Jesus", with a banjo, I think. Randy Newman's "The Natural" music is pretty good, especially the (theme/motife/overture ?) thundering when Robert Redford whacks a homer. Speaking of Redford: "Electric Horseman", music by Willie Nelson. (He was in it too.) Espcially the opening, with Willie singing "My Heroes have always been Cowboys". Some other movies mentioned (Green/Valley, Grapes/Wrath) were directed by John Ford. He used the same musical themes in quite a lot of movies. "Lorena" was Ann Rutledge's theme in "Young Abe Lincoln" (Henry Fonda); he used it again in "The Searchers", for Martha, the Duke's lost love. A great effect. My alltime comes from the "Civil War" documentary by Ken Burns. "Ashokan Farewell" is used repeatedly and powerfully, but most of all when Burns uses it to underscore the Sheridan Ballou letter. As a supposed tough guy, I cry like a two year old whenever I hear it. The combination of words and music devastates me. Bill searcher45@hotmail.com
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: WyoWoman Date: 19 Jun 99 - 07:24 PM This is such a great thread. I'm as much a movie hound as a music lover, so this has filled me with longing to head down to the Video Center and load up. Dave -- Between Gregory's Girl and Local Hero was another Forsyth film that I liked a great deal. Can't remember the name of it, though. Can you? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Dave Swan Date: 19 Jun 99 - 07:35 PM K.C., Comfort and Joy maybe? International Movie Data Base lists Gregory's Girl,1981; Local Hero,1983; Comfort and Joy,1984. Also listed : Gregory's Two Girls, 1998. I have a bad feeling about that. Cheers, Dave |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 19 Jun 99 - 09:15 PM Remember Merle Travis singing "Re-enlistment Blues", in "From Here To Eternity"? And of course Andy Griffith in "A Face in the Crowd". 'Course, as has been pointed out here on several occasions "Fasted Guitar Alive" with poor Roy Orbison was the all-time worst. I'd nominate Johnnie Guitar" with the hideous (sorry folks) Joan Crawford as second worst. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DonMeixner Date: 19 Jun 99 - 10:34 PM LEJ In The Man Who Would Be King that was Bishop Heber's hymn. "The Son of God Goes Forth To War" to the apparent melody of "The Minstarl Boy(The Moreen)". "And Oh, Danny fell, Turning round and round like a penny whirlygig, he fell. He fell for a half an hour. A do you know what they did to poor Peachy then? They crucified him between two pine trees as Peachy's hands will show." I've seen the movie more than a few tims:-). Don |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: SingsIrish Songs Date: 20 Jun 99 - 04:11 AM Lots of terrific scenes mentioned! Many I'd forgotten. Being a fan of Cab Calloway I truly enjoyed "Minnie the Moocher" in The Blues Brothers. And definitely "How Green was My Valley"...and many of the others as well. The two I will add are: Bing Crosby singing Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral in "Going My Way" as a lullaby for the Pastor (Barry Fitzgerald)...then when the tune is reprised (if my memory serves me right) at the end when Fitzgerald's character's Mother shows up...tissue time! Lilies of the Field--when the Nuns and Sidney Poitier's character sing "Amen"...I think it's great! Mary |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S. Date: 20 Jun 99 - 04:37 AM REading of the barn-raising in Seven Brides reminded me of the barn-raising in Witness, and the opening of that with the fields of grass. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 20 Jun 99 - 06:43 AM Hi, The other Bill Forsyth one you could be thinking of is "Restless natives" where the two heroes ride through Glasgow on a motorbike and hold us buses wearing silly masks. Rick, I had the same thing with "Mist covered Mountains" bought the CD for that track alone basically... I was so disappointed with what they had done to it.... they didn't even play it once through before the synths and strings and wave noises came in and drowned the tune... I wanted it the way it sounded in that hall...... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 20 Jun 99 - 11:16 AM Worst use of music in a contemporary film, the nominees are: David Thewlis playing fake Chopin in "Beseiged" The unsubtle use of various pieces of "telegraph" music, e.g. Bill Withers, "Ain't No Sunshine" in "Notting Hill" The dreary sameness of Star Wars' music (could John Williams please put a folklorist on his staff, so we could get some different local music for each world his people go to, rather than warmed over Erich Korngold/Gustav Holst throughout the Federation -- no wonder people want to rebel) Anyone got a contemporary great moment? Most of the movies now seem to be have soundtracks just to have soundtracks. Something where music is used as an integral part of the movie, and not just as an ironic commentary. Buena Vista Social Club is in a league of its own. Yours, Peter T.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 20 Jun 99 - 11:30 AM Paris Texas - Ry Cooder. But what a depressing story! I'd hate to be feeling suicidal when a Harry Dean Stanton film comes on.
Alison, I think Mark Knopfler couldn't be happy with the accordions, bass, Ovation guitar etc. It's a wonderful "little" film isn't it? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Matthew B. Date: 20 Jun 99 - 11:52 AM Penny, thanks for reminding me of the power of the musical score in Witness, one of my top-ten all time movies, period. (Maybe I should start a thread about that.) And thank you, Mary, for reminding me of the "Amen" scene in Lillies of the Field. Speaking about Goyish religious moments that even I (as a "nice" Jewish boy) could enjoy, there's a scene in the Shirley Temple version of Heidi where they begin to sing Silent Night, which suddenly breaks in midsong (with an inspiring upwards key change) into the same song being sung out on the street, and then back again to them, creating a montage of temporary unity between people, united by this common feeling. And now from the sacred to the profane. Kat, I thought I was the only person in the world who saw The First Nudie Musical and enjoyed it for its musical merits. (Do you think Cindy whatsername had all the copies destroyed?) Do you remember when they hired that "Stunt Cock?" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 20 Jun 99 - 12:00 PM Ahahh! Cindy WILLIAMS! Fame is fleeting folks. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: catspaw49 Date: 20 Jun 99 - 12:17 PM Embassing Admission of the Day: I actually bought a copy of that movie on VHS. Lots of T & A but no Cindy T & A. What a gyp! catspaw (it does have it's moments though!) |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 20 Jun 99 - 01:01 PM I don't remember the name of the movie: it was about an infantry squad in WWII. At the end of the movie, when the squad, after terrible combat, is relieved from the line only to be impressed into duty on Christmas day as a firing squad for a deserter--the movie ends with a helicopter's view of the execution, a pop version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" the sound track at the time. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S. Date: 20 Jun 99 - 01:39 PM One that stuck in my mind for ages was from "Lord of the Flies", the earlier, British version with choirboys, where they process singing Kyrie eleison, which tune then mutates as the boys lose their innocence. I ran back to college from the cinema after that, as one who on a lonesome road doth know that something is behind... Penny |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 20 Jun 99 - 04:06 PM MatthewB.: I used to sell advertising to a Curtis Mathis tv dealership. This was before video stores and in the time of early vcrs. The guys who owned it were always sharing the latest of their budding "lending library" with me. Knowing my penchant for bawdiness, they made sure I saw the First Nudie Musical. They would often lend us a vcr for the weekend with various movies to watch. 'Spaw, I know I wrote about it before or told someone on here about it. Hope you didn't buy it and then were dissappointed on my recommendation. Matthew, I do remember the "Stud Cock". Do you remember the "Bitch Bull Dyke"? No offense intended anyone! Back to the music: how about the soundtrack from Pulp Fiction? My daughter and I almost wore out her cd of it. katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 20 Jun 99 - 04:27 PM Kat, I don't remember any of the music from it, but have you seen "Pecker"? If you haven't, rent it--it's a real gas. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 20 Jun 99 - 05:16 PM Wel, errrr...no Seed, I haven't. Is it about a really aggressive chicken??? :>) I'll see if we can get it at the local video store, right? kat |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 20 Jun 99 - 05:22 PM No, and not about the other thing you're thinking about. It's about a photographer nicknamed Pecker--it may be last year's funniest movie. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 20 Jun 99 - 05:32 PM Walter Lanz, right? yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: catspaw49 Date: 20 Jun 99 - 05:35 PM Of course PT, you're right!!!!!!!!!Who could have a woody without ol' Walt........certainly not Bob Dole. catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 20 Jun 99 - 05:39 PM Steve--the Monty Python song that got me was the crucifiction chorus at the end of "Life of Brian." --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S. Date: 20 Jun 99 - 06:07 PM I really tried hard not to mention that. Penny |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 20 Jun 99 - 06:43 PM "Always look on the bright side of life". I need some help on this one, as I can't remember the title. It was a British made morale booster of the 40s. The scene is one where a number of British POWs are about to be repatriated on board a vessel that is just about to sail. A German song is heard over a PA system and Jack Warner (he of Dixon Of Dock Green fame), lifts his head up and shouts out, "come on lads, let's give 'em a song of our own". He starts to sing, on his own, 'Roll Out The Barrel' and soon the whole ship is singing it, drowning out the PA. I'm sorry I can't go on, I am a little choked up after that. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 20 Jun 99 - 07:08 PM Jeez Catspaw, if not seeing Cindy Williams starkers ruins your day (by the way she had breast implant surgery immediately before Laverne and Shirley) I better suggest a film made by the same people: "If you Don't Stop it You'll Go Blind!" It's a T and A satirical comedy with a lot of New York revue actors. It stars Allan Garfield who must be the only actor EVER to work constantly in straight films (you'd recognize him) and porn flicks. A sequel made about a year after was called "Can I do It Til I Need Glasses?" I swear I'm not making this up, and I'm not a visitor to the local shady cinema. I just have a peculiar memory that stores the most unlikely information. On the other hand I can't remember what I had for lunch today! |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUy Wolff Date: 20 Jun 99 - 09:46 PM I'm so glad to see this thread still going...I guess I'm what you might call a vidioholic....{AT least thats what my local vedio store calls me} Ok ,Ok.. so in "Leap of Faith" when their putting up the tent and the gosple chorus is practicing {Do they change keys three times acapella} I think the name of the song is "I've Been Loneley">>>Wow>>>>>Patty Labell is just one of the voices>>>>> I also love the remake of the old BRoadway song about not Rocking the boat at the begining of that movey sung by the Guy with the high voice from the Eagles{ HE played the drums?}On Broadway it went SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN YOUR ROCKIN THE BOAT!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I ALSO LOVE ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM THE MOVIE..."TAPE-HEADS"....No Realy....Sam from SAM and DAVE and Junior WALker << |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 21 Jun 99 - 12:47 AM In __Moby Dick__ the shantyman is none other than the great A.L. (Bert) Lloyd himself---singin' the sails up as the Pequod prepares for sea. In the film __Blink__ there's a fine celtic band from Chicago's Irish community. The heroine in the story is the fiddler for the band. (One of the guys in the band is Sean Clelland but I don't recall anyone else's name.) Several scenes were done in the NO EXIT COFFEEHOUSE where I sang for 37 years. The No Exit faces the very real possibility that it will be closing for good on June 30th, 1999. It seems that all that'll keep it going would be for the current management to win the lottery. It'll be the end of a unique era that began in the Jack Kerouacian beatnik days when nobody else knew what an espresso machine was. Check out Michael Smith's wonderful song, "ELIZABETH DARK", for a musical tribute to the No Exit without ever mentioning the name of this wondrous place that was my home away from home for all those years. The more things change, the more they get different! Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: darkriver Date: 21 Jun 99 - 01:34 AM bseeed-- was that WWII movie you mentioned "A Midnight Clear"? LEJ and Herge-- that theme was sung by Clannad, wasn't it? Definitely an Irish tonality for a story about a white man raised by Indians in the Hudson River valley in the 1600s. Searcher45--Yeah, John Ford does use (did use) the same music over and over--his favorite seems to be that hymn "We'll all gather by the river", which he uses in every funeral or burial scene of any movie he made. Everyone else-- I have to agree with all of you about your choices. I've seen all these movies and the music in all of them is memorable. (How's that for agreeable?) There was also a relatively recent movie with Meryl Streep as a river-rafting guide (I forget the title), which had an absolutely haunting version of "The Water Is Wide". doug |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: darkriver Date: 21 Jun 99 - 01:48 AM --I forgot to mention (but so has everyone else) that Stanley Kubrick was famous for the music he chose for his films--at least, since 2001. It took me a long time to get Handel's Sarabande (the theme from Barry Lyndon) out of my head. Terence Malick, who's made only three movies (haven't seen his latest, The Thin Red Line), also has memorable classically-composed music in his movies. Carl Orff's "Musica Poetica" in Badlands comes to mind. doug |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 21 Jun 99 - 02:03 AM I don't know, Darkriver--it doesn't sound right, but I can't be sure. --seed "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" is from Guys and Dolls, the scene where all the gamblers come to the mission. Leap of Faith had terrific music all the way through. I thought it was a fine movie, though generally badly reviewed. Steve Martin was at his best (I'd still like to see a movie in which he plays the banjo--he doesn't look like a banjo player, but he sure is). --seed |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: catspaw49 Date: 21 Jun 99 - 02:13 AM Well Rick, much as I hate to admit it, I saw both of those. We must have some similar weirdness in film tastes (hint of vanilla...sorry). So I don't suppose this is the time to get into a discussion about an earlier period in my life...and perhaps yours...when I was the Roger Ebert/Gene Siskel of such epics as "Autobiography of a Flea" and "1001 Danish Delights," which may be the funniest hatlapper I ever saw. catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 21 Jun 99 - 04:29 AM Doug, It was called "The river wild" Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon... good movie, nice scenery. Slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 21 Jun 99 - 12:06 PM Rick, Catspaw, I too saw those. At a Drive-in no less. I sure miss drive-ins. I don't believe anyone has mentioned Judy Garland doing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in the Wizard of Oz. How about My Way in Sid and Nancy? What a happy little love story that was. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S Date: 21 Jun 99 - 12:12 PM Cliche, but Casablanca, and La Marseillaise? Penny |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 21 Jun 99 - 12:21 PM Catspaw, I'm afraid we must be related in some way. This, of course could be bad news to our spousal units who obviously did not set out to find husbands who's main occupation was "eccentric". Steve, sorry for not getting back to you on your "pick-up" question, this weekend but I've been feeling like rat-shit and am just starting to function (somewhat) normally. Watched "Sid and Nancy" last night and it didn't help. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lowcountry Date: 21 Jun 99 - 12:28 PM Y'all might not believe this, but the scene in "The Muppet Review" where Paul Williams plays the piano and sings "That's a Sad Song," with all the little muppets gathered around belting out the chorus, will melt your heart. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 21 Jun 99 - 01:09 PM Rick, Don't worry about not getting back to me, she is going to borrow a Dean Markley Promag that a friend recommended. Hopefully this does the trick. I can't say I enjoyed the scene, but I thought the Stuck in the Middle With You scene in Reservoir Dogs was memorable. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Matthew B. Date: 21 Jun 99 - 01:30 PM Kat, the music for Pulp Fiction was actually a Greek folk dance tune called Miserlu, played with electronic distortion (and at a fater tempo). Rick, Cindy Williams was completely clothed throughout the First Nudie Musical. Believe me, I had a thing for her back then and I would have kept coming back to the theater. I agree that 2001 also made GREAT use of music throughout. But there's also a recent film called Smoke Signals that makes brilliant use of Native American music for very powerfule effect (including a song about John Wayne's teeth, played in the style of a war chant).
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 21 Jun 99 - 02:40 PM Art Was the heroine of the Chicago movie played by Madeline Stowe (I like her) and was her character blind? If it was the same one, the music was good, if a little bit too incidental. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 21 Jun 99 - 02:52 PM More random movie notes: Another vote for "Over the Rainbow". I lived in Kansas, so it brings back memories. Her version of "(Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You" in one of the Big Broadcast films (I think) was also memorable. Also Bing Crosby (old!) singing "True Love" to Grace Kelly (young!) in High Society -- bad movie, good song. Anton Karas' music in The Third Man. Herrmann's Citizen Kane, Psycho and Vertigo! (How's that for a hat trick?) Bad moments: Irene Dunne jiving (that black blood) in "Showboat". Warped Beatle history in "Backbeat" Ecological fascism in "The Circle of Life" (Elton John's Lion King soundtrack: also known as Music to Eat Smaller Animals By) How about the twin girls chanting "Mothra" in the film of the same name? (joke) yours, Peter T.> |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Date: 21 Jun 99 - 03:05 PM Art, where is the NO EXIT COFFEEHOUSE you were speaking about? annap |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Bert Date: 21 Jun 99 - 03:06 PM Not that it was particularly great music, but for a scene where the music was perfect for the mood was the opening credits of Carry on Cowboy. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: LEJ Date: 21 Jun 99 - 05:45 PM Soundtrack for Slingblade by Quebecer Daniel Lanois, and especially "The Maker", the song that played over the credits at the end. I heard a version of The Maker on the radio, and thought "Man, Daniel sounds thin and anemic!" Turned out to be Willie Nelson doing a cover.NOI! LEJ |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rick Fielding Date: 21 Jun 99 - 05:49 PM Peter T. For over 25 years I tried to get the sound-track for "The Third Man", with no luck. A couple of years ago a listener to the radio show sent me "The World of Anton Karras", and it's glorious. They've spliced some of "Third Man" together but I can live with it. Never has music been more evocotive than that. It reeks with German decadence, even though the film was set in a much less decadent era. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 21 Jun 99 - 06:41 PM Dadadum-dadadadumm; dadadum-dadadadumm: the leaves fall in the dying autumn breeze almost as if plucked out of the sky by the music, the lady walks the cemetery road contemptuously passing Holly Martins (the Canadian!) who (poor fool!!) still wanders out of his depth, the failed cowboy hero, the reluctant Judas....and in the wind hovers the ghost of the third man who always walks beside them, down the road of this twisted Emmaus -- Vienna seethes with post-war decadence; and in the far distance the Prater Ferris Wheel, symbol of fate, turns! dadadadadumdadadadummmdumdum!! (sorry, got carried away there) Yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Terry Date: 21 Jun 99 - 07:00 PM KC: "Local Hero" and "Gregory's Girl" are among my favorite films, too. I thought the name of the other Forsyth film is "Experience Preferred But Not Necessary." Or, am I thinking of Sayles ...? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Blue Date: 21 Jun 99 - 07:03 PM Does anybody remember that gripping scene at the beginning of Tender Mercies, where Robert Duvall wakes up all hung over in a flea-bag motel, and the sun is shining in through the blinds, and he stumbles over and peers out at the world,(It's already well into the day, and a farmer in overalls and a straw hat is gassing up his pickup and chatting cheerfully with the proprietress; they've probably been up five hours, and he's nasty and flat broke)and a song begins: "See that cloud up in the sky, slowly drifting by ... and it hurts so bad to face reality." It portrays a person who has hit rock bottom--and the music is PERFECT." |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: WyoWoman Date: 22 Jun 99 - 01:07 AM Since several of you have expressed such (deserved) affection for Cab Calloway, you might want to know that his daughter Chris Calloway is singing in Santa Fe, N.M., living precisely the same life so many musicians live -- working the day gig to support the music gig. She's fabulous and, I believe, way under-appreciated. (She was there when I lived in Santa Fe three years ago and there when I went back to visit last year, so I assume she's still there.) Santa Fe's a hard place for anyone to make a living, but especially a jazz singer! KC |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Easy Rider Date: 22 Jun 99 - 10:20 AM Does anybody remember the music from "Easy Rider", 1969, Peter Fonda, et al? It was done by Steppenwolf:
"Get out on the highway, looking for adventure, Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space. I'm a true nature's child. I was born to be wild. Born to be wi-i-ild, born to be wi-i-ild..." EZR |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Date: 22 Jun 99 - 12:49 PM In Doctor Strangelove, I thought the way music was used to enhance the irony of the film was wonderful. It opens with a jet fueling a bomber in mid-air while the sound track was playing "Try a little tenderness", and at the end, when the bombs were going off, they used "we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when..., but we'll meet again, sweetheart" There probably were others, but I can't recall them right now..I'm going to have to go out and buy that tape. annap |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: emily rain Date: 22 Jun 99 - 02:31 PM i loved the scene from My Best Friend's Wedding where the sisters sang "the way you look tonight" with perfect parallel thirds... gave me chills. peter t. : don't dis High Society! i love that movie! especially bing and a decidedly drunken frank sinatra belting out "well did you evah?" at the pre-wedding shindig. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 22 Jun 99 - 03:18 PM emily, we will have to agree to disagree about High Society. It is a ripoff of one of the great movies, The Philadelphia Story. It is not as bad a ripoff as "Silk Stockings" was of "Ninotchka" ("Silk Stockings" should be burned by the public executioner), but grim, grim, grim. Cole Porter, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Grace Kelly together could not rescue it -- if that isn't the measure of a turkey, I don't know what is! It is like Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe in "The Prince and The Showgirl" - what happened? how could such wonderful people be in such dreariness? It is like listening to Emmanuelle Beart give the keynote speech at an Insurance Brokers Convention. (apologies of course to all insurance brokers and French movie fans) yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Jack (who is called Jack) Date: 22 Jun 99 - 03:19 PM I loved Cotton Eyed Joe from the dance scene in Places in the Heart, voice over and soundtrack provided by Doc Watson don't ya know? Say Amen Somebody is high on my list, just because of the insight into Thomas Dorsey and the real life of Gospel Singers. I agree with everyone who loved Mark Knopfler's soundtrack to Local Hero. The Round Midnight soundtrack fills my soul with longing and melancholy to this day. For guilty pleasure, I LOVE any good soundtrack from a classic black & white giant monster movie (King Kong, Godzilla, Beast from 20,000 fathoms). All those heavy low brass exclaimations at critical moments BA-BA-BA-BUM!. And has anyone else seen the recent movie 'Little Voice'? What'd ya think? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Alice Date: 22 Jun 99 - 04:03 PM I liked everything done in the COMMITTMENTS, including the rehearsals and the people who show up to audition. Favorites - Destination Anywhere, Take me to the River, Chain of Fools, Do Right Woman .
"I Get No Kick From Champagne" - Blazing Saddles
Anything Bing Crosby sang, but a classic was "The Road To Morocco" ride on the back of the camel.
"Everything's Up To Date in Kansas City" - Oklahoma
"Dude, Look Like a Lady" - Mrs. Doubtfire, vacuuming.
Bernadette Peters playing the coronet on the beach and singing with Steve Martin
The backyard Flamenco/Paso Doble lesson from "Strictly Ballroom"
"If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker" - Fiddler on the Roof
"Nothing Like A Dame" - South Pacific
"Can You Picture That" Dr. Tooth and his band in the old church in the Muppet Movie. ... aurora boreALIS shinin' down in Dallas, can you picture that?
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 22 Jun 99 - 04:34 PM Jimmie Durante singing, the wonderful 'Young At Heart', as Billy Crystal rides through the cows in City Slickers. And what was the song that Steve Martin and Co sang around the campfire, in The Three Amigos? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Matthew B. Date: 22 Jun 99 - 05:10 PM Danny Kaye singing Inchworm in the movie Hans Christian Andersen The "triplets" and "shoe shine" scenes in Bandwagon Every song in Mary Poppins The scene in Casablanca when they drown out the Germans by singing the La Marseillaise. The musical duel between the baroque trumpet and the male soprano in Farinelli (an extremely underrated gem of a movie) The scene in Back to the Future when he introduces Rock & Roll to the 1955 prom The threatening music that signals the looming approach of the shark in Jaws (without which that shark isn't scary at all). The scene in Schindler's List where the children are being led to their deaths as if they were being taken on a school picnic, while we hear a children's chorus in the soundtrack singing the Yiddish lullabye Oifn Pripetshik |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lonesome EJ Date: 22 Jun 99 - 08:05 PM Shambles-"Blue Shadows on the Trail...Little Cowboy, go to sleep....All the other dogies are in the corral... all their work is done..." Can't remember the rest |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: AndyG Date: 23 Jun 99 - 07:00 AM
Restless Natives (mentioned above);
Oh What a Lovely War (the film) is more like a multi-media presentation of "Perceptions of WWI" than a musical but the audio/visual contrasts are sometimes stunning. Especially Maggie Smith's "On Sunday I Walk Out with a Soldier" from the opening and "And When The Ask Us" at the close.
Does anybody other than me remember the hurdy-gurdy music that scores The Duelist. Just perfect for the film.
Then, of course, there's What's Opera Doc
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lowcountry Date: 23 Jun 99 - 09:48 AM The waltz scene in "Age of Innocence", shot from overhead, was mezmerizing. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mr. D. Date: 23 Jun 99 - 04:31 PM In one of the Pink Panther movies, the one about the swimming pool, etc., a transvestite sings an absolutley gorgeous love song in a caberet. Great song, great voice, great scene. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: emily rain Date: 23 Jun 99 - 06:29 PM "Jamie Baby" from Truly Madly Deeply alan rickman playing his cello as if it were a bass guitar, juliet stevens dancing and whooping and singing lustily, then the rousing piano-duet-finale, suddenly inturrupted by the obnoxious sister ringing the obnoxious doorbell! quick! hide under the piano! |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S. Date: 23 Jun 99 - 07:26 PM "Brush up your Shakespeare...." from Kiss Me Kate - just an excuse to bring up "Midsummer Night's Dream" Have a good one! And hey, the fernseed doesn't work! Penny |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DWDitty Date: 23 Jun 99 - 07:33 PM I got a good chuckle at the end of Die Hard when Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow came on after 2 hours of intense violence. Just took me by surprise. Amedeus, when Mozart "improves" the emporer's march. I can't remember jack about the music, but one of my all-time favorite movies is Birdy (not Bird) - came out in mid 80's - Matthew Modine and Nicholas Cage. Check it out. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Anne Date: 23 Jun 99 - 08:19 PM The lately released "Cookie's Fortune." A Robert Altman flick set in Mississippi. It is set in a small town, with the usual cast of eccentric characters. The deep blues riff that is the constant score of the movie keeps on adding to the drama. The cast includes Ann Neal playing the matriarch Aunt Cookie, Liv Tyler playing the niece, Glenn Close as an aunt and of course, Ned Beatty as the southern sheriff. Lyle Lovett plays an odd fishmonger. A great, great movie-- I saw it twice. SEE IT! Anne |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: MAG (inactive) Date: 23 Jun 99 - 10:53 PM Second to Cookie's Fortune; it was PATRICIA Neal playing cookie, and if you have the name of the opening scene blues song, puhleeze post it; it was nowhere in the credits, and I saw it again just to make sure. -- MA |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DonMeixner Date: 23 Jun 99 - 11:10 PM I have to admit how surprised I am to note that Danny Kaye was mentioned once for what I view as a marginal song. Just my opinion. But every show he was in had some of the best music in hollywood. Most of which was arranged or written by his wife , Sylvia Fine. Lets don't forget: Gene Autry Movies, Roy Rogers Movies. My favorite stuff: The Sons of the Pioneers in "Rio Grande" singing "Kathleen", San "Antone", and "Down By The Gleenside" Anyone ever see "The Massacre at Marble City" ? It opens with a wagon train massacre and the standard musical device of Spaghetti westerns, The singular trumpet and electric guitar playing "The Party's Over" Don |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mark Roffe Date: 23 Jun 99 - 11:16 PM Well, Did You Evah?, the wonderful song in High Society was written by Cole Porter for the 1939 show, DuBarry Was A Lady, starring Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr. I think Betty Grable and Charles Walters sang this song in it. Well, Did You Evah? was delightfully done in High Society, as was every moment of Louis Armstrong on-camera. Pete T., you may be right about the ripoff of Philadelphia Story, but I see you do agree that the music was great fun. Thanks for reminding me of that musical (you too, Emily Rain and Bseed). Bark Woof |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Easy Rider Date: 24 Jun 99 - 10:09 AM In the movie "New York, New York", There is a cabaret scene where this beautiful, Black woman just stands in front of a microphone and sings a VERY SEXY "Honeysuckle rose" with a jazz combo accompanying her. Who was that woman? It was NOT Lisa Minelli, the star of the movie. EZR |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 24 Jun 99 - 10:37 AM I can't remember the tune, but there was some really nice Five String Banjo running throughout "Raising Arizona" When they rolled the credits the player switched from this traditional bluegrass tune to a very uptempo Bluegrassy version of "Ode To Joy." Also, Holly Hunter singing the very morbid but beautiful Willow Garden as a lullaby. What a great movie. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 24 Jun 99 - 11:28 AM Dear Mark, every foot of film with Louis Armstrong in it should be revered, but the film is really irritating to me. The Philadelphia Story is about rich people, but it makes fun of them, or makes them human. Philip Barry was a fine craftsman. High Society does nothing with this; his deft comedy is turned to dust. Also perhaps having Louis around, even treated decently (as this film sort of does to some marginal credit), makes one tire very quickly of all these rich talented white folks. The songs are fine. The songs in "Oklahoma" are fine, the show is terrific, the movie stinks. The songs in "Carousel" are wonderful, the show is terrific, and the movie is a disaster (Don't get me started on Gordon McRae and Shirley Jones -- the whitebread twins). South Pacific! On The Town! Guys and Dolls!!!! (grim travesties all!) . Sorry, where was I? Yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DougR Date: 24 Jun 99 - 08:27 PM The soundtrack to John Ford's "The Quiet Man," gets my vote as one of the best. Anne, I certainly agree with you about "Cookie's Fortune." I thought it was a fine movie. I like the soundtrack of a recent movie, "You've Got Mail," also. Particularly Roy Orbison's "Dream," and Jimmy Durante's "You Made Me Love You." But, one of my all time favorites is the soundtrack to "Brassed Off!" DougR |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 24 Jun 99 - 09:10 PM How about "Falling in Love Again" sung by the great and gorgeous Marlene Dietrich in, I think it was, My Blue Heaven? When my brother was stationed in Germany he brought back several albums. One of them was of her in the sities. My gawd! What a voice and figure! I can still hear her singing that in my mind. katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lonesome EJ Date: 25 Jun 99 - 01:11 AM Kat... Was that in The Blue Angel ? That was a fascinating movie, a study of an addictive, destructive relationship, and a film much more powerful than I had anticipated. I love Western Movie theme music that has the big orchestral sweeping sound that seems to conjure the big sky and sprawling landscape of the west. The theme from The Magnificent Seven was a great example of this, but I think the very best was from The Big Country , a great Western starring another favorite actor of mine, Gregory Peck. Brings out the old goose bumps. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 25 Jun 99 - 04:53 AM If we're into Westerns..... "How the West was won" gets my vote for best tune....... although "The Big Country" is a close second. slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S Date: 25 Jun 99 - 07:14 AM Hallelujah Trail? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Alice Date: 25 Jun 99 - 10:30 AM The children singing Risselty Rosselty in the schoolhouse, while outside in the playground, crows gradually come to perch until they cover the jungle jim, fences, swings, and phone lines. - Hitchcock's "The Birds" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 25 Jun 99 - 12:10 PM Annap---The NO EXIT COFFEEHOUSE is in Chicago---far North side o' town---6970 N. Glenwood. When I began singing there in 1960 it was in Evanston, IL--the first suburb N of Chicago. They've had 4 sets of owners over the years in 3 locations. Shambles---Yes, there should've been more music as well as more of the No Exit. We only got a glimpse of the coffeehouse--and one quick shot outside of it. And it was Mad. Stowe as a blind girl who, while recovering from surgery to bring her eyesight back, "witnessed" a murder through the fog of recovery. Some good shots of Chicago in the film too. But too little music. Another great soundtrack album is __PAPER MOON__---all old 78s---Blue Sky Boys, Hoagy Carmichale-all depression era gems. Art
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Walrus Date: 25 Jun 99 - 01:38 PM Thanks everybody, This thread had brought back so many movie memories, especially "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" firing squad scene from (I think) "The Victors" (not the nicest thing to remember, but certainly an effective scene). Might I nominat both the "Non Nobis" from the Branagh version of "Henry V" and "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" from "Cabaret" Regards Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 25 Jun 99 - 05:28 PM From my most favourite film ever, The Vikings. The bit where the ship is sighted and the horn is blown to tell the village they have returned from a pillage...... Sorry about that it just wrote itself. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 25 Jun 99 - 06:57 PM After seeing the Vikings I wanted to write a parody of "Ragmop" using the name of the Viking "Ragnar". I can hear it now... Art |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: guy wolff Date: 26 Jun 99 - 06:01 PM Speaking of Danny Kay I love " Everything is TicktyBoo " as heard on Merry Andrew, one of my faverites!"Bonna Fortuna" was also wanderfull in that show.I do fast forward the song about Pan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: guy wolff Date: 26 Jun 99 - 06:13 PM Speaking of Danny Kay I love " Everything is TicktyBoo " as heard on Merry Andrew, one of my faverites!"Bonna Fortuna" was also wanderfull in that show.I do fast forward the song about Pan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: o'hanrahan Date: 26 Jun 99 - 10:52 PM Donald O'Connor's "Make 'em Laugh" in Singin' in the Rain. Unbelievable! Just about anything by Ry Cooder. And Randy Newman. The Commitments. The Secret of Roan Innish. The Music Man. Fiddler on the Roof. Jonathan Richman's folksinger in a bar scene from Kingpin is a gas. So are the songs from Spinal Tap. The Muppet Movie. American Graffiti. The Five Heartbeats. Crossroads. Most Gene Kelly and Fred Astair films. I loved the doo-wop street singing scene in Rocky.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 26 Jun 99 - 11:24 PM Another great bit is the three black women acting as a Greek chorus in the musical version of "The Little Shop of Horrors," and, of course, from the same movie the duet that Seymour does with the carnivorous plant (Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist and Bill Murray as a masochistic patient--I don't remember if there was any music, but a great comedy skit). --seed (and the Walrus knows: it was "The Victors.") |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Alice Date: 27 Jun 99 - 01:24 AM Danny Kaye - The Inspector General Danny Kaye - The Court Jester "The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true." |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 27 Jun 99 - 03:18 AM How could we have forgotten "Little Shop of Horrors", brilliant.. and yes there was music "Be a dentist", "Mean green mother from outer space",and "Suppertime" spring to mind. The film has a different ending to the stage musical...... I like Gordon McCrae...... especially in "The Desert Song" but I like Carousel too*grin* slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: thosp Date: 27 Jun 99 - 05:26 PM well there are so many great moments mentioned previously--- i'd just like to add the sound track to "the good,the bad and the ugly" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mudjack Date: 27 Jun 99 - 08:07 PM Some more came to mind after reading all these again. We can't forget the Grey Fox where "The Chieftains" had their music intertwined throughout the whole movie. Another classic scene was Appocalpse Now made the attack on a Viet Village with their speakers wide open playing Wagner(I think since I don't know the classical stuff). It had an overwhelming effect on the enemy and the theatre audiences. Great thread, I'm gong to dig out a few old movies and indulge myself into some magic music moments. M |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lonesome EJ Date: 27 Jun 99 - 10:38 PM Yeah, Mudjack. That was The Flight of the Valkyrie . " I love the smell of napalm in the morning...smells like...Victory!" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Cap't Bob Date: 28 Jun 99 - 12:18 AM In the movie TESS there was a scene where a little band was leading a march to a field. I would love to know the tune the band was playing. There were a few other instrumental numbers that were played during dances. Cap't Bob |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: steve in ottawa Date: 28 Jun 99 - 02:02 AM Interested folks should check out the Internet Movie Database. Play around with the extended search engine. http://us.imdb.com
Not mentioned yet: I have the feeling this thread is going to bat around in my head for a few days at least. A TV moment: last? Olympics when the 'Mericans had a young female gymnast who was trying to perform injured, someone had the bright idea to close the night with a collection of snippets of the young gymnasts as they messed up and hurt themselves, playing Amazing Grace simultaneously. It was perfect. Sure didn't expect that from U.S. commercial TV.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rita64 Date: 28 Jun 99 - 02:48 AM "Moon River" - Breakfast at Tiffany's Lovely dewy-eyed Audrey sitting at the window strumming on that plunkin' guitar gets me every time *sniff sniff*. The music in the wonderful Australian film "My Brilliant Career" is stunning.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: WyoWoman Date: 29 Jun 99 - 12:03 AM Oh, yes, yes, YES!!! (That was my "When Harry Met Sally" impression), Steve T. The entire soundtrack to "Love You 'til the End of the World...." I have the tape of that and have played it so much it's practically worn thin. Finally ordered the CD so I can play it in my house as well as my truck. One of my favorites from that is T-Bone Burnett's "Humans from Earth," and one I'm learning is the duet Jane Siberry (Sp?) does with k.d. lang, "Calling All Angels..." absolutely luscious lyrics. And "The Adversary" and, as you say, the pygmy music. And... The movie ("Love You 'til the End of the World") was about 30 minutes too long, however, don't you think? KC |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lowcountry Date: 29 Jun 99 - 09:43 AM "Everybody's Talking At Me," from the opening credits, sweeps one right into the mood and story of "Midnight Cowboy." Good movie, nearly a perfect theme song. "River of No Return," the lovely and haunting theme song of the movie of the same name. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: MAG (inactive) Date: 01 Jul 99 - 11:27 PM Glad, glad somebody mentioned *Hallelujah Trail,* for purely personal reasons -- Bill gulick (novelist and film consultant) is a Walla Walla native, still very much alive and kicking. And who WAS that Black blues singer in *Cookie's Fortune;* please please please. It was NOT Koko Taylor. Tangent: I love those old hoofer bits in movies; anything with Anne Miller; the other dancer who did that bit with kicking over all the suitcases set up in a circle. I thought of this because I am with Peter T. on most musicals; I hate pretentious musicals. Can't discuss *My Fair Lady* with my best friend. --MA |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 14 Jul 99 - 05:52 PM I had forgotten (to my shame), that wonderful bit in 2001. The bit where you fly through the space-station, to the sound of 'The Blue Danube'. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 15 Jul 99 - 12:38 PM In the film YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN when Madelyn Kahn, after sleeping with the monster, joyously sings to CLIMAX the film, "Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life At Last I've Found You..." Quite moving! Art |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 16 Jul 99 - 09:54 AM I don't recall it being mentioned earlier, but what about Madelyn Kahn's Stage Performance in "Blazing Saddles" complete with one liners to the audience? I wish I could remember it all, but I know I thought it was hilarious.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 04 Jul 07 - 11:53 PM There is now an anniversary DVD available of the First Nudie Musical!! |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Jul 07 - 02:23 AM This thread deserved resurrection. When I saw it, the scene that came to mind was Ann Miller singing (and dancing) "Too Darn Hot" in Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate. She was really obnoxious in the scene - but her legs were amazingly memorable, and she sure knew how to use them. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Trevor Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:13 AM Great thread! The sound track from Arizona Dream. 76 Trombones from The Music Man. The song that the boy sings in Empire of the Sun is Suo Gân - we sing it sometimes as part of our set. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUEST,Edthefolkie Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:54 AM "Genevieve" - Kay Kendall, drunk as a skunk, playing the eponymous "Genevieve" on the trumpet. Doris Day, "The Deadwood Stage". At Cropredy festival (UK) a few years ago, the madman who was doing the entr'acte records stuck this on. Of course, the 40 million watt PA wafted it across the whole of Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. I think he played "Nellie the Elephant" as well - far out man. Julie Christie singing Bushes and Briars in "Far from the Madding Crowd". Terence Stamp performing Jolly Tinker in the same film, accompanied by Dave Swarbrick. And...Swarb and others (including Martin Carthy?)doing the dance music for the Harvest Home in the mediaeval barn. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: pattyClink Date: 05 Jul 07 - 09:41 PM The Madeleine Kahn performance (yes, I know the post was '99 and you're not there any more!) was "I'm Tired", right? But the coolest musical moment still has to be Frankie Laine singing the title song. I have 2 nominations: In the biopic "Great Balls of Fire" the young Jerry Lee Lewis sneaks a peak in the window of a juke joint where a really fine blues singer played by Valerie Wellington tears the house down. All the sweeter to see on film since the young lady has died since. The end of the old Tom Skerritt/Pierce Brosnan film 'The Heist'-- at the culmination of an elaborate plan, Pierce gets to watch the ex-friend who framed him get framed himself trying to leave the country at the San Diego border stop with stolen stuff, while the Gipsy Kings sing "A Mi Manera", Pierce smiling in sweet revenge. Anybody remember John Cullum breaking into song in Northern Exposure, was it at his wedding? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Jim Lad Date: 06 Jul 07 - 02:20 AM "Going My Way" again for the "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" scene. I can still see Barry Fitzgeralds mother, stumbling down the aisle, arms wide open. God I thought she was going to die before she reached him. The made for TV movie "Sunshine" featured John Denver's music and there isn't a bad song in the bunch. "My Sweet Lady" was sung by the lead male at a coffee house (I had never even heard of those) and is by far the most memorable. Frankie & Johnny, my favourite movie, has an excellent early morning scene where a radio announcer plays a request for them as they stare out out at the empty streets. No dialogue. The camera and the music are left to tell the story. Silence of the Lambs was fine but I didn't think the movie was as funny as the book. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 06 Jul 07 - 11:37 AM First, I believe it was Harry Dean Stanton, hisownself, singing "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" in Cool Hand Luke. Second, how about the late Frankie Laine (one of my neighbors for years)belting out the "Blazing Saddles" theme song during the credits. Mel Brooks said that had placed an ad in the "trades" looking for a vocalist. Frankie Laine answered the ad and was never told the music would be for a comedy, let alone anything like "Blazing Saddles." He did the song 'straight' and the rest, as they say, is history. He did not know, until he saw the film, what he had lent his voice to. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: cetmst Date: 07 Jul 07 - 07:43 AM Marlene Dietrich singing "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" and "Little Joe" was fun. Chilling was Robert Mitchum singing "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" as he pursued the escaping children in "Night of the Hunter" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUEST,Zoe Bremer Date: 07 Jul 07 - 11:29 AM How about the Blues Brothers singing "Stand By Your Man"? |
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