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20 Aug 02 - 03:49 PM (#768707) Subject: TV and movie soundtracks From: GUEST,xaliasslayer What TV shows and movies have the best music soundtracks? I want some good soundtrack music and I need some suggestions for what to listen to. I don't care what kind, just what's generally good in your opinion. |
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20 Aug 02 - 03:58 PM (#768715) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Kim C Lord of the Rings has a pretty good soundtrack. I also like the music from Shrek and I Am Sam. |
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20 Aug 02 - 03:58 PM (#768716) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Clinton Hammond My fav soundtracks? Ummm...
Gladiator That version of Robin Hood that the BBC did, with Clanad doing the soundtrack has some pretty cool moments... I quite like the soundtrack for the Bakshi version of Lord Of The Rings... just wish I could find it anywhere...
Wrath Of Kahn has a killer soundtrack... Just a few off the top of my head... ;-)
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20 Aug 02 - 04:06 PM (#768720) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy a great movie soundtrack of all time was/is 'Pretty Baby' by Louis Malle, real, down home, New Orleans Jazz and ragtime music, that fits the mood and action. the use of Leonard Cohen's songs in 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller' 'One From the Heart' Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle Tom Waits' 'Black Rider' is a stage musical recording that holds together from beginning to end, some unforgettable music 'Deliverance' 'The Songs of the Civil War' released in conjunction with the Ken Burns documentary is marvelous - McGarrigle Family, Hoyt Axton, Waylon Jennings, Richie Havens, etc.
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20 Aug 02 - 04:15 PM (#768722) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Kim C Oh yeah! "Songs of the Civil War" is great - it isn't the same as the soundtrack from the series, which is pretty good as well. Aw heck, get 'em both! We just bought both of the Songcatcher CDs. Neither is really a soundtrack, although the first one does have some of the movie music on it. The second one has a lot of early recordings, from the 30s & such. There were a lot of differing opinions here about the movie, but both CDs are worth having. |
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20 Aug 02 - 04:25 PM (#768730) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: The Walrus I must say that I liked the sound track from the film "Barry Lyndon" (not a bad film, except for the casting of Ryan O'Niell in the lead - That ruined the whole thing). Walrus |
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20 Aug 02 - 04:29 PM (#768732) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: X Barney Miller, love that bass line. |
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20 Aug 02 - 04:35 PM (#768734) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Uncle_DaveO Assuming for the moment you're not talking just about current movies, my nominees are: The Sting Dave Oesterreich |
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20 Aug 02 - 04:37 PM (#768736) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy personally, I find most Hollywood soundtracks useless and offensive, don't need or care for the bombast of john Williams and his ilk to tellme what I should be experiencing, didn't like Lord of the Rings for that reason, really enjoy OLD movies, that had NO music soundtrack, except for occasional incidental music related to the characters action on the screen. One good soundtrack that is just general background music that doesn't intrude but enhances the story is 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' |
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20 Aug 02 - 04:53 PM (#768743) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Memphis Mud Remember the Titans Harrold and Maude (assuming you can forgive Cat Stevens for what he said about Salman Rushdie) |
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20 Aug 02 - 04:53 PM (#768744) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy perhaps the best ever was the soundtrack to 'The Third Man'. I don't know if a full soundtrack recording was ever released but the 'Third Man Theme' by Anton Karas had a pretty long shelf life and is still recognized by whoever has seen the film. That last seen with the leaves falling from the linden trees at the cemetery, just music playing as we watch Valli slowly walk away from Joseph Cotten, unforgettable. |
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20 Aug 02 - 05:11 PM (#768751) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: katlaughing Hear My Song Legends of the Fall The Emperor and the Assassin (a Chinese movie, Excellent!) Amadeus The Druids (the one with |
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20 Aug 02 - 05:25 PM (#768761) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: beadie A while back, there was a flick titled "The Long Riders." It was a tale about the James-Younger gang in the 1880's. The film was unique in that it cast brothers to play the parts of the brothers (James and Stacy Keach as the James brothers; David, Robert and Keith Carradine as the Younger brothers; Dennis and Randy Quaid as the Miller brothers; and the Guest brothers were then Fords). The soundtrack was composed, scored and performed by Ry Cooder and had a distinct mournful, sort of period feel that was enhanced by his choice of instrumentation. The tape would be a worthwhile investment or at least a good rental from your local Blockbuster. |
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20 Aug 02 - 05:33 PM (#768763) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,JTT Casablanca? |
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20 Aug 02 - 08:43 PM (#768825) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST John Barry did the soundtracks for both Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves, my favorites of all time. However, he also did a bit of schlock as well, like Born Free. |
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20 Aug 02 - 09:25 PM (#768842) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Dave Williams The Magnificent Seven The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain. The CD for this one is apparently no longer available, but the DVD and video are. |
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20 Aug 02 - 09:33 PM (#768845) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: kendall The best, Dr. Zhivago, The third man, The Student Prince. The worst, Barney Miller, NYPD BLUE |
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20 Aug 02 - 10:54 PM (#768883) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: DonMeixner Movies: The Sea Hawk, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Charge of the Light Brigade. Lawrence of Arabia. TV : The Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, School House Rock Don |
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20 Aug 02 - 11:21 PM (#768892) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Wincing Devil TV:
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20 Aug 02 - 11:26 PM (#768897) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Ellen Ford It seems to me that movie music should be listened to while watching the movie - that's sort of the point and the artistry of the genre. If you are looking for SCORED movie music then I think the best movie scores are the ones composed by Bernard Herrmann who did Alfred Hitchcock movies among others. (if you want to appreciate Herrmann's artistry, turn the sound off and on while watching some of the intense scenes.) My personal favorite is North by Northwest, the meter and harmonies on the main theme always surprise and delight. If you are looking for soundtracks that employ previously recorded music from a variety of sources - hmm. I second Walrus's suggestion of Barry Lyndon - that's always been a favorite of mine. One that I only heard once that I keep meaning to go back to was "Men with Guns" - a John Sayles movie that I only saw once - though a fan of his films I didn't love this one - however I was BLOWN AWAY by the thrilling soundtrack. |
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21 Aug 02 - 01:35 AM (#768936) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Mudlark Down by Law, a Jim Jarmusch film, had a great soundtrack. And Buena Vista, of course. And Kat, I thot the music for Hear my Song was good, too. |
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21 Aug 02 - 02:07 AM (#768948) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Melani Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis version) |
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21 Aug 02 - 06:09 AM (#768996) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: kendall 2001 A Space Odyssey, and Clockwork Orange. |
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21 Aug 02 - 06:43 AM (#769006) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Lanfranc at the orifice TV (current): - "West Wing" (excellent, just like everything else about the programme) TV (historical): - "Stranger on the Shore" Fillums: "First of the Few" (Walton's "Spitfire" Prelude and Fugue); "Moulin Rouge" (Chaplin's original); "Dream of Olwen" Pass the bristle cone pine! Alan |
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21 Aug 02 - 08:13 AM (#769028) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: kendall Bonnie & Clyde |
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21 Aug 02 - 10:12 AM (#769073) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Fred Miller I kind of liked last of the mohicans also, at least the fiddle part. A lot of soundtracks and even commercials recently seem to have a Philip Glass surface quality about them. But Beadie, about The Long Riders, the Miller brothers were not-so-great great uncles of mine, were actually Frank and Clell--they changed Frank in the movie I guess because of Frank James. I seem to remember they were played by Randy and some other Quaid nobody ever heard of, not Dennis. Was it Dennis? Not to be touchy about my thuggy ancestors, but they were portrayed as the goofiest most cowardly gang members. |
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21 Aug 02 - 10:37 AM (#769089) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Giac Current TV: 7th Heaven. The music is mostly acoustic guitar, with excellent use of harmonics. If I didn't like the show so much, I'd still watch it just for the music. ~;o) Mary |
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21 Aug 02 - 01:15 PM (#769174) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Lepus Rex, cookie-less I agree with Ellen Ford, that soundtracks should be listened to while watching the film, but here's my favourites, anyway: The Royal Tenenbaums. A mixture of Mark Mothersbaugh's score, and previously recorded stuff by Elliot Smith, Nico, the Ramones, Bob Dylan, The Clash, Nick Drake, and others. The cd's actually missing some of the more important songs used in the movie, but most of my favourites are on it. See the movie, though. :) Breaking the Waves. The soundrack mostly has the music played in these short intermission-type things between the "chapters" of the movie. I actually don't even have the cd of this soundtrack, but I listen to it when I watch the dvd. :) The Big Lebowski. Yma Sumac, Kenny Rogers, Townes VanZandt, Elvis Costello, Captain Beefheart. Woohoo! >:) Time of the Gypsies/Dom za vešanje. Really cool Emir Kusturica movie, with an even cooler traditional/Goran Bregoviæ soundtrack. The cd I have of it isn't the best, though: It's a combination of music from DVZ and stuff from another film Bregoviæ worked on, and some of the best songs from DVZ are missing. :( Still, swell enough that I bought it. But, again, see the movie. TV... The Sopranos. Never bought any of the Sopranos soundtrack cds, and probably won't, but great music to hear while watching the show. The Prisoner! God, I love this show. Got all the soundtracks. The opening theme is the best tv theme song, ever. Hmm... That's all I can think of, for soundtracks. I like lots of tv show theme songs, though: "Boss of Me" by They Might Be Giants, from Malcolm in the Middle. The theme from "Rockford Files." The themes from the first two "Blackadder" series. The theme from "What's Happening!!" (Or maybe I just liked the show. The song gets stuck in my head alot, anyway. And I still occasionally enter rooms with "Hey HEY hey!") The theme song from "King of the Hill," by a band called "The Refreshments," I think. Tons more... ---Lepus Rex |
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21 Aug 02 - 01:20 PM (#769176) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy Latcho Drom - great movie, as well, which is not always the case with soundtracks. rent it and watch it if you have never seen it, and get the soundtrack. |
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21 Aug 02 - 01:24 PM (#769180) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Lepus Rex The "æ" in "Bregoviæ" should be a "c" with a little acute accent thingee over it. I should have just written "Bregovich," heh. ---Lepus Rex |
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21 Aug 02 - 01:25 PM (#769182) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Lepus Rex Damn, Bill, I agree: great soundtrack to Latcho Drom. I knew I was forgetting something... ---Lepus Rex |
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21 Aug 02 - 05:49 PM (#769301) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,xaliasslayer Some great posts and some wonderful reminders about soundtracks I miss listening to. I really love stuff like Twin Peaks and Suicide Virgins. I think that the new show, Push, Nevada, is gonna have a really cool soundtrack. Dark, brooding, quirky, set in a remote town. Perfect some real cool music. Anyone here gonna watch it? |
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22 Aug 02 - 04:54 PM (#769805) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Firecat Blackadder 2! YES!!! Films wise I can recommend "Evita" and "Oliver!" (well, they are musicals!) or any of the Disney ones, especially Fantasia 2000. Mind you, if you're wanting instrumental soundtracks, the one for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorceror's) Stone" is fantastic. |
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22 Aug 02 - 05:45 PM (#769831) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,alinact Now no sniggering please, but back in the 70's there was a film called The Sensualist, which was considered to be almost pornographic back then. It was basically an Adults Only version of Love Sory. The point is, as soon as I saw the movie I immediately went out and bought the soundtrack, which consists mainly of some very moody, jazzy harmonica and guitar playing. Still got it. Allan |
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22 Aug 02 - 05:54 PM (#769836) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,xaliasslayer Hey Allan. I love guitar driven soundtracks but more moody guitar and twangy kinda stuff. Like twin peaks used in the show. That's why I think Push, Nevada, will have cool music too. Set in the desert. Washed out scenes sometimes, vivid and weird in others. Check out the pics on the site (http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/push/index.html) |
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23 Aug 02 - 01:01 AM (#769959) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Mudlark TV...great music, especially over closing credits, in Northern Exposure. More currently, music from the HBO special series, Six Feet Under. Movies...from the early 80's maybe, an oddball movie called Zandy's Bride, taken from a wonderful book on the early Big Sur area of California, great scenery and a great acoustic music driven score, written--of all people--by Michael Franks. also agree in spades with Latcho Drom... |
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23 Aug 02 - 03:06 AM (#769979) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: fat B****rd The Streetfighter (Hard Times in USA) and the Big Easy. Both New Orleans/Louisiana. Not forgetting The Girl Can't help It. |
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23 Aug 02 - 06:51 AM (#770046) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Pat Darlington "Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?" - early '70s Dustin Hoffman movie - not much of a movie but excellent songs by Dr. Hook |
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23 Aug 02 - 07:15 AM (#770059) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: katlaughing The Sting The Electric Horseman, except for the part where the blonde sang in the movie; I can't remeber if she is on the soundtrack or not. If I remember rightly the music in the Reivers was really good, too. We've been watching old James Bond movies and were laughing at how out-dated they are, but also at how fun the music was, esp. the way it was used to emphasise a scene. |
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23 Aug 02 - 09:23 AM (#770117) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Fred Miller I loved the soundtrack to boogie nights--all that 70's stuff I could never have remembered without hearing again. Too funny. Then Magnolia had that ponderous music that kept saying Something Serious Is Going On Here--but I never figured out what it was. |
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23 Aug 02 - 10:15 AM (#770158) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Trevor Inspector Morse. OK, I listen to Classic FM sometimes as well. |
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23 Aug 02 - 10:52 AM (#770184) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Don There was a short-lived sitcom in the U.S. called "Sweet Surrender", starring the actress Dana Delany (This was before "China Beach".) Mostly forgettable, I suppose, but I particularly enjoyed the synth-driven theme music. Other TV themes, off the top of my head, that I enjoyed were "St. Elsewhere", "Newhart" (the series with Larry, Darryl, and Darryl,) and the British series "The Sandbaggers". "The Avengers" was also great not only for the theme but for the entire soundtrack. Also liked the theme and soundtrack for the PBS (produced by BBC?) "Miss Marple" episodes. I guess I could go on and on. Haven't got my thoughts together regarding movies, but I would certainly second the vote for "Hear my Song"! |
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23 Aug 02 - 10:55 AM (#770187) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Kim C The Long Riders is one of my all-time favorite movies. Yes, it was Dennis and Randy Quaid. And it is now available on DVD. It was the first VHS I ever bought. Fred, Ed Miller is referred to as Ed Miller in all the historical information I can find. Is it possible that Edward was a middle name? It was very common for people to go by their middle names in the 19th century. |
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23 Aug 02 - 03:35 PM (#770395) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Peter Kasin Leave It To Beaver, of course. A no-brainer! :-) Chanteyranger |
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23 Aug 02 - 03:45 PM (#770404) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST kat, it was John Barry, whom I mentioned above (Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa), also scored many of the Bond films. Ellen Ford, I loved the film Men with Guns, but I can't for the life of me remember the music as being all that good. Vive la difference, as they say! |
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23 Aug 02 - 05:07 PM (#770444) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Kim C The music in Chocolat is also very good. Gypsy swing. This is a really sweet movie, by the way - no pun intended. |
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23 Aug 02 - 09:00 PM (#770565) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,Fred Miller Kim C, how much information do you have? I'm just relying on my memory, when I was a kid and shortly after Butch Cassidy came out, I looked through books on outlaws and found the Miller bros. My dad dug out some geneology that only said they were rumored to have been in the James gang, but there was a Pinkerton photo of Clell (?) in a chair with a bullethole in his head, and he looks exactly like my uncle Joe, just smaller. Since then we have more extensive stuff, but I haven't got into it much. I was misremembering Dennis, I could have it wrong--can you tell me anything else? My e-mail is Mtmesis@wmconnect.com if you have a minute or two. anyway, thanks, I've been telling it wrong. |
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23 Aug 02 - 11:28 PM (#770619) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: katlaughing KimC, I loved Chocolat and the music! Thanks for the info, Guest. |
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23 Aug 02 - 11:34 PM (#770621) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Mudlark More good movie music from: Angelo, My Son, a movie made by Robert Duvall about a family of gypsies, also his Tender Mercies. |
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24 Aug 02 - 05:17 PM (#770935) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST The gorgeous Welsh film Hedd Wyn had a beautiful soundtrack, but it was never released as an album. |
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25 Aug 02 - 02:58 AM (#771155) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: drummergirl Wow, I cann't believe that no one has mentioned the soundtrack from "Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story"! It has one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE classical songs on it. The tune has even been used in the previews of other films such as Tom Hanks' "Cast Away". I am sure that some of you (if not all) will scoff when I say that another soundtrack that some of my friends from my bagpipe band and I like to listen to the "Braveheart" soundtrack. |
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25 Aug 02 - 03:55 AM (#771160) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: GUEST,x-alias-slayer hmmm, I see a lot of movie soundtracks here but not a lot of tv shows. Which genre do better soundtracks come from? Comedy or drama tv shows? I think you get more original stuff in the dramas. It's easier to showcase new music. |
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25 Aug 02 - 11:22 AM (#771270) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Peter T. Shifting into the quasi-classical: The soundtrack for Kieslowski's "Red" is very, very beautiful, all of it composed by Preizner, supposedly by an 18th century composer -- the main theme is a Ravel like Bolero, completely compelling. I am not sure that there is a record of the music from "The Double Life of Veronique" -- the singing by the woman dubbing for Irene Jacob appears and reappears in Kieslowski's movies. The famous "Symphony for Europe" in "Blue" is a disaster. The music for "Brideshead Revisited" withstands repeated listenings, certainly good for backgrounds. Real classical: The music from "Un Coeur en Hiver" (released as a soundtrack album -- Ravel, Debussy quartets) is excellent. There is a brilliant use of music (Schubert) in "Minority Report" -- John Williams at work (most of whose stuff I cannot abide). Best movie album of all time? Easy. "A Hard Day's Night". yours, Peter T. |
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25 Aug 02 - 03:24 PM (#771369) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Memphis Mud I must agree with GIAC, Seventh Heaven is a fine TV show with the sweetest acoustic guitar all through it. |
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26 Aug 02 - 11:04 AM (#771724) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Kim C Fred, I just looked it up on the Internet. There's lots of James Gang stuff out there. I also have some books at home - in particular, Time-Life had a really good Old West series several years ago. I believe it's out of print now but used volumes are easy to come by. |
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26 Aug 02 - 06:35 PM (#771960) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: beachcomber I always loved the soundtrack from "Genevieve" was it Tommy Reilly or Larry Adler who composed and played the Harmonica? Another harmonica melody was the theme from "Shane" one of the all-time great Western Movies. beachcomber |
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26 Aug 02 - 07:46 PM (#772001) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: katlaughing I, too, enjoy listening to the soundtrack of Braveheart...went out and bought it right after seeing the movie! |
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27 Aug 02 - 05:34 PM (#772483) Subject: RE: BS: What TV shows and movies have the best m From: Leeder My son the movie buff (well, minor in film studies, major in English) mentions "Psycho" as his favourite instrumental score and "The Graduate" as a good one-artist score. My wife likes "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" (lots of other things wrong with that movie, but the music was good). For folkies, I'd mention "Matewan" (Hazel Dickens' graveside hymn is breathtaking) as well as the aforementioned "Songcatcher", O Brother Where Art Thou" and "Barry Lyndon" (The Chieftains' first score, if memory serves). |