Magical Movie Music Moments

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Originally posted by fred simon:

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Originally posted by JamieL_v2:

Terrence Malick's 'Badlands' (1973)

One of my favorites, too.

Malick also directed another of my favorites, Days Of Heaven, which makes such beautiful use of Camille Saint-Saëns' The Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals.



What a perfect marriage of sight and sound.

Mind if I join the Malick love in? I second both of the above, and am already very excited about his new film, "The Tree of Life". The trailer alone gives me goosebumps and makes great use of Smetana's Vltava:



Not forgetting the end of "The New World" and the Das Rheingold overture:



Malick = Genius

The harmonica theme in Jean de Florette (directed by Claude Berri, written by Marcel Pagnol) is unforgettable....

Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter) - Directed by Claude Sautet uses Ravel's chamber music very effectively. Sound track for the Sonata / Trio etc. came from Jean-Jacques Kantotow (vioon), Jacques Rouvier (piano) and Philippe Muller (cello).

I always remember being blown away by the "music" for this movie:-




First major movie with an all electronic score, in reality a series of electronic sounds,produced by the Barron brothers.

I know Delia was doing it too, but not that I'm aware of for a full length major studio movie. I'm sure ROTF will be along shortly to "straighten" me, and Wiki out.
Probably a symphony in comparison to some that followed

The Barron "brothers" were actually Bebe and Louis, husband and wife.
Ever the pedant. Sorry Howard.

Ah Cool Hand Luke, one of my all time favourites and voted the sweatiest movie ever made in the first episode of Cheers.

I saw it in the cinema when I was thirteen and that scene made such an impression on me it was an hour before I could safely stand up.

I still never notice the music though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...yer_detailpage#t=38s

The soundtrack is 50% of the fun of this great movie.

Sniper: What a wonderful thread you started there.

Claude

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...never notice the music though.

minding one's own buisness working hard scrubing the car clean,
and those chain-gang boys always happend to have turned up to dig some dirt.

...must be very hard in that sun.

Debs

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Originally posted by Florestan:

Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter) - Directed by Claude Sautet uses Ravel's chamber music very effectively.

I had intended to mention this but you beat me to it ... one of my favorite soundtracks of all time. I love these more austere Ravel duos and trios ... some of his very best music.

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Originally posted by TomK:
Ah Cool Hand Luke, one of my all time favourites and voted the sweatiest movie ever made in the first episode of Cheers.

I saw it in the cinema when I was thirteen and that scene made such an impression on me it was an hour before I could safely stand up.

I still never notice the music though.

Tom,

I must have been the around the same age when I saw it and it was a big favourite with my father - we used 'you shaking that bush boy?' and 'what we got here is failure to communicate' for years. Actually I posted that clip for a bit of a giggle as really there is very little music there at all (other than heavenily choirs in my ears only)but WHO CARES, right?

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Originally posted by fred simon:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Florestan:

Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter) - Directed by Claude Sautet uses Ravel's chamber music very effectively.

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I had intended to mention this but you beat me to it ... one of my favorite soundtracks of all time. I love these more austere Ravel duos and trios ... some of his very best music.

It was on my list too - and Emmanuel Beart too...lovely.

Another favourite and my very first French film - Diva!



Wilhelmenia Fernandez sings the aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana", from Act I of Catalani's opera "La Wally." The piece is a haunting reverie on the theme of traveling alone and far from home. Catalani died in 1893 of consumption at the age of 39, only a year after the triumphant premiere of "La Wally" at La Scala.



Another magical clip from Diva - music by Vladimir Kosma (it's a rip off/pastiche of Erik Satie)

Another magical French movie with a great score Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)



Music by Jann Tiersen

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Originally posted by naim_nymph:

...must be very hard in that sun.

Debs

Ooh young lady you are awful....

Tom, I blame Wiki.

How am I to know Louis was a woman?

Kuma, thanks for that reminder about The Night of the Hunter which I watched again last night - easy to see why has become so influential.

Naim_nymph, your Zulu (war chants) was truly inspired - I would never have thought of that one.

ClaudeP - Master & Commander had completely dropped off my radar. Thank you for reminding me that it is full of outstanding music.

I have watched/listened to all the clips, most of which I am familiar with but those I have never seen (or even heard of)I will track down and watch.

It is a long clip but well worth the wait for the music - the tango scene from 'Scent of a Woman'.





‎'Por una cabeza' - Carlos Gardel

Play the opening chord in the dark very loud....

How's Harold going to get out of this one....?

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Originally posted by Sniper:
Another magical French movie with a great score Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)



Music by Jann Tiersen

Sniper - Now you beat me to this one! Amelie is another fabulous movie where the film and the music just feed off of one another. I rarely like any movie that doesn't nail either the music or the visual aspect. Of course, it doesn't get better than when the music and visual is outstanding plus the story/acting is near perfect too. For me this is a guaranteed home run....

One of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. Anyone who does not like this forever foregoes the right to call themselves a music lover.



Edith Mathis and Gundula Janowitz from the 1968 recording of 'Sull aria' from Le Nozze Di Figaro/Karl Bohm conducting the Berlin Opera

Priceless

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Originally posted by Florestan:
[QUOTE]Sniper - Now you beat me to this one! Amelie is another fabulous movie where the film and the music just feed off of one another. I rarely like any movie that doesn't nail either the music or the visual aspect. Of course, it doesn't get better than when the music and visual is outstanding plus the story/acting is near perfect too. For me this is a guaranteed home run....

Florestan,

Totally agree. It just turns out that many of my favourite films have great scores or at least great musical moments whilst many others are visually stunning and it is indeed a rare treat to have a film that combines stunning photography with a great score.

Frankie and Johnny (1991)



Debussy - Claire De Lune