Motion picture soundtracks

Eternity and a Day / Eleni Karaindrou / ECM

Regards,

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Sorry,

The correct URL for Eternity and a Day is:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001IVNC/ref=p.../104-5895720-7334337

Haim

Philip Glass's music for 'The Hours', and on a sentimental Christmassy note, the soundtrack to 'Sleepless in Seattle'.

Nigel

Too many to list but here goes my favourites.
• Max Steiner: the classic Hollywood schmultz.
His most notable work would be GWTW, but my favorite is Now, Voyager & Four Daughters

• Frantz Waxman: A place in the sun
• Leonard Rosenman: East of Eden
• David Raksin: The Bad & the beautiful
He's probably one of the most underrated composer. Too bad his career was shortend after the Mccarthy witch hunt.
• Ennio Morricone: The Mission
• junior Homrich: Emerald Forest
• Michel Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
• Henry Mancici: Sunflower
• Danny Elfman: Mission Impossible
• Lalo Schfrin: Mission Impossible
• Hans Zimmer: *Life Goes On* from A league of Their Own
• James Horner: Apollo 13
• John Wiliams: Schindler's List
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
• Kodo: Hunted
The last two films were abysmal, but scores were good.

Gladiator. (Track 3 - Battle - is a good track to demo a system.)

Mike

For something different, try Patrick Doyle's soundtrack for "A Little Princess".

Steve

Natural Born Killers, dire film, awesome soundtrack.

I am a big fan of soundtracks as they normally have a broad selection of quality tunes -

Some of my faves -

Tomb Raider
The Beach
Cocktail
Loved Up
Vanilla Sky
Boomerang
Mo Money
Playstation OST
Rush Hour
Waiting to exhale
Spawn
Judgement Night
Clockers

and more but I cant remember

If we allow OSTs rather than scores, mine would probably be from 'The Big Lebowski' - a top mix of excellent music of a great many different styles, and one which has introduced to some that I would never have thought to try otherwise. Kenny Rogers being the most obvious of these.

From a movie score point of view I'd probably pick something from the Spaghetti Western era, maybe Ennio Morricone's one for 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'. I also really like the score for 'Once Upon A Time In The West', too, but there have been many great ones to choose from if you like the style of film.

Taxi Driver - The remastered CD with extras is a must have. Bernard Herrmann at his best and last. Ominous and beautiful in equal measure.

I still like Easy Rider OST.

H

Pulp Fiction
Pink Panther and Return of the Pink Panther (cheesy, but great)
Just been loaned the Amelie soundtrack and trying to decide if I like it or not.

S

Another vote for Bernard Hermann. To be honest, those old Disney LPs - Jungle Book, Snow White, Aristocats, etc. take some beating.

I gave the Aristocats a spin the other day - 30+ year old vinyl and all I can say is "Boy, could that Scat Cat swing"

I though 'me myself and Irene' was good, some nice Steely Dan covers.

Fisbey - Is that available on CD. I have tried to find that before but in vain.

Yes it is - got mine through Amazon.

Cheers - who covers what?

I've posted a scanned copy of the rear of the CD in 'Padded Cell' - for some reason I couldn't add an attachment here!

Cheers for that - I posted a reply over there.

Ever heard the becker /fagan soundtrack to a film called "you gotta walk it like you talk it" - very early and primative but still very Dan. Worth hunting out in a 'chack out the bell bottoms' sort of way!

Strangely, the same as my favourite film.
Bladerunner.
The soundtrack by Vangelis sets a superb 'backdrop' for the film to work with.
I also rather like two more, in the shape of 'legend' and 'thief' but then I am a TD fan..

Just a very few off the top of my head (many more deep within) ...

McCabe and Mrs. Miller - Leonard Cohen

Paris, Texas - Ry Cooder

Falcoln and the Snowman - Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays

Road to Perdition - David Newman

More will surface as soon as I post this, I'm sure.

Fred

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Originally posted by fred simon:



Just a very few off the top of my head (many more deep within) ...

McCabe and Mrs. Miller - Leonard Cohen

Fred

Fred,

McCabe and Mrs. Miller was a movie that got me especially deep into the score. I saw the movie in 1972 in Germany and since it was dubbed in German (without subtitles), and me, not speaking a word of that language, I had no choice but to forgo the dialogue, and focus on the imagery and sound.

Regards,

Haim

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller is landmark Altman.

That Leonard Cohen's songs were written before the film, mostly from his first album, somehow makes them even more uncanny in their match to the film, as if Cohen had actually written them for a film he hadn't seen.

And then there's cinematographer Vilmos Szigmond's muted pastel watercolor cinematography.

Just a couple reasons this film is a masterpiece.

Fred


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The "Moliere" movie done by Ariane Mnouchkine - Fabulous soundtrack

cheers
Stefan

Can't believe I forgot "One from the heart," so good I bought it thrice