Maybe it has been talked about already, but well, life is a constant evolution (or regression, depending on) ....so, there I go.
Yesterday, in our traditional wednesday night friends meeting, I was sharing with them three french wine bottles and a big variety of, quite literally awful, french cheeses and a yummy Canard Foie that I stolen in my vacations in an InterMarché Supermarket in Luchon (FR) ... we were celebreting my new job ... just an excuse.
My friend is a jazz fan but yesterday he surprised us with a cd... Blade Runner Soundtrack by Vangelis ... and ... god ... we all get deeply surprised and profoundly “abducted” (maybe being 5 and three wine bottles contribute to it ...) ...we shut up and I closed my eyes (no, no...I was not sleeping drunk ) and we were listening most of the cd tracks ... marvellous creation ... I could feel myself like in the movie, and much more with some excerpts of conversations ... that dialog/interrogatory between Rachel and Deckard. In spite of my miserious english ( I didnt get the whole conversation)... it was like another instrument melancholically adde. Realize Im not a Vangelis fan, well, sincerely, I didnt know a lot of his music ...just the name and something more.... call me ignorant. Anyway its an excellent soundtrack, great creation, really great.
It has been long time since I watched Blade Runner, I think I need to review it.
Rambling lit bit, lately Ive watched “Lost in Translation” (I liked very much) and “Munholland Dr.” by Lynch (good one, but I have to see that movie two more times ...) and tonight there is nothing to do, so I will review Amelié, ... soundtrack is also very beutiful and I wanna see that so peaceful and beutiful face again.... Ah, samflux, I saw "Zatoichi" DVD -Takeshi Kitano in the shop... it will be the next one.
Any more soundtrack?
----> short pieces of the Blade Runner soundtracks here:
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i still listen to blowup 1ce or 2ce a ...
i still listen to blowup 1ce or 2ce a year- herbie has that tune in there that delite used- morricone i listen to a lot as well- soundtrack to eraserheads funny- daves only really good film- electraglide in blue
cant remember the name of the group vangelis was in with roussos- had some worthwhile things
--- aphrodites child- raffi reminded me...
--- aphrodites child- raffi reminded me
The lost in translation soundtrack is ...
The lost in translation soundtrack is great and the Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind soundtrack is worth checking out too. Quite songy though rather than score.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has just been re-released with a whole bunch of new tracks and ... c'mon now, that theme song!
The Garden State soundtrack looks good but I haven't heard it yet. Again it's more a collection of songs then a score.
aaaand A Clockwork Orange.
good shots ... Clockwork Orange with ...
good shots ... Clockwork Orange with Beethoven... eclectic.
//Again it's more a collection of songs then a score.
Yeah, now I remember ...
“Apocalypse Now” ..with The End by The Doors, that scene at the begining .. with Martin Sheen in a bed, and the helicopter rotors melt into ceiling fan ... or The Ride of Valkyries when the helicopters attack and the soldier is surfing
“Excalibur” .. with “O Fortuna” Carmina Burana by Karl Orff... with the riders in the almond trees field
and how many times we have listened the Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix?! ... “In the name of The Father” was one of them.... cool.
"If I don’t meet you no more in this world then uh!
I’ll meet ya on the next one ... and don’t be late ... don’t be late ...
’cause I’m a voodoo child voodoo child ....
Lord knows I’m a voodoo child ....!"
You can't have a soundtrack forum ...
You can't have a soundtrack forum without mentioning Star Wars. "Binary Sun" on A New Hope is spectacularrr.
I don't really go for soundtracks.
yeah, awesome soundtrack, his ...
yeah, awesome soundtrack, his importance to the success of those films is sadly underrated
//Blade Runner Soundtrack by Vangelis ...
//Blade Runner Soundtrack by Vangelis ... and ... god ... we all get deeply surprised and profoundly “abducted” (maybe being 5 and three wine bottles contribute to it ...)
haha I had the EXACT same experience with grusome + kim pinktricity in new plymouth on an extremely stormy night in the car at the campground. the original is the shizzle. that orchestral one is horrible.
oh, and the only one that comes close ...
oh, and the only one that comes close to blade runner in goodness is badalamenti's Twin Peaks stuff.
blade runner got voted best sci-fi movie of all time just announced today. woo de hooo. I'd say it's definately even stevens with 2001.
the Twin Peaks soundtrack was the first ...
the Twin Peaks soundtrack was the first cd I ever owned.
Badalamenti seems to be a good David ...
Badalamenti seems to be a good David Lynch's friend ... many movies together .. unfortunetly I've watched many Lynch movies but never the serie "Twin Peaks".... Munholland Drive "modus operandi" looks like a Twin Peaks version.... right?
and btw, its wonderful to be abducted. :D
i lurve Angelo Badalamenti. he does ...
i lurve Angelo Badalamenti. he does some gooooood stuff. i like his non-instrumental stuff especially - he sometimes has this reverbed-out weird rap going on in the background of smooooooth funk, so funny and catchy. i have a feeling that some of the best bits of DJ Shadow might be influenced by Badalamenti. which brings me to the "End of Violence" soundtrack, which i like very much.
//which brings me to the "End of ...
//which brings me to the "End of Violence" soundtrack, which i like very much.
hear hear! I found that at a planetjack 10 dollar sale, very chuffed with myself.
The Matrix has to get an award for best ...
The Matrix has to get an award for best ever use of a propellerheads track in a motion picture. The first time I ever saw it I nearly wet myself. And the second time. Also the third time. And the fourth...after that I stopped seeing it at the movies, and the effect isn't quite as good on tv.
For all of you that don't know the ...
For all of you that don't know the matrix very well, or propellerheads, or just don't pay attention, that's the scene when they're shooting up the lobby to get into the building to rescue Morpheus. Soooo coooool...
Nah man, best fight/music sequence in a ...
Nah man, best fight/music sequence in a movie is Juliette Lewis kicking the crap out of a bunch of rednecks to L7's "Shitlist". Didn't you read the liner notes in my party soundtrack?
The Matrix? ... "Wake up" by R.A.T.M. ...
The Matrix? ... "Wake up" by R.A.T.M. ever!
//"Wake up" by R.A.T.M. Oooooohhhh, ...
//"Wake up" by R.A.T.M.
Oooooohhhh, yes!
i really like the rob d track 'clubbed ...
i really like the rob d track 'clubbed to death' on the matrix soundtrack. generally it's a very good album, that soundtrack... but the best soundtrack EVER EVER is for Natural Born Killers. It's got such diverse tracks and it totally evokes every scene of the movie... in fact I prefer it to the movie now that i'm old and can't handle screen violence
[audrey you know i blame you for taking me to reservoir dogs/true romance at age 12]
//"Wake up" by R.A.T.M. Oooooohhhh, ...
//"Wake up" by R.A.T.M. Oooooohhhh, yes!
that song includes one of my favourites sayings (last sentence):
"What you reap is what you sow"
// "What you reap is what you sow" ...
// "What you reap is what you sow"
so you probably like 'perfect day' by lou reed too
//a perfect day Which is an excellent ...
//a perfect day
Which is an excellent segue for me to add "trainspotting" to this little list. Which in turn brings us to "Singles" which logically leads to "Repo man" followed by "SLC punk" obviously. All of which in my humble and somewhat twisted opinion have soundtracks that rock!
Labyrinth! I played that soundtrack ...
Labyrinth! I played that soundtrack over and over and over and over until the tape was completely mulched. It's dated a bit now, but the tunes are still bloody catchy, innit? I....Iyiyi-can't - live - within you...
My copy of the Labyrinth soundtrack was ...
My copy of the Labyrinth soundtrack was on the other side of The Cult - it was great because I could flip it over after 'Edie' to play the song from the ballroom sequence, and then flip it over again and again and again.
the ballroom scene is THE BEST...
the ballroom scene is THE BEST
I can't go past the Blues Brothers. ...
I can't go past the Blues Brothers. Cheesy I know. But so great.
Also Run Lola Run.
//I can't go past the Blues ...
//I can't go past the Blues Brothers
agree ... I'm imagining now a car chase entertained by Blues Borthers ... inseparable. Absurd but really funny.
The only trouble with the Blues ...
The only trouble with the Blues Brothers soundtrack that was released is that it doesn't contain all of the songs from the movie, such a pity. I can't think of specific examples but I am certain of this.
cant stand the bbs vers of those pieces...
cant stand the bbs vers of those pieces
The musicians or the singers?...
The musicians or the singers?
all of them- weirdly enough...
all of them- weirdly enough
Hey Ya Mum. Surely Duck Dunn and Steve ...
Hey Ya Mum.
Surely Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper played on some of the originals?
Working from memory so Admonishment appliciable....
had a lot of great musicians playing- ...
had a lot of great musicians playing- even 1 of my ex students on guitar- also the incomporable paul shaffer doing vocal arrangements- but dan & johns voices up front just made the whole thing sound lifeless
has someone made a movie to Holst's ...
has someone made a movie to Holst's 'Planets'. that is so waiting to happen. such a great suite/album (ha!). we've got a very scratchy copy at home, but haven't found it on CD anywheres ... anyway the scratchiness makes us feel like we are viewing old Voyager black and white photos.
yeah that's an awesome album, but i ...
yeah that's an awesome album, but i get the feeling it'd be so easy to cash in on that music with a below average film and that'd be a shame
i really really really liked Philip ...
i really really really liked Philip Glass's 'Fog of War' soundtrack. terrific variations on a terrific riff. really burrowed into the 'waiting in line, need a song' part of the brain.
goddamit! they are coming thick and ...
goddamit! they are coming thick and fast now - 'Reservoir Dogs' soundtrack. brilliant. stands alone and also brings the film back to memory excellently.
my secret shame shall be secret no ...
my secret shame shall be secret no more. one of my favourite soundtracks is 'Sleepless in Seattle'. it's short, but really good:
1. As Time Goes By - Jimmy Durante (Great!)
2. Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong (Even Better!)
3. Stardust - Nat King Cole (THE BEST)
4. Makin' Whoopee - Dr. John (Not So Good. in fact horrible cutesy)
5. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Carly Simon (OK, but goes on a bit)
6. Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry (Great, especially after high production number above)
7. Bye Bye Blackbird - Joe Cocker (A Good Version)
8. Wink and a Smile - Harry Connick Jr. (Even this is Good!
9. Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette (a classic, but often gets the skipbutton treatment)
10. Affair to Remember (OK)
11. Make Someone Happy - Jimmy Durante (the perfect end ... just don't play track 12)
ok. i'll shut up now, but i have to ...
ok. i'll shut up now, but i have to say that i really like Hank Mancini soundtracks. no details as yet. must get back to work.
I watched the original 'Pink Panther' ...
I watched the original 'Pink Panther' a couple of weeks back and was blown away by Mancini's score. I was trying to just really listen to the opening theme as it stands, rather than as a thing that has been rammed into my head over and over throughout my life... and it's great. Such a cool melody (obviously), but also such cool arrangements and changes and everything.
love him...
love him
And of course there's "Singles" which ...
And of course there's "Singles" which I owned, played to death and was almost over by the time the movie finally made it down here. Drown and Chloe Dancer though are still *choke* pretty special *choke*
Amen to that. And I Am Sam....
Amen to that.
And I Am Sam.
One movie has the two best soundtracks ...
One movie has the two best soundtracks ever made. Ghost Dog, Way of the Samurai:
1. The American version, compiled by the RZA, has a bunch of excellent tracks on it.
2. The Japanese version, composed by the RZA, is some really excellent electronic/non-vocal background music.
It's a great movie, too.
I don't like many soundtrack albums, ...
I don't like many soundtrack albums, only own one I think, but here's some thoughts...
The CD for 'Punch Drunk Love' should be pretty good, judging by how amazing the Jon Brion score was. I see he's on the new Finn Bros album... his stuff on 'Eternal Sunshine..' was great too, but I think the album is marred by some really crap songs, most notably ELO. GRRRRR!!!
John McEntire's 'Reach The Rock' is pretty good.. without the rest of Tortoise things are substantially less prog, and the band tracks fit in well with his score. Makes me laugh that he soundtracked a John Hughes film. :) Haven't seen the movie.
Isaac Hayes' 'Shaft' is overblown, but contains what I reckon is far and away his best track - 'Do Your Thing'. A friend told me the CD reduces the 15+ min version to 4 or 5 which is a real pity. Probably doesn't even have the needle leaving the record noise at the end.
Curtis Mayfield's 'Superfly' has some amazing songs - 'Superfly' itself, 'Freddie's Dead', and 'Give Me Your Love' - but the soundtrack moments are pretty whatever.
The 'Dead Presidents' CD was a decent collection of soul and funk, with some excellent numbers like The Spinners' 'I'll Be Around', Curtis's 'If There's A Hell Below' and Sly's 'If You Want Me To Stay'. The one Danny Elfman number from the score is really out of place.
Bernard Hermann's scores are generally great, as are Morricone's, but I haven't listened to an album by either. Personal fave for the former is 'Taxi Driver'... that insistent repeating theme is sooooo good.
Oh yeah, thinking of Scorcese, 'Passion' by Peter Gabriel is really good instrumental stuff mixing up a lot of West African, Middle Eastern and Pakistani sounds with electronics. It's for 'The Last Temptation of Christ', which I've never seen.
What's the Morricone score with the harmonica that's designed to be annoying? 'Once Upon A Time In The West'? That's a classic, but I'd never own the album for obvious reasons...
The guy who whistled on 'The Good The Bad, And The Ugly' also wrote 'Ma-na ma-na' as made famous by The Muppets.
I should look into 'Blade Runner' - it's just so passe. ;) I definitely thought the music worked in the film.
i was gonna mention superfly- & marvins ...
i was gonna mention superfly- & marvins trouble man too
The Theme from Shaft. ...
The Theme from Shaft.
Fanfreakintastic album/soundtrack. Probably issac's finest hour, I like the track with help from J.J.Johnson, [Walk from Regio's], Bumpy's Blues, the title track, and Jet's pick "Do Your Thing", which incidentially is 19:38 on the CD. As far as the vinyl pressing is concerned I remember it taking all of Side3, but cant remember its length.
I give a nod to Miles Davis comp for L'Acension. Dark Film, Dark Music, and could possibly be viewed as a catalyst for other Africian-Americans to break in to the lucrative business of Film Score.
Miles and Marcus Miller on the Siesta from c.1987 was good too, shame about the film.
Thinking of song stuff, I admit I was ...
Thinking of song stuff, I admit I was into 'Trainspotting', 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Natural Born Killers'. None of them are good soundtracks, IMO.
And I do really like the music from 'Twin Peaks'. I always wondered what that album with Badalamenti and the lead singer of James was like. Dunno why I never listened to it when I saw it in Tower Lambton Quay over and over and over.. when that store existed.
// None of them are good soundtracks, ...
// None of them are good soundtracks, IMO
so what makes a good soundtrack? i rate the natural born killers one
I was just thinking of how they work in ...
I was just thinking of how they work in with the movie. I have a real bias against songs in the soundtrack of a movie, except maybe when it's actually being played back or performed in the scene in question - like in a bar or whatever.
To be honest, I didn't like 'Natural Born Killers' the movie at all, so I'm also really biased against that..!
One more, inspired by velocity's ...
One more, inspired by velocity's mention of Jim Jarmusch: I often wonder about scores by John Lurie. Ones I think of are 'Down by Law' and 'Stranger than Paradise' (Jim Jarmusch), 'Blue In The Face' (Wayne Wang) and 'Animal Factory' (Steve Buscemi). They're all pretty good in their own ways.
Jarmusch tends to chuck in some really good songs too, so if the soundtracks for those flicks are available as albums maybe they have some of those goodies too... Hmm.
As a bit of a Springsteen fanboy, I'm a sucker for his tracks on the 'Philadelphia' and 'Dead Man Walking' soundtracks too. 'Born in the USA' was originally for an anti-Vietnam flick. Hence the fact it's such an incredibly negative, sour song. Just so mis-understood! *sob*