Anyone love movie music? What are your favorite film scores?

destroyifyer · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject:

The music from Fantastic Planet is my favorite. It's a spiritual movie for me, really, I won't show it to most people; last time I tried to watch it with someone they wouldn't shut up about how "trippy" and "wierd" it was...some people are like culturally crippled. Like the opposite of the rennisance...the retardisance.

But anyways, the music is excellent. If you haven't seen it you might get lucky and see it on public television.

Kassen · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject:

@destroyifyer;

Wow, I wonder how I was able to miss that one from my list! That one is great. You don't have to wait until it's on TV, BTW, it's been released on DVD (I have it). That DVD also compiles other (short) works by the same director, most of which is amazing as well.

I seem to remember the OST was also re-issued on vinyl somewhere but I'd never actually seen it in person.

destroyifyer · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it's great...it's got that short film "Le Escargot" on it, that's a good one...I was watching a interview on there too, and it's funny how, the main concept artist's mother thought the movie would be a waste of time...she was certainly mistaken.

DrJustice · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:13 am Post subject:

Wages of Fear (aka Sorcerer) by William Friedkin. Tangerine Dream made the uniquely haunting music for it. Rumours have it that parts of the film was actually shot to the music. I'll add to the crowd thinking PI was rather good too.

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blue hell · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:46 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:32 am Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:01 am Post subject:

x_x · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:45 am Post subject:

Clockwork Orange has good music in it... Rossini, Beethoven and Purcell on synths.

Beetlejuice also very good

destroyifyer · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:03 am Post subject:

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Antimon · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:39 am Post subject:

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Ry Cooder's score for Paris Texas is amazing. I remember reading an interview with Cooder's old mucker David Lindley, where he said that they'd felt the music didn't gel with the rest of the soundscape, until they noticed that the wind that was a near constant during the first half hour of the film was in roughly E flat. Once they'd tuned their intruments to that (including an old harmonium, which must have taken some doing...), it went really smoothly.

I love the use of the aria "Belle Nuit" by J Offenbach through Roberto Benigni's "Life is beautiful."

Also, Disney's use of both original scores and "borrowed songs" have been exemplary.

Van Dyke Parks' album "Jump" ought to be used in a film, but I won't hold my breath.

Whoever scored Hitchcock's "Psycho" did good too.

blue hell · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject:

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Also, Swedish bass player Georg Riedel did some really nice stuff for the film and TV versions of Astrid Lindgren's novels about Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) and Emil i Lønneberga.

seraph · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject:

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

seraph · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:36 am Post subject:

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Alexander · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

I was grabbed by the music done by Eddie Vedder for the film 'Into the wild'. Simple and easy tunes, very raw and it works with both the film and the story. Beautiful. Nothing to add to that.

The movie is great and I really recommend the book, it makes you want to go!

Antimon · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

Having watched "The Science of Sleep", and then bought the soundtrack, I have to add this to my favourite soundtracks. Movie and music are equally haunting.

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