Movie Soundtracks - Page 3

Rosie Gamgee · 11-18-2004, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HOBBIT

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Howard Shore

Lord Of The Rings Soundtrack - amazing.
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You know, I was watching the movie (FotR) not too long ago, and- although I really love the music- it occured to me that there was TOO MUCH of it in the movie. Music should be spare, if not nonexistant when dialogue is going on. And yet there is almost constant music in FotR. Watch the Council of Elrond. I was amazed that the music hardly stops during that whole scene. I think it's bad and distracting.

**Nurvingiel** · 11-18-2004, 06:57 PM

That annoys me in any movie that does that - it suggests the characters aren't carrying the movie.

I totally want the soundtrack the "The Blues Brothers"!

Rosie Gamgee · 11-22-2004, 01:05 PM

Exactly.

Is that the one with John Goodman?

Hey, does anybody have the soundtrack to The Alamo (new one, with Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Quaid)? I was just wondering, because I'd really like to know if it was really Billy Bob playing the fiddle on those tracks.

Rosie Gamgee · 11-22-2004, 01:32 PM

I've been listening to the soundtrack to Finding Neverland. Nice!- although I haven't seen the movie yet.

Snowdog · 05-24-2005, 11:45 AM

The soundtrack of Easy Rider is a classic great.
Also, We Were Soldiers has a good one.
The movie Dead Man has an interesting score performed by Neil Young.

Lotesse · 05-24-2005, 03:48 PM

Rosie, what you mentioned above about soundtracks being distracting - I could not agree with you more. That has always been a big pet peeve with me, also. Whenever music is heavily and/or constantly used, it suggests to me that the filmmakers are trying to cheaply manipulate the audience's emotions, as if the audience were incapable of understanding what they "should be feeling" by watching the film as is. Musical embellishment is often beautiful, but in my mind it should be just that - an embellishment, not one of the starring characters. So insulting.
But stuff like Easy Rider, on the other hand, or Blues Brothers - that's just terrific embellishment - wish I had those soundtracks.

sun-star · 05-25-2005, 05:52 AM

I've been listening to the soundtrack to The Chorus a lot - it's wonderful, and it fits perfectly in with the film because some of it's part of the action.

Lotesse · 05-26-2005, 06:36 PM

I just saw "The House of the Flying Daggers", and highly recommend the soundtrack-utterly beautiful music.

Finrod Felagund · 05-27-2005, 07:43 PM

Lord of the Rings
Gladiator
Star Wars
Braveheart
Troy
Shrek I & II
Garden State
Chicago
Grease
Moulin Rouge

Snowdog · 09-27-2005, 11:13 AM

I know this is an old TV series, but the original airing of Tour of Duty had such great music in the episodes. Now withthe series coming out on DVD, they replaced the music with a sort of ajngly, Asian-sounding music. Its not bad, but it isnt the original. My old VHS recordings have just become evermore precious, and I need to get that high end computer to edit them onto DVD to save them.

I guess the issue is the cost of royalties. The original license only allowed for original airing, not syndication or video release.

hectorberlioz · 09-27-2005, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by anduin

2001, A Space Odyssey.....can't remember the composer....anyone?

Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Gyorgy Ligeti...

hectorberlioz · 09-27-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Shanamir Duntak

I love Gladiator, Braveheart and The Red Violin

That would be Hans Zimmer, James Horner, and John Corigliano (mostly a "serious" composer. His Clarinet Concerto is very famous).

Rosie Gamgee · 09-27-2005, 06:15 PM

Three cheers for Hans Zimmer!!! I love this guy's music.

I got the soundtrack to Kingdom of Heaven. Love it.

11-22-2004, 01:05 PM	#43
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Exactly. Is that the one with John Goodman? Hey, does anybody have the soundtrack to The Alamo (new one, with Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Quaid)? I was just wondering, because I'd really like to know if it was really Billy Bob playing the fiddle on those tracks. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

11-22-2004, 01:32 PM	#44
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I've been listening to the soundtrack to Finding Neverland. Nice!- although I haven't seen the movie yet. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

05-24-2005, 11:45 AM	#45
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	The soundtrack of Easy Rider is a classic great. Also, We Were Soldiers has a good one. The movie Dead Man has an interesting score performed by Neil Young. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

05-24-2005, 03:48 PM	#46
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Rosie, what you mentioned above about soundtracks being distracting - I could not agree with you more. That has always been a big pet peeve with me, also. Whenever music is heavily and/or constantly used, it suggests to me that the filmmakers are trying to cheaply manipulate the audience's emotions, as if the audience were incapable of understanding what they "should be feeling" by watching the film as is. Musical embellishment is often beautiful, but in my mind it should be just that - an embellishment, not one of the starring characters. So insulting. But stuff like Easy Rider, on the other hand, or Blues Brothers - that's just terrific embellishment - wish I had those soundtracks. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-25-2005, 05:52 AM	#47
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I've been listening to the soundtrack to The Chorus a lot - it's wonderful, and it fits perfectly in with the film because some of it's part of the action. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-26-2005, 06:36 PM	#48
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I just saw "The House of the Flying Daggers", and highly recommend the soundtrack-utterly beautiful music. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

05-27-2005, 07:43 PM	#49
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Lord of the Rings Gladiator Star Wars Braveheart Troy Shrek I & II Garden State Chicago Grease Moulin Rouge __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

09-27-2005, 11:13 AM	#50
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I know this is an old TV series, but the original airing of Tour of Duty had such great music in the episodes. Now withthe series coming out on DVD, they replaced the music with a sort of ajngly, Asian-sounding music. Its not bad, but it isnt the original. My old VHS recordings have just become evermore precious, and I need to get that high end computer to edit them onto DVD to save them. I guess the issue is the cost of royalties. The original license only allowed for original airing, not syndication or video release. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

09-27-2005, 06:15 PM	#53
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Three cheers for Hans Zimmer!!! I love this guy's music. I got the soundtrack to Kingdom of Heaven. Love it. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

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