What Is Your Favorite Soundtrack?
Rocker:
John Williams' soundtrack to "Hook" is an absolute favorite. Fantastic piece of work. It's dramatic, romantic, innocent and childlike, plus there are moments of pure beauty. I'm wondering if Brian would do soundtracks of this kind if it would sound lke this.
As for Pop-soundtracks:
That's the way it is - Elvis Presley (King Creole if you talk about feature films, in fact there are a lot good soundtracks by Presley)
Little Faus and Big Halsey - Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins
Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
I like Magical Mystery Tour much, much better than the awful movie. American Graffiti is a classic f course
I love the music in Two Lane Blacktop but it never had an official soundtrack afaik
Roger Ryan:
Quote from: rab2591 on June 28, 2011, 07:48:34 PM
Quote from: grillo on June 28, 2011, 07:22:45 PM
Taxi Driver by Bernhard Hermann (sp?). He's the guy that did all those hitchcock films, but this is his best (and last. he died the night he finished recording it) at least for me. I think I like it 'cos it sort of reminds me of Smile with it's weird percussion and recurring theme(s). Check it out if you haven't yet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1UBfv7mh_s&feature=related
That is one of the few classic movies I haven't seen...I need to hurry up and see that. Really like that score though...reminds me of 'The French Connection' - especially the percussion.
That would be Bernard Herrmann, but, yes, he was brilliant and a favorite of mine. He really introduced the leitmotif to film scoring where a certain theme or phrase would be repeated (sometimes in a nearly unrecognizable variation) to link scenes with ones seen earlier in the film or draw attention to actions that have resonance later. This is now the standard way to score a film, but Herrmann pioneered this approach with CITIZEN KANE (pay close attention and Herrmann's score will actually reveal the mystery of "Rosebud" within the first 15 minutes of the film). He also liked to work with artificially-imposed restrictions such as his famous score for PSYCHO which only features stringed instruments.
As far as modern film composers go, I adore the work of Carter Burwell. He handles much of the Coen Brothers' films and he always displays a very light but memorable touch.
If we're talking a soundtrack made up of popular songs, I still think Simon and Garfunkel's work on THE GRADUATE is phenomenal. Scorsese always chooses just the right tunes to make his films work (think about how Frank Sinatra is used near the beginning of GOODFELLAS and Sid Vicious' take on "My Way" is used at the end). I also think the films of Paul Thomas Anderson use songs exceptionally well as does Cameron Crowe's.
rab2591:
Quote from: Roger Ryan on June 29, 2011, 08:21:26 AM
Scorsese always chooses just the right tunes to make his films work (think about how Frank Sinatra is used near the beginning of GOODFELLAS and Sid Vicious' take on "My Way" is used at the end).
He also used 'Sail On Sailor' in The Departed....he really does choose the right tunes :-D
Quote from: Rocker on June 29, 2011, 08:18:45 AM
John Williams' soundtrack to "Hook" is an absolute favorite. Fantastic piece of work. It's dramatic, romantic, innocent and childlike, plus there are moments of pure beauty. I'm wondering if Brian would do soundtracks of this kind if it would sound lke this.
I love the music in Two Lane Blacktop but it never had an official soundtrack afaik
I've been wanting to get the soundtrack to Hook for a while now - one of my favorite movies as a kid.
And funny enough I don't remember any of the music in Two Lane Blacktop....I'll have to watch that again soon enough.
Roger Ryan:
Quote from: rab2591 on June 29, 2011, 08:28:22 AM
...And funny enough I don't remember any of the music in Two Lane Blacktop....I'll have to watch that again soon enough.
It's most notable for featuring Kris Kristofferson's own version of "Me and Bobby McGee", a song made famous by Janis Joplin.
Aum Bop Diddit:
#1 hands down "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" -- the previously mentioned Ennio Morricone.
Honorable mention -- "Local Hero"/Mark Knopfler and "Rushmore" (various).
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