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Author Topic: The Best Music or Song Used in a Movie Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-09-2004 08:37 AM                     Two Words.............."That Girl" by Lindsay Lohan!!!!!!! Whoooooooo  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-09-2004 09:02 AM                        Some personal favorite scores or uses of music (in random order): Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Bonnie and Clyde The Graduate Star Wars Brazil Trainspotting Dances with Wolves Far from Heaven Lawrence of Arabia pretty much any score by Bernard Herrmann Run Lola Run 2001 Ben-Hur Touch of Evil Wizard of Oz My Fair Lady many others that didn't come to mind in the sixty seconds I spent thinking about this  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-09-2004 09:47 AM                       How could I forget Morricone! And Lawrence of Arabia? I don't think anyone's mentioned The Sound of Music. That's one of my favorites, too.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-09-2004 12:09 PM                     Visually as well as sonically, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is a unique film. I'm not sure if I will remain a huge fan of it into the future but it's worth mentioning in this discussion.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-09-2004 01:57 PM                     quote: I agree the new fanfare sounds wimpy, but isn't the recording used in the Star Wars prequels the same version recorded by John Williams and the London Symphony for The Empire Strikes Back (and used in Jedi as well)? I'm not sure about that. I don't have any copies of the original trilogy to compare versions, but the "Fox Fanfare" on Episodes I and II just sounds completely different from renditions I've heard on other Fox films including the original "Star Wars" trilogy. I seem to remember the original trilogy having fanfare which sounded closer to that used on "Die Hard." I guess I can compare for myself when those (gacck!) Special Editions of the SW trilogy get released on DVD in September. quote: Can anyone confirm that "True Lies" was the film that introduced the 3D version "True Lies" was indeed the first to use the 3D logo. As Mike mentioned, other movies released previously have had the 3D logo popped on there. The Five Star Collection DVD edition of "Speed" is a notable example, especially since that was the last movie to use the older logo. I can forgive that error since the DVD shows the THX "Grand" trailer, which is kinda cool. I would have been kinda pissed if they put the 3D logo on "Die Hard." quote: Lots of John Williams identified. Good! I'll add that my favorite Williams theme (not complete score or soundtrack album, but theme) is probably the one from 1941. The United States Marine Corps band performs the march theme from "1941" as one of their standards. I watched the Marine Corps Band and the Marine's Drum & Bugle Corps perform this at the Commandant's parade field at 8th & I in Washington, D.C. The Silent Drill Team was there too. Freaking kick ass show. Ooorah!  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 04-09-2004 02:41 PM                        One I find myself listening to from start to finish, quite a bit (i.e. it will sit in my stereo for a month whilst I change the other discs in the carousel much more often) is the soundtrack to the Crow. While I do like Graeme Revell's score to that one, I like his score for the Crow: City of Angels much better. Nevermind that the movie paled in comparison to the Crow... I'm also quite fond of "Love Song for a Vampire" from Bram Stoker's Dracula.  |  IP: Logged Erica Peterson Film Handler Posts: 26 From: Toronto, ON, Canada Registered: Jul 2003 posted 04-09-2004 11:49 PM                        Shostakovich's "Jazz Suite, Waltz #2" from EYES WIDE SHUT (opening and closing credits music) Tango "Por Una Cabeza" from SCENT OF A WOMAN and TRUE LIES Theme and Soviet national anthem from THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER Theme from HOW THE WEST WAS WON Theme from THE COWBOYS Soundtrack from THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Soundtrack from A MIGHTY WIND Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed" from WONDER BOYS  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-10-2004 12:27 AM                  Yes Erica! How could I have NOT mentioned: "Shostakovich's "Jazz Suite, Waltz #2" from EYES WIDE SHUT" Absolutely superb! Fantastic! And "Did a Bad Thing"... Actually ALL the music from that film! F*cking Great! >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-10-2004 01:28 AM                     Phil, got a copy of the Pleasure Beach soundtrack?  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-10-2004 01:50 AM                  Ummm Mike... you bet! (AND! Since I know where that pool is and was there and personally know some of the "players", I have a few "stills" and other goodies from that shoot...) >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-10-2004 04:55 AM                     My theory about the subdued Fox Fanfare on the new "Star Wars" movies is that it was intended to force the faders back up to 7. Say whatever you like about George those new movies; he's still got some brilliant minds working in the sound department.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-10-2004 12:53 PM                     Phil.... whoops, wrong movie (looked it up on imdb)!  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-10-2004 02:15 PM                     Easy To Be Hard from "Hair." Angel by Sarah McLachlan, "City of Angels."  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-10-2004 03:39 PM                     The IMAX film Secrets of Life on Earth has an exceptional symphonic score Other favorites Tm already go North by Northwest but the other hitchcock film that the score works so perfectly is The Trouble with Harry Also another film Is O Lucky Man with the band walking into the movie much like the way Cat Ballou has the sequences joined with the musical segways Another film is Walter Carlos score for ClockWork Orange Chinatown and BladeRunner also have excellent scores  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-10-2004 05:48 PM                     Does anyone else out there like the music from "Midnight Express" (synth music from Giorgio Moroder, the guy a little more famous for writing the hit "Call Me" from American Gigolo)?  |  IP: Logged

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