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thesweetcheat 1728 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 20:59
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Various Philip Glass and Michael Nyman ones - my favourite is probably "Carrington". Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". A beautiful soundtrack. "The Road" and "The Proposition" are pretty good too. Massive Attack - "Danny The Dog" V/A - "Pi" and Clint Mansell - "Requiem For A Dream" Queen - "Flash Gordon". Shite music but great dialogue. "Onward, my brave hawkmen!" Underworld & Gabriel Yared - "Breaking and Entering" Vangelis - "Bladerunner". Inevitable, sorry. V/A - "24 Hour Party People"; "Control"
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aether 86 posts |
Edited Sep 07, 2010, 21:21
Sep 07, 2010, 21:20
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IN the spirit of the Live Albums post and having a nominal as well as academic interest in film soundtracks could I ask for people's favourites? (sorry - I'm sure this has come up before but its gotta be worth reupping for a fresh take). Doesn't have to be your faves, any interesting soundtracks you think are worth checking, any weird or wonderful things - esp. obscure things worth checking???? I'll have to have a good think about this one but for now: Valerie (and her week of Wonders) OST 1969? (and a mention to the amazing Valerie Project's hommage to this O.S.T.) Bobby Beausoleil's Lucifer Rising OST DeathLine OST by Wil Malone (see my HH review under Gogmagog for more) Suspiria OST by Goblin Performance OST Jack Nietzche and "Friends" The Mask of Sarnath OST by Throbbing Gristle (up on the Tube in all its glory - monstrous!!!) |
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Robot Emperor 324 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 21:36
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Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye. This is really cool. Marv turns his hand to Jazz fusion. Aguirre and Nosferatu both by Popol Vuh More by Pink Floyd. Convinced this influenced a host of German Bands. Holger Czukay copped his bass sound from here (probably didn't, but it is a better album than the more rabid Sid fans would like)
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aether 86 posts |
Edited Sep 07, 2010, 21:48
Sep 07, 2010, 21:40
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Aaah Robot, I feel totally embarassed I missed them two out - even though I was just reaching for anything to put up for now. Yeah, big BIG big-ups for all the Herzog OST's and More aswell Incidentally I got a mid-70s Japanese pressing of More and its beautiful - utltra high quality vinyl, gatefold and a booklet stapled in with ace shots from the film. Anyone else seen this pressing?
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Sin Agog 919 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 22:14
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I'm feeling a bit too knackered to elaborate much, but a few of my favourite underrated scores (that you haven't mentioned already) are: Ennio Morricone - Lizard in a Woman's Skin/Maddalena/Once Upon a Time in the West/The Sicilian Clan (And pretty much everything else he did) Fabbio Frizzi - The Beyond. (The Italian horror scene would be nothing without their amazing scores) Nino Rota - Il Casanova di Federico Fellini Tokyo Kid Brothers - Throw Out the Books, Let's Rally in the Streets Yosuke Yamashita - Ecstasy of the Angels Alain Goraguer - Fantastic Planet Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen Not so underrated but total classics: The Harder They Come The Wicker Man Bernard Hermann's stuff Roy Ayers' Coffy score Superfly And more... S'far as underrated scores go, I thought this list was pretty handy: 100 Stunning Soundtrackfs for Trashy Movies. I'm not usually one to go on these "Things ain't like they used to be" rants, but I'm gonna indulge myself. Scores nowadays are mostly made to manipulate an audience's heartrate, rather than shape their emotions. It's a bigger part of filmmaking than people give it credit for, and I believe the fact that modern movies have more of an emphasis on editing makes it harder for a composer to just follow his muse and come up with something melodic or worth listening to on its own. They have to make little snatches of sound. Maybe a few more filmmakers should do what Sergio Leone, David Lean and Dario Argento used to do, and that's get the composer to come up with the theme before the movie is made, and then film to match the music. It may not sync perfectly, but overall it's generally pretty effective- at least it was in their cases.
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Robot Emperor 324 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 22:27
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Couple more have sprung to mind. Macbeth by Third Ear Band. Definetly comparable to the Popol Vuh stuff. Great film too. Not sure about the whole "exorcising the events '69" thing, but a truly great film. Basil Kirchin, the guy who did the Abominable Dr Phibes soundtrack is great. Not sure you can get the soundtrack any more (it is suprisingly good, although the main theme gets repeated too often) but there is a fantastic album of his from 1966 called Abstractions Of The Industrial North that is years ahead of its time. Stereolab, Broadcast even the Belbury Poly psychic geography (or whatever) crowd all owe some debt to this. Superb.
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Sin Agog 919 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 22:32
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Great choices!
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mingtp 1742 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 22:32
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Ooh, nice thread idea. Some unsung, some very 'sung' indeed, I'd have to go for: Clint Mansell - Pi (great minds think alike) Terminal City Ricochet ("you will be... shot" - classic) Repo Man (the first US punk I heard way back when) Tangerine Dream - The Keep Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas Pulp Fiction (natch) Res. Dogs (ditto) Singles (for sheer nostalgia) Spawn (\m/) The Crow (also \m/) Judgement Night + Halo (xbox) Tomb Raider (ps1)
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Dog 3000 4441 posts |
Sep 07, 2010, 22:40
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Curtis Mayfield "Superfly" -- a 2-star movie with a 5-star soundtrack. He also scored the soundtrack for "Let's Do It Again" (a Billy Cosby & Sidney Poitier comedy), which is credited to Staples Singers, but it's obviously Curtis' music, arrangements and band. (The title track was a hit you'd probably recognize.) Isaac Hayes "Shaft" is overlong, but about half of it is great. I've got my eye out for 60's-70's Quincy Jones soundtracks as well, though only have a couple. Funk/jazz/soul based, but never afraid to throw in moogs or sitars or whatever the groovy times called for.
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Lawrence 7995 posts |
Sep 08, 2010, 02:52
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How about Mick Jagger's weird synth soundtrack for Invocation of my Demon Brother? *beep beep beep whirr!*
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