Film (movie) Music

[foxandpeng]

Philip Glass
Powaqqatsi
Michael Riesman conducting
Elektra

Yeah, this isn't bad. Hardly classical (despite the discussions in another thread 🤣), but listenable and engaging background music while I work.

[Roy Bland]

Both movie and music great

Luciano Michelini (1945) is an Italian composer, pianist, organist and arranger.
He studied at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and graduated in piano with Vera Gobbi Belcredi, in composition with Armando Renzi and in orchestral conducting with Franco Ferrara. He has carried out teaching activities, teaching at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and at the Tommaso Ludovico Da Victoria School of Music.
As a pianist, arranger and conductor Michelini worked for RCA, Ricordi and Cam. He has collaborated for a long time with Severino Gazzelloni, with whom he has recorded more than forty LPs.

[W.A. Mozart]

...thus making WAM aware of this very thread, although I doubt it'll make him budge from his solipsism (and here we come full circle with our esteemed @AnotherSpin ). 

I already know this discussion and I've even posted some soundtracks here.

I forgot to mention GMG in the list of websites that classify determined soundtracks as classical music.

[W.A. Mozart]

The film "Cold Mountain" (2003) was nominated for the Oscar "Best Original Score" in 2004. The soundtrack has been composed by Gabriel Yared.

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Ada Plays
03:19 Love Theme
07:00 Anthem
10:24 Ada And Inman [final climax]

So beautiful!

[Roasted Swan]

The film "Cold Mountain" (2003) was nominated for the Oscar "Best Original Score" in 2004. The soundtrack has been composed by Gabriel Yared.

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Ada Plays
03:19 Love Theme
07:00 Anthem
10:24 Ada And Inman [final climax]

So beautiful!

I agree - an impressive score - but the parts that linger longest in my memory are the two cues by The Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church.  Extraordinary sound, extraordinary fervour.

[W.A. Mozart]

I agree - an impressive score - but the parts that linger longest in my memory are the two cues by The Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church.  Extraordinary sound, extraordinary fervour.

I didn't include that song because it's not a part of the original score. It's a traditional song.

[Roy Bland]

Maybe that Werner Janssen author of Captain Kidd sountrack hasn't a cd devoted to him?

[pjme]

Is this that Werner Jansen?

"Conductor, composer and songwriter, a music student of Frederick Converse and holder of an honorary Mus. D. from Dartmouth College and a Prix de Rome from The American Academy in Rome. He was associate conductor (with Arturo Toscanini) of the New York Philharmonic in 1934, and conducted symphony orchestras throughout the world. In 1940, he founded the Janssen Symphony in Los Angeles, which he conducted. He also conducted the Baltimore Symphony between 1937 and 1939, the Utah Symphony between 1946-1947, the Portland Symphony between 1947 and 1949, the San Diego Philharmonic between 1952 and 1954, the Symphony of the Air Orchestra in 1956, the Toronto Symphony in 1956 and 1957, and the Belgrade Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Orchestra between 1959 and 1961. He was a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and a Knight First Class of the Order White Rose in Finland. He also made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1922, his popular-song compositions include "Wisdom Tooth", "Without the One You Love", "At the Fireplace", and "Falling Leaves"."



Apparently the maintitle of Captain kidd is on this selection... and it is Mendelsohn's Hebrides....! The film is on YT.
No other film scores to be found... As a conductor several recordings  - Prokofiev, Villa lobos, some Haydn, Thompson.

[Irons]

Does not sound like Lennox Berkeley but I like it.

https://landofllostcontent.blogspot.com/2024/05/lennox-berkeley-film-music-for-hotel.html

[W.A. Mozart]

Here below you find the scores of the five film nominated for the Oscar "Best Original Score" in 2004.

Each video is structured as follows:
- Main theme
- Secondary themes
- Final reprise of the main theme with climax

In Reddit I'm running a competition. The users have to vote their favourite score between the ones nominated in each year. In the second and final part of this competition, all the winners for each year will compete between each others.

If you have a Reddit account you can vote here for the year 2004: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/1cu5ro5/game_best_original_score_2004_see_the_videos_to/


As for me, I like the score of "Cold Mountain" and I quite like the ones of "Big Fish" and of "House of Sand and Fog", but I really love the score of The Lord of the Ring (it's one of my favourite scores) because I think that it has great melodic inventiveness and powerful and colorful orchestrations.

I don't like so much the score of "Finding Nemo" (I'm probably not a great fan of Thomas Newman, in general).


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 The Black Gate Opens [main theme]
04:01 Twilight and Shadow
07:32 The White Tree
10:58 The Fields of the Pelenor
14:25 The Return of the King [development of the main theme and final climax]

Big Fish (Danny Elfman)

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Underwater [main theme]
01:53 The Growing Montage
04:34 The Journey Home
06:46 Man Of The Hour
10:33 End Titles
13:15 Sandra's Theme [final reprise of the main theme with climax]

Cold Mountain (Gabriel Yared)

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Ada Plays
03:19 Love Theme
07:00 Anthem
10:24 Ada And Inman [final climax]

Finding Nemo (Thomas Newman)

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Nemo Egg (Main Title) [main theme]
01:17 All Drains Lead To The Ocean
02:57 Darla Filth Offramp
05:20 Fish In My Hair!
06:52 Fishing Grounds
08:36 Scum Angel
10:02 Swim Down
11:49 The Turtle Lope
13:56 Time To Let Go
16:11 Frond Like These [final reprise of the main theme with climax]

Finding Nemo (2003) - Score with images - Best parts of the suite


House of Sand and Fog (James Horner)

The video, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 We Have Travelled So Far, It Is Time to Return to Our Path [exposition and development of the main theme]
08:59 Two People
12:49 The Waves of the Caspian Sea [final reprise of the main theme with climax]

[pjme]

Elisabeth Lutyens

I wonder if this piece is also the score to some film?
Found it :

https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Oct12/Lutyens_en_Voyage.htm

[Roy Bland]

Is this that Werner Jansen?

"Conductor, composer and songwriter, a music student of Frederick Converse and holder of an honorary Mus. D. from Dartmouth College and a Prix de Rome from The American Academy in Rome. He was associate conductor (with Arturo Toscanini) of the New York Philharmonic in 1934, and conducted symphony orchestras throughout the world. In 1940, he founded the Janssen Symphony in Los Angeles, which he conducted. He also conducted the Baltimore Symphony between 1937 and 1939, the Utah Symphony between 1946-1947, the Portland Symphony between 1947 and 1949, the San Diego Philharmonic between 1952 and 1954, the Symphony of the Air Orchestra in 1956, the Toronto Symphony in 1956 and 1957, and the Belgrade Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Orchestra between 1959 and 1961. He was a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and a Knight First Class of the Order White Rose in Finland. He also made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1922, his popular-song compositions include "Wisdom Tooth", "Without the One You Love", "At the Fireplace", and "Falling Leaves"."



Apparently the maintitle of Captain kidd is on this selection... and it is Mendelsohn's Hebrides....! The film is on YT.
No other film scores to be found... As a conductor several recordings  - Prokofiev, Villa lobos, some Haydn, Thompson.

Dear Pjme
Thanks for your answer
IMHO correct spelling is Werner Janssen

He was well known . His first credited film score was for The General Died at Dawn (1936), which was nominated for an Academy Award, the first of six Janssen scored films to be nominated. In 1939, he resigned his position with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to work with film producer Walter Wanger. He composed several other film scores including Blockade (1938), Winter Carnival (1939), Eternally Yours (1939), Slightly Honorable (1940), The House Across the Bay (1940), Guest in the House (1944), The Southerner (1945), Captain Kidd (1945), A Night in Casablanca (1946), Ruthless (1948), and Uncle Vanya (1957), starring and co-directed by Franchot Tone. He was also responsible for the score for the 1966 German television production Robin Hood, der edle Ritter (Robin Hood, the Noble Knight). He continued to write non-film compositions too, including the Foster Suite (1937), the String Quartet No. 2 (1938), the Octet for Five (1965), and the Quintet for 10 Instruments (1968).

In 1940, he formed the Janssen Symphony in Los Angeles, which became a rival organization to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a forum for contemporary music until 1952. Compositions for this were commissioned from American composers. This group performed and recorded film music, musical theater works, and contemporary musical scores. Numerous recordings were made by Janssen and this orchestra for Capitol Records. Janssen formed a partnership with producer David L. Loew to produce the Musicolor series of classic musical shorts, including Toccata and Fugue (1946) and Enchanted Lake (1947), both filmed in Cinecolor. He was the music director of the Utah Symphony 1946–47, the Oregon Symphony 1947–49, and the San Diego Philharmonic (1952–54). He also had positions at the NBC Symphony Orchestra ("Symphony of the Air") (1956), Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1956–57), the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1959–61) and the Vienna Volksoper.
Sadly discs on Laughton is his only available recording and non physical
Best

[W.A. Mozart]

The animated film "The Little Mermaid" won the Oscar "Best Original Score" in 1990. The soundtrack has been composed by Alan Menken, called by someone as "The Mozart of the Disney".

One of the best scores of the last decades, in my opinion!

The  VIMEO video here below, which contains a selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Main Titles [main theme]
01:29 The Storm
04:49 Bedtime
06:12 Fathoms Below
07:57 Fireworks
10:09 Interrupting the Wedding / Ursula's Defeat
16:52 Tour of the Kingdom
18:19 Wedding Announcement
20:39 Happy Ending [final reprise of the main theme with climax]

The Little Mermaid (1989) - Score with images - Best Parts of the suite

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Disney songwriter Richard M Sherman dies aged 95.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz99kwy973eo

PD

[Mirror Image]

Since this thread is about film music and I'm only talking about composers whose work was for film, I rather like John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Bernard Herrmann, Howard Shore (his The Lord of the Rings soundtracks are truly impressive to me), Elmer Bernstein and Alex North.

[W.A. Mozart]

Since this thread is about film music and I'm only talking about composers whose work was for film, I rather like John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Bernard Herrmann, Howard Shore (his The Lord of the Rings soundtracks are truly impressive to me), Elmer Bernstein and Alex North.

Wise observation, especially the one about LOTR. However, in any serious discussion about film music you can not forget Alan Menken. He might be not a prolific composer of film music like John Williams, but the short list of film scores he composed are pure gold and his limited contribution to film music has been sufficient to gain 8 musical Oscars (fact that makes him the man with the highest number of musical Oscars, after Alfred Newman).

This suggests that if he had composed a high number of film scores like John Williams, he would probably have an impressive number of musical awards.

[DavidW]

I've cleaned up the thread.  Let's please all remember the golden rule.  And what happened with posters on other forums has no bearing on this forum.  Please continue to discuss film music.

[Mirror Image]

Wise observation, especially the one about LOTR. However, in any serious discussion about film music you can not forget Alan Menken. He might be not a prolific composer of film music like John Williams, but the short list of film scores he composed are pure gold and his limited contribution to film music has been sufficient to gain 8 musical Oscars (fact that makes him the man with the highest number of musical Oscars, after Alfred Newman).

This suggests that if he had composed a high number of film scores like John Williams, he would probably have an impressive number of musical awards.

How many awards someone gets is of little importance to me. My only concern is about the music and whether I respond to it. I'll check out some of Alan Menken's work. I loathe Disney, so this is probably why I'm not familiar with his film music.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Wise observation, especially the one about LOTR. However, in any serious discussion about film music you can not forget Alan Menken. He might be not a prolific composer of film music like John Williams, but the short list of film scores he composed are pure gold and his limited contribution to film music has been sufficient to gain 8 musical Oscars (fact that makes him the man with the highest number of musical Oscars, after Alfred Newman).

This suggests that if he had composed a high number of film scores like John Williams, he would probably have an impressive number of musical awards.

I see (per Wiki) that he's actually received an EGOT!  Impressive!  Must admit that I am a sucker for the music from Beauty and the Beast.

PD

[Cato]

Let me put in a good word for Jerome Moross, who is undoubtedly mentioned on earlier pages, but...for those who are new/newer...