Film (movie) Music

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Karl Henning

This is not quite the thread, but last night's Columbo viewing, "Murder With Too Many Notes," featured a nice little movie-scoring drama.
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Bogey

Quote from: karlhenning on July 07, 2013, 09:28:27 AM
This is not quite the thread, but last night's Columbo viewing, "Murder With Too Many Notes," featured a nice little movie-scoring drama.

Just one more thing, sir.   Here is the music, I believe, used in the episode (from IMDB):


"1812 Overture"
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

"Prélude in E minor, Op.28 No.4"
Music by Frédéric Chopin

"The Flight of the Bumblebee"
(from The Tale of the Tsar Saltan)
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

"Wiegenlied (Lullaby)"
Music by Johannes Brahms

"Jaws (Theme)"
Music by John Williams

"The Murder from Psycho"
Music by Bernard Herrmann

"That's Amore"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

jochanaan

Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
Just one more thing, sir.   Here is the music, I believe, used in the episode (from IMDB):


"1812 Overture"
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
No, not too many notes there, at least not if the cannoneers know what they're doing!
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
"Prélude in E minor, Op.28 No.4"
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Definitely not too many notes; hardly enough!  (And that's not disparagement; I love that Prelude even after thousands of hearings.)
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
"The Flight of the Bumblebee"
(from The Tale of the Tsar Saltan)
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Now THAT's too many notes! ;D
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
"Wiegenlied (Lullaby)"
Music by Johannes Brahms
No, not too many notes here either; like Mozart's music, neither more nor fewer than required. 8)
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
"Jaws (Theme)"
Music by John Williams
Maybe a note or two in excess, but maybe not.
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
"The Murder from Psycho"
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Not too many notes here either.  In fact, that music could use a little variation. :o
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
"That's Amore"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Waaaay too many notes, since I feel that song should never have been written in the first place! :P ;D
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Bogey

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

Want to get into the western theme mode before taking in the Lone Ranger, so pulled this Riddle beauty off the shelf:

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

jut1972

Quote from: Mirror Image on April 07, 2013, 07:36:45 PM
Waiting on The Lord of the Rings complete recordings box sets to be reissued...

Any word on these?

going very cheap from MP sellers on amazon uk :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0000TAZBK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

even with shipping factored in it might be worth a look.

Mirror Image

Quote from: jut1972 on August 05, 2013, 01:41:05 PM
going very cheap from MP sellers on amazon uk :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0000TAZBK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

even with shipping factored in it might be worth a look.

Thanks, but I'm actually waiting on the complete sets.

Bogey

Thread duty:

Just took in this radio show that was a retrospective of George Duning's music.   Even had a Star Trek queue. :)

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/programs/movies/2013/jan/

And for you Howard Shore fans, catch this interview with the composer and some of his music from The Hobbit.  Pretty cool.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/programs/movies/2012/dec/
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

kyjo

I really enjoy listening to film music every now and then. My favorite film composers are the usual suspects: John Williams, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, John Barry, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner, Dmitri Tiomkin and Bernard Herrmann. My favorite soundtracks are all the Star Wars (Williams), the LOTR trilogy and The Hobbit (Shore), all the Pirates of the Carribean (Zimmer), Dances with Wolves (Barry), The Adventures of Robin Hood (Korngold) and Ben Hur (Rozsa).

Mirror Image

Everybody should try Schnittke's film music. Fantastic stuff! The Capriccio recordings w/ Strobel are excellent. I'm still waiting on the CPO recording to arrive. He was a natural in this medium.

TheGSMoeller

Been a fan of Daft Punk for years, and I loved their Tron: Legacy soundtrack, their style fit the film's visuals and pacing perfectly, was listening to Disc Wars and Outlands this morning...


http://www.youtube.com/v/EB2-ijxjTs0   http://www.youtube.com/v/k7D5Sy8XfJE

Brahmsian

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 21, 2013, 08:10:48 AM
Been a fan of Daft Punk for years, and I loved their Tron: Legacy soundtrack, their style fit the film's visuals and pacing perfectly, was listening to Disc Wars and Outlands this morning...


http://www.youtube.com/v/EB2-ijxjTs0   http://www.youtube.com/v/k7D5Sy8XfJE

Interesting, Greg.  I have some of the original Tron 1980's film music, by Walter/Wendy Carlos.

TheGSMoeller

Quote from: ChamberNut on September 21, 2013, 08:24:58 AM
Interesting, Greg.  I have some of the original Tron 1980's film music, by Walter/Wendy Carlos.

Oh yeah! The original Tron is a childhood favorite of mine. You should checkout the sequel, it's fun.

Octave

Hans Zimmer is not a major favorite of mine, but perhaps some of you would be interested in this little article on some of his approaches to orchestrating film scores and otherwise coming up with textures:

How Does Hans Zimmer Keep His Film Scores Fresh? He Invents New Instruments
by Tim Greiving, LA WEEKLY, 20 Jun 13
http://www.laweekly.com/2013-06-20/film-tv/hans-zimmer-lone-ranger/

QuoteFor Man of Steel, composer Hans Zimmer gathered eight pedal steel guitars — those traditionally country music, twangy tabletop instruments — to form an unorthodox string ensemble, creating an entirely new sound. He was inspired by the image of telephone wires stretching across the prairie, and what the Kansas wind of Clark Kent's childhood home might sound like running along them. The effect is a sustained, shimmery texture, which Zimmer uses in the film's moments of reflection.
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TheGSMoeller

Perfume: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Tom Tykwer's 2006 film.
Original music by Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer

One of my favorite films, also a fantastic soundtrack performed by Simon Rattle and the Berliners. This track is titled "The Perfume".

http://www.youtube.com/v/B1fdV6OmEQg

"Meeting Laura"

http://www.youtube.com/v/FvEaVAAHLGI

Bogey

Got this one spinning



The above is the cover I own.  I have gone back and forth trying to decide if I need a more complete version of each of the three, but for what they are asking, I rather buy scores I do not own.

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

Rolling out an old favorite that was for a while out of print, but common sense prevailed and now it is available again:

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey



The 60's clip music is fun, however, the charm of Choi's score is not to be missed.  Absolute sonic beauty on the silver screen.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

TheGSMoeller

Quote from: Bogey on November 09, 2013, 12:01:37 PM
Got this one spinning



The above is the cover I own.  I have gone back and forth trying to decide if I need a more complete version of each of the three, but for what they are asking, I rather buy scores I do not own.

These are good scores, in fact Shore has done some great scores during his career, especially the Scorsese films he worked on.
I had all three of the LOTR soundtracks but was getting frustrated with going back and forth with all of them that I compiled my own "symphony" of all three films.

Bogey

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 09, 2013, 01:59:58 PM
These are good scores, in fact Shore has done some great scores during his career, especially the Scorsese films he worked on.
I had all three of the LOTR soundtracks but was getting frustrated with going back and forth with all of them that I compiled my own "symphony" of all three films.

I have not grabbed The Hobbit yet.  Should.  I love his Aviator score.  I am guessing you do as well.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz