Movie thread inspired by Perdita

[Guest]

I would have liked to see a Chuck Jones directed "Der Ring des Nibelungen."--starring, B. Bunny and E. Fud of course.

Cracked me up. Me too. I love casting Der Ring with all sorts of people (alive and dead), now you've got me thinking of cartoon characters. Bugs would be Loge. P.

 

[Marsipanne]

How about the James Bond theme?

 

[Liar]

Sticking with my Cohen theme from another thread...

Fargo - the music from the opening scene, that's what that movie is really all about. And snow.

#L

 

[Guest]

A Clockwork Orange - The glorious mother-fucking Ninth!

Immortal Beloved -- (of course) The glorious mother-fucking Ninth!

etc...

Two of my favorite movies. And I have to say, anyone who truly listens to the Glorious Mother-Fucking Ninth and isn't deeply moved by has no passion. Forget the fact that Ludwig was stone deaf when he wrote it. That is a powerful and emotional piece of music.

BTW: Gary Oldman ROCKED in that movie.

 

[Guest]

Immortal Beloved

I had to see it cos of LvB and Oldman, but it was really a crappy sentimental thing. I only remember the scene of the kid looking up at the stars. It was great to hear the music from a theatre's sound system though.

Perdita

 

[cloudy]

Cracked me up. Me too. I love casting Der Ring with all sorts of people (alive and dead), now you've got me thinking of cartoon characters. Bugs would be Loge. P.

Now you've reminded me of my fav Bugs Bunny cartoon....

the opera: "Killed the Wabbitt!!!"

 

[Guest]

Braveheart. a gift of the thistle..
i learned to play it on the hammered dulcimer.. but damn, its just not the same..
it melts me..

 

[cantdog]

Every turn of the plot in Clockwork Orange is because of music. The sophisto opera girl singing in the milk bar causes the falling out in the little gang. Singing in the Rain comes back to betray our hero in the bathtub, the glorious mother fuckin Ninth is the whole idea, and so forth.

Kubrick did things with the score few other directors did.

Speaking of scores, How about Gallipoli?

 

[Clare Quilty]

...The sophisto opera girl singing in the milk bar causes the falling out in the little gang....

This is my favorite scene in A Clockwork Orange. Sophisto would surely have been beaten and raped (or worse) in the Korova Milkbar, had she not serendipitously belted out "Freude, schoener Goetterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium...."--thereby transforming herself into a heavenly being in the eyes of Little Alex.

 

[Mhari]

Star Wars has been brought up, I think Raiders of the Lost Ark is right there too.

and what does that say about Mr. Williams? remember, Jaws was one of the first mentioned...

John Williams...the biggest musical thief ever!

I'd ramble on about this, but my head hurts and I know I'd make no sense.

However, since Svenska mentioned Harry Potter theme music...listen to the Harry Potter scores (written by Mr Williams) and tell me they don't simply *scream* Danny Elfman.

I suppose it is a talent, to mimic other people's work, or steal themes from classical composers, but it bugs the hell outta me.

(And I'll confess that I love The Imperial March, even while I'm thinking how much Williams stole from Holst and Mars.)

~M

 

[Guest]

John Williams...the biggest musical thief ever! ... listen to the Harry Potter scores (written by Mr Williams) and tell me they don't simply *scream* Danny Elfman.

Spot on, dyevushka. Williams "borrowing" from Elfman is not the same as Beethoven or Stravinsky taking from Mozart. I often hear the classics, pieces of melodies or motifs, in 'original' movie music. It's usually obvious when well done (like an hommage), or the composer was lazy and unimaginative.

Perdita

 

[SnoopDog]

However, since Svenska mentioned Harry Potter theme music...listen to the Harry Potter scores (written by Mr Williams) and tell me they don't simply *scream* Danny Elfman.
I suppose it is a talent, to mimic other people's work, or steal themes from classical composers, but it bugs the hell outta me.

(And I'll confess that I love The Imperial March, even while I'm thinking how much Williams stole from Holst and Mars.)

~M

Anyone noticed how Hans Zimmer always steals from himself...

Anyways, I just wanted to say something about the Harry Potter theme.
When I first watched the movie with a friend of mine we both were like, 'What's that sound, we know it ?'
Then he said it, 'Home Alone'

I checked the composer and it was a hit. I even think it's the exact same theme.
Can anyone confirm this???

Snoopy

 

[Randi Grail]

However, since Svenska mentioned Harry Potter theme music...listen to the Harry Potter scores (written by Mr Williams) and tell me they don't simply *scream* Danny Elfman.

I was just about to mention Danny Elfman, but I couldn't remember the movie I was thinking about. I only remember the actual music...which is brilliant.

 

[CharleyH]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - I can't recall the name of the music, but my old dog always used to howl when he heard it.

(That could also be an alternative title for the Tffa&c thread. I'm not gonna say which one is Abs, which is Charley and which one is me. )

Lou

LOL I think it's more a phrase summarizing that thread: It'll be good if you're bad, and it will get ugly, make no mistake!

 

[CharleyH]

The Sting: I think the song is called The Entertainer? Unmistakable.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Raindrops keep falling on my head (Johnny Nash?)

The Graduate: Mrs. Robinson, Simon and Garfunkle

Tommy: Pinball Wizard (For some reason cant recall if its the who or Elton John who sings this. Did they both do versions?)

For some reason I can't think of any music from pre-fifties. I know Casablanca must have a song, but all I remember is the piano, and I am not sure what song was "played again."

 

[cloudy]

Originally posted by CharleyH Tommy: Pinball Wizard (For some reason cant recall if its the who or Elton John who sings this. Did they both do versions?)[/B]

Yep, they both did versions of it. The Who first - that's what caused the movie to be made, and then Elton John later...

(I'll never forget that scene where Ann Margaret gets covered in baked beans)

 

[CharleyH]

Yep, they both did versions of it. The Who first - that's what caused the movie to be made, and then Elton John later...

(I'll never forget that scene where Ann Margaret gets covered in baked beans)

Thanks Cloudy. LOL. I just remember the giant cock

 

[Tome Reader]

Dances With Wolves - John Barry (the entire music score was great.)

The Last of the Mohicans - I especially liked "I Will Find You" by Clannad, but again, the entire score was great.)

Far And Away - Irish folk, gotta love it.

Out Of Africa - John Barry, (again.) (If I'm not mistaken, he did quite a few soundtracks to the Bond films, too.)

 

[SnoopDog]

The Graduate: Mrs. Robinson, Simon and Garfunkle

Hell yeah. Awesome song.

Snoopy

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Anyone noticed how Hans Zimmer always steals from himself...

Anyways, I just wanted to say something about the Harry Potter theme.
When I first watched the movie with a friend of mine we both were like, 'What's that sound, we know it ?'
Then he said it, 'Home Alone'

I checked the composer and it was a hit. I even think it's the exact same theme.
Can anyone confirm this???

Snoopy

You mean they stole Hedwig's Theme before the first Harry Potter movie was even made???

I'll AK them!!!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

For some reason I can't think of any music from pre-fifties. I know Casablanca must have a song, but all I remember is the piano, and I am not sure what song was "played again."

"You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss...."

Time goes by.......

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Tex Ritter singing “Do Not Forsake Me” in High Noon.

The “Andante” from Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in Elvira Madigan.

All of Vangelis’ compositions in Blade Runner.

“Duelling Banjos” from Deliverance.

The zither playing the theme in Carol Reed’s post war thriller, The Third Man.

David Raksin song, “Laura” running instrumentally through the film of the same name.

 

[Guest]

Jiminy Cricket's "When You Wish upon a Star" in Disney's Pinocchio (a gorgeous film). P.

 

[rgraham666]

For me, the two pieces of music I associate with movies are:

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johanne Sebastian Bach in Rollerball. Played on a big fucking organ as it was in the movie nearly pasted my eyeballs to the back of my head.

Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin in Manhattan.

These are the only two soundtrack albums I ever bought.

And Elfman does great soundtracks. I now have the theme from Batman running through my head.

 

[Seattle Zack]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - I can't recall the name of the music, but my old dog always used to howl when he heard it.

Lou

Actually, that was Hugo Montenegro (I have the GB&E soundtrack on vinyl, embarrassingly enough) ... His recording of the theme song from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" reached #2 on the U.S. charts in June of 1968. In this highly stylized instrumental recording, the distinctive grunting on the soundtrack is Montenegro himself mumbling nonsensical syllables in Italian.

Other than the movies mentioned in this thread, there are a few specific scenes from my favorite movies that I thought were especially effective because of the music:

The Thomas Crown Affair (the rare remake that is actually better than the original) -- the final scene where he pulls off the museum heist, with dozens of men in bowler hats, all set to the calypso rhythms of Nina Simone's "Sinnerman"

Reservior Dogs Michael Madsen's sadistic torturing of the captive policeman, culminating in the infamous ear scene, set to Stealers Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle with You"

Well I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall of my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs

Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you

To this day, everytime I hear that song I immediately think of that scene.