Movie Soundtracks

[Hans Tucker]

Anyone else enjoy Movie Soundtracks? I just love them because they truly define a movie and if scored brilliantly remain in your memory. Currently fixated with John Harrison theme from Star Trek Into Darkness.

Every generation throws up their geniuses .. Notably .. John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Schindlers List); Hans Zimmer (The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, Da Vinci Code) Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff)

Not so big on TV series themes but the work of Ramin Djawadi on Game of Thrones was fantastic.

[JA]

Hi Hans,

Yes I too love movie soundtracks and very much enjoy the work of John Williams and Hans Zimmer. When CD first came out I remember buying a new system (somewhere around 1983/86 ?) that included a Yamaha CD x1 so that I could play a Telarc audiophile sampler of just move soundtracks - "Star Tracks". I think the laser burnt a hole in many of the tracks, but especially the crescendo in Superman. It was seriously over the top and ate up every single bit of available amplifier headroom.

Best
JA

[Hans Tucker]

Jeez how could I forget one of Williams master piece works ... Superman .. but the extended version :thumbsup:

[JA]

Yes Superman , I remember now I think it was at the 4:52 - WOW what a crescendo. Oh and Zimmer and colleagues did a wonderful theme to the TV Miniseries "Pacific" called "Honor".... Very stately /serene and really was true to its title and conjures a sense of honour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXw_GjEWFi8

Best
JA

[Hans Tucker]

Thanks for the recommendation .. short piece but this testifies that Zimmer is a genius.

[astro744]

I like the work of Ennio Morricone in particular;

Once Upon a Time in the West (especially the very haunting but beautifully scored Jill’s theme)
Once Upon a Time in America
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Mission (especially Gabriel’s Oboe) but the entire soundtrack with noise cancelling headphones and eyes closed is sensational!)
...and many other of his scores most with Italian titles.
Also...
2001: A Space Odyssey (Blue Danube, Gayane Ballet Suite)
Not really a soundtrack but Jeff Wayne’s music version of The War of the Worlds (especially when a Mars opposition coincides with midnight on the 12th of August)

Great topic!

[Stonius]

I love movie soundtracks too. James Newton Howard's score for Sixth Sense is great. I really like Alan Silvestri's Avengers theme. And Ennio Morricone had some good, bad and ugly moments, (sorry!) but when he shines, he's beyond compare - such an innovator! I like John William's main themes, but he's a little too atonal for me in most of his 'bread and butter' scoring and a lot of his textures sound the same to me.


I've always enjoyed 'that big orchestral sound'. I even try to recreate it myself in my musical muddlings on various projects. I scored a sci-fi film a few years ago that I ended up being pretty proud of if anyone's curious. https://youtu.be/jnV7xkeKV5s. The big space battle kicks off around 1:30.


Markus

[Hans Tucker]

I am going to embarrass my self but I have this theme as my ringtone

https://youtu.be/mhoa7oWPPhk

Thankyou Jerry and Joel Goldsmith

[pmrid]

Don’t overlook Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op.11 used so brilliantly in Gallipoli.

[Hans Tucker]

Ah yes .. used to effect in the night time boat landing scene.

[JA]

WELL DONE Markus :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[AndyG]

Good thread Hans,

Whenever doing work that requires any concentration. I play tunes that do not have any words that I could end up mumbling along to. As such, movie scores are perfect. occasionally I'll drift into some Japanese and Korean drama soundtracks, but after a while they're learnt phonetically, which defeats the purpose.

There's heaps of moving music out there, or stuff that is great for background at least. Whilst repetitive, I dig Zimmer's "Interstellar".

As embarrassing/nerdy as it is, I confess any score which accompanies the introduction of the USS Enterprise brings a smile, be it Jerry Goldsmith's "The Enterprise", (motion picture) through to Michael Giocchino's "Enterprising young men" (2009 remake).


/confessions.

[Stonius]

Thanks, JA :-)


I'm currently listening to a rather good western movie and game music playlist I compiled - for anyone that wants to listen to scores with a slightly different feel. Morricone is in there, but some music from Red Dead Redemption and others.


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wGaHe8PLPdQVyqdoKEevI?si=eba21ecc1 78d420f


Cheers, Markus

[Hans Tucker]

Klaus Badelt is a name that isn't really well known but he collaborates with Hans Zimmer in a number of score.

My favorite Klaus Badelt score is for the 2002 movie remake 'The Time Machine', very underrated movie.

https://youtu.be/fmvMtNNUNpo

[beren]

One of my favourites is Vangelis music/ score for the 1984 version of The Bounty

Conan the Barbarian soundtrack and from Tron Legacy

[Retrograde]

One of my favourites is Giorgio Moroder.
I particularly like the Midnight Express soundtrack but he did plenty of others as well.
Another favourite is Philip Glass's Koyaanisqatsi.

[AndyG]

Now there's a soundtrack that benefits from a big set of speakers...

[Hans Tucker]

If I have searched and found the correct theme ... I am now a fan ..:thumbsup:

Oh I am loving this topic

[AndyG]

Indeed. I've been "removed from the building" whilst comissioning a new AV install - using the track "Recogniser"... with volume at the appropriate level (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xTqUEhWYsI)

[gary]

Pete,

Did you ever have the opportunity to see Philip Glass and the Philip Glass
Ensemble perform the entire soundtrack live whilst they projected the film?

I saw it on two occasions at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House
as well as a live, non-stop performances of Powaqqatsi and the
premier live performance of Naqoyqatsi, also at the Opera House.

Philip Glass then provided an entertaining question and answer session
at the Vahalla in Glebe, talking about making film soundtracks
amongst other things, and I spoke with him very briefly.

A rehearsal session of Koyaanisqatsi :-
https://youtu.be/6rkuReIHhUA

[Retrograde]

Hi Gary,
No unfortunately not. :(

IIRC a friend went to see it & asked if I wanted to go but I passed up the opportunity (possibly due to after hours work commitments which happened a lot in those days :screwy:).

Thanks for posting the clip! :thumbsup: