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Old 19-11-2004, 9:53 AM   #1
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What's your favourite film music/score?

As above what is your favourite film music/score.

I think mine would have to be from Highlander, Queen did a superb job

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Old 19-11-2004, 9:59 AM   #2
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Gladiator. Gets me blubbing in places
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Old 19-11-2004, 1:13 PM   #3
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The Piano, the ultimate Nyman score...
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Old 19-11-2004, 1:17 PM   #4
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Anything by Morricone....

The Untouchables (all time fave)
Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns
Once Upon A Time In America
The Mission
etc

Other faves are....

Conan The Barbarian
Indiana Jones
The Godfather
The Warriors

Even though I'm a HUGE Queen fan, Highlander (or Flash Gordon) are not my favourite soundtracks.
They're not really soundtracks in the terms of 'film scores', they're simply added songs to the action (ala Scorcese), good songs though...well Highlander at least.

I'm pretty sure that the orig Highlander sountrack (score) by Michael Kamen is avialble on CD.

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Once upon a time in the west
Star wars IV-VI
good, bad and ugly
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Once upon a time in the west
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

(definitely a Leone/Morricone theme going on here)

Singles
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Old 19-11-2004, 5:05 PM   #7
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Spinal Tap! Lick my Love Pump is an absolute classic!
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the good, the bad, and the ugly is a classic

I also love american beauty - got the CD...track 3 is a good test for the bass...there are 2 versions of the cd tho, one that contains the pop kind of records, and the other by thomas Newman

http://users.pandora.be/obelisk/tnc/

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I can pin it down to my favourite scene...........got to be The Chemical Brothers track in the foyer sequence from The Matrix and fitting it to the 'ping' of the lift doors opening and the final tyle falling.......genius
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Old 19-11-2004, 8:19 PM   #10
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All predictable I suppose...

Blade Runner
Moricone - anything
Star Wars
Bond Theme & most of the main songs, esp Live & Let Die
LOTR

A good double CD to get is Music by Ry Cooder which collects most of his themes
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Old 19-11-2004, 8:20 PM   #11
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I can pin it down to my favourite scene...........got to be The Chemical Brothers track in the foyer sequence from The Matrix and fitting it to the 'ping' of the lift doors opening and the final tyle falling.......genius
I always thought it was the propellerheads in that scene?
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I always thought it was the propellerheads in that scene?
too much alcohol, too early...your quite correct, I shall now fall on my light sabre
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Old 19-11-2004, 8:45 PM   #13
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too much alcohol, too early...your quite correct, I shall now fall on my light sabre
YES !!

I've finally found a flaw in your knowledge

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Old 19-11-2004, 8:46 PM   #14
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Star trek 2 by james horner
star trek 3 by james horner

Airforce one openening and closing credits by jerry goldsmith
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I would say either braveheart or casper
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Old 21-11-2004, 6:16 PM   #16
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True Romance was pretty cool and Rock Star should get a mention for the lycra panted 90's rawk! \m/
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Old 22-11-2004, 8:44 PM   #18
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Nice to see I'am not on my own for my favourites.

Really rate The American Beauty Soundtrack too. Some of the tunes 'Paper bag theme', 'arisen' are lovely.
Vangelis is a favourite too Bladerunner of course brilliant.
The Star Trek Wrath of Khan sound track fantastic score.
I have always loved the Raiders of the Lost Arc music too, not the upbeat march but the sinister tune.
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Old 22-11-2004, 8:51 PM   #19
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Thanks Alan, Vangelis- Chariots of Fire, music that really sucks me in
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Old 23-11-2004, 8:29 AM   #20
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My Choices off the top of my head:

Vangelis - 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Fab ST - Crap film)
Vangelis - Blade Runner (WHERE IS THE DVD!!!!!!! bloody warners - starts making sounds like Muttley)
Hanz Zimmer - Gladiator ( i used it on a home DVD i did of footage from a holiday in Rome - made my wife cry)
Hanz Zimmer - Thelma and Louise (the guitar work is fab - never released )
Ry Cooder - Southern Comfort
Ennio Morricoine - Anything, man's a genius!!


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