Likes: Two of the best from the 90s:
Wojciech Kilar's Bram Stoker's Dracula score
James Horner's Braveheart score
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Two of the best from the 90s:
Wojciech Kilar's Bram Stoker's Dracula score
James Horner's Braveheart score
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I'm a film score junkie. If I see a film and it has an awesome score, you better believe I'm downloading it as soon as I'm done watching the film.
Favorite composers:
Akira Ifukube
Akira Yamaoka
Angelo Badalamenti
Bear McCreary
Brian Eno
Carter Burwell
Charlie Clouser
Clint Mansell
David Julyan
David Shire
Ennio Morricone
François-Eudes Chanfrault
Goblin
Hans Zimmer
Howard Shore
Ira Newborn
John Carpenter
John Murphy
Michael Giacchino
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Philip Glass
Robert Rodriguez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Tyler Bates
Wendy Carlos
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Perennial favorite of this forum, Clint Mansell, is performing his film music for 3 sold-out shows in L.A. next week.
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Ennio Morricone took this scene and ratcheted the tension up to pants-shitting level with the music alone.
Seriously, the man was a goddamn genius (he IS dead, right?)
Anyway, Yann Tiersen, loved the score from Amelie.
Alberto Iglesias's score from Tinker, Tailor... was right on the money.
Zimmer, obviously, for Inception. Genius!
And I gotta show the love for John Williams, despite all his cheese. The soundtrack for The Empire Strikes Back is among the most brilliant scores ever, it perfectly shapes the mood of the movie, going from high adventure to grave revelations! And fuck it, the Indy theme rules, fuck the haters.
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Nope. Still working, but mostly in foreign films. I think the last Hollywood film he worked on was Misson To Mars.
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I out-source my google searches
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This is probably my favorite thread on this site. Can't get enough of films scores. Anyway, i came in here to mention Klaus Badelt but i see someone beat me to him.
One of the best soundtracks ever made for a movie so bad. My fav work by him by far. This score is a huge deal.Originally Posted by AgentofChaos
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YES. Nice to know someone else who thinks so. Brought up the quality in the film so much, that by the time Filby flipped his bowler hat in the final sequence I was lovestruck.
It's such a shame that Klaus has been regulated to some pretty garbage projects as of late. And when I say garbage, I don't actually mean that necessarily, since his credits these days are mostly foreign films I have not heard of or seen. Either way his 'hollywood' reputation has clearly gone in the toilet for whatever unknown reason. Who knows - maybe he had enough of working on those kinds of projects?
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Yeah, it's hard to say to be honest. Not sure what exactly caused that reputation to sink. Even the films that stink it up surely are seen as a separate space from the score (as with The Time Machine). But nobody seems to know how he went from Time Machine and Pirates to all the shit he's doing now. Seems pretty likeable too, not that that has to do with anything.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d...rds-2003_music
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Saul Williams fan.
I love Thomas Newman. His work in American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption and Finding Nemo is amazing.
One of my favorite underrated soundtracks is John Frizzell's score for Alien: Resurrection. I understand why people hate that movie (I like it despite its many flaws), but few seem to realize how interesting its score was. Frizzell used some experimental techniques. Check out this clip from the DVD bonus features:
The percussionist at 7:06 uses the "rubrods" and a gong in a unique way.
Check out this track, it's great. I loved the themes Frizzell composed for this movie.
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I think Resurrection has some great main themes - they set the scene brilliantly and are very evocative. But once the action starts to happen, I feel like the score becomes out of sync with the film, and the main themes become overplayed and stretched to the degree that they sound more than a little Austin Powers. Like the film itself, great technique and initial setup, but loses its way. In my opinion, at least...
Agreed that it tends to be underrated, but it's in the shadow of three absolutely perfect and arguably all-time classic scores in the earlier films. That's one hell of a challenge to live up to.
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Blade Runner. Vangelis is the first one that comes to mind for me.
Blade Runner's music submerges you. Very atmospheric, melancholic, deep and beautiful. Best Science Fiction score ever.
Had a huge influence on electronic music through out the 1980's. Infact Massive Attack performed the entire score live a few years ago.
Also i always found the music composed by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre deepy disturbing. Its Low Budget but very effective. That weird noise slicing emerging from the dark ambiance coming out towards you. My nomination for most terrifying score. Powerful minimalism.
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Composer Ben Salisbury and Portishead's Geoff Barrow were commissioned to compose a score for the latest Judge Dredd movie, but it was rejected in favor of another score. Here is an article about the DROKK album, and a streaming version of the album to boot.
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that Trent Reznor fellow has done some good stuff
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No love for Basil Poledouris? He is responsible for some of the greatest iconic theme music in movies.
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Robocop theme!
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No one has mentioned Ryuichi Sakamoto? He's one of my favourite (film) composers.
The Last Emperor
The Sheltering Sky
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Shining Boy & Little Randy
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Here is Clint's performance from last Thursday, with an introduction from Darren Aaronofsky.
Saul Williams fan.
Fuck me, Vrenna was there.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive...nsell_p_1.html
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And finally....
LETHAL WEAPON SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION: LIMITED EDITION
(8-CD SET) LLLCD 1287
Music by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton and David Sanborn
Limited Edition of 3000 Units
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La-La Land Records, Warner Bros. and WEA celebrate Warner Bros.’ 90th Anniversary with the LETHAL WEAPON SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION, an 8-CD BOX SET featuring Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, and David Sanborn’s iconic film scores from all four LETHAL WEAPON films. Each LETHAL WEAPON score is contained in its own 2-CD jewel case, and all four scores, along with a 40-Page booklet, are housed in an attractive slip case.
Finally, some of the greatest action film music ever composed -- from the most celebrated cop-action saga of all time -- is presented here in a deluxe presentation worthy of their legacy. The scores to LETHAL WEAPON 1-3 have been greatly expanded beyond their original soundtrack album presentations (the original soundtrack assemblies are remastered and presented as well.) and the score from LETHAL WEAPON 4 makes its world premiere with this set. A bounty of previously unreleased score music is featured here, literally hours worth, along with bonus score tracks and knockout songs from the likes of Sting, Elton John, George Harrison, The Beach Boys and more – not to mention the Bobby Helms rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock,” which opens the original LETHAL WEAPON!
Produced by Neil S. Bulk and MV Gerhard and mastered by James Nelson from WB vault materials, this amazing release, limited to 3000 Units, features a 40 Page booklet with exclusive liners by film music writer Jeff Bond, with new comments from director Richard Donner, and explosive art design by Jim Titus. Once you dig into this sensational set, we know you’ll agree with us – when it comes to Michael Kamen and LETHAL WEAPON, you’ll never get “too old for this sh#*!”
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this item will be donated to the Mr Holland’s Opus Foundation. More information on this wonderful organization can be found here: http://www.mhopus.org/
NOTE: All of, or portions of, the following four tracks from LETHAL WEAPON 3 were mastered from film stem sources (as no other elements could be located) and are of lesser sound quality than the rest of the presentation, which was mastered from pristine analog and digital WB vault materials. Disc 5: 10. Jack Kills Billy (2:08 - end), 15. Man's Best Friend / Lorna's First Fight (1:42 - 2:54), 18. Shaving. Disc 6: 14. I Can't Retire
TRACK LISTING:
LETHAL WEAPON
Music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton
Disc One
1. Jingle Bell Rock 2:03
-vocal by Bobby Helms
2. Amanda † 3:44
3. Meeting Martin Riggs / Roger’s Daughter 1:20
4. She Just Dove † 1:03
5. Coke Deal † 1:59
6. Suicide † 2:26
7. Meet Your New Partner * 2:35
8. Burning Joshua :51
9. The Jumper 4:51
10. Rog and Riggs Confront 1:33
11. Drive to Dealer’s House 2:43
12. Dealer’s House / Swimming Pool † 3:03
13. Took a Lot of Guts * / Riggs’ Soliloquy 1:36
14. Porno Tape 1:20
15. Firing Range * 1:33
16. Dixie’s House * / Alfred * 2:10
17. The Hunsacker Story * 3:03
18. Helicopter * / Riggs Walks to Tart * 1:47
19. Riggs Gets Shot † 1:00
20. They’ve Got My Daughter / Is Riggs Dead? Or What? * 2:31
21. The Desert † 8:56
22. Hummingbird Treatment * / Riggs Escapes 4:49
23. We’re Leaving 4:11
24. General’s Car 1:42
25. S.O.B. Knows Where I Live † 1:17
26. Yard Fight / Graveside 5:57
Total time Disc One: 70:54
Disc Two
Original Soundtrack Album
1. Lethal Weapon 2:41
-performed by Honeymoon Suite
2. Amanda 3:07
3. Meet Martin Riggs 5:22
4. Roger 4:01
5. Coke Deal 4:16
6. Mr. Joshua 4:06
7. They've Got My Daughter 1:03
8. The Desert 7:44
9. Nightclub 3:39
10. The Weapon 4:25
Additional Tracks
11. Suicide (original) 1:38
12. Suicide (alternate)* 2:34
13. Helicopter (alternate mix)* 1:39
14. S.O.B. Knows Where I Live (orchestra only) 1:17
Total time Disc Two: 47:43
Total time: 118:37
* previously unreleased
† contains previously unreleased material
LETHAL WEAPON 2
Music by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, and David Sanborn
Disc Three
1. Main Title * / Chase the Red BMW * / Krugerrand * 7:08
2. Riggs’ Shoulder * 2:52
3. Pieter Shoots Hans * /The Gold Pen * / Rog Is Taped * /Hotel—Meeting Leo * /Pool Fall * 7:31
4. You're Black, I'm Mad * / Drive to Stilt House * / Stilt House Fight * 3:40
5. Mulholland Chase * 2:51
6. Meeting Rudd * / Bust * 3:24
7. Rubber Tree * / Goodnight Mr. Rudd * 2:13
8. Haunting Rudd * 2:11
9. Finding Roger on the Toilet * / Bomb Reveal * / Bomb Squad Arrives * 2:57
10. Riggs & Murtaugh in Toilet * / After the Toilet Bomb * 2:56
11. Sneaking Into the Embassy * / So Long and Thanks for the Fish * / Leo Loses Door * 6:18
12. Wyler is Shot * 1:43
13. Card House Explosion * / Rika Lerve* / The Alba Varden / Nail Gun Fight 5:30
14. Helicopters Approach * / Helicopter Showdown Attack † 5:30
15. You Can Stay With Me † / Riggs Captured / Riggs Fights Back * 4:51
16. Carrying Rika on the Beach * 3:11
Total time Disc Three: 65:17
Disc Four
1. Stilt House Falls * 2:42
2. Drive to Shipyard † 1:53
3. Locked Into a Container * / Out of Container * / Ship Fight * 3:08
4. Ballet Fight * / Riggs is Shot * 3:36
5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door / Riggs Dying 2:21
Original Soundtrack Album
6. Cheer Down 4:08
-performed by George Harrison
7. Still Cruisin' (After All These Years) 3:36
-performed by The Beach Boys
8. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 4:58
-performed by Randy Crawford
9. Riggs 5:16
10. The Embassy 5:37
11. Riggs and Roger 5:53
12. Leo 3:43
13. Goodnight Rika 4:05
14. The Stilt House 4:21
15. The Shipyard 4:46
Total time Disc Four: 60:13
Total time 125:30
* previously unreleased
† contains previously unreleased material
LETHAL WEAPON 3
Music by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, and David Sanborn
Disc Five
1. Trust Me * 3:34
2. Afterglow :57
3. Jaywalker * 2:01
4. Armoured Car Chase * 4:33
5. Leo Getz † 3:20
6. Concrete Death † 1:59
7. Rianne's Big Break * 2:16
8. Locker Room * :43
9. Firing Range * :59
10. Jack Kills Billy * 3:15
11. Hockey Game * :58
12. Dum-Dum Wound * 1:07
13. Shooting Darryl, Part 1 † 3:12
14. Shooting Darryl, Part 2 / Step Into My Office † 2:17
15. Man's Best Friend † / Lorna's First Fight * 6:41
16. Scars * / Love Scene * 3:45
17. Roger's Boat † 5:28
18. Shaving * 1:17
19. Gun Montage * / Lorna's Second Fight * 3:33
20. Captain Abducted / Captain and Travis * 1:34
21. Unauthorized Access * 1:57
22. Gun Battle † 3:47
23. Riggs Falls * 2:11
24. Drive to Housing Development † / On Three * 3:34
25. Fire / Fire Battle * / A Quiet Evening by the Fire 7:01
Total time Disc Five: 72:46
Disc Six
Original Album
1. It's Probably Me 6:24
-performed by Sting with Eric Clapton
2. Runaway Train 5:26
-performed by Elton John and Eric Clapton
3. Grab the Cat 1:36
4. Leo Getz Goes to the Hockey Game 3:00
5. Darryl Dies 4:56
6. Riggs and Rog 2:55
7. Roger's Boat 5:02
8. Armour Piercing Bullets 4:35
9. God Judges Us By Our Scars 1:59
10. Lorna - A Quiet Evening by the Fire 3:37
Additional Tracks
11. Leo Getz (alternate) * 2:38
12. Armoured Car Chase (no overlay) * 4:33
13. Gun Battle (alternate) * 5:26
14. I Can't Retire † 1:30
Total time Disc Six: 53:49
Total time: 126:35
* previously unreleased
† contains previously unreleased material
LETHAL WEAPON 4
Music by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, and David Sanborn
Disc Seven
1. Don't Turn/Cute Shorts 3:10
2. Leo's Shark/Boys on Boat 3:24
3. Freighter 5:57
4. The Payoff 1:14
5. Slaves 1:14
6. Butters' Intro 2:06
7. Lifeboat 1:12
8. Marriage Talk 3:30
9. Chinese Food 2:20
10. Freeing Slaves 2:38
11. Birdman News/Butters Likes Me 2:10
12. Drive to Uncle Benny's/Leo Gets Arrested 1:40
13. Uncle Benny's Restaurant 1:15
14. Chinatown Chase 3:27
15. Riggs Falls 1:25
16. Tequila 2:08
17. Chinese Prison 1:21
18. Locker Room 2:15
19. Cell Phone 2:49
20. House Fight 2:41
21. Ku Attacks 3:11
Total time Disc One: 51:50
Disc Eight
1. Freeway Chase 4:51
2. Riggs on Table 4:03
3. Four Fathers 2:33
4. Holiday Talk 1:14
5. Hong with Money/Money Montage 3:31
6. Baby Train 4:50
7. Warehouse Fight/Showdown 4:58
8. Underwater Fight 3:43
9. Underwater Fight Concludes 1:43
10. Murtaugh to the Rescue 2:52
11. Cemetery 3:36
12. Hospital/Babies 2:46
Additional Cues
13. Butters' Intro (alternate) 1:45
14. Chinatown Chase (alternate) 3:25
15. Wild Takes 2:07
Total time Disc Eight: 48:30
Total time: 100:20
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Good film, great score.
Saul Williams fan.
So glad to finally be listening to the "Cast and Crew CD" version of one of my favorite soundtracks: The Incredibles. It's packed with 77 minutes of mostly all the film's music (even a nice part before the credits that was apparently edited out in the final film). Hands down, one of the best animated movie soundtracks. Giacchino NAILED this one.
This is the only song from the C&C version I could find on YouTube. The accordion part during the Bomb Voyage scene always cracks me up.
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I've really been into Cliff Martinez's work, especially his score work for the movies "Drive" and "Only God Forgives."
He does very synthy stuff... and he is scoring Cinemax's new series The Knick starring Clive Owen and directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Excellent choice, onthewall2983! I'm a big fan of that score, too, though my favorite would have to be "The World You Have Created."
Devastating track, in and out of context. I only wish it were longer, which is why I always end up listening to it at least twice in a row. "Wire to the Head" is a stand-out as are the opening titles + end credits songs. I could go on...
(now excuse me while I go revive "The Counselor" movie thread...)
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Thanks. Here's an interview with the composer if you're interested. Some would say his Hollywood career got off to a less than auspicious start since the film tanked and a lot of critics hated it. But I think with any luck he'll be a big name in the years to come.
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John Carpenter will release his debut album (non-soundtrack) in February 2015. Sample track included here:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/3/71...um-coming-2015
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Decided not to bother seeing the Equaliser when I read the brilliant Stewart Copeland TV music is completely ignored
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