Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted June 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 24, 2013 The theme to Cannibal Holocaust is a great piece of music as well, totally at odds with the nastiness of the film (which is why I like it so much)... link  Totally agree - also love this theme from Seven Notes in Black (which I think was The Psychic in the UK), which Tarantino reused in Kill Bil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted June 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 24, 2013 An awesome intro a movie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 24, 2013 A Night At The Roxbury starts fantastically. Hits you like a euphoric wave of nostalgia and you can almost smell the stench on your fingers from a successful night at the local youth club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted August 7, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 7, 2013 Been (trying/failing to) introduce my daughter to the Indiana Jones films this week, and I've only really just taken in how good the score is throughout, with all the variations of the themes, layering them over each other, and introducing bits of main melodies early on from pieces that will appear later in the film (for example, when Indy's sulking because Marion's been killed, there's elements of the tune from when the angel turns nasty mixed in there). Â I would link, but the copyright police seem to be all over it on YouTube. Â Something else I watched this week had a typically great James Horner soundtrack, but I can't remember what it was. It was similar to his work on Krull though, which is also great, so here's that. Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4pXUSRxNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted August 8, 2013 Awards Moderator Share Posted August 8, 2013 - The theme music along with Django puling the coffin through the dirt got me interested in the film from the start. Â Just watched Django this week and downloaded the soundtrack immediately. Whether you like his films or not, Tarantino sure does pick awesome music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 8, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 8, 2013 Been (trying/failing to) introduce my daughter to the Indiana Jones films this week, and I've only really just taken in how good the score is throughout, with all the variations of the themes, layering them over each other, and introducing bits of main melodies early on from pieces that will appear later in the film (for example, when Indy's sulking because Marion's been killed, there's elements of the tune from when the angel turns nasty mixed in there). Â I'm a big fan of soundtracks that take a piece of well known theme music and 'remix' it like you get with Indiana Jones and James Bond as well depending on where they are in the world. Sets a nice atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 8, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 8, 2013 I love that too. Â The Omega Man soundtrack does a great job of reworking the same little melody in different ways throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 8, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 8, 2013 Yes. It's much harder to do it when you're dealing with just one film. Lalo Schifrin basically uses two or three of the same tunes over the Dirty Harry films for their incidental music and changes them up a little bit each time. Â My favourite theme of the series is Magnum Force:- Â Â The way it build to something more dramatic and sinister at the start is fantastic. Great use of "AAAAHHHH!"s as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Dev, don't know if you caught it on 6Music today but their Sound Of Cinema season kicked off with this beauty  David Arnold talks about what makes a great score.. A thoroughly entertaining hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 15, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2013 Ooh, I didn't know about that, I'll give that a listen tomorrow. Ta Keith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier Six Brawler Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Blood Simple theme. Really simple but ominous theme from a great film. Shame the DVD release of it that came out over here is so utterly, utterly gash, seriously the worst DVD transfer I have ever seen. Not out on BluRay either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Me and the wife were saying the other day that the art of a cinematic theme really is a lost art these days. Theres just nothing memorable. Take a tune like something from Star Wars, you'd be heard pressed to find someone who doesn't know it. Ask me to whistle the tune to Avatar (the biggest grossing film of all time), no chance.  Dev, don't know if you caught it on 6Music today but their Sound Of Cinema season kicked off with this beauty David Arnold talks about what makes a great score.. A thoroughly entertaining hour.  Speaking of the BBC Sound of Cinema, which has been great to listen to so far, this is the shortlist for favourite soundtrack of all time:  Apocalypse Now Billy Elliot Bombay The Dark Knight Rises (yes, Hans Zimmer! I know) Django Unchained The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Grease Lawrence Of Arabia Mary Poppins Planet Of The Apes Psycho Sholay The Sound Of Music Star Wars There Will Be Blood The Third Man Vertigo West Side Story the Wizard Of Oz 8 1/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted September 16, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2013 Personally, I find North By Northwest to be a more complex and involving score than Vertigo. Don't get me wrong, Vertigo is in my top five movies of all time, and it's got a great score to back it up, but I think North By Northwest is Herrmann's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 16, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2013 I watched the original Cape Fear last night, complete with a Herrmann score. His scoring always puts me on edge when I watch films and the way the theme starts blaring at you the moment the film starts is a fantastic start to a really nervewracking film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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