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I love John Williams, saw him conduct movie night at the Boston Pops twice. Two of my favorites (and not the common ones) are below.
"March from 1941" and "The Cowboys Overture"
List your favorite movie piece, I am always looking for great items to add to my movie theme playlist!
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)mucifer
(23,550 posts)So haunting. So beautiful. Was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)One of the few I have the dvd movie of.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)There's a Dean Martin track on LA Confidential
nocoincidences
(2,220 posts)I love the music, even though the movie wasn't the greatest.
Jerry Goldsmith's score was beautiful.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)nocoincidences
(2,220 posts)just to see the greats Gregory Peck, Lawrence Olivier, and James Mason together.
The premise of the movie is certainly unique.
nocoincidences
(2,220 posts)so pardon me if I bring up obscure soundtracks...Lord of Illusions...Clive Barker story.
Again, a so-so movie, but the soundtrack is one of those that sticks with you.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)Music by Elmer Bernstein. Every scene was enhanced by his remarkable score.
The movie starred shirley maclaine, Frank Sinatra, Arthur Kennedy and Martha Hyer.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...people think of it as "just another Rat pack film"...but I think it's one of the best American films of the 50s, and maybe Sinatra's best performance...
Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)And oops I forgot Dean Martin. And Nancy Gates.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,009 posts)And this is from one of my favorites of his (I own a copy of this lp).
Tikki
(14,557 posts)URGH!
A Music War (1980)
Aint This the Life (1979) Oingo Boingo
Rock and Roll High School (1979)
High School (1970) MC5
Tikki
Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)Stuart G
(38,434 posts)The first and one of the few 45s I ever bought...still got it..great music. (and I must add, a great movie)
Here is the entire theme (about 5 minutes)
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Talitha
(6,593 posts)Great songs!
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...it's just incredibly evocative. Some other favorites--John Williams' score for Jane Eyre, Miklos Rozsa's scores for Ivanhoe and El Cid, Max Steiner's for The Big Sleep, Elmer Bernstein for Walk on the Wild Side and To Kill a Mockingbird, and Braveheart--I forget the composer...Barry? Oh--and Howard Shore's scores for Lord of the Rings... really, too many...
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Mendocino
(7,495 posts)the kinetic North by Northwest.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)The haunting guitar work at the beginning of Unforgiven.
It brings to mind the beginning of Cool Hand Luke.
Aristus
(66,386 posts)You beat me to this one Aristus!
Aristus
(66,386 posts)to The Princess Bride always make me feel better...
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Aristus
(66,386 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Thanks! I need soothing when I have a migraine.....
Aristus
(66,386 posts)Feel better...
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)bif
(22,718 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)It's a good collection of "standards".
And from far left field...
Gangster Paradise from Dangerous Minds.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)composed by Richard Addinsel
One of my favorites
yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)One of the best ever.
Of course there is always Yellow Submarine ....
Mendocino
(7,495 posts)[link:
|Number9Dream
(1,562 posts)John Williams: Close Encounters -
Bernard Herrmann: Journey to the Center of the Earth Suite, Psycho, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur suite
Ennio Morricone - Cinema Paradiso
Maurice Jarre - Building the Barn (Witness)
Alfred Newman - The Mark of Zorro Suite
Morton Gould - The Ship (Windjammer)
Randy Newman - The Natural
Phillip Glass - The Illusionist
Jerry Goldsmith - Patton
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)All the songs from the soundtrack culminating in this finale....
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Mendocino
(7,495 posts)one flew west
one flew over the cuckoos nest
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Jack Nitzsche
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)In a similar vein is Vangelis' soundtrack from The Year of Living Dangerously:
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This is one of my favorites. He's a huge jazz aficionado, as am I, and I think he has a really great ear.
AwakeAtLast
(14,130 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Battle of Algiers and The Mission are also fantastic,
Harker
(14,024 posts)Here's a personal favorite...
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MissMillie
(38,560 posts)and really liked the music in that one. Especially like the use of ELO's 10538 Overture
The Big Chill and Forrest Gump are awesome
akraven
(1,975 posts)Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr. Add Meet the Beatles.....
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Beartracks
(12,816 posts)... is one of my favorites, too.
I remember reading somewhere (probably Wikipedia) that Steven Spielberg's favorite march by John Williams is the one from 1941.
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