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Post by redbrain on Dec 1, 2007 14:44:02 GMT
You can delete and modify posts here, Red, if they need correcting. I haven't worked out how to do that yet... Maybe this belongs on a different thread.
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Post by redbrain on Dec 1, 2007 14:54:25 GMT
I used to have Goblin's Suspiria on vinyl - spooky. Goblin's Suspiria is extremely spooky. In fact, it's hard to think of spookier music.
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Post by valdemar on Jul 1, 2016 23:24:04 GMT
I like so much film music that I find it difficult to say which is 'The best' - it's a bit like trying to do 'Desert Island Discs': eight records? No bloody chance! However, there are those themes, once heard, are never forgotten. Ones like:
Assault On Precinct 13, by John Carpenter. Minimal and full of foreboding. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, by John Williams. A strangely scary soundtrack, full of startling orchestral crashes. Alien, by Jerry Goldsmith. It's there - but I bet you never even notice it. Shaft, by Isaac Hayes. None more funky. Hellboy, by Marco Beltrami. Subdued and beautiful. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, by Riuichi Sakamoto. Sinuous and beautiful - especially the segment 'The Seed And The Sower'. The X-Files Movie, by Mark Snow. Dark and frightening, just as it should be. Snow's TV series score is very dark indeed. Thunderbirds Are Go!, by Barry Gray. Simply stunning music, especially the majestic 'Zero-X theme'. The Wicker Man, by Paul Giovanni and Magnet. Folky, yes, but beautiful - and rendered terrifying when accompanying the movie. Vertigo, by Bernard Herrmann. Odd, angular arrangements make this a rewarding but disquieting listen. Donnie Darko, by Michael Andrews. Exquisitely understated. It actually sounds like it were made for a much older movie. The Shadow, by Jerry Goldsmith. A soundtrack full of excellent and sometimes startling music, with a definite Asian flavour. Get Carter, by Roy Budd. Minimal and great. Oh, that quote? it's actually: "You're a big man, but you're in bad shape - with me, it's a full-time job. Now behave yourself." Quatermass And The Pit, by Tristram Carey. Electronics used properly - to frighten. Edgy orchestration fitting the action perfectly. The Ipcress File, by John Barry. A soundtrack that actually feels grubby - you can smell the sweat and ashtrays when you listen to it. The First Men In The Moon, by Laurie Johnson. Epic, and somehow creepy, but full of wonder. This Is Spinal Tap, by Spinal Tap. I feel no need to say anything here. The Lost Boys, Various artists. Worth it for the utterly creepy 'Cry Little Sister' by Gerard McMann. So 80's it hurts. Dracula AD 1972, by Mike Vickers. Ask anyone what this very hip 'n' trendy music is for, and they'll never guess. I love it, but a horror film theme it is not, sounding more like music from 'The Sweeney' than anything else. Still brilliant, though.
Not a subjective list, or in any order - just some of my favourites.
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Post by valdemar on Jul 2, 2016 15:18:34 GMT
Last time I saw that bloke who was Petrocelli, he was driving a white car very fast into some construction equipment. Weirdly, the car he hit the bulldozers with, seemed to change into a cheaper vehicle just as he hit them. On evidence, I'd say that Jewsons have been delivering materials for a house that will never be finished.😉😄
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