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At least it wasn't 4-4 from Escape to VictoryJohn Clarke wrote:England 4 West Germany 2 (from the 1966 movie Goal!)
Seriously though: Lawrence of Arabia (by Maurice Jarre).
Pulp Fiction!William Metcalfe wrote:nearly all Tarantinos scores are works of art
A never ending search with so many great scores. A number of classics have already been noted, and here are a couple more.Nick Thomas wrote:I want to expand my repertoire and need direction. My favourite is Ennio Morricone's "The Mission" although I am slightly loathe to admit it as it might make me seen obsessed with religious themes
Well now I know the rules I trump your Rio Conchos with one of my favourite non Leone westerns "They Call Me Trinity":George Szaszvari wrote:A never ending search with so many great scores. A number of classics have already been noted, and here are a couple more.Nick Thomas wrote:I want to expand my repertoire and need direction. My favourite is Ennio Morricone's "The Mission" although I am slightly loathe to admit it as it might make me seen obsessed with religious themes
As a sucker for Westerns and their theme music scores, Bob Dylan's "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" has to be up there, but here's
a lesser known one, Rio Conchos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJq3QRQl ... re=related
And, as one who was frightened (albeit as a youngster) by the paranoia and panic of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ending of
Dr Strangelove is a chilling master stroke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul3JCsG5qfQ
Ah, but the Spaghetti/Paella Western is really a genre of its own. Besides Trinity and Rio Conchos are chalk and cheese, humor compared with gritty drama, and each composer captures the spirit of their movie accordingly. However, I generally like those tunes with the lonesome whistling cowboy... kinda haunting if done well.Nick Thomas wrote: Well now I know the rules I trump your Rio Conchos with one of my favourite non Leone westerns "They Call Me Trinity":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ADphhMo3Y
I don't see them that way at all, more like different generations of the same family. Trinity is a direct descendant and close relative of the gritty Leone type westerns which some believe had reached the end of their useful life by the end of the 60s/early 70s. A direct p*ss take and homage to all the Rio Conchos of the past 20 years or so.Besides Trinity and Rio Conchos are chalk and cheese
I know what you mean, but each to their own... or we'd have to shoot it out at High Noon...speaking of which the song sounds a bit understated for the opening credits, but the theme and few final lyrics winds things up nicely at the end...thus:Nick Thomas wrote:George wrote: Besides Trinity and Rio Conchos are chalk and cheese
I don't see them that way at all, more like different generations of the same family. Trinity is a direct descendant and close relative of the gritty Leone type westerns which some believe had reached the end of their useful life by the end of the 60s/early 70s. A direct p*ss take and homage to all the Rio Conchos of the past 20 years or so.
Right, I don't know who thought of that, but it is brilliant. It might be be explained in one of the talks/interviews about the making of the film. One interesting chess connection to the Dr Strangelove film is the participation of Robert O'Neill as Admiral Randolph, with a few lines in one of the war room sequences (I couldn't find the exact take on youtube, probably because it is an interim linking phase between main scenes.) Robert, or "Bob" as we knew him, was an American with an acting school in London, who took up chess in the late sixties and came along to the Bayswater Chess Club when it was at the Serbian Mihailovic social club near Notting Hill Gate. He was incredibly enthusiastic about the game and went to chess classes run by Kottnauer to help him improve and appreciate the game more... a very sociable guy, the memory of his company remains vivid but what happened to him, I know not. I guess that he probably went back stateside around the time the club moved to the Serbian Orthodox Church in Lancaster Rd.Nick Thomas wrote:Dr Strangelove - Who else in the world would have had the vision to have paired those scenes with that music?
My wife, a lifelong horse riding enthusiast, liked this story, thanks. She asked James Drury some questions, all about his horses (what else?), particularly one called 'Easter', a gift from a fan for the 2nd series. Easter was a bit too small to carry Mr Drury for the duration of the exactingly long filming sessions, so he had to change horses sometimes, which will explain different looking mounts suddenly appearing in some episodes.Kevin Thurlow wrote:James Drury apparently had a horse called (I think) "Joe D", which used to fall asleep on set, so if our hero were doing dialogue, then riding away, he had to give the reins a tug a few seconds before the dialogue ceased. This woke up the horse and the Virginian could then seamlessly ride off...
Yes, American Werewolf in London is one of the better productions in that genre. Werewolves have been getting a bum rap recently, zombies and vampires grabbing all the limelightKevin Thurlow wrote: I like the sound track for American Werewolf in London - they had great fun finding songs with "moon" in the title. 633 Squadron and Great Escape are good. From TV, I suppose my favourites are Twin Peaks, Virginian and Rawhide.
A great list that could be much longer. All kinds of Disney productions are replete with superb music, many of the older generation (including yours truly) getting their first taste of the "classics" as kids via Disney cartoons. Apart from the obvious Fantasia, there are fun things like this:James Byrne wrote:For a non-disney film I'd say Braveheart.
But for Disney films I liked the following soundtracks the most:
Lion King
Pocahontus
Tarzan
Aladdin
Beauty & the Beast
