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Arguably the greatest motion picture soundtrack ever (Original Post) Roland99 Mar 2021 OP
That's a great score PJMcK Mar 2021 #1
True, hence "arguably" Roland99 Mar 2021 #3
Film scores have always fascinated me PJMcK Mar 2021 #8
Music can trigger some of the strongest emotions. Roland99 Mar 2021 #10
yep...2001 is perhaps the most famous example of... dhill926 Mar 2021 #12
Love it. Love everything about that movie. (nt) Paladin Mar 2021 #2
I was thinking that as I clicked on your title Bayard Mar 2021 #4
Time to introduce this to my daughter and her bf Roland99 Mar 2021 #6
Great minds and all. 😉 Duppers Mar 2021 #27
Another.... from "Heat" Roland99 Mar 2021 #5
Love it moose65 Mar 2021 #7
I first heard of them as the intro music to you to U2's "under a blood red sky" video Roland99 Mar 2021 #9
This was the first time I ever heard them. Aristus Mar 2021 #31
Ayup....same song. It was the opening for Live at Red Rocks concert in 1983 Roland99 Mar 2021 #32
So this IS Clannad then? Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #23
The track I posted wasn't Clannad but they did have the vocalized song "I Will Find You (Love Theme" Roland99 Mar 2021 #33
Yes moose65 Mar 2021 #38
Love film music. In my next incarnation I plan on being a film score composer. Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #11
Really enjoy this discussion - great MP soundtrack..and so many asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #13
This and The Mission's soundtracks are two of my all time favorites. chowder66 Mar 2021 #14
And Philip Glass's reuse of previous scores on the Truman Show soundtrack Roland99 Mar 2021 #15
Ah yes. Good one!! chowder66 Mar 2021 #16
I always enjoy this, Corgigal Mar 2021 #17
Evokes 80s sci-fi themes quite well Roland99 Mar 2021 #18
Loved the soundtrack! Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #22
I really like "Requiem For A Dream" AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #19
This is what came to my mind... Tom Yossarian Joad Mar 2021 #20
And... Tom Yossarian Joad Mar 2021 #21
Not Even close jrandom421 Mar 2021 #24
Great film, great music... First Speaker Mar 2021 #25
The Sound of Music Quemado Mar 2021 #26
Brief Encounter! elleng Mar 2021 #28
Quadrophenia (film) IcyPeas Mar 2021 #29
I'm listening to "Love Reign O'er Me" and just clicked on this link . . . . hatrack Mar 2021 #39
That song is a poignant scene in the movie... very memorable IcyPeas Mar 2021 #40
Last of the Mohicans is a favorite. I play it when I'm driving curving roads in woods. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #30
Loved Sorcerer and the Tangerine Dream Soundtrack Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #36
That's beautiful, here's one I LOVE TuxedoKat Mar 2021 #34
Is it you? VGNonly Mar 2021 #35
Respectfully disagree Coventina Mar 2021 #37

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
1. That's a great score
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:41 PM
Mar 2021

However, there are far too many great soundtracks to call any one score the "greatest."

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
3. True, hence "arguably"
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:43 PM
Mar 2021

But this is just so utterly moving. Even after all these years, I still get goosebumps

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
8. Film scores have always fascinated me
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:53 PM
Mar 2021

As a musician and a writer, I've worked on a number of films. It's really fun to collaborate with terrifically talented people.

There are some recordings I have of scores that were recorded but then rejected by either the director, the producer or the studio. These include original scores for "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Apocalypse Now" and "The Green Hornet." It's kind of fun to cue up the music track and the film scene and play them together to see what might have been. Usually, the music choice was the right one.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
10. Music can trigger some of the strongest emotions.
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:56 PM
Mar 2021

As well as memories. All it takes is a few notes and one can be instantly transported back decades

Bayard

(22,063 posts)
4. I was thinking that as I clicked on your title
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:43 PM
Mar 2021

Definitely one of my favorites, and a favorite movie with terrific cinematography.

moose65

(3,166 posts)
7. Love it
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:52 PM
Mar 2021

I still have my CD that I bought when the film came out. It was also the first time I had ever heard of Clannad, and I love their stuff!

I live not far from where they filmed many of the exterior scenes in the film. It was exciting around here when the film came out!

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
9. I first heard of them as the intro music to you to U2's "under a blood red sky" video
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:54 PM
Mar 2021

I believe it was “Harry’s Game”

Aristus

(66,328 posts)
31. This was the first time I ever heard them.
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 05:00 PM
Mar 2021

I remember people clamoring for the "music in the VW commercial!..."

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
23. So this IS Clannad then?
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:17 PM
Mar 2021

I know a song called "I will find you" by Clannad, but I've never seen this film, nor did I recognise this score particularly as it didn't have the haunting vocals.

I went to the Imdb page for it but didn't see a mention of Clannad.

moose65

(3,166 posts)
38. Yes
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 11:01 PM
Mar 2021

“I Will Find You” was the love theme from the film. The version in the film is slightly different from the version that Clannad usually does in concert.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
11. Love film music. In my next incarnation I plan on being a film score composer.
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 06:30 PM
Mar 2021

Either that or world champion chess player.
Or maybe a small-town barber.
so many options...

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
13. Really enjoy this discussion - great MP soundtrack..and so many
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 07:20 PM
Mar 2021

more..Saturday Night Fever,..A Star is Born..Age of Aquarius..Rocky...probably dating myself..

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
17. I always enjoy this,
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 08:06 PM
Mar 2021

and didn’t think anyone else liked it too much. YouTube counts show me, I’m wrong. Lots of people enjoy it.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
22. Loved the soundtrack!
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:13 PM
Mar 2021

Couldn't warm to the show itself, but have played the soundtrack to seasons 1 and 2 many times.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
25. Great film, great music...
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 12:18 AM
Mar 2021

...it's in the top tier. My personal favorite soundtrack is Herrmann's *Vertigo*. Film music is terrific, maybe my favorite musical genre...

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,339 posts)
30. Last of the Mohicans is a favorite. I play it when I'm driving curving roads in woods.
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 04:54 PM
Mar 2021

Another good one that fits, from the movie Sorcerer.



 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
36. Loved Sorcerer and the Tangerine Dream Soundtrack
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 09:30 PM
Mar 2021

Oddly, they also used it for the trailer for the movie "The Warriors". Fits pretty well, really.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
34. That's beautiful, here's one I LOVE
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 06:02 PM
Mar 2021

From Witness, the barn-raising scene. The music is by Maurice Jarre, but reminds me of Aaron Copeland.






Coventina

(27,115 posts)
37. Respectfully disagree
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 09:52 PM
Mar 2021

The best soundtracks were by Bernard Herrmann working with Alfred Hitchcock:

The Trouble with Harry
The Man Who Knew too Much
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Psycho

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