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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:17 PM
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Best "sword and sorcery" movie music
What movie music from "sword and sorcery" music do you like?

My list:

Excalibur
Conan movies
Krull

Any more?
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T Roosevelt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:25 PM
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1. Ladyhawke
done by Alan Parsons...agree on Excalibur also.
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AngryYoungMan Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:25 PM
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2. Hello? Lord of the Rings!
How can you skip that? I know Excalibur uses Tannahauser and other Wagner but what Howard Shore does in LOTR is really amazing.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:26 PM
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4. I agree.
It's just knights charging into battle to "Carmina Burana" gives me goosebumps.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:26 PM
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3. Legend
You can't go wrong with Tangerine Dream and Bryan Ferry.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:28 PM
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5. Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music fame? Did he do rockabilly covers? (nt)
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AngryYoungMan Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:28 PM
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6. Tangerine Dream's best were "Miracle Mile" and "Risky Business."
eom
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:49 PM
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7. Star Wars
Yeah, I know, it's 'Science Fiction'...
but if you call the Force 'Magic', and the lightsabers's 'Swords'...

Ben's Theme makes a great 'he's using magic, see' music...
And the swordfight music in all 5 movies is quite good...
And it's hard to beat Darth Vader's Theme (Imperial March) for the advancing of evil.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 04:51 PM
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8. I loved that soundtrack when I was younger
Edited on Thu Feb-26-04 04:52 PM by jpgray
Now that I know Williams's influences, I can get all arrogant and snobbish and point out who he ripped off. :D

It's still a great soundtrack, though.

edit: And since there's sorcery and swordfighting, it may as well be a swords and sorcery movie.
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everythingsxen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-04 05:03 PM
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9. The Mummy..
has some great pieces of music.

I know.. it's not pure sword and sorcery... still it is good.
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