Movie Music: Scores, Soundtracks, and Best Moments

[JustHereForFood]

In the category of movie soundtracks that I like much more than the movie itself, my picks would be:

- Dollars Trilogy, by the amazing Ennio Morricone. I never cared much for the movies, but the music is simply amazing. My favorite is from the first one, A Fistful of Dollars/Per un pugno di dollari which is ironically the weekest for me in terms of plot. Now, Once Upon a Time in the West on the other hand, I like both the movie and the soundtrack.

- Alexander (the 2004 version) - not really a good movie by any standard, but the soundtrack is once again simply magnificent. Vangelis is right there with Morricone as my favorite composer. The third would probably be Howard Shore or Hans Zimmer.

My favorite music from them:

 

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by JustHereForFood

[BlackberryJam]

Someone posted this clip in the tennis thread. I cannot figure out what that song is. Can someone please help me? I know it’s from a movie it’s gonna drive me crazy. Starting around 3:12.

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by BlackberryJam

[Constant Viewer]

It sounds like the music from Love Actually where the boy runs through the airport

[BlackberryJam]

22 minutes ago, Constant Viewer said:

It sounds like the music from Love Actually where the boy runs through the airport

Yes, that’s it!!!! Now I can sleep.

[BetterButter]

“The Minions Do the Actual Writing”: The Ugly Truth of How Movie Scores Are Made

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The streaming revolution is changing the way film composers get paid and exposing the flaws of a system where big names farm their scores out to uncredited “ghost composers.” Now, the artists actually writing the music are demanding recognition—and a fair share of the profits. 

 

[Luckylyn]

Why This Creepy Melody Is In So Many Movies 

 

How The Music Spoils Sweeney Todd (and Why That’s a Good Thing)

 

The Dies Irae really is so baked into our culture’s musical vocabulary regarding death.  I probably associate it the most with The Shining  and Sweeney Todd.  

[Spartan Girl]

Spirited on AppleTV is a holiday musical take on A Christmas Carol. The songs were all catchy, but my favorite (and the funniest) has to be “Good Afternoon.”

Context for scene: in Dickens’ day, saying “good afternoon” is pretty much an f-you:

[Jediknight]

Deadpool & Wolverine

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How do you make the best Madonna song and one of the greatest songs ever more epic?  Use it for Logan finally putting on his mask, the fight against the Deadpool Corps, and then use it again as Deadpool and Logan are saving the timeline.

Everybody working on the movie knew how to use songs to enhance the scene.  Just perfect use of music, but "Like a Prayer" is above all.

 

[Spartan Girl]

4 hours ago, Jediknight said:

Deadpool & Wolverine

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How do you make the best Madonna song and one of the greatest songs ever more epic?  Use it for Logan finally putting on his mask, the fight against the Deadpool Corps, and then use it again as Deadpool and Logan are saving the timeline.

Everybody working on the movie knew how to use songs to enhance the scene.  Just perfect use of music, but "Like a Prayer" is above all.

 

I’m getting the Blu-Ray just for that scene. And hopefully a blooper reel.

[Fool to cry]

Great scene and song("Tracks of my Tears" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles) in Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986).

 

 

Edited August 20 by Fool to cry