Favorite Film Scores (1 Viewer)

Primitive · Jun 23, 2011

[video=youtube_share;cxTTF_8Pyso]http://youtu.be/cxTTF_8Pyso[/video]

Primitive · Jun 23, 2011

[video=youtube_share;aoa3OTJfWIY]http://youtu.be/aoa3OTJfWIY[/video]

Goodbye · Jun 23, 2011

Primitive · Jun 23, 2011

[video=youtube_share;iPIvot1iYnw]http://youtu.be/iPIvot1iYnw[/video]

Anthem · Jun 23, 2011

A lot of Ennio Morricone listed already but this to me stands out as his finest piece from the movie - 'Once Upon A Time in America'. This is the greatest gangster movie music of all time..there I said it!

[video=youtube_share;E0jFrXO22_o]http://youtu.be/E0jFrXO22_o[/video]

washingcattle · Jun 25, 2011

YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

coast to coast · Jun 25, 2011

Great soundtracks on most of the Wes Anderson films by Mark Mothersbaugh.

ann post · Jun 25, 2011

[video=youtube_share;aXwEBp3cKfM]http://youtu.be/aXwEBp3cKfM[/video]

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

A film score (also sometimes called background music or incidental music) is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogueand sound effects. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental or choral pieces called cues which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question.[SUP][1][/SUP]
Songs are usually not considered part of the film's score,[SUP][2][/SUP] although songs do also form part of the film's soundtrack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_score

Lets stay on topic shall we...

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

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washingcattle · Jun 25, 2011

Same dude did this

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

& this:

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

sher while we're at it

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

Almost tempted to start a favorite opening titles sequences thread...

ann post · Jun 25, 2011

Fair enough i'd agree that they are songs, but running through that wiki article:

wikipedia said:
A film score (also sometimes called background music or incidental music)

wikipedia said:
is original music written specifically to accompany a film

All the pieces i posted were written specifically for the films.

wikipedia said:
forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogueand sound effects.

those pieces all contain dialogue, but generally are featured throughout as melodic theme's, overtures and what have you.

wikipedia said:
The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental or choral pieces called cues which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question

check

wikipedia said:
Songs are usually not considered part of the film's score,[SUP][2][/SUP] although songs do also form part of the film's soundtrack

that references one 1978 nyt article which isnt public so i dont have any context for the sentence.

the same article references the pat garrett and billy the kids soundtrack as a score, citing knocking on heavens door as an example.

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

Not to split hairs, but Score is short for underscore. Music to underscore a scene.

Thats not a song. Whether it was written for the movie or not.

Like I said at the start of the thread, this is about scores, not soundtracks. The difference is subtle but significant.

EDIT: One could argue that the Shutter Island soundtrack that was used to underscore the film dosent count as it wasn't written specifically for the film. (Dunno why I bring this up)

Goodbye · Jun 25, 2011

Two brilliant scores spring to mind that are based on a song.

Based on the song The Everlasting Arm

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Based on the song Girl of my Dreams, which is something Trevor Jones has done a bit.

ann post · Jun 25, 2011

your sorta one step ahead of me there - i was in the middle of saying:

yeah, exactly the point i just made, and the same reason i didnt include anything from the 1973 wicker man, cos although a certain portion of the incidental music is original, some of it is compiled from previous sources which is what i consider soundtrack rather than score. Those i posted all use those musical themes as underscore and as narrative at different points - i did pick them pretty carefully - A scene can also have no specific dialogue and use song for the narrative (example would be the seduction scene), which to me defo blurs the lines between script and song and underscore - as where a few violins might make mood in a typical love scene, in the seduction the concept of fake britt ekland singing multiplies/underscores seduction by 20. another example along the same lines would be 'all the time in the world from her majesty's secret service' which at some points is underscore without lyric but does carry into song eventually, although lifted from the script directly. Also in the jungle book ones, apparently cousin louies walkaround on screen was actually inspired by armstrongs walkbouts in the recording room when they were tracking music for the film (or vise-versa), which blurs it even further as script is effecting music and music script and direction and it all becomes a whole. i dont think its finite at all and the only line i would definitely draw that stands to any analysis would be compiled soundtracks from previous material.

Andy_aurel · Jun 25, 2011

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