Hello to all ,
A change of pace .........? Have you ever seen a movie that had music that moved you emotionally ? Or just memorable Movie songs you have always liked ?
OTHER THAN "JAWS" ...........I always remember seeing PLATOON by oliver stone . The use of Samual Barbers " Adagio for strings" was very moving in that film . Who can forget Star Wars ? Sound of Music ? Any other opinions ?? dano

very intresting topic!

call me crazy but I always loved the movie music for all four "batman" movies and a movie called "the shadow".

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I like works from John Williams (Star Wars, Inidana Jones, Jurassic Park...) and Danny Elfman (Batman, Edward Scissorhand...)

"The Good
,The Bad.&The Ugly".
the James Bond theme.
[and if i might add a tv show-----]
i love the music from "Twin Peaks"!
thanks for the diversion Dan,
Bill E

Blues Brothers 1 and 2.
Don

I like all the music from Ennio Morricone, John Williams and John Barry, but if I have to mention a particular theme, the one that comes to my mind right now is the theme from "Dances with the wolves" (you can hear it when Kevin Costner meets the wolf).

I just thought of another movie that has turned out to be a big influence on my life and career. Don't laugh.
Like most teenagers, I was into rock n' roll music, and I played in the concert band. But I'll never forget that my second year in college I went to see a movie called "Your Cheatin' Heart". It was the life story of Hank Williams, and the songs were sung by Hank Jr. At that time he had to be in his early teens.
Anyway, I sat through the movie twice without moving. The next day I went out and bought my first Country album, the sound track from the movie, and started learning the songs. I had heard them before by Hank Sr., and never paid much attention, but for some reason they hit home this time. While I do lots of other kinds of music, Country/Western is still right up there near the top.
I still watch that movie occasionally when it comes on at 3 a.m.
DonM

Who can not forget the theme from ROCKY .
How about Close Encounters ? Or ROcky Horror Picture show ? dano

"Mission Impossible" is my favourite !!

O.k., now you'll all know how sappy my tastes can run!! I actually like the score from Titanic. Oh, the main them is good, but I like all the other parts of the score woven throughout the movie. I found it, well, very moving.
It's not my favorite of all time, just very likeable. Fact is, there are so many different movie and/or musical songs that I love, that it's hard to pick any absolute favorite.
Tom

Yes Tom, that's true and besides I think that a song is always related in our heart to a particular scene of the movie that has a meaning for us. For example, I like the "Dance with the wolves" theme because it symbolizes the fall of a barrier, the beginning of a friendship between a man and a wild animal, based on trust. Yes, maybe it's corny, but what the heck, at least watching a movie we are free to let our feelings loose.

Thinking better of it, the theme from Titanic (My heart will go on) is one of the movie themes which can be played in front of an audience because actually it is a song. Other movie themes (like Star Wars, Dances with the wolves, Jaws, etc) are nothing more than musical phrases that last a few bars and serve just the purpose of conveying a state of mind, an emotion, etc.
The examples made by DonM (Blues Brothers 1 & 2 and Your cheating heart) are actually soundtracks made by different songs (like in American Graffiti 1 & 2).
So I think that there is a difference between composing music for a film and putting together different songs to have a soundtrack (just like when an amateur makes a video of his holidays and has to choose the songs to go with the scenes).
The difference, of course, is evident, when you try to play that music, even for yourself. I like some movie themes (like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Ennio Morricone), but playing them on my keyboard and being satisfied with the result is an entirely different thing.
Mmmhhh... what do you think?

No one has mentioned "As Time Goes By". It will always be one of my favorites. Now that's sappy.
Don

JAWS ......I kinda of made fun of this Theme but you can't forget the impact it has had .
Even when I see a gold fish attacking food I dropped into the Fish Bowl I kind of do the JAWS thing ...............It's just a scaled down version ...............dano

BTW...does everyone know " Adagio for strings " that I refered to ? dano

DanO1
No, I don't know it... but, I don't want to sound stupid.


Andrea,
Yes, of course, you're frame of mind & particular reactions to a movie scene and it's accompanying music are what makes certain ones special to you. I like the haunting "paper bag" them that played in American Beauty a lot. I personally connected with the video image and the music just added to the feeling.
Tom

I always liked the John William's (Star wars, Jurassic Parc etc) and James Horner's music (Titanic, Braveheart). Of course, there are many more great soundtracks, but I like these best.

I love the Music from "WEST SIDE STORY", "2001 Space Oddessy"

This one is a little far back for all you modern K/B Jockey's, but most of the people of my generation simply could not get the the song out of their minds, once they had seen the show with Gerry Cooper, entitled: "HIGH NOON." I have heard it making a little come-back lately. Best wishes to all...........ARJ

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Notting hill and Blues brothers...

Dan,

You really hit on my passion. Having worked as a photographer/film maker in Hollywood most of my professional life, I’ve devoted a great deal of my keyboard playing hobby to movie music. One of my early CD projects, 2 HANDS IN REAL TIME contained film music exclusively played on the Technics KN5000. From that project one of my favorite songs is DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND, the Cool Hand Luke theme by Lalo Schifrin. Zip files of it and several others are on my web site. There are also a few mp3 files of film music on the site. One high on my list is THE EXODUS SONG by Ernest Gold. I think this source of music opens up new possibilities for our keyboards that the usual pop song might not.

Frank www.Kool-Keys.com

Hi friends,

ZORBA THE GREEK, its music, the acting, and the message remain an old favorite of mine. Any one of you played it in its time?

Hi mbl,
yes, I have played many times the theme from Zorba the Greek; it's a nice song (a sirtaki, from the name of the dance), based on just two chords; the problems with that song, performed on an arranger keyboard, are the choice of the rhytm (not all the arrangers have a sirtaki kind of rhytm) and the accelerando towards the end.
Regards
Andrea

Hello Frank,
I thought the Exodus song was Bob Marley . dano

Well Dan,
Perhaps because of the stress of the times you feel the need to be facetious. But, if we are talking about great losses in the world of music I’d like to add two of my friends, Harry Chapin and Jim Morrison.
Frank

Frank,
Yes the names you mention were certainly are a great loss . Great to see that the music lives on . The Marley comment was just a little tiny joke on my part. dano

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"What A Wonderful World", by Louie Armstrong as used in the movie, "Good Morning Vietnam", during the silent blowing-up war scenes. VERY moving contrast.


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Regards and Aloha,

Charlie