Film at 11

[audiogirl]

In our discussions of the dearth of classical music, someone (maybe Leslie) has pointed out that the film industry is cranking out some pretty decent stuff. So I was just wondering...what's your favorite movie soundtrack? There's a lot of John Williams in my house.

[JasonK]

I will say my favorite piece of work is a tie between the Superman March and Raiders of the Lost Ark March....although, my own personal march is the Mighty Mouse theme.

[Nicole Marie]

I'd have to say Citizen Kane. Bernard Herrmann is excellent. Or!Richard Horwitz who composed so much film music but I think the top selection would have to be from a movie called Three Seasons.

[Jeff Dutton]

Does anyone else remember The Blue Max? It's one of my personal favorites.<P>Jeff

[serge urtizberea]

Mine would have to be either Michael Kamen's score for Robin Hood or parts of the Titanic soundtrack (but not Celine's song). I used to love the Star Wars theme, but I'm kinda growing out of it now. Anything by James Horner is pretty good.

[JasonK]

Blue Max with George Peppard....WWI flying ace....remember it well....that and the Great Waldo Pepper....my family loves flying and race cars, so I am well acquainted with the movie....it is a classic.

[Green Hornet]

I think John Williams is one of the best, if not for the music itself,<BR>certainly for the quantity of music he’s written. James Horner comes a<BR>close second. Jerry Goldsmith is also good.<P>And another favorite is the theme from Battlestar Galactica.

[JasonK]

For steriodal cinema, however, you can not beat John Barry's James Bond theme...although I am biased as I am writing this from my secret volcano lair...<P><BR>

[Peter]

Actually, this is a common misunderstanding; Jason, if you're thinking of that famous Bond opening sequence, where w see 007 through the barrel of a gun, THAT theme was composed by Monty Norman. My favourite Bond song is Wings' Live & Let Die. You?

[Judith]

I agree with you, Green Hornet - Jerry Goldsmith's "Ghost and the Darkness" is particularly fascinating and haunting.<BR>

[~Leslie]

Well this is a beautiful topic, Audiogirl, thanks for posting it. I am sure you will get many interesting answers. <P>I very much enjoyed James Horner's Titanic, the way he blended traditional nautical themes with voices, Celtic, and digital synthesis. He captured the exhilaration, the romance, thematic building fear, those distant memories, horrific cries of all those ppl in the water, and that eerie underwater a la Jules Verne ambience. The whole Titanic experience was very life changing for me, being a true restless water sign, It also brought me closer to the period music played on the ship at that time, and gave me deep revered respect for the musicians who played right up to the end, the final moments of the great White Star liner. <P>I also enjoyed John Barry's music to "Raise the Titanic!" Clive Cussler's fiction novel,--- the movie he claims to detest. <P>Dances With Wolves, also John Barry, was a fine soundtrack, capturing the wild spirit of the Americana, loyal to the school of Aaron Copland in many ways.<P>Nice thread......

[JasonK]

Peter,<P><BR>Huge Bond fan, HUGE<P><BR>You really can not go wrong with Sir Paul and Wings....that is a great theme....I am a huge James Bond fan, so I may be biased towards the music....<P><BR>THE GOOD<P>I would have to say obviously Shirley Bassey on Goldfinger is a fav....so is Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only....the score from On Her Majesty's Secret Service was great as scene support...<P><BR>THE BAD<P>The theme from Man with the Golden Gun....ugh, weakest movie, weakest score<P><BR>THE UGLY<P>The characters "Jaws" and Frau Bunt<P><BR>Best Line:<P>Honor Blackmon: I am Pussy Galore.<P>Sean Connery: I must be dreaming.<P><BR>

[JasonK]

WE seem to have a rumble here Peter<P>read the following, I found it interesting:<P>Who really wrote the famous James Bond theme? <P>It was written by either Monty Norman or John Barry -- or by both -- no one is completely certain. <P>A theme was originally written by Monty Norman. However, the producers were dissatisfied with the piece (some say they hated it), and John Barry was hired to "arrange" it. The resulting work bore little resemblance to the original. This reworked theme was featured in Dr. No and has appeared in every official Bond film since. Barry completed it without ever seeing the film and based it on his previous work "Bea's Knees." But due to contractual obligations, Monty Norman always receives credit whenever the song is used in a Bond film. <P>so there, I am shaken, but not stirred.

[audiogirl]

Hi all----<P>Thanks for the good ideas. I thought I was the only Dances With Wolves soundtrack lover, but I figured maybe that was due to my Kevin Costner fixation. While we're on the movie subject, I'm surprised no one has brought up Schindliner's List.<P>On the subject of Titanic, I have a story about the "band playing on" scene. If you've seen 'Hope Floats' (no big loss if you didn't) you may remember the part when the little girl's dad drives off, leaves her crying hysterically in the driveway. This part was pretty well-acted. When asked how<BR>she pulled it off, Mae Whitman, the child actress, said that all she had to do was think of the musicians on the Titanic, and she could cry. Your feeling is shared by many, Leslie.<P>Jason K and Peter........<BR>I, too, must confess I am a Bond lover, but you two can duke out the particulars.<P>By the way, I went to see 'Hope Floats' just to get another glimpse of Harry. I noticed some other Harry fans on here.<P>audiogirl <P>

[Peter]

Lordy please, Jason, not another rumble so soon after the last one.<P>I too am a huge Bond fan, despite 007 saying (in Dr. No) that he can only bear to listen to The Beatles when wearing earplugs. Now thanks for the John Barry slant, but if I were a smarty pants, I would say that the contractual obligation to Monty Norman is there because whatever John did with it, it is still Norman`s creation. However, I`m not a smarty pants, so I won`t.<P>I thought Rosa Klebb (From Russia With Love) was a much more frightening adversary than Jaws (The Spy Who Loved Me & Moonraker) for our hero. Definitely not the type of gal to take home to meet your parents. <P>It just slipped out, Moneypenny.

[JasonK]

Actually, Bond's now ridiculous comment about the Beatles came in Goldfinger, just before Shirley Eaton got the 24k treatment......<P>Rosa Klebb was pretty tough, specially with that knife shoe of her's....think she got the point?<P><BR>Jaws and Bunt were bad characters as in the literal bad, Jaws trying to flap his arms while falling out of the plane in Moonraker....c'mon, please....and Bunt taking out Tracey Bond while Telly Savalas is driving with a neck restraint.....horrible.<P>Jaws, Bunt and the comment about the Beatles were absolute misjudgements on an otherwise perfect action hero.<P>Shocking....positively, shocking (cue theme to Goldfinger)<p>[This message has been edited by JasonK (edited 02-27-2001).]

[Clare]

audiogirl, don't you think Pierce Brosnan is an absolute dreamboat? I've had a thing for him ever since his Remington Steele days!

[JasonK]

<BR>Funny Clare,<P>People are always telling me that I remind them of Pierce Brosnan.....so this is a good thing???<P><BR>good, I am glad......

[~Leslie]

Psst,.......I saw a portrait of Louie Van B by Christian Horneman that looked just like Timothy Dalton! As Dave Barry would say, I am not making this up!<P>Any males looking like Sean Connery during the Bond days, ple email me offline, send photo. LOL!!!<P>Pardon me while I digress even further, but have any of you ppl wondered what the tonal quality and vocal range of Beethoven's voice sounded like?<P>Do you think Mozart really sounded like Tom Hulce, with that giggle?

[audiogirl]

We are so outta control! Stream of consciousness meets the Internet. Virginia Woolf the Hacker.<P>But here goes......<BR>I'm strictly a Roger Moore/Connery kind of girl.....<P>Dave Barry truly has some funny perspectives.<BR>It's never really occurred to me whether composers could sing. The only person I know that can sing, conduct, and compose is the long-standing object of my musical affection, Harry, Jr. (Pardon, but I've listened to him so much, that we're on a first-name basis.) <P>On a more but not terribly serious note....<BR>Being a teacher so interested in the respective functions of the left and right sides of the brain, I am intrigued by that fact that so many serious music lovers seem to have other interests in common. It is commonly believed that music is a right-brain function. Someday, (when my child learns to sleep) I would love to post a questionnaire-like document so you guys can decide which of your hemispheres is dominant. But I wax scientific. My left brain is taking over, and it must be stopped. <P>audiogirl