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John Gargo
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Topic: Prog rock in movies? Posted: December 07 2005 at 15:14 |
Styx's RENEGADE makes an appearance in Billy Madison. Kansas' Carry On Wayward Son shows up in Anchorman and Dust in the Wind is featured prominantly in Old School. Edited by John Gargo |
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kenmeyerjr
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Posted: December 07 2005 at 14:26 |
Damn, Trotsky, I thought I was gonna be the only one who knew about Gallo and his love of Yes!
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: December 07 2005 at 14:07 |
Ah yes, that's the lass, I knew it was Susan somebody, there are far too many... Susan Hampshire being another.
Do you know if any of the original music for this film is in the vaults? It would be great to hear it. Thanks for the confirmation Jim. |
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zabriskiepoint
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Posted: December 07 2005 at 14:05 |
Zabriskie Point, has a partly floyd OST, and La valle has a floyd soundtrack.
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bucka001
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Posted: December 07 2005 at 14:03 |
Fairfield Parlour was the other band who contributed. There was a bit more of VdGG's weird music included than just the Jaxon bit, but most of what they came up with was considered too sinister. PH actually lived with a British actress named Susan Penhaligon (she of Refugees fame). Mike was a guy named Mike Mclean (don't know who he is).
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: December 07 2005 at 13:48 |
Jim, I thought the final version of this film had only brief moments of
Jaxon's sax? They replaced the music with some other band I
believe. Is this correct?
Peter Hammill lived with Susan George, hence the lines about Mike and Susie in "Refugees". I forget who Mike was off the top of my head though. |
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bucka001
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Posted: December 07 2005 at 11:08 |
Van der Graaf Generator did the soundtrack for the 1970 movie Sudden Terror (aka Eyewitness), which starred Susan George, Mark Lester, and Lionel Jeffries. Jonathan Demme (later to direct Silence of the Lambs, Machurian Candidate, etc) got them the gig - he was a big VdGG fan at the time.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: December 06 2005 at 07:42 |
IMDB comes up with this:
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La Carrera Panamericana with Music by Pink Floyd (1992) Peter Hammill was the composer of Take Me Away which was used in the film Apparently he also acted in a television series called Jackson's Wharf (1999) and played Shayne Bellamy, I doubt anybody has seen this series! Is this him? It's made in New Zealand. Peter Gabriel:
Composer - filmography
Composer - filmography
Composer - filmography
Marillion made a film called Brave apparently in 1994. |
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AngleofRepose
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Posted: December 06 2005 at 02:00 |
Almost Famous: I've Seen All Your Good People (Your Move)
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Rael72
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Posted: December 06 2005 at 00:43 |
Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo '66", which is my favorite indie movie,
features Heart Of The Sunrise and Sweetness by Yes, and Moonchild by
King Crimson.
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Cos his handshake keeps slipping My hopes keep on dipping And his lips keep on smiling all the time |
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doylebrunson
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 23:41 |
mike oldfield-tubular bells was in the exorcist
figure most of you know this, just fillin in the gaps |
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 23:34 |
Trevor Rabin does all kinds of movie scores! But seriously, there are
probably Pink Floyd songs in all kinds of movies (not just the ones
they did soundtracks for).
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Trotsky
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 23:25 |
Some of the best usage I can think of was in the Vincent Gallo/Christina Ricci movie Buffalo 66 ... Gallo, who directed it, is a big prog fan and he used Yes' Heart Of The Sunrise and King Crimson's Moonchild to perfection. |
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video vertigo
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 23:15 |
Tom Sawyer by Rush is in several movies, Waterboy for one.
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel is also movie friendly, it was in a basketball movie that came out a few months ago. |
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tremulant
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 20:41 |
I got out an old Charley Chaplin video from one of the video shops in
my town. When I put it on at home, this really cheesy, annoying, sinthy
psychedelia began to play and ran throughout the entire movie. I didn't
end up watching the whole movie - the music was just so bad!
Cheesy psychedelic music and Charley Chaplin DO NOT mix! I found that it was also ruining the humour |
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philippe
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 07:49 |
I've heard many times this type of question concerning prog rock & soundtrack, I think that I will write soon an article about it! for great or classic prog rock soundtracks:
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Dick Heath
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 07:36 |
The Snowman & The Falcon: Pat Metheny + collaboration with David Bowie on a single tune. Emmanuelle: plaguarism of King Crimson music.
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darren
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Posted: December 05 2005 at 06:25 |
He wrote the score for "Nighthawks", an early Stallone movie. He does a cover of "I'm A Man" by Steve Winwood. I think he even sang it. I got it on vinyl somewhere in my collection.
Tangerine Dream has done more soundtracks than pretty much anyone. Thief, Risky Business, Legend, Firestarter etc. Philip Glass has done many as well but he's not so much prog but classical. I mention him only because anyone I know who likes prog likes his music.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: December 04 2005 at 11:04 |
Jan Hammer - Miami Vice theme
If you class it as prog. I like the soundtrack used in Barbarella. It's not prog, it's more late '60s psychedelia, but it's interesting. Was it Pink Floyd that did the "Delicate Sounds Of Thunder" theme? I cannot think of anymore. I think a lot of soundtracks that are prog are done by less well known musicians and writers. |
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Kotro
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2815 |
Posted: December 04 2005 at 09:38 |
Don't forget "La marge"!
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