"Prog" movies

Go for it Eetu!

The Wicker Man.

'Prog-folk' (think Comus; Spirogyra) movie with an exellent (prog)folk soundtrack.

A remake is on its way starring Nicholas Cage.

Eetu Pellonpää wrote:   I'm suggesting a presentation about movies with prog rock soundtracks, not a discussion about the soundtracks.     I don't see how the movies with prog soundtracks would be out of the context of the site's subject.

Good idea - why not allow it in the existing 'Books and misc reviews' section which seems to cover it nicely - and threads can be created only by Collabs/PRs

Eetu Pellonpää wrote: I accept your opinion, but I challenge it.  Making a sticky thread for example is not an extension which would turn this site to a mess. What are your rational reasons for opposing my suggestion?

A "sticky thread" is too minimalist.
A larger section has no impact.

A discussion center about movies is too expansive.
A discussion mainly about the soundtrack's impulse on the movie is of short substance.
For we know that some soundtrack have music that can cope by themselves (as music)
And there are soundtracks that attach completely to the context of the movie.
But personally I see the last one as a very rare fact.

Overall,I think music should be completely the subject of the archives.
Even if the movies section would be just an allusion.

(This debate is fun. )


Edited by Ricochet - July 11 2006 at 03:02

Eetu Pellonpää wrote: Ricochet wrote: Well we have the soundtracks,don't we? What's the point of nominating the movie as well?   Soundtracks and the movies are different things in my opinion, and one cannot view the soundtracks as one group, as they are scattered around the discographies.

scattered? more like placed where they belong.

as major as the soundtrack branch of music can be,I do not think an extent to movies should be made.

The soundtrack to "Body Love" was by Klaus Schulze and not by Popol Vuh.
Tangerine Dream: "Firestarter", "The Sorcerer", "Thief", "Wavelength", "Flashpoint", "Heartbreakers".
Guru Guru not only made the soundtrack for, but also starred as leading actors in the German tv-movie "Notwehr" ("Self-Defense") from 1976. They played themselves, more or less, but were very convincing too in scenes that had little to do with themselves, but with the script of the movie. They were not called "Guru Guru" in the movie, but "Rattenfänger" ("Rat Catchers").



Edited by BaldFriede - July 11 2006 at 02:00

There are some movies with soundtracks by prog artists moving around, and they are discussed at the forums from time to time. Has the information about these been gathered somewhere? If not, would it be a good idea to make for example a sticky thread about them or something? At least the following titles come in to my mind: