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    Posted: July 11 2006 at 01:39
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:
 
KEITH EMERSON : "Church" and something else too
PETER GABRIEL "Passion of The Christ" (prog related?)
GOBLIN : Dario Argento's movies, like "Suspiria" and "Tenebrae"
PINK FLOYD : "More", "Obscured by The Clouds"
POPOL VUH : Herzog's movies, "Body Love"
TANGERINE DREAM : "Sorcerer" and many more
VANGELIS : "Blade Runner", "Conquest of Paradise" + other obscurer films
 
and what else? Smile
 
If these movies are listed somewhere, how could people review them? Should this stuff be presented like the "prog books" section?
 
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Well we have the soundtracks,don't we? What's the point of nominating the movie as well?
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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").



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Originally posted by Ricochet 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. Approve


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Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää Eetu Pellonpää wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet 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. Approve


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.
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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

 
scattered? more like placed where they belong.
 
Yes, the soundtrack albums are in their places among the artist entries, but the information about these films are not gathered anywhere to a one place.
 
Reviewing the movie soundtracks doesn't tell anything about the movie itself. If you are not interested about the movies, it's OK, but I'm interested of the films too, and I don't think I'm the only one. I believe that many people don't know anything about f.ex. the movies Friederike mentioned in her post, and even I had wrong understanding about "Body Love".
 
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


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

I accept your opinion, but I challenge it. Tongue 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?


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Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää Eetu Pellonpää wrote:


I accept your opinion, but I challenge it. Tongue 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. Tongue)


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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


A "sticky thread" is too minimalist.
 
No, check out this: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23534
 
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


A larger section has no impact.

A discussion center about movies is too expansive.
 
 
I'm not sure about the impact, but I agree your second statement. 
 
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


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.
 
 
I'm suggesting a presentation about movies with prog rock soundtracks, not a discussion about the soundtracks.
 
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


Overall,I think music should be completely the subject of the archives.
Even if the movies section would be just an allusion.
 
I don't see how the movies with prog soundtracks would be out of the context of the site's subject.
 
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


(This debate is fun. Tongue)
I'm glad that you are amused. Smile


Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - July 11 2006 at 03:21
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Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää 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
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2006 at 04:39
Originally posted by Joolz Joolz wrote:

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
 
Clap It wouldn't need much extra work either! I hope the site administratos would comment this when they have time.
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2006 at 04:54
The Wicker Man.

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

A remakeDead is on its way starring Nicholas Cage.
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2006 at 12:31
I have contemplated this thing, and I thought that I could maybe create blogs from this subject? I'm sure I could write with time proper articles at least from the following subjects:
 
- Pink Floyd and Barbet Scroeder
- Popol Vuh and Werner Herzog
- Goblin and Dario Argento
- Vangelis and Ridley Scott
- Peter Gabriel and Maritn Scorsese
 
If I write the articles and the admins check them out before their release, would it be a good deal? Tongue
 
I would welcome anybody else with information and interest to join that blog with their articles too!
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2006 at 13:35
Go for it Eetu!Thumbs Up
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