Interactive Poll Ate: Movie Soundtracks

Raff wrote: Annie Lennox is one of my favourite vocalists, as is Lisa Gerrard (I love deep voices, both in men and in women).  I was not familiar with Mary Fahl (though I might have heard her name), and loved the song by her you posted. On the other hand, I am not a fan of Anne Rice. I tried reading Interview With the Vampire, and quit it halfway through. Maybe I should give it another try.

when's the deadline for nominations?

Logan wrote: I wish my comments had more detail. I still plan to edit more comments into that post on other videos that came later than the Cristi one (I stopped there for now). The Wim Martens I had heard as I have seen The Belly of an Architect as well as many other Peter Greenaway films (has been one of my favourite filmmakers).

Annie Lennox is one of my favourite vocalists, as is Lisa Gerrard (I love deep voices, both in men and in women).  I was not familiar with Mary Fahl (though I might have heard her name), and loved the song by her you posted. On the other hand, I am not a fan of Anne Rice. I tried reading Interview With the Vampire, and quit it halfway through. Maybe I should give it another try.

Snicolette wrote: TCat wrote: Raff's post from "The Two Towers" reminded me of the closing song from "Return of the King" which won the 2004 Oscar for best song.  Annie Lennox is one of my favorite vocalists and this one is a true tear jerker, especially if you think about a perfect song to play your funeral, this is the one.  Since Raff has already posted a LotR track, I won't add this as an alternative for myself, even though I love the song. And, speaking of Annie Lennox songs from movies, another favorite of mine is this one, which is a very personal song between me and my wife (which is why I didn't post it originally, but how could it not be posted?).  Talk about a passionate song, this is it.  So, I submit this one as another alternative: Annie Lennox - "Love Song for a Vampire" from "Interview with a Vampire". Also, kudos to Nickie for including the Eurythmics "Julia" from "1984". Videos deleted for space: There are certainly parts of the LOTR soundtracks that absolutely bring tears to my eyes.   Annie is such a fine vocalist, looking forward to hearing the one you posted.  I used to use the opening (of Julia) to the first line as my answer-phone message.  That piece of music gives me chills, every time.  It is starkly beautiful, like the doomed love story of 1984. There is another video of a sort of soundtrack of an Anne Rice novel.  This was only released with the audiobook.  Being a huge fan of both Anne Rice and Mary Fahl, I hoped there was a film I missed so I could have included this piece in this poll, but didn't fit the rules.  This is "Exiles," from The Wolves of Midwinter.

TCat wrote: Raff's post from "The Two Towers" reminded me of the closing song from "Return of the King" which won the 2004 Oscar for best song.  Annie Lennox is one of my favorite vocalists and this one is a true tear jerker, especially if you think about a perfect song to play your funeral, this is the one.  Since Raff has already posted a LotR track, I won't add this as an alternative for myself, even though I love the song. And, speaking of Annie Lennox songs from movies, another favorite of mine is this one, which is a very personal song between me and my wife (which is why I didn't post it originally, but how could it not be posted?).  Talk about a passionate song, this is it.  So, I submit this one as another alternative: Annie Lennox - "Love Song for a Vampire" from "Interview with a Vampire". Also, kudos to Nickie for including the Eurythmics "Julia" from "1984".

I haven't read through Nickie's post yet (just the start) nor most of the thread, because I don't want it to bias my thoughts as I listen through, but I certainly will be reading it all later (all the posts). These are just cursory thoughts, no depth or real insight,some silliness. I'm adding some movie references to the user names for fun and because I love film. Doing this soundtracks to me wasn't just special because of the music from the soundtracks themselves, but also to think about and comment on film. That's a reason I thought Moshkito might enjoy participating in the conversation (I did request his participation before for this topic the day before starting this in the Catchy one, but I don't know if he caught those comments).

I plan to post a little something about each track mentioned in this post, so I will be editing it a lot. Sorry,I realise that my movie name play (on user names) is neither clever nor amusing.

Logan's Run: "You've got the runs,Logan, the runs!"

I ran with Morricone, Willow's Song from the Wicker Man, and "Sexopolis" which is a fun and funky one for me from a rather sleazy film almost classic.

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Delicatessen Pauline at the Beach -- Delicatessen being a fave film of mine, and I like the Éric Rohmer film Pauline at the Beach. I also saw the film Paul, which I didn't like nearly as much as the related Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and the World's End:

"Now We Are Free", performed by Lisa Gerrard (of Dead Can Dance), from the Gladiator soundtrack with music composed by Hans Zimmer

I'll put it in the poll as Hans Zimmer f. Lisa Gerrard - "Now We Are Free" - Gladiator

I love Dead Can Dance, and she has a very good voice. Musically it reminds me of Enya. The piece doesn't move me, but I enjoy it.

Side note: I seem a bit of a rarity in not really enjoying Gladiator. That year there was another film I loved which was somewhat similar, which may have biased me against Gladiator, called Titus with Anthony Hopkins (such a good actor) based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

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Gentle Iron Giant: John Murphy - In the House, In a Heartbeat from 28 Days Later (also used in 28 Weeks Later).

I enjoyed the film and liked the score.

Side note: I considered "Gently Johnny" from the Wicker Man", which I lamely mention here because of the Gentle & Giant username.

Romeo and Snicolette:

"Composed and conducted by Nino Rota, theme from "Romeo and Juliet," 1968, film directed by Franco Zefferelli. Probably familiar to most, at least of my age or thereabouts, but a gorgeous piece of music, nonetheless."

I have seen the film and am an admirer of Nino Rota, and I like the music even if it's not a favourite Nino Rota to me. Best known for his Godfather music, I think, but I like his Fellini film work the most. My mother was in La Dolce Vita in a very minor extra-type role, but she was left on the cutting room floor.

"Alternate: Arranged by Paddy Moloney and performed by The Chieftans, Sian O'Riada's "Women of Ireland," for the film, "Barry Lyndon," 1975, directed by Stanley Kubrick."

I love Stanley Kubrick and the film Barry Lyndon. I enjoy this music a lot. It's my favourite of the two pieces and the music by others listed thus far.

Alternate: Eurythmics Theme from 1984, "Julia," film directed by Michael Radford, 1984 release.

"Do it to Julia!"

I'm a fan of Eurythmics, a huge fan of Orwell and 1984 (read it so many times as a teenager). The novel is part of my DNA.I liked the film and John Hurt was one of my favourite actors (I feel he did a wonderful WInston Smith and other actors in it were very good). The music was my major issue with the film, but I came to appreciate the approach more the last time I watched it.

Listening to Exiles and very much enjoying it. Has a certain delicacy while being powerful. Really like it.

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Grumpy Old Men progfan

"From one of my favorite movies - Spinal Tap. Here is Spinal Tap performing Big Bottom. This movie is required viewing for those who like Rock & Roll. The same actors have starred in other outstanding movies... Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, For Your Consideration, and A Mighty Wind."

I love Spinal tap and all of those films, minus For Your Consideration which I have not seen. I will surely consider watching it.

"Big Bottom" is a classic, although I would have surely gone with "Stonehenge" which I really love, not just as comedy but as I think a great song. A funny thing to me is that I think ST's music is better than so much of the kinds of music they parodied.


PS Had you known Ivan, my lawyer riposte would have been funny, or maybe not.

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I prophesy the disaster artist -- fun film,The Disaster Artist, for those that haven't seen it, and I love the so-bad-it's-good film that The Disaster Artist is based on, The Room from auteur Tommy Wiseau.

"Ennio Morricone - "Magic and Ecstasy" - Exorcist II: The Heretic"

Another Morricone: I really like it, and it appreciate all the more as part of his diverse oeuvre,

I considered this rather sinister one as my Morricone pick:



But honestly, there are so many Morricone ones I could go with. I have spent the most time with his 70s soundtracks, although the Mission was the first I fell in love with (love the film and the music).

This is one that I almost listed (I love this so very much, although I do prefer listening to the full soundtracks):



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Rush Hourfan4:

"I don't really have any interest in soundtracks so I am going to go with what is easily my favorite, although it is one everyone has heard so therefore nobody will vote for."

Like I said, familairity won't stop me this round.One reason I like some soundtracks is that takes me back to when I watching the film, if it's a film I love. the Star Wars soundtrack must be the first soundtrack album I owned. Given to me as a kid in the 70s. I saw the original Star Wars film multiple times in the cinema, and I liked the subsequent film more still, mostly for Yoda. I did see the third one and didn't like it so much and kind of lost interest in Star Wars after that. Star Wars didn't stat with me as much as other sci-fi spectaculars such as 2001: A Space Odyssey. And aside from such a classic, I love much maligned films such as Logan's Run and Zardoz. Anyway, I enjoy that piece.

By the way, i absolutely love this (I really hope someone else here does too):



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FritzTheCat:

"Mark Isham - "Pittsburgh 1901" from the movie "Mrs. Soffel""

Beautiful, I enjoyed that very much.

I know I missed mention one of your alternatives, I'll have to go back later, but "I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" - The Cox Family - from "O Brother Where Art Thou" (2000)

Love the film, and like the music.

"Gerard McMann - "Cry Little Sister" from "The Lost Boys" (1987)"

Brings back memories, I loved that film. Was one of my fave vampire films.

Speaking of vampires, here comes Annie Lennox again.

"Annie Lennox - "Love Song for a Vampire" from "Interview with a Vampire"."

Good stuff.

"Into the West" from LotR is a nice one.

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The Shadowyzardoz (how could I resist mentioning Zardoz with shadowyzard?)

"Tan Dun - "Farewell" - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon OST"

I really like that and the film. I did a poll on martial arts/ wuxia films at one time. My favourite Ang Lee film is not wuxia, it's Eat Drink Man Woman (that's one of my very favourite Chinese language films).

"Danny Elfman - "The Batman Theme" - Batman OST

Bombastic; fun film.

"Basil Poledouris - "Prologue/Anvil of Crom" - Conan the Barbarian OST"

Also bombastic, and I also know this film well. I like this one a lot. I've seen the film multiple times, those films have a lot of music I like in them. Red Sonja's soundtrack was by Ennio Morricone. My favourite Conan soundtrack might have been for Conan the Destoyer by Basil Poledouris. I like all those soundtracks.

As for the Zelengorm, very dramatic. Definitely hearing a common theme with the choices.

That Mortal Kombat one pumps me up to fora little immortal combat -- all the fun of fighting, no lives lost.

And the Harry Potter one: I like that a lot and love the Harry Potter films, especially the Deathly Hallows ones.

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Lewian (the first name so far that a movie title hasn't immediately sprung to mind, erm The Lion Kingian, True Liesian, The King and I-an, if TV then Inspector Lewisian or Lawian and Orderian).

The Insects - Creep Soundtrack

Enjoyable in its way, intrigued to see the film.

I like the Nino Rota La Dolce Vita one -- a favourite of mine of the films he scored.

I love the film Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and that would be my pick of yours (at least so far...).

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Body Meltdowner (Body melt is an Australian "satirical" horror film).

Aaron Copland - "Our Town Suite" - Our Town

I really liked this one and it is a contender.

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Alec Baldwin is the new James Bond

"ZBIGNIEW PREISNER: ""Van den Budenmayer Concerto en mi mineur (SBI 152) Version de (1798)" FROM: "The Double Life of Veronica"...."

Already talked about this, big fan of Kieslowski and I have various Zbigniew Preisner soundtracks in my collection, including this one. Great stuff; a favourite composer of mine. His music works so well, and is incorporated so well, into Kieslowski films (think, say, Blue). That was a terrific collaboration.

"ENNIO MORRICONE AND JOAN BAEZ: "THE BALLAD OF SACCO AND VANZETTI" taken from the film "Sacco and Vanzetti" directed by Giuliano Montaldo"

I really, really love that.

"Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's oboe - Film The Mission, directed by Roland Joffè"

That is one I knew very well and love. It's with The Mission that I can first remember getting to know Morricone. I really love that film, it is tragic, and it does make me feel very emotional, but it's so poignant, spiritual or transcendent, and despite it telling such a bleak story, there is something uplifting about it.   Wonderful film,wonderful music. It's refined erudite Morricone. The Passion one is blocked, I know its not in competition, it is an interesting one to compare The Mission in a way.

Incidentally, I'm genuinely surprised that no one has gone for any James Bond music.

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The Lawnmower Mathman0806

"Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "Technically, Missing" - Gone Girl"

Alot of Reznor's stuff I don't like (especially with vocals), I like the NIN instrumental Ghosts album, and I like this.

"Akira Ifukube - "Gojira Main Title" - Godzilla (1954)"

Seen the film various times, and it's interesting to hear that music on its own. Like it.

"Ramin Djawadi feat. Tom Morello - "Pacific Rim" - Pacific Rim"

Dramatic and good. I started on that film, but never got around to watching it. I'm a big fan of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, which, along with Lars von Trier's Melancholia that is mentioned in the thread, is one of my very favourite "modern" films. I might mention some music later off another fave modern film of mine, Under the Skin.

"Michael Giacchino - "Incredits" - The Incredibles"

Seen the film with my kids,the music is swinging fun and well done.

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Riff-Raff (a good Ken Loach film if you haven't seen it):

I love "Scarborough Fair" and that scene from the Graduate. When I was thinking about my three choices, that one came to my mind as well. It's one of my wife's very favourite films, and that was my favourite S&G song (not their original, but a beautiful adaptation).

" Howard Shore - Foundations of Stone - The Two Towers."

"Nooooo!"

Having really loved the novels (read the trilogy and The Hobbit multiple times as a kid), and with the film feeling so different than how the books played in my head (plus the alterations to the story) I found it hard to warm up to the films. I appreciate them more now, and I do like that music.

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Micky Mouse: Who Cut the Cheese? Cheating with that as a proper film reference, but I wrote a mockumentary type story 20 years ago about an early film done in glorious Smell-O-Vision/ SmellOrama starring Mickey Mouse called Who Cut the Cheese? Ah, those where my most creative of writing days.

Doctor Zhivago is great, and that is a great theme. I wonder if Dr. Dre has sampled it?

Cross of Iron. A fun ditty for dirty, in a way, subject matter.

I really love Melancholia, the film and the music. Great film.

That Rachmaninoff piece is one of my very favourite pieces of music. I've heard it used memorably in various things and I have it on CD (not as soundtrack music). It is funny you mention that, because when playing on names, and yours, I thought of a Rik Mayall (was a British comedian/actor who sadly died some years ago) who as part of an anthology series did one episode called Micky Love, and my favourite of them was Briefest Encounter, which as I recall, used that piece and is when I fell in love with those Rach/Pag variations.

As for the Fifth Element, fun movie, and cool operatic scene. Saw the movie in the theatre when it came out.

That Armenian girl with the amazing operatic voice posted by Shadowyzard does sound like she could be an alien.

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The Last Temptation of Cristi

"Bruno Nicolai "the case of the bloody iris" 1972"

I'm a fan of the composer, and really like that.

Ennio Morricone - Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)

I have that soundtrack in my collection and is one that I really like by Morricone.

"Tiberiu Olah - Osanda (main theme) - 1976"

That was new to me and I loved it! That sounds like one that should have been in my collection for sure. Very good chance this will get my vote if included despite liking so much that has been posted (quite a lot that I already knew).

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Whew, that took me way longer than I thought (good chunk of the day) it would even if there is so little substance to it. Hope I got all of them, more may come. Sorry that it's not insightful and the movie reference in your names are poorly done. It seemed like a funny idea at the time to link with the theme of the poll.

By the way, when people do finalise their final choices, perhaps people could add that to their first post that mentions a video of their choosing in an edit so that its easier to find as an official choice. It can be difficult to trawl through these threads to find the nominated video in the order listed in the poll. A way to mark those posts clearly can help for people who wish to be able to easily scan the pages for the nominated choices. If that's a chore or overcomplicates things, it doesn't matter much to me. The enjoyable discussion going on is one of my biggest joys when it comes to such threads.

Edited by Logan - July 07 2020 at 22:46

Lewian wrote: I enjoy your detailed comments a lot Nickie! Thanks for that. Shame that I don't have the time (and am not that fluid as a writer) to do it like this. I'm pretty much settled on Wim Mertens.

  Glad you enjoy my thoughts, sometimes they do go on, if something provokes a memory, or takes me to other places while I'l listening.  

Snicolette wrote: TCat:  Mark Isham Mrs. Soffel  So beautiful, I remember the film as well.  A haunting piece of music. Gerard McMann:  Cry Little Sister I could hear this one growing on me, I vaguely recall it, but never did see the film, even though it’s the kind I might be interested in, from what I know of it. "I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" - The Cox Family - from "O Brother Where Art Thou"  I LOVE that film also….they also had a fun version of “Man of Constant Sorrow,” which I first heard by The Kaleidoscope on a reunion LP they did (When Scopes Collide), also with a great version of “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” on that one.

Edited by TCat - July 07 2020 at 08:24