Interactive Poll Ate: Movie Soundtracks

jamesbaldwin wrote: Pedro, it's clear that the list would be a neverending list if we wanted to write all the titles of the beautiful soundtracks. But we are here to share some songs with the other members  don't you have some little-known soundtrack that you like and want to share with us?

  I do like that he included Carlos Saura's films....wish he would enter something as requested instead of just tossing everything out there.  

Edited by Snicolette - July 06 2020 at 13:32

Raff wrote: After thinking for some time about my picks, here's the first one - a song everyone knows, which I think really comes into its own in this scene:Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - The Graduate

  Video deleted for space:  Definitely iconic soundtrack for me.  My older sisters snuck me in to the drive-in to see it in 1967, as I was only 9....every time I hear "The Sound of Silence," brings me right back there, as well as this piece.

moshkito wrote: Hi, Here is a small list ... no tracks named because in most of these there are more than one moment with different music, and soundtracks (FOR ME) are not about songs or jingles for radio! List is not in order at all ... impossible for me to do so! It's hard to not include things like Ken Russell's very special films on Elgar, Tchaikovsky and Mahler. I also could not identify a couple of the Chinese films that had some outstanding music in them ... at least two of them I wrote a review almost all around it. There also were a couple of Japanese films that I wanted to add, but I was not able to find good enough information ... for example "A Taxing Woman Returns" has a bunch of moments with a guitar going nuts and it is exceptional. One other film was about a story teller (or writer) and I can't remember which one it was yet. In general, it's strange to me that so many Japanese films I have seen, and so few of them have so little music to show for it ... and Ryuichi made his name in Europe, not Japan! Mogwai - KIN Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Jack Nitzsche - Performance  The Lover - Gabriel Yared Tous Les Matins du Monde - Sainte Colombe Popol Vuh - Aguirre, The Wrath of God Vangelis - Chariots of Fire Vangelis - Blade Runner Ryuichi Sakamoto - Little Buddha Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Sheltering Sky Glenn Gould - 32 Short Films About Glenn Gloud Anastasia (Macedonian Folk Group) - Before The Rain Terje Rypdal/Jan Garbarek/ECM - Journey of Hope (Oscar Winner) Zbiniew Preissner - The Double Life of Veronique Carmen (more of a new interpretation) - Carlos Saura Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman _ The Last of the Mohicans Ennio Morricone - The Mission Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago Brian May - The Road Warrior (not the same BM from Queen) Bernard Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still Bernard Herrmann - Jason and the Argonauts Goblin - Too many films to list Nino Rota - Too many films to list I'll add more as I find/remember them!

will need to think about others.. but one immedately jumps to mind.. in fact surprised it hasn't been suggested already

Edited by micky - July 06 2020 at 13:20

jamesbaldwin wrote: Logan wrote: ^ If the collaboration. plus him solo, is not in PA, then I think it's fine. Heck, I won't complain if someone does a Phil Collins soundtrack except that I'd then be expected to listen to it. :lol: Cristi wrote: sad only non-prog is allowed, Goblin alone deserves attention, a lot of great soundtracks, even though some movies were tongue in cheek.  This is going to be the toughest round, toughest choice to nominate. So many great OST songs.  I was really tempted to open it up to ones in PA. Love Goblin and others. Vangelis and Oldfield,and Peter Gabriel?, would get votes if nominated, and I love Fabio Frizzi and Alian Goaraguer and others. Will I did leave that issue open to discussion, I do think it better to exclude those that are in PA. It still feels a shame to me. That said, we can always create prog polls on soundtracks in PA (I've done various ones in the past). There isn't as much soundtrack variety in PA, so it's easier to cover a lot of ground than with ones not in PA in a non-interactive way, or interactive in having an "other" option. It's important to respect the rule of NON-PROG SONGS here. We are not here to post Goblin, that everyone here in PA knows just for their soundtracks. The spirit of these Interactive polls is to share our fave non-prog music, especially if it is music less-known. So, it's the opposite than to post Goblin or Vangelis or Oldfield or Gabriel: they are very well-known prog artists and their music for films are famous. No interest in this. Instead, in the Prog Poll category it is possible to post the prog songs, if someone wants to open Interactive Survey there, and in that case, in my opinion, the rules were far too restrictive, because choosing only between albums with less than 50 reviews it seems to me excessive.  I would have excluded only the first 10 albums in each category and the first 200 albums in the general ranking.

Logan wrote: ^ If the collaboration. plus him solo, is not in PA, then I think it's fine. Heck, I won't complain if someone does a Phil Collins soundtrack except that I'd then be expected to listen to it. :lol: Cristi wrote: sad only non-prog is allowed, Goblin alone deserves attention, a lot of great soundtracks, even though some movies were tongue in cheek.  This is going to be the toughest round, toughest choice to nominate. So many great OST songs.  I was really tempted to open it up to ones in PA. Love Goblin and others. Vangelis and Oldfield,and Peter Gabriel?, would get votes if nominated, and I love Fabio Frizzi and Alian Goaraguer and others. Will I did leave that issue open to discussion, I do think it better to exclude those that are in PA. It still feels a shame to me. That said, we can always create prog polls on soundtracks in PA (I've done various ones in the past). There isn't as much soundtrack variety in PA, so it's easier to cover a lot of ground than with ones not in PA in a non-interactive way, or interactive in having an "other" option.

BTW, this interactive poll number 9 

Edited by Cristi - July 06 2020 at 12:56

Logan wrote: jamesbaldwin wrote: This is my firts choice: The Double Life of Veronica, directed by Kieslowski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_BIS4DLZE&list=PL48D09B7DD091858B&index=4[ I have that soundtrack, and love the film. I love various Zbigniew Preisner soundtracks for Kieslowski films. My personal favourites are for Blue, White and Red (the Three Colours trilogy). And just a note lest people forget, I plan to copy-paste the names into the poll from your post and would like the format to be Composer - "Track Name" - Film name. Such standardised formatting will make it easier for me and if people don't all post the relevant info (composer, name of track, film) I might make mistakes. Making minor adjustments is not a big deal as long as you have posted in text the relevant info and I don't have look it up/ research or type it myself. It is easier if I can just copy post it (in one line) into the poll options and we all use the same format.

My third alternative:  One of my all-time favorite movies is "O Brother Where Art Thou", so I have to include one from that soundtrack.  

^ If the collaboration. plus him solo, is not in PA, then I think it's fine. Heck, I won't complain if someone does a Phil Collins soundtrack except that I'd then be expected to listen to it. :lol:

Cristi wrote: sad only non-prog is allowed, Goblin alone deserves attention, a lot of great soundtracks, even though some movies were tongue in cheek.  This is going to be the toughest round, toughest choice to nominate. So many great OST songs.

I was really tempted to open it up to ones in PA. Love Goblin and others. Vangelis and Oldfield,and Peter Gabriel?, would get votes if nominated, and I love Fabio Frizzi and Alian Goaraguer and others. Will I did leave that issue open to discussion, I do think it better to exclude those that are in PA. It still feels a shame to me. That said, we can always create prog polls on soundtracks in PA (I've done various ones in the past). There isn't as much soundtrack variety in PA, so it's easier to cover a lot of ground than with ones not in PA in a non-interactive way, or interactive in having an "other" option.

jamesbaldwin wrote: This is my firts choice: The Double Life of Veronica, directed by Kieslowski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_BIS4DLZE&list=PL48D09B7DD091858B&index=4[

I have that soundtrack, and love the film. I love various Zbigniew Preisner soundtracks for Kieslowski films. My personal favourites are for Blue, White and Red (the Three Colours trilogy).

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And just a note lest people forget, I plan to copy-paste the names into the poll from your post and would like the format to be Composer - "Track Name" - Film name. Such standardised formatting will make it easier for me and if people don't all post the relevant info (composer, name of track, film) I might make mistakes. Making minor adjustments is not a big deal as long as you have posted in text the relevant info and I don't have look it up/ research or type it myself. It is easier if I can just copy post it (in one line) into the poll options and we all use the same format.

Edited by Logan - July 06 2020 at 12:32