Interactive Poll Ate: Movie Soundtracks

Cristi:  Ennio Morricone - Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)  You sure can tell it’s Morricone!  What a great signature sound he created.  This has the “Italianate,” sound which seems perfect for this film (judging by the title) and I just love his twangy guitars.  A contender amongst the Morricone contenders, for me, if you decide this is the one.Tiberiu Olah - Osanda (main theme) – 1976 Very dramatic piece.  I couldn’t help but wonder what the story was, so I looked it up.  And the music is very fitting.  What a storyline!

George:  Michael Giacchino - "Incredits" - The Incredibles As advertised, very 60’s spy film sound, they did a good job at reimagining that sound.

TCat:  Mike Annie Lennox - "Love Song for a Vampire" If this had been main contender, it would have won 1^st for me.  Despite my ironic nature, I have a sweet tooth for love songs.  Her stellar voice is just perfect for this piece.  Despite my ironic nature, I have a sweet tooth for lush or plaintive love songs.  Mix it up with some sort of eternity and.  Wow. 

I prophesy disaster:  Morricone Sorriso del Grande Tentatore – Very spooky, not signature Morricone to me, but that doesn’t matter.  Sinister and nightmarish, I’m certain very apt for the film. Morricone Una donna da ricordare Again, not to me, anyway, signature style, but this is one of the reasons that he is such a wonderful composer, he really can do anything.  This one might become an earworm, I like the melody very much. 

Logan:  Michael Nyman Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds ~ Very funny piece.   I loved how the music even reminded me of sheep, as everyone was struggling to be serious in their overdone wigs and sleeves getting in the way of everything.

dr wu Bernard Hermann “Vertigo Theme”:  Love Hitchcock films and his television series here in the 50’s and 60’s (mostly as reruns for me).  As usual, this piece works perfectly with the film, sinister and a bit understated, leaving something to the imagination.  A contender for sure.  Have to say how we always tuned in to watch “The Birds,” knowing Bodega Bay so well and loving Daphne du Maurier’s writing. North By Northwest:  Another Hitchcock great film and another score by Bernard Hermann.  This is much lighter in tone than the previous one, at least initially, it then builds as doubtless suspense will build during the film.

Bruford Freak Clint Mansell “Pi”  Not sure if this is a contender for me, but the imagery of the video is very disturbingly intriguing (the music does go with it well).  The video reminds me very much of seeing NIN’s bigscreen backdrop the time I saw them, lots of time-lapse death and decay on that (funny they should come up twice in this poll).  Liquid Sky, such an odd film.  Reading up on it, found out that they used a Fairlight to record some of the unusual sounds.  One of my previous employers, Geordie Hormel, of Village Recorder fame, was the first dealer of the instrument in the US.