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Grex > Music2 > #29: The music of TV themes and movie soundtracks. | |
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mcnally
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response 50 of 107:
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Jul 6 04:43 UTC 1997 |
Steve Martin was serious in "LA Story"?? (second the recommendation, btw)
"Grand Canyon" was good? Another data point to suggest that I live in
an alternate dimension which shares many of the same characteristics
as the one most people live in but has subtly different cinema.
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mziemba
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response 51 of 107:
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Jul 6 15:27 UTC 1997 |
I liked _The Grand Canyon_, myself. And, the music, by none other than James
Newton Howard, was pretty good, too.
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omni
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response 52 of 107:
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Jul 6 19:32 UTC 1997 |
Ok, so Martin was semi-serious. He's still was a better actor than Kevin
Kline was in The Big Chill, which was Laurence Kasdan's first attempt at a
screenplay. He attended the U of $.
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senna
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response 53 of 107:
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Jul 7 19:10 UTC 1997 |
Kevin Kline, in my opinions, is a very talented actor, and I enjoy his work
a lot. Haven't seen Big Chill, though.
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mziemba
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response 54 of 107:
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Jul 9 12:18 UTC 1997 |
Kasdan was a director/writer on one or two of the Star Wars movies, too,
which, *ahem*, featured music by John Williams...
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lumen
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response 55 of 107:
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Aug 2 06:38 UTC 1997 |
I'm surprised no one mentioned Elmer Bernstein. The only credits of his that
I can think of are _To Kill A Mockingbird,_ _Ghostbusters,_ and _Back to the
Future,_ but he has been an established-- well-established-- movie soundtrack
composer.
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mziemba
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response 56 of 107:
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Aug 3 14:07 UTC 1997 |
Is he related to Leonard?
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lumen
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response 57 of 107:
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Aug 13 03:33 UTC 1997 |
I wish I knew. It wouldn't be too surprising, but I've never heard the two
mentioned together.
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md
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response 58 of 107:
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Aug 13 12:01 UTC 1997 |
Elmer Bernstein has written some great music, starting with
his groundbreaking jazz score for _The Man with the Golden Arm_.
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lumen
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response 59 of 107:
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Aug 14 07:32 UTC 1997 |
_The Man with the Golden Arm_? Never heard of it.. or is it one of the James
Bond movies, titled _The Man with the Golden Gun_?
I'm sure he wrote the soundtrack for _To Kill A Mockingbird_ first. it's an
old black and white film.
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remmers
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response 60 of 107:
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Aug 14 12:36 UTC 1997 |
_The Man with the Golden Arm_ is a classic Otto Preminger film
from the 1950's, starring Frank Sinatra as a gambler and junkie.
It was a breakthrough film in that it dealt openly with drug
addiction at a time when such subject matter was banned by the
Motion Picture Production Code. The review in Maltin's _Movie
& Video Guide_ cites the "memorable Elmer Bernstein jazz score".
Date of _Golden Arm_ is 1955. _To Kill a Mockingbird_ was 1962
or 1963.
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senna
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response 61 of 107:
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Aug 14 20:41 UTC 1997 |
Mockingbird's theme didn't impress me all that much. I'm not sure what hte
deal was.
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lumen
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response 62 of 107:
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Aug 15 03:22 UTC 1997 |
It wasn't impressive-- I just mentioned it because I could remember it as an
example of his work.
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mziemba
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response 63 of 107:
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Aug 15 09:18 UTC 1997 |
Gregory rocked, though. I could just see him, fronting AC/DC or something...
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thetick
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response 64 of 107:
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Aug 19 22:44 UTC 1997 |
Well, did anyone go check out Stomp besides me? I thought they did a great
show, with the exception of an idiot teenager behind my bro' and I that kept
saying "Man, this sucks.." "I hope it gets better.." "This is boring.." and
crap like that.
And my favorite TV theme..well..it's a cartoon soundtrack..the Robotech
Perfect Soundtrack Album..double CD set, most excellent :)
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lumen
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response 65 of 107:
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Aug 20 01:37 UTC 1997 |
Sounds cool. I remember the Robotech theme :)
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tpryan
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response 66 of 107:
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Aug 24 15:35 UTC 1997 |
Recently picked up the "Songs in the key of Springfield" _Simpsons_
TV soundtrck album. A few goodies on there, a collection of a number
of the 'specialty' end-themes. Some good music is missing--there is
so much they could have included; like the Homer Simpson/Fred Flintstone
car piece.
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orinoco
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response 67 of 107:
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Aug 24 17:21 UTC 1997 |
Hmm...sounds interesting. Strange, but interesting.
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mziemba
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response 68 of 107:
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Aug 24 17:46 UTC 1997 |
Oh, yeah...I recall seeing that, before. Very cool...
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mziemba
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response 69 of 107:
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Aug 29 07:51 UTC 1997 |
Just saw _The Point_ again, for the first time in years. Great 70s animated
film with a cool soundtrack by Harry Nilsson. You might recall "Me and My
Arrow", if you were listening, back then. Soundtrack might be a little hard
to locate, though, these days...
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lumen
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response 70 of 107:
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Aug 29 19:56 UTC 1997 |
I had the luck to see that nifty little film some years back on a Disney
channel preview. The music reminded my folks of Paul McCartney, if I remember
right.
How easy is it to find the film? How did you see it, Mark?
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snowth
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response 71 of 107:
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Aug 29 21:41 UTC 1997 |
I luv _The_Point_! "Are you sleeping, can you hear me..." I watch it a lot,
and would love to have the soundtrack, if it's even out there anymore...
Dang. Now I want to go watch it, but orin has my copy. Snicky.
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mziemba
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response 72 of 107:
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Aug 30 07:54 UTC 1997 |
Yes, I have seen the film (twice, now, actually). I was able to rent it from
an alternative video rental place in town. I haven't checked on the
availability of the movie for purchase, yet, however. I did sniff around for
the soundtrack, today, and had no luck. Still more places to check, however.
I'll keep you folks posted, though...
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mziemba
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response 73 of 107:
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Aug 30 07:56 UTC 1997 |
Oh, one reason it might've reminded your folks of the Beatles was that Ringo
Starr narrated it. I think someone else might've narrated it, at one point,
but the one I found was with Ringo...
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lumen
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response 74 of 107:
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Aug 31 03:21 UTC 1997 |
No, I believe you are correct in saying Ringo Starr narrated the film. But
my folks commented on the *music* itself.
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