Ever notice that when you buy soundtracks they sometimes aren't as good as the movies.. and sometimes they are...28 responses total.
I recently bought the soundtrack to _%th Element_ and while i loved the music to the movie while i watched the movie and thought "wow! the sound track has to be awesome" it wasn't as good! I have come to the conclusion that some music just doesn't go great without the visuals to go along with it! Though I must admit that the bonus track amused me on this one. I kind of wish that alot of sound tracks were like the one to _The Last Temptation of Christ_ which is awesome and i need to scour around for the Peter Gabriel _Passion Sources_ since School Kids didn't have it... drats.
Then there are the fake soundtracks. The sountrack to Batman and Robin was infinitely better than the movie. I still like listening to it, it has a lot of strong songs. Soundtracks of that sort tend to be a melting pot, all sorts of different songs from different artists, a few who are known and are good, and many from those who are unknown and bad. Then they're the Spawn soundtrack, in which ever track is a collaboration between multiple artists and the result is apparently very cool. Soundtrack Scores? The only really, really successful one, commercially, is the Star Wars Trilogy scores. And the sountracks from musicals, such as Grease. Prevalent stuff.
See also item #29. Are we repeating ourselves, or did I just not talk about this particular topic enough? What do you mean by 'fake soundtracks,' Steve? I had said something to the effect that very few movie soundtracks have all the music that's used in the film, and only the music that's used in the film. Nowadays, they split the orchestrations and all the pop efforts to two albums. That's why the pop soundtrack is usually titled "Music For and Inspired By..," to justify all the tunes that *weren't* used. Producers today aren't necessarily creating music *for* a movie. The music industry is powerful enough today that sometimes it seems they create a movie for a soundtrack, or create a soundtrack that will sell big money rather than one that fits the movie. This isn't quite black and white. Moviemakers used to have creative ways to fit soundtrack songs into a movie. Watch _Ghostbusters_, and then listen to a copy of the soundtrack. You'll see what I mean. Of course, some tunes just don't fit, I guess. Notice-- another example-- of all the songs Prince whipped up for Batman, only one was put into the movie. Please, return to item #29, so I might feel that I haven't been ignored totally.
All us folk who type read new compulsively forget what items are elsewhere. I've sort of given up on my campaign to make sountracks that actual tracks used in the sound of a movie (at least, the music). Those that are just thrown in as an afterthought or not at all, such as those mentioned above, are "fake soundtracks"
but we got it going again? O Okay.. for some odd reason i thought i didn't see an item for this... sorry!
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Look at me. I'm horribly repetetive. I probably repeat the same reesponse three times to each item at radically different intervals without realizing it
soundtracks are awesome! I bought the soundtrack for 5th Element too, jen...and I think it goes better with the visuals too...there were only about 2 or 3 tracks out of the whole thing that were decent on their own...but I was disappointed they didnt include the track that was playing during the car chase...=| I also was impressed by the score to Stargate and I like most of the scores Danny Elfman composes. As to my favorite soundtrack...at this time, I would have to say it is ugh...there are way too many to name...GAWD! Of course there are 3 soundtracks I desperately want to get ahold of but haven't been able to because either they arent available anymore or arent available yet are... Candyman (that was some really freaky music...but in a good way...I think Philip Glass did the score...and gaw!!! it's out of print!!), Earth:Final Conflict (I love the opening theme and the background music...sort of a cross between contemporary/modern and Celtic), and the Buffy the Vmpire Slayer (TV Series) soundtrack which both it and Earth:Final Conflict are not available yet =(
Recently bought the soundtrack to "Velvet Goldmine", Todd Haynes' somewhat flawed but different film about "glam" rock. My first impression is that the music that's original to the movie worked better in the movie and the stuff that wasn't original to the movie I already mostly had but it does have potential to grow on me. I think it was an interesting choice to have Thom Yorke of Radiohead sing vocals on many of the tracks by the in-movie "glam" band Venus in Furs..
I seem to recall that the soundtrack from "The Crow" sold pretty well. It must have, since I actually own it, which considering my general tastes is no mean feet. Didn't Queen do a couple soundtracks? For "Flash Gordan," and "The Highlander," as I recall. (Here we are... fighting for survival we're the master's of the Universe... Maybe it was He-Man...<smile>)
Yup, Queen did the "Fash Gordon" soundtrack. Years later, I'd read online posts about "Flash (AHH-OHH!)", from the theme song. I think "The Crow" really made a big industry out of soundtracks, after years of insignifigance.
you know what i'd REALLY like to find? a copy of the score for "Popeye" which starred robin williams & shelly duvall....the music was composed by harry nillson (sp). "Every thing is food food food!"
I think one "l", two "s"es I think eventually we'll see all kinds of things that no store would ever stock available on demand from recording companies over the web but music companies especially seem to be too afraid of the piracy potential to take advantage of the obvious benefits that net distribution has to offer when it comes to really obscure material that they've already got lying around somewhere..
RE #12 And don't forget that Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released from the "Wayne's World" soundtrack. The song also benefitted from the death of Freddie Mercury at about the time of "WW"'s release.
Re #13, if you ever find that Popeye soundtrack, let me know where. That's one of my all-time favorite movies and soundtracks.
re #11: As far as I know, the soundtrack for _Highlander_ per se is no longer available (the Highlander catalogs are a reputable source), but the same material is presented in the package Queen released it as, dubbed "A Kind of Magic." Hehehehe, cloud, Freddie said, "..princes of the universe.." I wasn't aware Queen did the "Flash Gordon" soundtrack. I've never seen the movie and I've only heard the theme song.
I've been meaning to look for a soundtrack album from THE TRUMAN SHOW. My recollection of the credits is that much of the music was by Philip Glass.
That would be quite a soundtrack.
What is the 'advertising' music for The Highlander on TV? Sounds like its from a fanfare. The Scottish Fanfare by ??
Re #18: You were right, krj. Philip Glass did compose music for The Truman Show. I enjoy the soundtracks by Michael Nyman (Drowning by Numbers, A Zed and Two Naughts, Prospero's Books). Some of it is very repetative, but I enjoy them nonetheless. Recently, I found a CD that collected the musical scores from all 3 Highlander movies. I enjoyed the tracks from the first movie, but the rest of the CD was mediocre. ,
That's because Queen did the soundtrack for the first movie, and it's good. Once upon a time, I think it was marketed as the Highlander soundtrack, but the Highlander catalogs now just sell it as the Queen album under the title "Some Kind of Magic."
This wasn't the Queen soundtrack for Highlander. I think it was the Michael Kamen orchestral score. I'll have to grab the CD again so I can confirm that.
Queen also did the music (or at least one song) for "Flash Gordon"
I heard an interesting new soundtrack at Tower tonight: from a film called "Ravenous," by (forgot the name) and Michael Nyman. I would have bought it on the spot, but it was at Tower's New Improved Price of $18, so I'll be looking for a cheaper copy. Very intense stuff; reminded me a little bit of Hedningarna, in an odd way, not that there was anything specifically Scandinavian about it.
THANK YOU! I love Michael Nyman soundtracks. I'll have to pick that one up (but not at Tower).
resp:24 Yeah, it was the theme song. I thought it was pretty rad when I finally got a chance to listen to it.
I found out another interesting tidbit... The music for the musical "Chess" was writtain by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus-- of ABBA fame. The musical is completely different from any of the (admitatly few) ABBA songs I've heard, and Tim Rice's lyrics are, as usual, very good.
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