"Music in films"

[vernon]

I liked the song at the end of donnie darko, and at end of leon..and i liked the music from schindlers list..and loads of others really.

Any favorites you have?....or open it up to just songs you like!

Ever seen a film or heard a song or read a book at a particular time in yer life and *it * changed how you view life?

Oooooo...thay was a bit broad.

And i liked music from moulin rouge too :newyear:
(i just like that smiley thing :P)

[sapphirelily10]

Well, you just can't go wrong with "Leon" in any way at all in my opinion ;) :P

I was watching "Coyote Ugly" the other night, and really like the song at the end of that. Not keen on the film itself tho', nothing seemed to happen except some dancing and singing.....didn't hold my interest at all.

Like the soundtracks on a Fistful of Dollars, etc.

Nice use of Christmas smilies, Vern :P

Sapph

[mazza]

Grease of course!!!! :thumbs:

Yes, I know that's another thread ;)

But, it's not really a film, but I really like the music for Queer as Folk (UK) - some good tunes on that CD :D Great for a rave in the kitchen!

Umm, thinking of others apart from Grease (!)

Saturday Night Fever??? :D :lol:

[Beth]

so many films have such great sound tracks

and there is a difference between the music used on the sound track and the actually musical score.

forest gump is a great example of this, both sets of music great!

[JOHN.S]

Not really into "classical" music but the main theme to Dr Zhivago is fantastic - goose pimple time. Film excellent also.

Mazza - Grease! Saw it 5 times when it was 1st released (ONJ fan here). Got it on DVD now!

[JOHN.S]

Not forgetting all the music in "Abba - The Movie"

Favourite song of all time:

Joint 1st - Ain't no Mountain High Enough (Diana Ross) and The Winner takes It all (Abba)

Close behind - Softly Whispering I love You (The Congregation) and For Crying Out Loud (Meat Loaf)

[Blue Cow]

Sorry to state the obvious, but I think that the most moving piece of music that I've ever heard in a film is Adagio for Strings from Platoon.

It's a truly beautiful piece of music and a very dark and compelling film.

[Red1]

I STILL LIKE 'TIME WARP' :blush: :blush: :blush:

[Matthew]

Anything written by John Williams and Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future films and many others) are particular favourites for me :D

[Annabel]

the soundtrack for bend it like beckham is great, well chosen music, and i love the indian stuff.

pulp fiction is also very good.

gosh that music from platoon is sooo desperately sad, and is partly the reason why i could not bear to see that film again, its heart wrenching.

[Eskander]

Some of my favourites reflect my age.

Everybody's talkin' at me from Midnight Cowboy

The Paul Simon songs in The Graduate - when the light goes off in the bedroom with Mrs Robinson and you get the opening lines of Sounds Of Silence - "Hello darkness my old friend"

The use of the Blue Danube Walze in 2001

Oh, and "Always look on the bright side of life" Eric Idle in The Life of Brian

Bright Eyes from Watership Down

And, the song that the four Liverpudlian vultures sing in Disney's Jungle Book - the crows singing "When I see and elephant fly" in Dumbo

Trying to think of a few more but stuck for the moment

[Annabel]

:sad:

eskander i cannot bear Bright Eyes from watership down...poor little bunny rabbits.... :cry:

[mazza]

:wow:

Eskander - what a grrreat selection - I love all of them!! :D

I had no idea 'Everybody's talking at me' is from a film!!! The ignoramus I am! I love that tune! :rolleyes:

(BTW can't watch Dumbo - makes me howl... :cry: )

:D

[Beth]

I still cry at water ship down to!

when I was younger and it came on the radio, my mum would make my dad turn the car radio off as it was guarented to set me off!! :cry: :lol:

[hollygolightly]

Was "Forever Autumn" in a film? War of the Worlds? :blink: :rolleyes: If so, I like that!

Bright Eyes - don't go there :cry:

[sapphirelily10]

That (Bright Eyes) really brings back memories! I read the book before seeing the film.....and the book is more graphic. But, the film(usually been disappointed by a film after the book) brought it even more alive. The music really finished me off. About to start blubbing now! :rolleyes:

Sapph

(Sorry, almost simultaneous posting with Hol)

[vernon]

hello ,
wow! ..watership down ...that really is probably the scariest horror film i have ever seen...i mean those rabbits are vicous ...even more vicious than the rabbits in holy grail
"bring out the holy hand grenade ....book of armements chapter .... 3 sir" ...
sorry i digressed
oh other good music ..its quite main stream but i was impressed with lord of the things music, and american beauty too...
and the "force du destin" from jean de florette ..cracking sample used in that film ..and even more in a bit in a graveyard in manon des sources.
Gymnopedes is also lovly...and one of the very few pieces of classical music i can name ...as well as ...whats his name...big hands....rakmaninov ( who of course i found out about from "shine")
paino consherto nummer 2 i ithink ..very relaxing.

[Ho Lee Smoke]

Having two restless and hyperactive children, the film they watch completely, without wandering off, and both singing along to all the songs, is "The Wedding Singer" with Adam Sandler....

[vernon]

i 've not seen the wedding singer ....i remember seeing a adam sandler film .."the waterboy" ..that was very stupid yet someohow still preddy funny :P

[Ogre]

Yup Mad World from Donny Darko (thankfully now in the charts).

Anything from Rocky (toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be DIIIIIRTYYYYY)

How about the subscore on Armageddon, the haunting pipes and the hollow collision sounds (not on the damned CD)

Wedding Singer (waddya mean Retro ? thats my CD collection that is :lol: )

My Daughter votes for the Lost Boys sound track

Oh yeah, The Eels Beautiful Day is popping up quite a lot of late


And loadsanloadsanloads more chook.

Ogre

[Mistyeyeddreamer]

Did you ever see that film 'Crossroads'? Starred Ralph thingyo (from karate kid).

He played the guitar in the film and it ended up with a competition with the devil's man. Absolutely fantastic soundtrack.

Misty