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Discuss: Good Music From Mediocre Films
Filed under: Music & Musicals », DIY/Filmmaking », Trailers and Clips »
In the wee hours of the morning, one has little energy to do anything constructive -- which is how I ended up exchanging YouTube music links with Dave Chen and then realizing, "Hey -- this would make a good post for a slow news day!"Like any film fan, I love soundtracks. When I was a young teen, I bought nothing but film soundtracks because I thought it was cooler than buying popular music. I wasn't discriminating, and bought soundtracks whenever I had enjoyed a film or a bit of flute music that played. This resulted in my owning a few appalling choices like The Man in the Iron Mask, but hey, we've all bought embarrassing albums.
But over the years, I have found that some really lovely pieces of music have been wasted on middling films. I thought I'd list a few of them here so they receive a small moment of recognition -- and in order that you'll share a few lost themes with me. Or you can just chide me for liking really obvious, sweeping pieces.
If there's a piece that defines what I'm talking about, it's probably that oft-used theme to DragonHeart -- the film wasn't great, the piece might even be a little cheesy, but it gets used for every trailer with mountains or a sword in it. I think they even played it at President Obama's Inauguration:
Heinrich Harrer dies at 93
Filed under: Brad Pitt », Obits »
Austrian Mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, whose life experiences were the
basis for the 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad
Pitt, died Saturday at the age of 93. Harrer, who was in India in 1939 for a Himalayan expedition, was
detained and interned by the British army along with all the other German and Austrian nationals in India
when World War II broke out.
In 1944 Harrer and a fellow POW managed to escape to Tibet - it took them two years to reach Lhasa on foot - where he met and became close friends with and tutor to the teenaged Dalai Lama. Harrer left Tibet when the Chinese Communists invaded in 1951. Harrer's book about his experiences, Seven Years in Tibet, was a bestseller and was made into the film starring Brad Pitt. Around that time, a German magazine published a story that Harrer had been a member of the Nazi Party in Austria. Harrer later admitted the story was true. Harrer spent much of his life promoting the cause of the Tibetan people.
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