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Discuss: Creepiest Movie Soundtracks
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"Listen to this!" A friend pressed the ringer on his BlackBerry, and it played the theme to The Omen, "Ave Satani" by Jerry Goldsmith, which he'd assigned to a particularly heinous client of his. Another friend had, for a time, assigned a relative the unforgettable score from Halloween as composed by writer/director John Carpenter himself. And I'm sure somewhere there is someone with the theme from The Exorcist, which was written by Mike Oldfield.Ringtones aside, there's no denying that a deft soundtrack or score can ratchet up the tension in any movie, especially one that uses droning noises and other disturbing, almost subliminal effects that can slip past the viewer and straight into our brain. Some of my favorite spooky soundtracks sure to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end include the above, naturally, but there are a few that need some love as well.
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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:
See Moby at SXSW Film Fest Next Year
Filed under: SXSW », Fandom », Cinematical Indie »
The SXSW Film Festival and Conference may not be taking place again until next March, but we're already hearing from the fest organizers about who will be there. I mean, I'll be there, but that's not news. Moby will be there? That's news. The musician will be participating in a film conference session called, unsurprisingly, "A Conversation with Moby," in which he'll talk about his movie-related work. He composed the score for the long-awaited Southland Tales, and his music has appeared on the soundtracks of a variety of films, from all three Bourne films to The Salton Sea (a film I especially like) to The Devil Wears Prada. Moby also has started a project to offer some of his music without licensing costs to indie filmmakers, so you can see he'll have plenty to discuss at SXSW.If you're not into movie soundtracks, you might be interested in the other SXSW speaker who will be at the conference in 2008: documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, who will be discussing the historical aspects of his films. Some of his best-known films include A Place of Our Own, about a resort for African-Americans at Martha's Vineyard, which played at Sundance in 2004, and most recently Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple, which has been nominated for an Emmy this year after being broadcast as part of The American Experience series on PBS. A previous doc of Nelson's that aired on The American Experience, The Murder of Emmett Till, won an Emmy in 2004. No word yet on whether any of Nelson's films will screen at the festival, but I would be surprised if we didn't see one or two. SXSW will take place March 8-15, 2008, in Austin, Texas.
Two Towers Complete Recordings Coming Soon
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The granddaddy of all movie soundtracks is headed your way soon. We all know Lord of the Rings merchandise sells like hotcakes (an expression I'll admit to never fully understanding), and the entire trilogy received praise (and awards) for the musical scoring. Thus, it would seem only natural for the Grammy award-winning score of the second, Two Towers, to get a bang-up cd release. And we can't have just any old release -- not for a movie trilogy with such fancy looking, jam-packed DVD sets. After all, we can't have the movie outclassing the soundtrack, now can we?Headed your way November 7th is the "complete recordings" of The Two Towers in a "deluxe four disc edition." The first three discs will have over 180 glorious minutes of soundtrack, while the fourth will be a DVD Audio of the scoring in full 5.1 surround sound. Other features will include "exclusive new artwork, packaging, extensive liner notes written by Doug Adams, and Gollum's Song performed by Emiliana Torrini." This is the second of the three soundtracks to get the full treatment; you can read Warner Music Group's full announcement here for the complete lowdown.
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