MetaFilter posts tagged with soundtracks

Bikes, mics, and helicopters.

hpliferaft — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:38:26 -0800

80s Film and TV composers filter: Let's hear it for Serbian-born action-flick composer Sylvester Levay. He scored a #1 Billboard 100 hit in 1975 with "Fly, Robin, Fly,", but moved from pop music to action movies. Maybe he's known best as the genius behind the alleged World's Most Expensive TV Soundtrack, the theme of which you don't have to pay $900 to hear.
Why did he move from action movies to historical musicals in the 90s? Maybe the genre was a little overloaded. Other notable compositions: Television: Time Bomb (1984) - youTube playlist Otherworld (1985) - theme Film: Cobra (1986) - homebrewed music video with the theme Mannequin (1987) - The non-Levay soundtrack is well-known but unavailable; however here's a ten-minute version of the movie. Navy SEALs (1990) - no theme on youTube, just the bangin' trailer

He wrote a score they couldn't refuse

crossoverman — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:51:46 -0800

One Hundred Years, One Hundred Scores. The Hollywood Reporter and a jury of film music experts select the 100 greatest film scores of all time. One of the jury is Dan Goldwasser, editor of Soundtrack.net, which publishers interviews with composers, reviews of soundtracks and keeps a valuable list of trailer music - for when a new trailer uses old film music and you can't quite remember where it's from. The AFI's equivalent Top 100 scores list from 2005.

There's A Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On

The Card Cheat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:11:56 -0800

Argentine-born pianist, conductor and composer Lalo Schifrin might be best-known for his Mission Impossible theme (previously), but the maestro has graced over seventy films and television shows (not to mention his non-soundtrack work) with his unique mix of jazz, funk and r&b. Dirty Harry Mannix The Liquidator The President's Analyst Enter The Dragon The Dead Pool Che! The Partners Blindfold Rush Hour Rush Hour 2 Coogan's Bluff (music starts at 2:33) THX 1138 Bullitt The Brotherhood (3:08) Magnum Force Cool Hand Luke The Venetian Affair (1:24) Rollercoaster Sudden Impact And a personal favourite of mine: Kelly's Heroes

Blacula is Dracula's Soul Brother

burnmp3s — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:22:19 -0800

Shaft was so cool that he had his own theme song. Shaft walked across the street whenever he wanted to. Shaft was a complicated man. But not all Blaxploitation heros were Private Dicks. They could be a Pimp, a Power-Hungry Criminal, a Coke Dealer, or a Male Prostitute. One was a Former Green Beret, one was a Bounty Hunter, and one was a Prize Fighter. Some were Foxy Ladies, such as Vigilante Nurses, US Special Agents, or Escaped Convicts. They might even be a Karate Master or a Vampire. The stars of the Blaxploitation era, among them Richard Rountree, Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Kelly, William Marshall, Tamara Dobson, Rudy Ray Moore, Jim Brown, and Ron O'Neal, were some of the first legitimate black film stars. They came after the first major black film actor, Sidney Poitier, and before later stars like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. When the era ended in the mid 1970s, so did most of their careers. Although many stayed in show business as actors, none found many significant starring roles in later films. One of the most distinctive characteristics of the genre is the music. Other than Isaac Haye's theme to Shaft, Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack is probably the most famous. Other major artists such as James Brown and Marvin Gaye wrote soundtracks too. In fact, nearly every Blaxploitation film had a decent soundtrack. The Blaxploitation genre itself lasted only a few years. Since then, there have been many parodies, in the form of brutal satire, nostalgic throwbacks, modern genre spoofs, or random pop-culture references. Quentin Taratino is probably the most vocal advocate of Blaxsploitation films, going as far as to cast Pam Grier as the lead in Jackie Brown. John Singleton also directed a "remake" of Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson, but his version managed to drain all of the charm and groove out of the original. Although some recognize the political statements that the films made, and the subtle impact that they made to today's culture, as a whole the Blaxploitation films continue to get no respect.

Porno Soundtracks

dhammond — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:02:14 -0800

What happens if you put three professional musicians in a recording studio and have them watch porn movies? You get porno soundtracks, of course. [NSFW] [via]

Proof that Led Zeppelin fans are geekier than Rush fans

melorama — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:28:52 -0800

Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same motion picture soundtrack, reverse engineered. To commemorate Monday's remixed 5.1 Surround double-disc DVD/HD-DVD/BluRay/CD reissue of Led Zeppelin's 1976 film, The Song Remains the Same, we present you with The Garden Tapes, a Zapruder-esque analysis of every song from the soundtrack and film recordings.

music for films

vronsky — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:35:34 -0800

Wes Anderson mp3s and David Lynch mp3s

Video Game Music (with orchestras)

Tlogmer — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:58:08 -0800

Video Games Live, a game-music-with-orchestra concert tour, has gotten lots of press; videogame music's gettting new attention.

Wicker Man, Man!

ford and the prefects — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:50:42 -0800

"The music to The Wicker Man is quite extraordinary. I think it is probably the best music I've ever heard in a film. All the songs are so totally different from each other and yet they sum up the atmosphere of the scenes perfectly. What Paul Giovanni achieved is quite amazing and absolutely beautiful." -- Christopher Lee, July 2002

Worlds Within Worlds

Len — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:32:19 -0800

Basil Kirchin, 1927-2005

Who he? Kirchin began, aged 14, as a drummer in his father Ivor's jazz band. By the mid-1950s, he and his father were co-leading the most acclaimed jazz band in Britain. They backed Ruby Murray (whose name lives on as cockney rhyming slang for curry), and the great Sarah Vaughan wouldn't tour the UK without them; neither would Billy Eckstine. After disbanding the Kirchin band at the height of their fame, Basil set off around the world, a trip which ended disastrously, when Kirchin's tapes of his band's best moments (obsessively recorded, thanks to the fact that the Kirchin band was one of the first to travel with their own PA system) were accidentally dropped into Sydney Harbour. [more inside]

House of Leaves.

grapefruitmoon — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:36:58 -0800

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is not just a novel, it's an experience. Danielewski's sister, the recording artist Poe, wrote the soundtrack to the book. If a novel with its own soundtrack isn't a complete enough experience for you, the book has spawned its own web forum, to discuss any and all related minutiae.

Mojo's Top 100 Soundtracks of All Time.

btwillig — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:05:56 -0800

Mojo's top 100 soundtracks -- well thought out, with some rediscovered classics, and a few obscure gems. [via largeheartedboy]

Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out

ZippityBuddha — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:24:03 -0800

Sine Fiction - invented soundtracks for science fiction novels.

Mehbooba O Mehbooba

eddydamascene — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:32:25 -0800

Raaga: streaming Bollywood soundtracks. [warning: realplayer, popups, and realplayer popups]

Baby, if you ever wondered...

monkeymike — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 19:56:57 -0800

A Guide To Music Changes In "WKRP IN CINCINNATI" (via The Morning News)

boneybaloney — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 17:26:49 -0800

'Mais Non, Mais Non?'... Well, there goes the neighbourhood. You go for nigh on a quarter of a century crediting The Muppets with an all time classic, when you find out that it was someone elses - Italian soundtrack composer Piero Umiliani. Not only that, but used as part of the score for an oh-so-dodgy a Swedish porn film!?!?. But no, that's not the end of it, as it transpires (see bottom of page) that 'Mahna Mahna' was originally performed by a Frenchman, Henri Salvador, and was called 'Mais Non Mais Non'. Still, in any of these forms, it's one of the few songs that still makes me smile every time I hear it, especially so when accompanied by the visuals.

BarneyFifesBullet — Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:42:25 -0800

A soundtrack to MTV's The Osbournes is in the making starting with this...Ozzy Osbourne's youngest daughter, Kelly Osbourne, will sing Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach," with Incubus guitarist Mike Einzinger and drummer Jose Pasillas as her backing band.What other songs would you put on there?

CrazyUncleJoe — Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:17:54 -0800

Blame Phil Collins?
We knew Blame Canada wouldn't win, and to be fair, Phil probably deserved it - my real question is "what did you think of the 'Blame Canada' production number?" It was the only reason I watched tonight (not being a big awards show guy), and I'm just curious to hear what other people thought of it. Did Robin Williams wreck it? What about the mounties chorus-line? Did anyone else think he was going to do the entire song with the tape over his mouth?
My only other Oscar observation: Angelina Jolie seemed thrilled and suprised to get Best Supporting Actress. Do you think that she would have gone with the Elvira look if she expected to win?

mathowie — Wed, 03 Nov 1999 17:44:47 -0800

Did you ever play console games for hours on end? I bet you can recall the annoying MIDI music that went with them. Relive the good old days at the Video Game Music Archive.