DownGoesFrazier Posted June 30, 2012 Notice that the Bangles have been mentioned on 2 different threads in one day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EugeniaH Posted June 30, 2012 It's an omen... the TCM Message Boards are introducing modern songs/groups. We are becoming less classic! (that's just a joke, folks....) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 30, 2012 Not true. The Bangles are "classic alternative". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kriegerg69 Posted June 30, 2012 > {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Is the Bangles' (I believe) "Walk Like an Egyptian" from THE EGYPTIAN? No, it's from *The Mummy's Curse* with Lon Chaney Jr. :^0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted June 30, 2012 Thank you for that clip, Eugenia! I was taken to see The Egyptian when I was a very small boy. Too small to understand it. Forgetting the film, some years later, as a young teen, I dreamed about a man who had a patch over one eye. He removed that patch and plucked a jewel out of the socket. He used the jewel to buy passage on a ship for himself and a small boy. It wasn't until I saw The Egyptian again that I realized the scene was from that film, the man being Peter Ustinov. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted June 30, 2012 When I go see a jazz show at a small club I'll ask them to Play Two Marvelous For Words. It has become my wife's and my song as well, all because of that Dark Passage connection. The song isn't that popular with jazz singers but a few jazz guitar players have covered the song. One of my favorite for sure. Kern, who wrote Long Ago and Far Away is one of my favorite composers. It is very enjoyable to play his music since his harmonies are just complex enough but 'sweet' sounding at the same time. Right up there with Cole Porter. Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Jun 30, 2012 4:32 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ValentineXavier Posted July 1, 2012 Like Miss W., I like Nino Rota's scores, especially for Fellini films. I like the score for *A Clock-Work Orange*. I love Bert Bacharach's score for the 1967 *Casino Royale*. Another favorite is Alan Price, of The Animals, singing his song O, Lucky Man, all the way through the Lindsay Anderson/ Malcolm McDowell film of the same name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terrence1 Posted July 2, 2012 Eugenia, thanks for putting together that music for us. Great job! Maybe this will introduce this wonderful score to those who have never heard this. You are wonderful! Terrence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EugeniaH Posted July 2, 2012 That's sweet of you to say, Terrence, but it was only that I found the complete score on YouTube, and pasted the link here. I didn't put it together. It was just that your and Swithin's enthusiasm for the movie got me curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted July 2, 2012 Still, it gave us great pleasure, and you ARE wonderful! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted July 2, 2012 ValentineXavier wrote: << I love Bert Bacharach's score for the 1967 Casino Royale >> "The Look of Love" is one of his greatest hits! I have his Greatest Hits LP on A&M Records. If you are also a fan of Hal David, get this, I had it since 1972. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Great-Songs-Of-Bacharach-David/release/1670181 The 8 track version is not listed 8XL-6764 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geminigirl Posted July 2, 2012 My favorite soundtrack is from the film Vertigo. Bernard Herrmann is my favorite composer; most of his work has such a haunting quality to it, and it really sets the tone for the film. The other soundtrack is a very close second; it comes from the movie Ghost Story, and the composer's name is Philipe Sarde. The score really is an incredible piece of work. My favorite song from a film is the classic Liebestraum, from the movie of the same name. IMHO, it is the single most beautiful piece of music that I have ever heard. My choices may seem a little strange to some; I am not a morbid or depressed person by any means. I am just a person who dances to the beat of her own drum............... Edited by: Geminigirl on Jul 2, 2012 2:12 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 2, 2012 IMHO, "The Look of Love" is THE best Bacharach -David song. Incidentally, Burt's father, a fashion columnist, spelled his name "Bert". Edited by: finance on Jul 2, 2012 4:47 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EugeniaH Posted July 2, 2012 Herrmann is my favorite composer too, Geminigirl. His music is definitely "emotional" - for me he can "stir up a lot". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geminigirl Posted July 2, 2012 His score from "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", and his pieces from "The Twilight Zone" really move me, too. And not to forget "Cape Fear" ...................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kriegerg69 Posted July 3, 2012 I also actually enjoy Herrmann's CITIZEN KANE score (another early album I bought abck in the 70's). There's a really good mixed bag of different types of themes in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted July 3, 2012 I bought a copy of it too, back in the 70s. There was a little record store in Westwood, near UCLA, that sold rare sound track records. I also bought a copy of the King Kong music. It was just the music, no dialogue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kriegerg69 Posted July 3, 2012 The two particular albums I'm thinking of (Kane and Kong) were on the United Artists label and conducted by LeRoy Holmes. Herrmann was apparently upset or perturbed (I have an interview from a magazine where he mentions this) over the Kane recording, saying something like "This guy LeRoy Holmes never asked me to do it". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted July 3, 2012 Interesting. Thanks. I thought it was very odd that a soundtrack album was available, since almost no one had ever heard of Citizen Kane in the mid-1970s. I saw it in an old theater in New York around 1965. An older person who saw it originally in a theater in the early 1940s told me about it, and I was lucky enough to see it when I was in New York for a few months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted July 3, 2012 The Kong album is the first time I ever noticed the name Max Steiner. I thought the music was brilliant, and I could "see" images of the film as I listened to each segment. For example, the music for the elevated train in New York, the one Kong wrecked, sounded just like what an elevated train music should sound like. Steiner was a genius. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EugeniaH Posted July 3, 2012 Here's some King Kong music by Steiner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0KeJyS9xs Citizen Kane by Herrmann: Herrmann's music is so distinctive. I'm listening to this, and I'm also hearing his music from The Twilight Zone, and the other movies he scored for... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EugeniaH Posted July 3, 2012 I'm going to digress a little with Bernard Herrmann, since we're on the subject, because I want to post (or rather re-post, from another thread sometime back) his score for the Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance". By far my favorite piece from him - talk about music to stir the emotions...! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oruoR5pmwo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kriegerg69 Posted July 3, 2012 > {quote:title=EugeniaH wrote:}{quote}Here's some King Kong music by Steiner: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0KeJyS9xs > That particular CD release of the Kong music, incidentally, contains several tracks which are the ACTUAL recordings used in the film, made in 1933, and Steiner had several 78rpm records made for a few select friends. Miraculously, some of those survived, and is the only AUTHENTIC version of the music. Personally, those are the types of vintage soundtracks I enjoy...the actual recordings used in the films themselves. I'll always take those over any modern re-recordings anytime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted July 3, 2012 One of my oldest soundtrack recordings is the *original* release of "Snow White and the Seven Drawfs". About 8 years ago, I took a chance on Ebay and got the 3 disc set (78rpm) along with a book/sleeve combo. This is documented as the first original soundtrack made during a movie's first release. All the disc are in new like condition, what I can tell was never been played. The book storage took much of the abuse but did its job perfectly in protecting them. The 78's are in better condition than the seller posted. I only use a 70's era BSR turntable to play 78's which puts virtually no wear on them. There are 3 of these yellow lable 78's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
