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Auroter
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Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:31 am Post subject: |
 
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.) The Village (James Newton Howard)
.) Final Fantasy-The Spirits Within (Elliot Goldenthal) |
I completely agree with those two, and I must agree with several others mentioned, and would also like to put forward
.) The Passion of the Christ by John Debney (mostly)
And yes, I know that the movie itself isn't as romantically oriented, but the music stand-alone I find very beautiful and directed towards those emotions.
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 sunshinegirl
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Titanic and parts of Star Wars III I find so sad. |
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ruckus
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I'd agree with a previous poster who mentioned Nyman's 'Gattaca' score, especially 'The Departure'. I also think that his score from The End Of The Affair would be a good candidate.
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 j2brown
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It's not a film score, so this is a bit off topic:
One of the most powerful works I've heard is Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3
I remember when this was first released. I heard about it when they played it on the radio somewhere in California and people were pulling their cars over to listen. Enough people did this to make the national news that day.
I'm sure many of you here will enjoy it.
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 bpewien
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The 3rd Symphony of Henryk Górecki was written in the 70ies, it's also beeing played in the Peter Weir film "Fearless" (I believe, it's from 1994), starring Jeff Bridges.
By the way: It's beeing said Górecki never released his 2nd Symphony, but I'm not sure if that's only a legend.
And I must agree, I was also very astounded about the effect this long 1st movement has as I heard it the first time in my life. (That was late in the night and I wasn't having the best time of my life, so it actually had the double of an effect on me.)
It's a great piece though.
And in comparison to his earlier very avantgardistic works it's an interesting change of style.
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j2brown
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So it's included on a soundtrack somewhere too? Nice. If it wasn't so long I'd research having it included here. Not worth the effort since it's such a long track and I'd probably never play it. Thanks for the info. I had a feeling somebody would know more about it than I do.
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bpewien
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Don't worry.
There are several records of the symphony purchaseable, since it's Górecki's most famous work.
(In fact it was one of the most successful contemporary compositions in the pop-charts, being No.1 for a couple of months, I think.)
Many CD-labels got it in their repertoire. |
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j2brown
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I already own the one that I linked to at amazon. I bought it in 94-95, sometime in there.
If somebody buys it, make sure you follow an official SST link (like from the album info) so JERIC can get credit for your purchase.
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Patje
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Meet Joe Black (T. Newman)
Braveheart (J Horner)
Legends Of The Fall (J Horner)
Thats all I can think of right now.
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bpewien
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I just saw "The Machinist" a couple of days ago, great movie.
But also the score has some beautiful intimate moments, even quite minimalistic elements. (It's written by Roque Banós).
Critics say it has a lot of elements of Bernard Herrman, but it's great though. |
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stokelyX
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I totally agree with the Village and Titanic and add Requiem for a Dream...more sad than romantic |
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golfboy
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I've always thought of Goldsmith's Poltergeist as very moving with cues like "The Light".
I think a few of the cues from Ghost are very touching, although the weird synth stuff is offputting.
Glory by James Horner probably hits me harder than any other score, with that breathtaking use of the Harlem Boy's Choir.
By the by, I completely agree with the post-er who mentioned "Claire de Lune", IMO the most beautiful piece of music in the world. |
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TryHarder5
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Ennio Morricone, "The Man With The Harmonica" played in "Once Upon A Time In The West". Very sad I think. |
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OptimisprimalX
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Schindler's List. It's so sad, and Itzhak Perlman does such a wonderful job on violin. |
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bpewien
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Yeah, "Claire de lune" is great, but it's NO filmmusic piece!!!
It's a Debussy, d@mn it. 
The same with Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte" etc.
Wonderful pieces, but only to mention as "source" music if used in films, no matter what great effect it might have.
(Didn't mean to offend anyone, but I thought we were discussing about SCORES written FOR the film and not source music/temp tracks etc.) |
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