Fave b'way/ movie score/ soundtrack?

[mischiefmanaged]

I'm pretty into showtunes so my list of favourites could probably go on forever, but I do think Les Mis is arguably the best musical, well, ever, in terms of the beauty of the songs themselves as well as the brilliance of the storyline/character development/that sort of thing.
As for movie scores I think Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross did an amazing job on The Social Network. Great movie too!

[Nathrad Sheare]

Mischiefmanaged... Love the screen name. I'm glad to meet someone else who agrees with me on the point of Les Miserables. It truly is beautiful.

I haven't seen "The Social Network" yet. It looks pretty good. I like movies about familiar public figures... Well, when they're entertaining... The movies, I mean. Everybody is in one way or another fascinating. I think that's a good philosophy to live by. It makes life more interesting, less limited.

Anyway... On subject... I'm thinking right now about "The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." The lyrical organ piece that centers around Calypso's and Davy Jones' idee fixe l'amour is one of the, and I'm going to write it, dang coolest pieces of music ever written for a movie.

[suzy1124]

Got absolutely hooked on the theme from " House of Cards "...

[Bighuey]

Ones Ive always liked were both soundtracks from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The original one by The Berlin Philharmonic I believe it was, and the 1984 version by various artists. Giorgio Moroder, Pat Benatar, Freddy Mercury, Billy Idol, Adam Ant and others. Both fit the movie very well. There was one of those cheap Goodtimes video tapes of Metropolis that came out and was in the 5 dollar tape section at K-Mart. I bought one and the soundtrack was 1930's dance music. The music was OK, but it sure didnt fit the movie. I guess you get what you pay for.

[suzy1124]

I discovered GIorgio Moroder after seeing " The Cat People ".......w / Nastaaja Kinski, great score!...remember that one B.H.?..............( 1982 )

[Bighuey]

I remember Cat People. Moroder did the music for Top Gun also I believe.

[Hannaa_Campbell]

High School Musical. Am I right?!

[SidnayC]

Yep I agree with Grease. Those songs are classics that will never get old for me. I even love the soundtrack from Grease 2 but no one has ever agreed with me on that ha ha

[suzy1124]

The theme from " Black Orpheus " an Oscar winning Brazilian film from the 60's...

[Bighuey]

Victor Young did a few great soundtracks. Samson and Delilah, Around The World In 80 Days, Shane, Greatest Show On Earth, the super cool Stella By Starlight from the Uninvited. One he did that was on the charts back around 1954 or 55 was the theme from the TV series Medic.

[suzy1124]

wow, you're going back.............I remember Medic, there were numerous doctor shows then...was that the one w/Chad Everett?.....also dr. Marcus Welby.....do you remember the music from Dragnet?
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Victor Young did a few great soundtracks. Samson and Delilah, Around The World In 80 Days, Shane, Greatest Show On Earth, the super cool Stella By Starlight from the Uninvited. One he did that was on the charts back around 1954 or 55 was the theme from the TV series Medic.

[PashaRu]

Ones Ive always liked were both soundtracks from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The original one by The Berlin Philharmonic I believe it was, and the 1984 version by various artists. Giorgio Moroder, Pat Benatar, Freddy Mercury, Billy Idol, Adam Ant and others. Both fit the movie very well. There was one of those cheap Goodtimes video tapes of Metropolis that came out and was in the 5 dollar tape section at K-Mart. I bought one and the soundtrack was 1930's dance music. The music was OK, but it sure didnt fit the movie. I guess you get what you pay for.

Metropolis is one of my favorite silent films. I remember the first time I saw it with the 1984 score. I thought I wouldn't like it, but I did. I agree, it worked very well with the film.

Another brilliant score is Carl Davis' score to Flesh and the Devil (1926). Of course, he's written music for quite a few silent films, including Napoleon, Intolerance, Greed, City Lights, Ben Hur, and The Phantom of the Opera.

[NateHyphen]

Looking at Life in My Rearview by Tupac Shakur got stuck in my thinkalator
two days ago. AND WON'T GIVE ME NO DAMN REST. So I found a way to sneak it in.
Rearview is the theme song for "Gang Related", a movie starring Jim Belushi and the late
Mr. Shakur. Why was a genius, like this kid, in such a hurry to die? Sometimes you
didn't make no damn sense 2Pac.

[Bighuey]

Ones Ive always liked were both soundtracks from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The original one by The Berlin Philharmonic I believe it was, and the 1984 version by various artists. Giorgio Moroder, Pat Benatar, Freddy Mercury, Billy Idol, Adam Ant and others. Both fit the movie very well. There was one of those cheap Goodtimes video tapes of Metropolis that came out and was in the 5 dollar tape section at K-Mart. I bought one and the soundtrack was 1930's dance music. The music was OK, but it sure didnt fit the movie. I guess you get what you pay for.

Metropolis is one of my favorite silent films. I remember the first time I saw it with the 1984 score. I thought I wouldn't like it, but I did. I agree, it worked very well with the film.

Another brilliant score is Carl Davis' score to Flesh and the Devil (1926). Of course, he's written music for quite a few silent films, including Napoleon, Intolerance, Greed, City Lights, Ben Hur, and The Phantom of the Opera.

Carl Davis has written some very good silent movie scores. I saw Greed, the restored version. Its got to be one of the most unusual films ever made. Weird but very good.

[PashaRu]

Ones Ive always liked were both soundtracks from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The original one by The Berlin Philharmonic I believe it was, and the 1984 version by various artists. Giorgio Moroder, Pat Benatar, Freddy Mercury, Billy Idol, Adam Ant and others. Both fit the movie very well. There was one of those cheap Goodtimes video tapes of Metropolis that came out and was in the 5 dollar tape section at K-Mart. I bought one and the soundtrack was 1930's dance music. The music was OK, but it sure didnt fit the movie. I guess you get what you pay for.

Metropolis is one of my favorite silent films. I remember the first time I saw it with the 1984 score. I thought I wouldn't like it, but I did. I agree, it worked very well with the film.

Another brilliant score is Carl Davis' score to Flesh and the Devil (1926). Of course, he's written music for quite a few silent films, including Napoleon, Intolerance, Greed, City Lights, Ben Hur, and The Phantom of the Opera.

Carl Davis has written some very good silent movie scores. I saw Greed, the restored version. Its got to be one of the most unusual films ever made. Weird but very good.

It's based on the 1899 novel by Frank Norris. Von Stroheim (legendary for his excesses) ended up with a film that was, by some accounts, 42 reels - more than eight hours at average projection speed. It was edited down to 10 reels before it was ever released. The result is a choppy film lacking continuity. The restored version includes some important connecting material, but as of yet, no remnants have ever been found of the original.

Even so, it is a very compelling film.