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Post by snookyjojo on Oct 7, 2008 22:59:35 GMT 1
Hello everybody, I think everyone of you knows the great melodies even thought you might have never paid any special attention to it...I´m talking about film melodies that get under your skin. Who doesn´t know the famous Melody of "Forrest Gump"? The unmistakable and for sure most famous harmonica melody of "once upon a time in the west" by Ennio Morricone? Filmmusic is something that is never in the foreground (except it´s a film about music haha), but mostly in the background...but it´s something a film could never be without, i think. Your eyes maybe see the film...but the music goes to your heart, makes you get a lump in your throat or lets a neutral scene appear ironic or dangerous - and it gives silence an even bigger effect than a film without any music. So much for my little introduction, but i think you all know what i´m talking about. Tehre are some amazing melodies out there since the beginning of filmhistory. I am very impressed and there are some composers and especially soundtracks which i can highly recommend to you, even if you haven´t seen the movie, yet . Adrian Johnston - Becoming Jane (OST) --> pay some special attention to " A Game of cricket" Hans Zimmer - The Da Vinci Code Hans Zimmer - The Holiday And there´s so many more! I think filmmusic deserves to be talked about! Tell me about your favourite melodies, questions you might have, soundtracks or songs/pieces you´re maybe looking for or other stuff
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Post by DazedOblivion on Oct 8, 2008 3:00:07 GMT 1
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Post by bernard on Nov 16, 2008 12:52:53 GMT 1
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Post by Simone on Nov 17, 2008 16:44:24 GMT 1
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Post by DazedOblivion on Nov 26, 2008 5:41:28 GMT 1
I think that we could not not talk about music after : all the world know: 1st: music in a very Irish tone that would put the Corrs play I loved the music in the Lord of the Rings trilogy!!! ;D Howard Shore did an incredible job composing it. I couldn't have expected anything better.
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Post by bernard on Dec 7, 2008 11:43:51 GMT 1
At the moment I have the flu , which allows me to have a little time to surf the net; this is how I discovered these soundtracks where we participate The Corrs. First: Gangs of New York ; The Hands That Built America (U2 feat. Sharon Corr) Second: America's Sweethearts ; All The Love In The World (The Corrs)(the best known by us) Third: Where The Heart Is ; So Young (The Corrs) Fourh: Quest For Camelot ; On My Father's Wings (The Corrs) Fifth: Quest For Camelot ; Looking Through Your Eyes (The Corrs feat. Bryan White) Sixth: Evita ; Hello And Goodbye (Madonna, Andrea Corr and Jonathan Pryce)
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Post by DazedOblivion on Apr 2, 2009 6:31:57 GMT 1
I was saddened to learn of the loss of the great film composer Maurice Jarre on the 29th of March. He was born on the 13th of September in 1924 in Lyon, Rhône, France. His music helped to make so many films all that much more memorable. Here are just some of the films: The Longest Day (1962) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Doctor Zhivago (1965) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Taps (1981) The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) A Passage to India (1984) Witness (1985) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Enemy Mine (1985) The Mosquito Coast (1986) Fatal Attraction (1987) Dead Poets Society (1989) Ghost (1990) A Walk in the Clouds (1995) I Dreamed of Africa (2000) Some sample of his music: Theme from Lawrence of Arabia: HQLara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago: HQMerci, Maurice Jarre!
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Post by cw on Apr 2, 2009 14:20:49 GMT 1
Quite a resume, isn't it and an eclectic one with regards to styles. Noted yr Dr Zhivago clip and Lara's theme is one of the finest examples of his talent. Listening to this piece and it's use of Russian instrumentation (the balalaika), and most would be shocked to find the composer a Frenchman.
His talents proved genetic. His father Andre Jarre was a pioneer of the audio mixing console and his son Jean-Michel Jarre has been a prominent composer especially in the electronic and New-Age genres. Interestingly, Sharon Corr played on his 1999 album Metamorphosis.
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Post by Simone on Apr 2, 2009 18:18:57 GMT 1
Yeah, it's so sad... Maurice Jarre was one of the greatest french composer... he was very famous and so talented. I remember well the movie Dr Jivago and his awesome music and the first notes "Un jour, Lara, quand le vent a tourné...". He also did "Paris brûle-t'il" and "Soleil Rouge" with Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress and Toshiro Mifune (a great samurai story). He was a real "révolutionnaire" and brought so much to film music, he talked with lots of passion and we'll all miss him. R.I.P
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