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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2013 13:56:29 GMT -5
So yesterday not much was going on here on the boards so I took a break. I opened a brew & started revisiting my youth on U-Tube. I started with a few artists that I've loved over the years & then just randomly when where ever my typing fingers took me. (You should try it too btw). One of the places my fingers took me was an old movie theme song that I always loved. This time rather than watch the opening of the movie like I usually do I watched the band doing the song. I watched it a couple of times in a row & was blown away. I had no clue that the singer also played...well why don't you check it out? As a matter of fact why don't you list your favorite movie theme songs & we can all check them out? List 2 or 3, whatever comes to mind. The only limit is that it should be the theme from a movie.
1. Quarterflash...Nightshift (still great after all these years & so is the movie. 2. Shena Easton...For your eyes only.
For you youngsters out there, list to #1 & you should try to see the movie. It's great.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 18, 2013 14:18:13 GMT -5
While it's an instrumental, Gerry Goldsmith's 1974 movie theme song from Chinatown with Jack Nicholson.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2013 14:23:26 GMT -5
a few that come to mind real quick
Vangelis Chariots of Fire
Maureen Mcgovern There's got to be a morning after (Poseidon Adventure)
Simon & Garfunkle Mrs Robinson
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 18, 2013 14:24:50 GMT -5
#1 Titanic ( the musical score, not Celine Dionne)
#2 1968's Romeo and Juliet
#3 Star Wards
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Post by movingforward on Jun 18, 2013 14:33:01 GMT -5
Journey (Only the Young) and Madonna (Crazy For You) - Vision Quest
Tina Turner (We Don't Need Another Hero) - Mad Max
Adele - Skyfall
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Post by swasat on Jun 18, 2013 14:53:23 GMT -5
Max Steiner...............Gone with the wind Max Steiner.............. Theme form Summer Place Lara's theme...........Doctor Zhivago Tina Turner/Bono..........Golden Eye Beatles.................Live and Let Die Adele............Skyfall
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jun 18, 2013 14:57:30 GMT -5
I will always remember Live and Let Die and hearing that song by the Beatles in the theatre with those speakers on and the surround sound. Still love it and it's probably my favorite. For your eyes only would probably be my second favorite. 3rd Place would be the theme for Rocky. No - that would be second and For your eyes only 3rd. No wait... I adore Adele and love her music but Sky Fall didn't do it for me. I was really disappointed.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 18, 2013 14:57:52 GMT -5
I'm old but find Counting Crows - Accidentally in love from Shrek or maybe it's Shrek 2? Smash Mouth doing the Monkeys "I'm a Believer" also from a Shrek movie Quite memorable and fun.
Peter Gabriel's Passion is a great soundtrack...
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Post by steph08 on Jun 18, 2013 16:12:35 GMT -5
#1 Titanic ( the musical score, not Celine Dionne) #2 1968's Romeo and Juliet #3 Star WardsIs this some kind of kinky nerd porn? I agree with Star Wars. The best ever, though. Indiana Jones!! Also love Harry Potter. Really, anything by John Williams. His scores are the absolute best. I love when they do All I Want for Christmas is You in Love Actually. That song always makes me think of that movie.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 18, 2013 16:35:05 GMT -5
Live and Let Die was by Wings, not the Beatles Into the Groove, Madonna (Desperately Seeking Susan) Aimee Mann's work on the Magnolia sountrack, just the entire thing Hazy Shade of Winter, The Bangles (Less than Zero) Exit Music (For a Film), Radiohead (Romeo + Juliet end credits) Flash! (Ahhh!) Savior of the Universe!
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Post by shanendoah on Jun 18, 2013 17:45:29 GMT -5
Cookies Galore - Thank you for mentioning Flash. We just watched that movie Sunday night (C got to pick because it was Fathers' Day). The soundtrack is awesome. The rest of the movie is awesomely bad. Also love It's a Kind of Magic (basically the Highlander soundtrack, also from Queen.) The Top Gun soundtrack remains one of my favorites, though Playing with the Boys (Kenny Loggins, baby) wins out for me over Take My Breath Away. Footloose has a great soundtrack, too.
For road trips as a kid (before kids had their own back of the seat DVD players), my father used to make tapes of movie theme songs and we'd play a game to see who could guess the song first. Ones I remember off the top of my head (yes, my father was a huge John Wayne fan)- War Wagon North To Alaska Rio Bravo
My favorite theme song of all time, however, was not for a movie, but for a tv show. For one season, Supernatural used Johnny Cash's version of God's Gonna Cut You Down. Now that is an amazing song.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jun 18, 2013 18:19:32 GMT -5
LOL! Wasn't it Paul McCartney singing it? That's all I could remember was him and I just guessed it was the Beatles because I couldn't remember.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2013 19:02:34 GMT -5
Here's one that I thought of NOT because it was a stand alone song but because it fit the movie exactly.
Ready?
The Pink Panther theme.
PS: You guys talking about Adele got me to thinking that I've seen her name around the web but never heard her. So back to U Tube I went. Not bad!
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Post by ginpin on Jun 18, 2013 20:03:24 GMT -5
I love instrumentals, so a good tape/CD is Instrumental Magic. It was an 'As seen on TV' promotion. There are a ton of theme songs on it, like Axel F, the Miami Vice theme, and the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
What about Who Made Who, which was the soundtrack to Maximum Overdrive? Gotta love AC/DC.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 18, 2013 22:02:22 GMT -5
I have dozens of instrumental movie soundtracks, some from movies I've never even watched. Many of the scores by John Williams, Danny Elfman, and Hans Zimmer. I really liked certain songs from the "Tuck Everlasting" soundtrack, the "Transformers" soundtrack (despite never seeing any of the movies ), quite a few of the Disney movies, countless game soundtracks (Game music can be even better than film music because the composers don't have to synchronize the music to specific events in the screenplay), and some of the mixed vocal pieces such as the title music in "Edward Scissorhands", etc. Last night I downloaded a rendition of the "Game of Thrones" title theme (Taylor Davis) from iTunes, despite never having watched the show (and no real interest from clips I've seen ). I'd have to say that my altogether favourite score is still from the original "Jurassic Park". So many different moods and voices.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 18, 2013 22:04:38 GMT -5
I also like quite a few of the songs from "Grease". Yes, I admitted it. Ooh.. and Les Mis. Although for all but one of the songs, I like the versions from the theater performance more than the ones from the Hollywood remake.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 18, 2013 22:19:49 GMT -5
I have dozens of instrumental movie soundtracks, some from movies I've never even watched. Many of the scores by John Williams, Danny Elfman, and Hans Zimmer. I really liked certain songs from the "Tuck Everlasting" soundtrack, the "Transformers" soundtrack (despite never seeing any of the movies ), quite a few of the Disney movies, countless game soundtracks (Game music can be even better than film music because the composers don't have to synchronize the music to specific events in the screenplay), and some of the mixed vocal pieces such as the title music in "Edward Scissorhands", etc. Last night I downloaded a rendition of the "Game of Thrones" title theme (Taylor Davis) from iTunes, despite never having watched the show (and no real interest from clips I've seen ). I'd have to say that my altogether favourite score is still from the original "Jurassic Park". So many different moods and voices. John Williams is always good. I also like many of the movie scores by John Barry (Out of Africa, Dances With Wolves, Swept From The Sea, Midnight Cowboy, Born Free, et. along with the theme songs of 12 James Bond movies.)
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Post by michelyn8 on Jun 19, 2013 7:23:21 GMT -5
I'm reading this thread and honestly can't think of a movie theme I loved but can think of songs I heard in movies that I still enjoy.
Ask the Lonely - Journey from Twist of Fate (although I do like that movie's theme song of the same title by Olivia Newton John) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel from Say Anything Take My Breath Away - Berlin from Top Gun I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin from Surrogates Never - Moving Pictures from Footloose (song where Ren is dancing in the warehouse) The Secret of My Sucess - Nightranger from movie of same name
I just realized I can't think of any songs from movies after the 80's that I liked (except the I listed by BB). Maybe that's because I didn't like what I was hearing on rock/pop radio in the early 90's and converted to 95% country listening until my kids discovered Linkin Park. Then I started paying attention to what was coming out from the then current rock artists and mixing things up more. I also don't go to a lot of movies and what's out these days, I don't really notice much of the music when watching unless its some kind of hip hop noise that's annoying me.
However, I can now say that I know most of the songs from Tangled by heart thanks to the fact the DGD watches that one multiple times a week and at the age of 19 months is beginning to sing the song about having a dream without the movie even being on now.
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Post by Apple on Jun 19, 2013 7:47:08 GMT -5
I love the score from"The Man From Snowy River". Almost all instrumental.
I also like a few from the American Pie movies-Laid by Matt Nathanson is the opening song in American Pie 3, kind of a messed up song...I wouldn't say favorite, but I like it. (If the title didn't give it away, it starts by the guy singing about sex)
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 19, 2013 8:49:37 GMT -5
I love the score from"The Man From Snowy River". Almost all instrumental. I also like a few from the American Pie movies-Laid by Matt Nathanson is the opening song in American Pie 3, kind of a messed up song...I wouldn't say favorite, but I like it. (If the title didn't give it away, it starts by the guy singing about sex) Have you never heard the original? It came out in 1993
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 10:50:21 GMT -5
off to listen to the Muppets sing Bohemian Rapshody to remove the Time Warp.... That's kind of like having an ingrown right toenail that hurts a lot so you shoot a toe off your left foot to take your mind off of it.
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Post by Apple on Jun 19, 2013 11:37:08 GMT -5
I love the score from"The Man From Snowy River". Almost all instrumental. I also like a few from the American Pie movies-Laid by Matt Nathanson is the opening song in American Pie 3, kind of a messed up song...I wouldn't say favorite, but I like it. (If the title didn't give it away, it starts by the guy singing about sex) Have you never heard the original? It came out in 1993 I'd never heard it until AP3, but I did look it up after hearing it on the movie. Not sure if what I found/listened to was the movie version or original version, I'll have to check it out when I get home.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 13:56:41 GMT -5
Anybody remember the theme from Exodus? That was a wonderful piece to listen to.
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Post by shanendoah on Jun 20, 2013 0:14:08 GMT -5
@oldtex - you say Exodus. My mind thinks "Xanadu" and for a moment I have a disconnect, but then decide that I really loved the theme from Xanadu, so it works.
I love the score of Ever After
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2013 7:09:22 GMT -5
@oldtex - you say Exodus. My mind thinks "Xanadu" and for a moment I have a disconnect, but then decide that I really loved the theme from Xanadu, so it works.
I love the score of Ever After The theme from Xanadu I only thought was OK. One the other hand I loved some of the other songs in the movie. The way they mixed swing with the Tubes I thought was great. Also several of the songs ONJ did were really wonderful.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 20, 2013 10:15:13 GMT -5
@oldtex - you say Exodus. My mind thinks "Xanadu" and for a moment I have a disconnect, but then decide that I really loved the theme from Xanadu, so it works.
I love the score of Ever After The theme from Xanadu I only thought was OK. One the other hand I loved some of the other songs in the movie. The way they mixed swing with the Tubes I thought was great.. Also several of the songs ONJ did were really wonderful. I'm glad it wasn't just me who thought it was pretty creative.
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