S/o Jurassic Park--movie themes/scores

[sporky]

Legends of the Fall

[ttt]

Jun 5, 2015 22:03:42 GMT -5 elletr13 said:

This thread will give me great inspiration for my new "work" playlist.

Another I forgot--Enrico Morricone, The Mission. Particularly "Gabriel's Oboe."

Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to Cinema Paradiso makes me cry every time.   

[Elsa]

Harry Potter and Schindlers list have always been some of my favorite scores. So beautiful.

[Vespasia]

The Professional

[LadySusan]

The music for the SciFi TV show Babylon 5 was shamelessly operatic and compelling. It fit the grand scale of the story really well. I believe the composer is Christopher Franke.

And of course once you think of it you want to hear it on YouTube. My husband just stuck his head in and hopefully asked, "Are you watching Babylon 5?"

[LadySusan]

Oh! I also really dig the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie soundtrack!

[2curlydogs]

Jun 5, 2015 22:03:42 GMT -5 elletr13 said:

This thread will give me great inspiration for my new "work" playlist.

Another I forgot--Enrico Morricone, The Mission. Particularly "Gabriel's Oboe."

It's about goddamn time someone mentioned this one.

My alma mater used that soundtrack for YEARS in their tv advertisements. God bless the Jesuits.

I'm not sure if we count musicals in this.... is that fair? If so:

The King and I

My Fair Lady

The Sound of Music

...and pretty much anything else by Rogers and Hammerstein. Outside of the singable pieces, the instrumental ones are also good.

OH! De-Lovely. God. Yes. Cole Porter. Mmmm.

I'll add 2 frivolous, un-iconic but I could listen to them all day:

Practical Magic

10 Things I Hate About You

H would add:

The Truman Show

Fifth Element

He also says anything by Hans Zimmer, John Williams and Enrico Morricone

[FloFTW]

Jun 6, 2015 20:39:06 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

The Professional

This is what I was going to add.

I had the entire score for Titanic for flute. I LOVED that score.

Jurassic Park is just mesmerizing. It's just a fucking gem of a movie all around.

[nursewife]

I think one of my favourite pieces of music to play on flute was the music from Indiana Jones. That and Phantom on the Opera.

[elletr13]

I can't believe I forgot Phantom of the Opera. One of my favorites.

[insominac]

I love film scores! A couple that haven't been mentioned:

I loved the percussion heavy score of Birdman.
Nightmare Before Christmas - shoutout to the zany Danny Elfman.
Tree of Life - gorgeous movie, gorgeous soundtrack by masters of classical music.
Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo's academy award was well deserved

[sushi]

Shine

Yes I'm a dork

[insominac]

Jun 5, 2015 22:39:18 GMT -5 bernsteincat said:

I feel John Williams is the Taylor Swift of movie scores
In that people love to hate on him, but damn if he don't do it well. He was with the Louisville Symphony Orchestra earlier this year and I seriously considered chaperoning my cousin's field trip (two counties away) just so I could experience it. It had to be awesome.

I'm sure it was! He does a lot of events in Los Angeles. I attended a panel on film scores that featured him and I've watched him conduct the Imperial March with the Hollywood Bowl orchestra a couple of times.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

If we are going instrumental, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves all the way. As a musician, I can say even after all these years it is incredibly fun to play.

I like John Williams.

I know it isn't iconic, but I love the Hagood Hardy Anne of Green Gables soundtrack. He wrote all the music and it is just beautiful.

And Empire Records is the best soundtrack.

[calla37]

Star Wars
Gladiator
Titanic
Inception
Little Mermaid
Up
Singing in the Rain
The Sound of Music

[dutchgirl678]

I loved the songs in Back to the Future. Huey Lewis and the News really did it for me back in those days . Indiana Jones and LOTR were great as well. HP, I love how from a single tune they can evoke so many different emotions just by playing it differently.