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Monster Jungle Xray		#21	[-]
Oct 17 10 5:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	HalLane wrote: Anybody mention THE TERMINATOR's score? It's the perfect melding of science and a dark story, literally Tech Noir (like the nightclub). Yes THE TERMINATOR score is excellent. I particularly like the "chase" music near the end it has an early cyberpunk feel to it.
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Dr Acula		#22	[-]
Oct 18 10 8:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Belle Dee Bilbrey wrote: I'm a HUGE fan of the Halloween III: Season of the Witch soundtrack. It's good stuff. Thanks! I need to track that down to complement my regular Halloween soundtrack - I found a YouTube clip of the soundtrack that I included in the Halloween II thread! And the Terminator does have a cool sound, but I'm not sure which soundtracks have the music from just the first film, and which ones have redone versions of the theme... the last time I looked I couldn't tell the difference on the CD versions!
Monster Jungle Xray		#23	[-]
Oct 19 10 2:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Acula wrote: Belle Dee Bilbrey wrote: I'm a HUGE fan of the Halloween III: Season of the Witch soundtrack. It's good stuff. Thanks! I need to track that down to complement my regular Halloween soundtrack - I found a YouTube clip of the soundtrack that I included in the Halloween II thread! And the Terminator does have a cool sound, but I'm not sure which soundtracks have the music from just the first film, and which ones have redone versions of the theme... the last time I looked I couldn't tell the difference on the CD versions! Dr Acula, here is a link to info on the original soundtrack on LP and CD. The first half is the score by Brad Fiedel, and the second are pop songs. Looking around the web reveals it is a bit on the pricey side though. http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Terminator-Original-Soundtrack/master/116669 edit: there is also this one The Terminator: Definitive Edition that is the entire score by Brad Fiedel and although not cheap it won't make you miss a mortage payment. That seems to be the one to get. http://www.amazon.com/Terminator-Definitive-Brad-Fiedel/dp/B000005OM7/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1287517854&sr=8-1 Last Edited By: Monster Jungle Xray Oct 19 10 2:56 PM. Edited 1 times.
HalLane		#24	[-]
Oct 21 10 3:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanx for those links ~~ the samples remind me of how much fun this score is. And I like the way they use what sounds like a real piano for Sarah's theme at the end ~~ very effective indeed.
Jonatwork		#25	[-]
Oct 26 10 2:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Gil Melle's Andromeda Strain is a terrific score, but I prefer an unreleased one he did for a cool TV movie, A Cold Night's Death.The music is very prominent and adds a lot to the atmosphere.
Wes		#26	[-]
Oct 27 10 5:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Some great music mentioned on this thread, I’ll be digging out soundtracks right left and centre today… I would definitely agree with The Andromeda Strain soundtrack, the electronics on that album are incredible… Forbidden Planet too is a touchstone work for experimental electronica… Dr Acula wrote: ...Eno stuff (it would be great to get his Land of the Minotaur on album) Dr Acula, I would consider myself a serious Eno fan but this one completely slipped my radar… Was any of this music collected on Eno’s Music for Films ? There’s quite a few tracks on that LP I’ve never been able to trace back to where they were used… ryanbrennan wrote: Almost anything by Tangerine Dream. Me too… I especially love The Keep and Miracle Mile OST. Interestingly you can hear a cut from Tangerine Dream’s Sorcerer OST on Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead rough sketch Within the Woods ! http://plutoniumshores.blogspot.com/ - going steady, deeper into movies... Last Edited By: Wes May 21 12 2:04 AM. Edited 1 times.
Dr Acula		#27	[-]
Oct 27 10 8:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't believe that the Minotaur stuff has been released at all - here's a clip that has a fair amount of music on it, if any of it is identifiable to you:
Wes		#28	[-]
Oct 27 10 9:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Many thanks ! No I've not heard any of this music before... I expected it to sound similar to the music he composed for Sebastiane, Jubilee and The Falls but its nothing like it ! Staying with Eno, I wish David Lynch had comissioned him to do the entire soundtrack for Dune... His Prophecy Theme is really quite beautiful.... http://plutoniumshores.blogspot.com/ - going steady, deeper into movies...
Jonatwork		#29	[-]
Oct 27 10 1:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Although they're not film scores, if you like Eno's film music, you might like Vangelis' albums BEAUBOURG and the more readily-available HEAVEN AND HELL. Some of it is very dark. Also try Harold Budd's ABANDONED CITIES.
Wes		#30	[-]
Oct 27 10 3:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the recommendation Jon, I surely will check those Vangelis albums out... I have the Harold Budd LP - great choice, incredible piece of music. I don't believe Budd made a bad record. Another film worth mentioning, and I'm conscious of getting a little off-topic, is Eraserhead and the extraordinary sound design... Its a film I listen to as much as watching the surreal visuals, and while I'm mentioning David Lynch, his album The Air Is On Fire is highly recommended if you like hypnotic drone music... http://plutoniumshores.blogspot.com/ - going steady, deeper into movies...
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Jonatwork		#31	[-]
Oct 28 10 12:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good call, I enjoy Lynch's music, as well as the Angelo Badalamenti scores for Lynch's movies. (FIRE WALK WITH ME is my favorite score for a Lynch film.) Lynch did some of the music for INLAND EMPIRE which also includes a lot of previous recordings. ERASERHEAD is indeed a great aural work. "In Heaven, everything is fine...." P.S. I believe they're only available in the boxed set, but the scores to Jodorowsky's EL TOPO and HOLY MOUNTAIN are certainly weird. The box includes both of them on CD.
Monster Jungle Xray		#32	[-]
Oct 29 10 4:08 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Wes for the link to your mixtape that will get some Halloween play for sure. There are plenty of great recommendations in this thread, FORBIDDEN PLANET especially is a must. I am also a huge fan of both Harold Budd, and the Cocteau Twins so his recent collaborative albums with Robin Guthrie are a treat. One album I like that is not an actual "soundtrack" in the usual sense is STALKER by Robert Rich and Brian Lustmord that is inspired by the Adrei Tarkovsky film of the same name. You can listen to the album on youtube. �http://www.discogs.com/Robert-Rich-B-Lustmord-Stalker/release/48
Wes		#33	[-]
Oct 29 10 9:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey Monster, great choice in Stalker, and a great clip. How could I forget this ? Tarkovsky is one of my favourite film makers and I even wrote about that Lustmord/Robert Rich LP on my blog! The original Edward Artemiev music for Stalker is out there online, it doesn't add up to too much in length, but the music is absolutely great, so worth tracking down. Yep, Harold Budd and The Cocteau Twins are essential listening... Jon mentioned Harold Budd's Abandoned Cities LP a few days ago and I've been listening to it ever since... This is a great thread ! http://plutoniumshores.blogspot.com/ - going steady, deeper into movies...
Jonatwork		#34	[-]
Oct 29 10 2:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree, I'm really enjoying this thread. I will check out the STALKER piece--just watched the movie again a few weeks ago, and noticed the brief score was very effective. Christopher Young's scores for NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 2 and DEF CON 4 use acoustic instruments but the first uses electronic instruments, too--it's very eerie. DEF CON 4 uses sound sculptures, metal objects struck to make weird sounds, ala the Stomu Yamashta performance of John Williams's score for Robert Altman's IMAGES. I have to put on Altman's QUINTET to see what the music's like on that, haven't seen that in awhile. Last Edited By: Jonatwork Oct 29 10 2:57 PM. Edited 1 times.
Monster Jungle Xray		#35	[-]
Oct 29 10 6:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wes wrote: Hey Monster, great choice in Stalker, and a great clip. How could I forget this ? Tarkovsky is one of my favourite film makers and I even wrote about that Lustmord/Robert Rich LP on my blog! The original Edward Artemiev music for Stalker is out there online, it doesn't add up to too much in length, but the music is absolutely great, so worth tracking down. Yep, Harold Budd and The Cocteau Twins are essential listening... Jon mentioned Harold Budd's Abandoned Cities LP a few days ago and I've been listening to it ever since... This is a great thread ! Thanks Wes, and I will become a regular visitor to your excellent blog from now on, good stuff there. I really love a lot of atmospheric, ambient musicians but my main interest lies in the experimental tape loop/electronic artists of the Australian post-punk years circa 1979-1985. I am currently working on an illustrated guide to these bands and their releases. It has been a lot of fun, and I've found the musicians I've tracked down are more than happy to talk about their experiences. Bringing this back on topic another one I like is Giuliano Sorgini's eerie '50s electronic sounds in THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE aka LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE. Not sure if this one is out there anywhere, but I am a sucker for anything that sounds like a theremin.
Wes		#36	[-]
Oct 30 10 11:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monster Jungle Xray wrote: I am currently working on an illustrated guide to these bands and their releases. It has been a lot of fun, and I've found the musicians I've tracked down are more than happy to talk about their experiences I'm steering this off topic again just for a sec - this guide you're working on sounds really interesting as I'm a big fan of early SPK. It falls outside your project, but I like Clinton Williams and his isolationist alter-ego Omit, the field recordings of Alan Lamb, and the great NZ scene of The Dead C, and Roy Montgomery and Peter Wright. I'd love to hear more about yr writing project so please feel free to PM me! Jonatwork wrote: Christopher Young's scores for NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 2 and DEF CON 4 use acoustic instruments but the first uses electronic instruments, too--it's very eerie. Jon, I'll be sure to check these out because I do like Chris Young, and anything that sounds like Images is a huge recommendation around here. I do love the sound design for Kwaidan also, quite a frightening piece of music I think, all those disembodied percussive bangs and creaks... I'm a big Nurse With Wound fan... Okay, back on it.... more eerie electronica are the scores for Deranged and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things by Carl Zittrer. The music for Children really does play a significant role in turning that film around from being a knockabout comedy at the beginning, into quite an effective scare show... http://plutoniumshores.blogspot.com/ - going steady, deeper into movies... Last Edited By: Wes Oct 30 10 11:22 AM. Edited 1 times.
Jonatwork		#37	[-]
Oct 30 10 2:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	KWAIDA is wonderful--the use of the breaking wood was particularly startling. If you like Young there are many scores from which to chose. His score for INVADERS FROM MARS has had a couple of releases, but the one I have is the first, and includes his remixes of the material as well as a piece for toy instruments. If you can find it, pick up his score for MAX AND HELEN. Although the title score is acoustic (and beautifully sad), there is another piece called KOKO-RYU (Black Dragon) which is dark and spooky. I have almost all of his work on CD but a couple of years ago finances became an issue, so I haven't gotten many of his later releases, but am slowly aquiring them. He's one of the few contemporary composers who really impresses me with his MUSICALITY, if you know what I mean.
bipolarber		#38	[-]
May 27 12 8:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Do any of you know if anyone has ever released the scores for the AARU/Peter Cushing "Doctor Who" films? "Doctor Who and the Daleks" and the "Invasion Earth" films both had some really funky electronic scores for their main titles, and some of the incidental tracks. I've been looking for them on disc for decades... But favorites: Well, there's one done by Edgar Froese (independant of Tangerine Dream) That I actually picked up more or less by accident... a friend of mine died and he left me a stack of albums... Most of them I'd heard of before, but then I came across several copies of "Kamikaze 1989" (a somewhat obscure Fassbinder film) in the box... several were new, and unopened... two of them were obviously well played. I guess what my friend had done, was buy several of the LP's, and was keeping several in reserve for when he wore the others out. (!) No other album in his collection had been given this treatment. And When I put it on the turntable back then... I realized WHY... OMG!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANkjdoDMK6E "[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough, the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
Dr Acula		#39	[-]
Jun 5 12 8:38 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bipolarber wrote: Do any of you know if anyone has ever released the scores for the AARU/Peter Cushing "Doctor Who" films? "Doctor Who and the Daleks" and the "Invasion Earth" films both had some really funky electronic scores for their main titles, and some of the incidental tracks. I've been looking for them on disc for decades... But favorites: Well, there's one done by Edgar Froese (independant of Tangerine Dream) That I actually picked up more or less by accident... a friend of mine died and he left me a stack of albums... Most of them I'd heard of before, but then I came across several copies of "Kamikaze 1989" (a somewhat obscure Fassbinder film) in the box... several were new, and unopened... two of them were obviously well played. I guess what my friend had done, was buy several of the LP's, and was keeping several in reserve for when he wore the others out. (!) No other album in his collection had been given this treatment. And When I put it on the turntable back then... I realized WHY... OMG!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANkjdoDMK6E Very cool!
DougGorius		#40	[-]
Jun 7 12 12:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS.
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