Movie Scenes and Music

Liljagare · 06-04-2011, 03:07 AM

The end scene to "Fight Club" with "Where is my Mind" by the Pixies. Always thought of it as a rather creepy song and it only enhances the scene.

The music used in the backround of this scene from Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain only enhances the madness of it.

And of course all the old John Hughes films (Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).

ContinentHouse · 09-09-2011, 09:02 PM

Starts about a minute in.

jackhammer · 10-17-2011, 07:40 PM

I absolutely adore the 're-imagining' of the film version of Stenislaw Lem's original novel and the use of music, lenses and editing is superbly realised here without the use of any dialogue.

The music drives the whole scene and although your disposition is constantly questioned here; unless you are aware of it, you readily accept the marriage of audio and visual.

It is immediately apparent that Soderbergh loves music as much as film.

Awesome soundtrack.

c42daves · 12-16-2011, 06:37 AM

The scene where they jump of the boat, go into the trenches, and there is an African American guy playing an awesome guitar track on an old tape/cassette deck . Can ANYONE please tell me WHO it is?? Where I can get it ?? or WHERE I can find crazy/psychedelic guitar like that. I've got the usual Hendrix/Trower/Floyd music. I know It aint any of them !

Howard the Duck · 12-16-2011, 07:01 AM

this one sticks in my mind the most:-

ThePhanastasio · 08-05-2012, 12:53 AM

I was re-watching The Stand, and immediately remembered this thread's existence and had to dig it up. The reason?

"Don't Fear the Reaper" works so flawlessly in the opening of this mini-series (I still pretty much count it as a really long movie in several parts) and I love it. I'd actually forgotten how much I love the opening.

Prettygurl · 08-05-2012, 02:04 AM

CrazyVegn · 06-18-2013, 04:29 PM

There is music (I could not find it anymore on youtube) playing in a Cat's Eye scene where the Dad is on the freeway rolling to a stop while the bridge draws back down. I loved it so much I rewound it to where it began and ended dozens of times over the years. I found it was composed by Alan Silvestri.

**Frownland** · 06-19-2013, 12:26 AM

The soundtrack to a film is as important as cinematography, editing, good writing, acting, etc. It really pains me when the soundtrack lets down the film and translates the wrong mood. The most recent example among films I've seen is Shotgun Stories. Fantastic acting from several of the actors, great tension, character development, and pacing. However, the film's central theme doesn't quite match the sobriety and drastic measures of the blood feud. Here it is:

The strings are nice and somber, but something about that guitar playing just pulled me out of the world of the film. Not to mention that it's the same song for the whole film. Another example I can think of is the overuse of Neil Young's guitar noodling on Dead Man, another similarly good film with a poor soundtrack. Well not so much poor as it is inappropriate, although it is more appropriate for Dead Man's soundtrack given that it's a Western. I think my beef with Dead Man's music is that I'm not a fan of it in general, so maybe that's where my real problem rests.

10-17-2011, 07:40 PM	#33 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I absolutely adore the 're-imagining' of the film version of Stenislaw Lem's original novel and the use of music, lenses and editing is superbly realised here without the use of any dialogue. The music drives the whole scene and although your disposition is constantly questioned here; unless you are aware of it, you readily accept the marriage of audio and visual. It is immediately apparent that Soderbergh loves music as much as film. Awesome soundtrack. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-16-2011, 06:37 AM	#34 (permalink)
c42daves Groupie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 15	Apocalypse Now Track The scene where they jump of the boat, go into the trenches, and there is an African American guy playing an awesome guitar track on an old tape/cassette deck . Can ANYONE please tell me WHO it is?? Where I can get it ?? or WHERE I can find crazy/psychedelic guitar like that. I've got the usual Hendrix/Trower/Floyd music. I know It aint any of them !

08-05-2012, 12:53 AM	#36 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	I was re-watching The Stand, and immediately remembered this thread's existence and had to dig it up. The reason? "Don't Fear the Reaper" works so flawlessly in the opening of this mini-series (I still pretty much count it as a really long movie in several parts) and I love it. I'd actually forgotten how much I love the opening. __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

06-19-2013, 12:26 AM	#39 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The soundtrack to a film is as important as cinematography, editing, good writing, acting, etc. It really pains me when the soundtrack lets down the film and translates the wrong mood. The most recent example among films I've seen is Shotgun Stories. Fantastic acting from several of the actors, great tension, character development, and pacing. However, the film's central theme doesn't quite match the sobriety and drastic measures of the blood feud. Here it is: The strings are nice and somber, but something about that guitar playing just pulled me out of the world of the film. Not to mention that it's the same song for the whole film. Another example I can think of is the overuse of Neil Young's guitar noodling on Dead Man, another similarly good film with a poor soundtrack. Well not so much poor as it is inappropriate, although it is more appropriate for Dead Man's soundtrack given that it's a Western. I think my beef with Dead Man's music is that I'm not a fan of it in general, so maybe that's where my real problem rests. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-04-2011, 03:07 AM	#31 (permalink)
Liljagare Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sweden Posts: 182	The end scene to "Fight Club" with "Where is my Mind" by the Pixies. Always thought of it as a rather creepy song and it only enhances the scene. The music used in the backround of this scene from Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain only enhances the madness of it. And of course all the old John Hughes films (Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).

09-09-2011, 09:02 PM	#32 (permalink)
ContinentHouse Groupie Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 3	Starts about a minute in.

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06-18-2013, 04:29 PM	#38 (permalink)
CrazyVegn Left due to ban epidemic Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 498	There is music (I could not find it anymore on youtube) playing in a Cat's Eye scene where the Dad is on the freeway rolling to a stop while the bridge draws back down. I loved it so much I rewound it to where it began and ended dozens of times over the years. I found it was composed by Alan Silvestri.