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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007 edited
    I'll just repost the thread we had going on scorereviews. I saved most of it, except for the last few posts, which people have to repost, sorry. slant
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    Sometimes when I listen to a single piece of amazing music I just feel like sharing it with others so they too can discover how amazing this piece of music is, and hopefully fall in love with it as I have. I'll be listening to obscure pieces like Toshihiko Sahashi's catchy "Owarinai yume", Joachim Holbek's gorgeous theme from "Misery harbour" or the Danna brothers' "The blood of cu chulainn" and I'm thinking that it's such a shame that many collectors out there will never ever hear these amazing pieces. I also love when people share their favorite stuff with me, as there are so many incredible gems out there to discover.

    This thread is basically about film score fans sharing clips of their favorite pieces of music with each others. Any websites where the piece can be listened to, be it a utube clip where the music is playing, or simply an audio of the music by itself, where people can readily listen using Quicktime or such.

    Now some rules: The music should primarily be instrumental, and preferentially film, TV and game score related. People are only allowed to post one single video/audio clip per post (as no one will listen if it's just a long list of clips). But most importantly of all, it must be a track that you love and that you think other people will come to love as well. Whether it's sweeping stuff, jazzy stuff or action stuff doesn't matter as long as the piece is catchy and great. It's good to add a few words about the clip you post, it doesn't have to be an essay, at the minimum where it's from and who composed it will suffice.

    I hope other people than me have an interest in this topic, as this is just my kinda thread, and I hope it can have a long life and that we'll all discover new gems.

    My first entry is Jay Chattaway's stunning orchestral suite from the episode "The inner light" from "Star trek-The next genneration". This suite wasn't performed in it's entirety during the show, but Chattaway apparently later recorded this suite which can be heard on the album "The Best of Star Trek". Here's a utube video where you can also see scenes from the beautiful Star trek episode:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606Vk2iSFNk

    Peter punk
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    A great topic Peter.

    I have this Chattaway cue from "The Best of Star Trek" and I'll certainly be revisiting the cue (both on YouTube and CD).

    There's so many cues that I could put here but what I'll begin with is a cue from Martin Phipp's score to The Virgin Queen (BBC TV series)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Mg3GYgOns

    This cue (entitled "The Work of The Lord" on the CD) is a great example of the score as a whole. Starting off with organ it soon veers off into contemporary electric guitars (that may account for some peoples' abhorrance of this music as heard in the programmes) and then features the voices of The Mediaeval Baebes to provide some really dramatic, beautiful music.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    As you can't post more than one clip/track per post here's another cue from The Virgin Queen that's another highlight from the CD:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFUIA672-es

    The cue, "A Legacy of Comfort", is here used as music from a series of clips fron the BBC's series, Robin Hood. The cue highlights that although Phipp's score can be soulful, delicate and emotionally charged. If you listen to the end of the clip you might think that the music suddenly segues to Trevor Jones' cue "The Kiss" from The Last of The Mohicans but it doesn't - sounds very much like it though!

    Anyone getting the hint that I love this score?
  4. (Thanks for doing this, Peter)
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Demetris Christodoulides
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    Arvo Part: Silouans Song / Vienna Philharmonic Women

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTGYxVGzQg

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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    This may qualify as my favourite cue of the year so far. Murray Gold's score for series 3 of Doctor Who has some excellent high points but for me it's the music that's associated with his rememberings of his home world Gallifrey in the episode "Gridlocked".

    Entitled "This Is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home" the insistent rhythm that goes the whole way through the cue is mesmerising and the clarinet(?) solo midway through does bring tears to the eyes. You can hear it all here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWlWNM0dURs

    ...though someone has taken the liberty to use the cue as a backing track for their own Doctor Who compilation. There's a sample of the music in situ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBEW0KtbIa0
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    I'm going to sneak this one before bed. It has been used in an old Scottish Television documentary series "The Blood Is Strong" so I feel I can post it here. But it's such a beautiful piece of music that I wanted to share it with people who may not have come across it before.

    It makes me cry every time I hear it and finding it on YouTube associated with photos of the Isle of Skye - well that was enough for the tears to flow again!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVup_-eFcKQ

    Lyrics (sung by Capercaillie):

    Fhir a'bhàta

    Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile
    Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile
    Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile
    Mo shoraigh slàn leat 's gach àit'an téid thu

    Is tric mi 'sealltainn o'n chnoc a's àirde
    Dh'fheuch am faic mi fear a'bhàta
    An tig thu an-diùigh no'n tig thu a-màireach?
    'S mur tig thu idir gur truagh a tà mi

    Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile
    Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile
    Fhir a'bhàta, na ho ro eile
    Mo shoraigh slàn leat 's gach àit'an téid thu

    It's a song about a woman who's keeping a vigil over the water, watching for the return of her lover (the boatman of the title), wondering whether he'll return today, tomorrow...and the sadness of her loneliness. (or something like that!)

    No wonder I wasn't very good at learning Gaelic!!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    [edited to add]

    thanks Peter! wink
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    plindboe
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    Amazing clips Falk and Demetris! I've listened to them all several times. I've fallen for the "A legacy of comfort" cue, and the Arvo Part piece is filled with so much emotion.

    One of my alltime favorite Morricone themes is the one from Orca. I couldn't find the extraordinary finale on utube, but I found the rendition of the theme performed by Edda Dell'Orso. The video consist of weird art stuff, but don't focus on that, just enjoy the amazing and emotional music.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7xxpLq9BU

    Peter spin
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Ralph Kruhm
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    Great entries so far! Thanks for sharing them.

    One of those moments for me was a scene in the Babylon 5 movie "In the Beginning" where Londo Mollari talks about the Humans´ desperate and hopeless fight against the invading Minbari, scored in a very moving and up to that point rather unusual way (for this series) by Chris Franke. I couldn´t find the track without the monologue, but its the combination that makes it so special anyway, so, here it is. It represents a lot of what was great about B5. Enjoy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9FNdyKFtk
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007 edited
    Demetris Christodoulides
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    plindboe wrote:
    and the Arvo Part piece is filled with so much emotion.


    Oh it is, isn't it? And that specific performance by the Vienna Philharmonic Women is one of the best around. That video almost everytime brings me down to tears.

    Oh and i loved ""A Legacy of Comfort" too!
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    plindboe
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    I'm so glad I started this thread! I've loved all the gems so far. Ralph, that Babylon 5 piece is just sublime, wow! I need that album!

    Now for a real treat. One of my, and also my girlfriend's, alltime favorite love themes is Morricone's theme from "Fat Man & Little Boy" (aka. "The Shadowmakers"). Didier from chimai.com is currently hosting this clip, but it might not stay up for long. It's the sort of track that will grow on you; you might not dig it the first time you hear it, but trust me, it's pure quality and can develop into an alltime favorite after some listens. Especially the last 2 minutes of this track makes me very emotional. Perhaps saddest of all is that it has never been released on any CD before, not even on compilation albums. So this is a rare gem.

    http://www.chimai.com/resources/special … dtitle.mp3

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Ralph Kruhm
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    Thanks, Plindboe. You might think again about buying the album, though, since this is the only track that uses those pipes. The rest is rather usual B5 stuff, which might be great for you if you like it, of course.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Justin Boggan
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    While it was performed entirely, in another episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Picard and a woman he was falling for, played it together; Picard of flute and her on piano.

    My first entry:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=XvBT9sqXnew

    For those who have the CD, you hear the differences immediately; bigger orchestra, dropping of some ideas to create a more grander, sweeping flow and feel, and especailly at the end where it works up into one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. Combine that with the look on the Morricone's face while the cheer and the video stopping on that somber, look, and you have something truly remarkable.

    Was this version ever on any CD?
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    plindboe
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    Ralph, thanks for the advice. wink

    Justin, I remember that wonderful piano scene as well. I think it was a couple of episodes after "The inner light". The arena concerto stuff is amazing as well, what a great performance!

    I don't think that part of "The mission" suite is available on CD. There is an Arena concerto CD, but it only contains less enjoyable stuff from "The mission", and it ends after Gabriel's oboe have played. The DVD release is the way to go, in my opinion. You can always get the DVD and rip it as audio, I'm sure that's possible somehow.

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Erik Woods
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    I was going to save this for my next Hidden Gems show but I thought I'd post it here now.

    I'm not sure how many of you have seen the atomic bomb movie Trinity and Beyond but it contains one of the greatest scores in the past 15 years. John Morgan, Lennie Moore and Bill Stromberg channeled the Golden Age to provide this documentary with an extraordinary score. For those that love that Golden Age, epic, big sound will eat this one up.

    Here is the video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jL5a-gr … re=related

    At the 2:06 point is the highlight from the score. "Hiroshima / Nagasaki Requiem" is a monster cue for full symphony orchestra (Moscow Symphony) and chorus. Brilliant stuff!!! BTW, all 10 parts from the documentary are available to view on YouTube.

    The score is still available.

    http://buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net/trinandbeyor.html

    Highly recommended.

    -Erik-
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Timmer
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    Thank you so much Erik, I'd intended to get that CD years ago without having heard a note but now I'm DEFINITELY getting it....superb!
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    I'm really enjoying hunting some of my favourite tracks and sharing.

    "The King's Highway" is a wonderful cue from Brian Tyler's score for Bubba Ho-Tep. I've not seen the movie but there's some excellent music on the CD - and a lot of it is played by Tyler himself - as evidenced from the video!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYjWIeUHvpE

    The sound it a bit tinny - but you get the idea!
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    Another favourite - but really just me indulging myself!

    There's numerous examples of Jerry Goldsmith's film music bringing back a movie from the brink of total farce - and The Final Conflict is a prime example of this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdvgMQvpSXo

    This clip is one of my favourites from the movie - from a musical point of view! Looking at the scene for what it is, you'd laugh. But Goldsmith's music - from the first 80 seconds or so of "The Blooding" - brings the scene back from the edge. Just!
  20. Peter, I had posted a response to Ralph's link to Ken Freeman's theme to the UK series The Tripods and there were a few posts on the nostalgia of theme tunes from childhood.

    I hijacked the topic a bit and just posted some links to some of my favourite themes from my childhood:

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    Ah, TV theme nostalgia:

    The Flashing Blade
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZEDNkZ2L4

    The White Horses
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc

    Marine Boy
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HqSkY4vtVY

    Casey Jones
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPFBDONZyvc

    The High Chaparral
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpbixfYsHA

    All great themes that I loved as a child and still stand up to scrutiny today (well, maybe not Marine Boy!)
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    FalkirkBairn
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    Ralph Kruhm wrote:
    Great entries so far! Thanks for sharing them.

    One of those moments for me was a scene in the Babylon 5 movie "In the Beginning" where Londo Mollari talks about the Humans´ desperate and hopeless fight against the invading Minbari, scored in a very moving and up to that point rather unusual way (for this series) by Chris Franke. I couldn´t find the track without the monologue, but its the combination that makes it so special anyway, so, here it is. It represents a lot of what was great about B5. Enjoy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9FNdyKFtk


    Is this on CD anywhere?
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007 edited
    FalkirkBairn
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    plindboe wrote:
    One of my alltime favorite Morricone themes is the one from Orca. I couldn't find the extraordinary finale on utube, but I found the rendition of the theme performed by Edda Dell'Orso. The video consist of weird art stuff, but don't focus on that, just enjoy the amazing and emotional music.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7xxpLq9BU

    Peter spin


    Funnily enough I tried to find an appropriate clip with this theme yesterday - it's one of Morricone's most hauntingly beautiful creations.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Timmer
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    FalkirkBairn wrote:
    Another favourite - but really just me indulging myself!

    There's numerous examples of Jerry Goldsmith's film music bringing back a movie from the brink of total farce - and The Final Conflict is a prime example of this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdvgMQvpSXo

    This clip is one of my favourites from the movie - from a musical point of view! Looking at the scene for what it is, you'd laugh. But Goldsmith's music - from the first 80 seconds or so of "The Blooding" - brings the scene back from the edge. Just!


    And a superb example if I might say?! cool
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Ralph Kruhm
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    FalkirkBairn wrote:

    Ralph Kruhm wrote:
    Great entries so far! Thanks for sharing them.

    One of those moments for me was a scene in the Babylon 5 movie "In the Beginning" where Londo Mollari talks about the Humans´ desperate and hopeless fight against the invading Minbari, scored in a very moving and up to that point rather unusual way (for this series) by Chris Franke. I couldn´t find the track without the monologue, but its the combination that makes it so special anyway, so, here it is. It represents a lot of what was great about B5. Enjoy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9FNdyKFtk



    Is this on CD anywhere?


    Try this wink
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Babylon-Beg...U … mp;sr=1-22
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    plindboe
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    Nice clips these last few. though I did know the music already. It's fun seeing it in the context it was composed for though.

    I just found the "The blood of cu chulainn" by the Danna brothers, that I mentioned in the OP. It's quite jiggy, but if you let go of any anti-jig bias I'm sure you'll come to adore it. It's not the usual jig, as it has several traditional orchestral elements. It's not from a film score album, but since the composers are film score composers I think it fits this thread's topic quite well. The music is set to some clips of Ireland, and during the landscape shots I think it fits perfectly. Enjoy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIg5_JXgZs4

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    plindboe
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    Btw, "The blood of cu chulainn" is from the album "A celtic romance". My other favorite cue from that album is called "Hills of Ireland". It's not a jig like that last one, and is quite different. I dig this cue so much, even though the cu chulainn piece is probably the more famous of the two. I hope you'll come to love it as much as I do. In the clip it has been set to stills from some movie, seems to fit quite well. Enjoy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFAMCLpZJg

    Peter punk
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Tintin
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    Demetris Christodoulides wrote:
    Arvo Part: Silouans Song / Vienna Philharmonic Women

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTGYxVGzQg

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    Wow. Thanks for sharing that one Demetris!

    For me, many themes and scores by Georges Delerue are pure gems. i couldn't find the one cue from Tours du monde tours du ciel so I found this beautiful gem from an older film Le mépris- music used in a Chanel commercial!
    Now, just concentrate on the music. wink

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBhQnQT5p0
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Justin Boggan
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLmDkSl5tc

    "Hannie Caulder"
    By: Ken Thorne

    The qaulity if poor, but it's all I could find short of ripping it and trying to host it.

    Go ahead and try to not tap your foot, ya bastards.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2007
    Phew, that took a bit of effort, all that copying and pasting. I'm somehow glad the thread wasn't longer.

    Still a few posts missing at the end. I made a joke about chickens and posted another sublime clip. Got most of the important stuff though.

    Peter smile
  30. How did you get all of them? The SR board isn't accessable.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.

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