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What Are You Currently Listening To?
LittleBookDruid wrote: "Carry on my wayward son by Kansas, Don't judge..."I will never be able to hear that song without thinking about the show Supernatural.
Andrew wrote: "Out of the prog rock bands I still listen to King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator. Both bands that were not afraid to take risks whether on record or playing live."I could never get into Van der Graaf unfortunately. I couldn't find one definitive album to tell me what they're all about.
King Crimson however pulls me in each time, no matter which album.
Raven Rebecca wrote: "Sarah wrote: "LittleBookDruid wrote: "Carry on my wayward son by Kansas, Don't judge..."I will never be able to hear that song without thinking about the show Supernatural."
Agreed."
I totally understand. That's where I got obsessed to this song too.
Wayland wrote: "LittleBookDruid wrote: "Carry on my wayward son by Kansas, Don't judge..."
This was mentioned at a panel at the con I was at this weekend as a popular choice among many writers while working on th..."
Wow, didn't knew about that.
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Some of my favorites are:
- choking victim / leftover crack
- rancid
- nofx
- clash
- the bouncing souls
- the menzingers
- smoke or fire
- anti-flag
- propaghandi
- millencolin
- pennywise
- pulley
- osker
- reel big fish
I could keep going but i don't think i need to list every punk/skate/ska band
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I'm making my way through the 20th Anniversary Collection of the soundtracks from Xena Warrior Princess. Currently on Disc 4 of 7Of course some of the zany people behind that series and Hercules as well as The Evil Dead movie franchise are fellow Metro Detroiters Sam Raimi and composer Joseph LoDuca
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It's not like me to listen to something repeatedly, I have such wide tastes that I rarely listen to something more than once in a day but I'm making an exception for A Moon Shaped Pool.
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Just finished disc 6 of the 7 disc Xena Warrior Princess 20th Anniversary soundtrack boxed set.
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These days, Uncharted soundtrack is always playing in the background of my life. It may sound funny to be obsessed by a video game music, but this playlist always wrench my heart like a wash rag after dinner dishes. :(
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LittleBookDruid wrote: "These days, Uncharted soundtrack is always playing in the background of my life. It may sound funny to be obsessed by a video game music, but this playlist always wrench my heart like a wash rag af..."I love videogame soundtracks, I often use them as background music while I read.
Been in a bit of a symphonic metal mood lately. Been listening to a lot of Within Temptation, Delain, Epica, and Lunatica.
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After I did a whole lot of housecleaning today, I threw on an old Mogwai disc and just let my mind wander. Great music for that.
Currently listening to Jerry Goldsmith's score for 'Legend' and seeing how it compares to the Tangerine Dream version that replaced it prior to the American release.To be honest, both soundtracks have their merits, and given that Tangerine Dream only had two weeks to come up with a score they should be applauded.
Ultimately, Goldsmith's use of orchestra with a few synth embellishments has lasted the test of time better and reflects the beauty of the visuals that Ridley Scott put on display.
I have the Goldsmith version housed in my Sony 200 CD changer along with lots of other scores. One of his best scores.
Kevin wrote: "Currently listening to Jerry Goldsmith's score for 'Legend' and seeing how it compares to the Tangerine Dream version that replaced it prior to the American release.I was recently listening to Goldsmith's Logan's Run soundtrack, which has the same synth/orchestra mix - the lyricism of the orchestra is much stronger.
I do like to find stuff that has some of my favourite composers outside their comfort zone. James Horner's 48 Hours OST has this tubular bells/John Carpenter-esque track on it - "Subway Station" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkhqi...
Horner went back to that well with Red Heat and Commando.
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To be honest, both soundtracks..."
Goldsmith is highly talented. When I watch Legend, I hear his score in my mind even over the other track. I love his music for Star Trek. He's so versatile; he can write any style. James Horner died a year or two ago; I was sad.
About a year before his death he was the guest at a concert honoring his work. A bluray is being released of that concert next month. I will be getting a copy. Tadlow Music has released new recordings of several of Goldsmith's scores, including Hour of the Gun, QB VII, and The Blue Max.
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
The Road - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Les Revenants - Mogwai
Atomic - Mogwai
Zidane - Mogwai
Dredd - Paul Leonard-Morgan
Dead Man - Neil Young
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
Man With a Movie Camera - Cinematic Orchestra
Tron: Legacy - Daft Punk
I listen to loads of instrumental music, especially while I read. If I'm reading I tend to get easily distracted by vocals, so I either listen to instrumental music of something where I can't understand the lyrics, like world music or death metal (the heavier the better!).
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Michael Giacchino got his start doing video game scores especially the Medal of Honor series. I have a boxed set of MoH scores, really cool listening, I will be breaking it out again next weekend for Memorial Day.
The Casablanca parts of the MoH soundtracks are up there with Giacchino's greatest - Williams' Raiders toying with "You Must Remember This". Classic.
I first became aware of Giacchino when he was scoring the Alias TV show. Despite the underperformance at the box office I think his score for John Carter is one of his best. He is clearly one of the top film composers of this generation.
I love John Carter. He even makes Jupiter Rising bearable. Well, him and the production designer. I found him through MoH. It's funny seeing everyone else catch up, eh?
It is odd how even the great film composers were overlooked all those years. Goldsmith only won for The Omen, Elmer Bernstein only won for Thoroughly Modern Millie. So that means all of Goldsmith's and Bernstein's best know stuff failed to win. Go figure.
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Me too. I have lots of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and James Horner soundtracks. I love the Prisoner of Azkaban music. Tron Legacy is a fun one. I also have a bunch of Doctor Who by Murray Gold albums. I play five instruments, so I like to hear full orchestras when I listen.
I wish I had had the spare cash when they released the Tardis boxed set of Dr. Who soundtracks going all the way back to the William Hartnell years and forward to present day.
After finishing the 7 disc Xena Warrior Princess set, I listened to the score to the score to Jessabelle by Anton Sanko.Now listening to The Betsy by the late great John Barry. A new recording conducted by former Barry arranger Nic Raine with The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. It is so good.
I need to check out the Betsy then. Have you heard Barry's King Kong? There's a track on it called Kong hits the Big Apple which is so worth a listen. It's like a missing tune from the Live and Let Die soundtrack... y'know, the Bond Barry didn't do, but if he had, this would be on it...
I grabbed the Barry King Kong score while it was still in print. Good stuff.
Listened to White Dawn by Henry Mancini, When the River Runs Black by James Horner and now have in my car cd player the score to the Charles Bronson movie Telefon by Lalo Schifrin.
Really like Telefon. I saw Lalo Schifrin playing with Ray Brown (jazz bassist) once and Ray Brown's bass playing gave me the feels (I'm a bassist and cellist). I had a tedious day at work yesterday that required a modicum of concentration and found myself listening to Beethoven's 7th, 2nd movement, which I found through Zardoz - there's a really good Leonard Bernstein version on YouTube - nice and slow, which always works best with this piece, I reckon.
I have lots of Schifrin in my collection, but not nearly enough.
Have you got David Shire's Taking of Pelham 123? The liner notes explain how he changes the syncopation yadda yadda and it's a lesson in funky jazz OSTs. I also recently picked up the Shaft Anthology from Screen Archives Entertainment. Actually, forget all that, from the same wonderful website, I picked up the soundtracks of a couple of seasons of CHIPS by Alan Silvestri and they're the first orchestral disco soundtracks - giving Silvestri some of his first work...
Methuen wrote: "Can I be a total philistine and suggest that I really like Harold Faltermeyer ? (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, The Running Man) - his stuff just screams 'It's 1986 and there's a hazy sunset full of p..."BIG sunglasses.
James wrote: "Have you got David Shire's Taking of Pelham 123? The liner notes explain how he changes the syncopation yadda yadda and it's a lesson in funky jazz OSTs. I also recently picked up the Shaft Antholo..."I have the Chips CDs, missed the Knight Rider CD, I'll have to check on the Shaft set and Pelham. I think I have them but need to check when I get home.
Whatever happened to Harold Faltermeyer? Love the Beverly Hills Cop score, but then I live in metro Detroit which is where the movie starts.
The 2 French Connection scores by Don Ellis are a challenging listen.
Danny Elfman sneaks onto that Beverley Hills Cop soundtrack too...
Hah! Somewhere Jan Hammer is cursing Faltermeyer's name while Paul Hardcastle tries to calm him down.
Methuen wrote: "James wrote: "Whatever happened to Harold Faltermeyer?1990 appears to have happened, as it did to a lot of the 'big sunglasses' merchants of the '80s. He does crop up on some computer games and c..."
John Williams actually plays piano on at least one Jerry Goldsmith score.
This was mentioned at a panel at the con I was at this weekend as a popular choice among many writers while working on their projects.