OSG goes OST...Soundtracks...

[UlricvonCatalyst]

Cliff Martinez's lovely, meditative soundtrack for Solaris played a big part in my enjoyment of the film (which I thought pulled off the feat of being pretty good despite being a remake of a 'classic'). It reminded me quite a lot of an LP I was somewhat obsessed with in its day: AIr 2 by Pete Namlook (starts around the 1hr mark here, if anyone's interested.) Imagine my disappointment when the next Martinez soundtrack I noticed - can't remember which film it was for - sounded more-or-less exactly the same as Solaris.

Oh well, I guess they can't all show the scope and sweep of Bernard Herrmann.

Sometimes loving a film can tip you into thinking the soundtrack is great too. Sure works for If..., where the hymns sound as good as the ethereal score. Its companion piece, O, Lucky Man! doesn't fare quite as well thanks to the considerable Alan Price content, but the 'magical chord' where Ralph Richardson gives Malc the gold jacket (which might reprise the moment when they find a foetus in a jar in If....) and the eerie moment where he sees something he shouldn't at the nuclear plant do more for me personally with fewer notes than most composers can manage over an entire soundtrack.

[dc]

anyone mention Alexandre Desplat's score for "Zero Dark Thirty" yet? ominously creepy good, and perfectly matched to the film:

Zero Dark Thirty

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Cliff Martinez's lovely, meditative soundtrack for Solaris played a big part in my enjoyment of the film (which I thought pulled off the feat of being pretty good despite being a remake of a 'classic'). It reminded me quite a lot of an LP I was somewhat obsessed with in its day: AIr 2 by Pete Namlook (starts around the 1hr mark here, if anyone's interested.) Imagine my disappointment when the next Martinez soundtrack I noticed - can't remember which film it was for - sounded more-or-less exactly the same as Solaris.

Yeah, this is a good soundtrack, Invada put it out on vinyl and they've become a bot of a soundtrack specialist.

God I remember buying all those Fax records (actually CD's mostly and lots' of 12's). IIRC there was time where he was totally churning them out or it seemed like that.

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I love Popol Vuh's Aguirre soundtrack, but when it came up in a conversation with a trusted, knowledgeable friend a few years back, he railed on me for being a sucker and that Popol Vuh was a poseur - "He was just the first guy in Europe with a good synth..." etc. I've not since found any evidence to support his view (I haven't tried to find any), but now there's this little niggling doubt in my mind about the record. Any perspective on this?

[PorkyPrimeCut]

I love Popol Vuh's Aguirre soundtrack, but when it came up in a conversation with a trusted, knowledgeable friend a few years back, he railed on me for being a sucker and that Popol Vuh was a poseur - "He was just the first guy in Europe with a good synth..." etc. I've not since found any evidence to support his view (I haven't tried to find any), but now there's this little niggling doubt in my mind about the record. Any perspective on this?

I love this film, as bleak as it is. The first time I saw it I was fascinated by the end scene where he's drifting down river on his raft & spider monkeys are all over the place.

You know, I never even realised Popol Vul did the soundtrack! I'll give it a listen ASAP.

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I love Popol Vuh's Aguirre soundtrack, but when it came up in a conversation with a trusted, knowledgeable friend a few years back, he railed on me for being a sucker and that Popol Vuh was a poseur - "He was just the first guy in Europe with a good synth..." etc. I've not since found any evidence to support his view (I haven't tried to find any), but now there's this little niggling doubt in my mind about the record. Any perspective on this?

With the greatest of respect your mate sounds like a bit of a clown. A lot of Popul Vuh is conventional instruments and packed with some really exquisite neo baroque arranging. I think the pastoral and bucolic feel is one of Popul Vuh's key identifying features. Way back in the early 80's when teen me was getting into this sort of thing, the Popul Vuh records were among my most prized discoveries. In some ways they were stepping outside the received taste of the post punk world I inhabited BUT I thought they were actually quite Post...well...everything in their own way.

It's not on any of the soundtracks but take the very well known Kyrie, it's pure magick and in any case the more synth based side of them like Affenstunde is top shelf material.

I LOVE Popul Vuh...Don't just stand there, let's get to it. Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

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I love this film, as bleak as it is.

Oh man, 20-year-old me was wrecked by Aguirre. I was genuinely traumatized by... how do I avoid a spoiler for those who've yet to watch it? By the family tragedy near the end, his greatest loss. I stood up and shouted the first time I saw it.

My buddy is not a clown, but he is sometimes overenthused and underinformed about specific things. In general, he's a good source for musical history and ideas (and he's a bandmate). I'm glad to know that he was incorrect about this particular record.

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I love this film, as bleak as it is.

Oh man, 20-year-old me was wrecked by Aguirre. I was genuinely traumatized by... how do I avoid a spoiler for those who've yet to watch it? By the family tragedy near the end, his greatest loss. I stood up and shouted the first time I saw it.

My buddy is not a clown, but he is sometimes overenthused and underinformed about specific things. In general, he's a good source for musical history and ideas (and he's a bandmate). I'm glad to know that he was incorrect about this particular record.

I had no problem with him not rating Florian Fricke, I mean if he doesn't like him then great because pretending to like him is what would really irk. However I'd turn his early adopter Moog thing on it's head and point to him using the synth to express new ideas when many of the early synth pioneers were using them to reinterpret quite conventional or at least well established music (a bit like early photography trying to mimic painterly composition). To be honest it sounds like he's heard some old wives tale or is repeating some third hand piece of wikiwisdom. As for the Posuer thing I'm old enough to hark from the pre Krautrocksampler era when there was very little 'pose' being into Popul Vuh and they generally lacked the street cred of a Faust or a Neu, at least in my neck of the woods.

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speaking of Cliff Martinez I really enjoyed this one

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[Slow-Pop]

speaking of Cliff Martinez I really enjoyed this one

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I still have only seen the first episode of The Knick, but the music really drew me in as well.

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I just got. Aria Prayogi & Fajar Yuskemal - The Raid (The Complete Original Indonesian Score). It's largely excellent, dark and brooding and you seriously wonder about the thought process that saw this replaced by the bloke out Linkin Park.

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Since I've spent most part of the last few weeks playing computer games, I can't get this piece of music out of my head.

Mass Effect 1 menu music

Quite Blade Runner-ish.

[Freddy Le Cragg]

God Help The Girl

Slightly different as it started as a side project by most of Belle & Sebastian in 2009, then became a movie in 2014. Wonderfully sweet, slightly bitter pop album.

Also, Moulin Rouge has some stunning soundtrack moments (Roxanne and Bolero stand out to my ears)

[Slow-Pop]

I watched Birdman over the weekend and really liked how the score to the film was stripped down to basically a drum kit. Occassionally other instruments could be heard, but it was solidly just a drummer at his drum kit. I don't know how well this will hold up with out the visuals but I thought it worked really well for the film.

Birdman OST - Just Chatting

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The Duke of Burgundy OST by Cats Eyes is worth looking at, as is the film itself. It's taken me a wee while to get round to playing it but I enjoyed my wee spin this afternoon.

Cat's Eyes: Requiem For The Duke of Burgundy

Cat's Eyes - Duke of Burgundy - Opening CreditsTo be honest this sounds like it could be the soundtrack to a young girls wholesome adventures with her pet horse and sundry earthy rural types and that's no bad thing. Think White Horses or Follyfoot or Black Beauty all of which have properly awesome themes.

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