The cartoony slide whistle always ruined the effect of this great stunt for us.
So we took it out and replaced it with cool Bond music!
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Showing posts with label score. Show all posts
Sunday, April 12, 2026
"MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN" Corkscrew Car Jump: NO Slide Whistle! (video)
The cartoony slide whistle always ruined the effect of this great stunt for us.
So we took it out and replaced it with cool Bond music!
Monday, February 23, 2026
Haunting Main Title Theme From "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" (Michel Legrand,1970) (video)
Timothy Dalton and Anna Caulder-Marshall play tragic lovers Heathcliff and Cathy...
...in this moody 1970 adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel.
The film's beautiful cinematography is complimented...
...by one of composer Michel Legrand's most haunting and evocative love themes.
And we've put together a montage of scenes from the film to go with it.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Elmer Bernstein's Early Sci-Fi/Horror Themes: "Robot Monster" and "Cat Women of the Moon" (1953) (video)
Before scoring such classics as THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE GREAT ESCAPE, and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN...
...legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein supplied the music for the notorious turkeys ROBOT MONSTER and CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON.
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
"STAR WARS" Death Star Finale With Countdown Music From "ALIENS" (video)
What if the Death Star attack finale in "Star Wars"...
...had the classic James Horner countdown music from "Aliens"?
This is what it might sound like.
The Star Wars no-music segment used in this video was created as a sound editing experiment by YouTube user If Blank Directed Blank.
Originally posted on 4/29/21
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Saturday, January 15, 2022
AVAILABLE NOW - Listen to the Carter Burwell Soundtrack from Joel Coen's "THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH"
"THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH"
SOUNDTRACK FROM THE APPLE ORIGINAL FILM
WITH MUSIC BY CARTER BURWELL
AVAILABLE NOW FROM MILAN RECORDS
AVAILABLE NOW IN SELECT THEATERS, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH PREMIERES GLOBALLY ON APPLE TV+ TODAY, JANUARY 14
NEW YORK, NY – Milan Records announces the release of THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE APPLE ORIGINAL FILM) by award-winning composer CARTER BURWELL. Available everywhere now, the album features music written by Burwell for the Apple Original Film based on the play by William Shakespeare, written for the screen and directed by Joel Coen. The film is the latest in a career-spanning partnership between Burwell and Coen, whose prolific partnership dates back to 1984 and has gone on to include almost every film from the four-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker including Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, True Grit and more.
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Speaking of his approach to the score, composer CARTER BURWELL says, “Among the ways one might play Macbeth musically are to let the witches run the show, or make Lady Macbeth a bully, or play Macbeth as a blood-thirsty madman. I did none of these in The Tragedy of Macbeth. The way Joel Coen adapted the play, and the way the actors played it, the Macbeths are human and supportive of each other. Loving even. And culpable. But the music also plays the film as a thriller. A murder sets a mechanism in motion that will unwind with greater pace and greater stakes until the end.”
The soundtrack finds Burwell weaving string-heavy instrumentation with onscreen dialogues performed throughout the film, with vocal contributions by Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and more featuring on nearly half of the album’s 13 tracks. Burwell’s orchestra of strings further showcase the melodic quality of the Shakespearean dialogue, of which the composer says:
“In any adaptation of Shakespeare, the language is the featured player, and Joel and I often discussed how much or little the music should play during the great monologues. We arrived at the maxim that, in these scenes, the dialogue was the melody and the score its accompaniment. With this in mind I tried to write around and below the words, placing much of the score in the lowest registers – cellos and basses – where it wouldn’t fight the speech. This also accentuates the darkness of a very dark story.”
The score’s ominous tone is punctuated by moments of solo violin Burwell describes as “taking flight out of the darkness.” Eerily alien and slightly off-kilter, these portions reflect a conscious decision by Burwell to find something “rough-hewn like a fiddle, but not a fiddle from any place we know.” Burwell enlisted award-winning violinist Tim Fain to help create a folk-style sound from unknown lands, crediting the musician for his ability to go “off the page” enough to give the compositions character and life. From Shakespearean speeches to simmering, otherworldly textures, Burwell’s score coalesces into a darkly foreboding and propulsive soundscape that ultimately captures the essence of the story as well as its nuances.
Starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, The Tragedy of Macbeth is available now in select theaters from A24 and premieres globally on Apple TV+ today, January 14.
ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s bold and fierce adaptation; a tale of murder, madness, ambition and wrathful cunning.
Apple Original Films presents an A24 and IAC Films production, The Tragedy of Macbeth, based on the play by William Shakespeare and written for the screen and directed by Joel Coen. The film stars Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling and Brendan Gleeson. The producers are Joel Coen, Frances McDormand and Robert Graf. The film features casting by Ellen Chenoweth, music by Carter Burwell, costumes by Mary Zophres, editing by Lucian Johnston and Reginald Jaynes, production design by Stefan Dechant and cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel.
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THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE APPLE ORIGINAL FILM)
TRACKLISTING –
2. My Black Desires
3. Come What Come May (feat. Denzel Washington)
4. Leave All the Rest to Me (feat. Denzel Washington & Frances McDormand)
5. Blood Will Have Blood
6. Is This a Dagger? (feat. Denzel Washington)
7. Something Wicked This Way Comes
8. Be Not Found Here
9. Out Damned Spot (feat. Frances McDormand, Nancy Daly & Jefferson Mays)
10. Birnam Wood
11. Come Seeling Night
12. Tomorrow and Tomorrow (feat. Denzel Washington)
13. The End of Macbeth
ABOUT CARTER BURWELL
Carter Burwell has composed the music for more than 90 feature films, including Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Rob Roy, Fargo, The Spanish Prisoner, Gods and Monsters, Velvet Goldmine, Three Kings, Being John Malkovich, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (BAFTA Nominee for Film Music), Before Night Falls, A Knight’s Tale, The Rookie, Adaptation., Intolerable Cruelty, No Country for Old Men, In Bruges, Burn After Reading, Twilight, Where the Wild Things Are (Golden Globe Nominee for Best Original Score), A Serious Man, The Blind Side, The Kids Are All Right, True Grit, Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 & 2, Mr. Holmes, Legend, Anomalisa, Hail, Caesar!, The Founder, Missing Link and The Good Liar.
For television, Burwell wrote the music for Apple’s drama series The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup and Steve Carell which had it first season premiere on November 1, 2019. The second season of The Morning Show premiered on September 17, 2021. Burwell also wrote the music for the first season of the comedy series Space Force starring Steve Carell which premiered on Netflix on May 29, 2020.
In 2017 Burwell wrote the music for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, written and directed by Martin McDonagh. Burwell received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his work for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and won the British Independent Film Award for Best Music on behalf of the film.
In 2015 Burwell wrote the music for the drama Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara directed by Todd Haynes. Burwell received his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score for Carol, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice Movie Award. Burwell won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Award for Best Music Score for Carol and Anomalisa.
Other recent films include Wonderstruck which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017 and was Burwell’s fourth collaboration with director Todd Haynes, and the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a six-part Western anthology film for Netflix which marked their 17th project together and premiered in November 2018. His original score for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was named to the 2019 Oscar shortlist.
Burwell also previously worked with Todd Haynes on Velvet Goldmine and HBO’s mini-series Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet for which Burwell was nominated for two Emmy Awards, winning in the category of Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score).
His most recent project is the upcoming The Tragedy of Macbeth directed and adapted by Joel Coen starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand which opened in select theatres on December 25, 2021 and will be available to stream on Apple TV+ on January 14, 2022.
His theater work includes the chamber opera The Celestial Alphabet Event and the Mabou Mines productions Mother and Lucia’s Chapters of Coming Forth by Day.
In 2005 he developed a concert work for text and music titled Theater of the New Ear, presented in New York, London and Los Angeles. The text, by Joel and Ethan Coen and Charlie Kaufman, was performed by a dozen actors including Meryl Streep, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hope Davis, Peter Dinklage, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The music was performed by the 8-member Parabola Ensemble, conducted by Mr. Burwell.
Burwell’s dance compositions include the pieces The Return of Lot's Wife, choreographed by Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, and RABL, choreographed by Patrice Regnier. He has performed around the world with his own ensembles as well as others, such as The Harmonic Choir.
His writing includes the essays "Music at Six: Scoring the News Then and Now," published in the inaugural issue of Esopus magazine in 2003 and reprinted in Harper's Magazine in 2004, “No Country For Old Music” in the 2013 Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics, and “How Nino Rota Saved Me from a Subterranean Freakout” in Arcana IX, 2021.
Burwell has taught and lectured at The Sundance Institute, New York University, Columbia University, and Harvard University.
His website is carterburwell.com.
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Beautiful Acoustic Guitar Theme For "RIO LOBO" (John Wayne, 1970) (video)
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Batman-Type Fight In "WAR OF THE PLANETS" (1966) (video)
In the 1966 Italian sci-fi thriller "War of the Planets"...
...the good-guy Earth people have a brawl against evil Mars invaders.
The result? A frantic fight that could be right out of the old "Batman" TV series!
Music by Nelson Riddle
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Sunday, May 16, 2021
Beautiful Theme Music For "Daytime Drinking" (2008) by Young-seok Noh (video)
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Beautiful End Credits Music For "VALLEY OF GWANGI" (1969) by Jerome Moross (video)
Jerome Moross was the genius behind such musical scores as "The Big Country", "The War Lord", and "Wagon Train."
One of his most rousing and robust scores was for the Ray Harryhausen dinosaur western "The Valley of Gwangi."
Here is the beautiful romantic theme he wrote for the the end cast credits, which sends the movie off on a high note.
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Monday, February 22, 2021
2 Beautiful Themes From Ryuichi Sakamoto's Score For "The Last Emperor" (1987) (video)
Although credited to three composers, including Talking Heads' David Byrne...
...arguably the best parts of the Oscar-winning score for "The Last Emperor"...
...were composed by Japanese music superstar Ryuichi Sakamoto.
His brilliant work is demonstrated by these two selections from the film...
...entitled "The First Coronation" and "Open The Door."
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Sunday, February 21, 2021
Beautiful Theme Music For "The Josephine Baker Story" (1991) By Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue's beautiful theme music for HBO Pictures' "The Josephine Baker Story" (1991) starring Lynn Whitfield.
This is an edit I made using the main titles theme and a second music cue used during a dance scene later in the film.
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Saturday, February 13, 2021
Beautiful Theme Music For "THE WAR LORD" (1965) By Jerome Moross (video)
Jerome Moross wrote some of the most beautiful film and television music of all time.
His works include "The Big Country", "The Valley of Gwangi", and the theme for "Wagon Train."
Here is a combined edit of his main and end title themes for "The War Lord" (1965).
It is accompanied by footage from the film's trailer.
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Sunday, January 31, 2021
Beautiful Main Title Theme For "Fair Wind To Java" (Victor Young, 1953) (video)
Victor Young composed the music for such films as SHANE, JOHNNY GUITAR, and THE QUIET MAN.
In all, he scored more than 300 films during his career, and his music continues to be used in films to this day.
This main title theme is one of Victor Young's most beautiful compositions.
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
The Simpsons: "Steamed Hams" w/ Music From "The Fly" By Howard Shore (video)
The "Steamed Hams" scene from "The Simpsons" has been done to death...
...and then done to death some more. And some more. And yet some more. And then, even still some more.
Which makes it just the perfect thing for us to do just once more for old times' sake.
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Monday, June 22, 2020
"CAT PEOPLE" (1983) Leopard Tree Dream Sequence With Alternate Album Track (video)
Giorgio Moroder's soundtrack album for 1983's "Cat People"...
...contains some music that is considerably different from that in the film.
A notable example is the music for the memorable "Leopard Tree Dream" sequence.
Here is the scene from the movie, accompanied by the music from the album.
Music by Giorgio Moroder
Starring
Nastassia Kinski
Malcolm McDowell
Directed by
Paul Schrader
Written by
DeWitt Bodeen, Alan Ormsby, Paul Schrader
Video by Porfle Popnecker
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Monday, May 25, 2020
Main Title Theme To "The Last Rebel" (1971) By Jon Lord & Tony Ashton (video)
Jon Lord of Deep Purple and Tony Ashton of Ashton, Gardner, & Dyke (who performed the music)...
...teamed up to compose the unusual soundtrack for this Civil War-themed spaghetti western...
...starring football legend Joe Namath along with Woody Strode and Jack Elam.
I remember taping this theme music on my little tape recorder when it was shown on "The CBS Late Movie" back in the early 70s.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Ending And Closing Theme Music For "DAYS OF HEAVEN" (Ennio Morricone, 1978) (video)
Linda Manz gives a moving performance in Terrence Malick's 1978 classic "Days Of Heaven."
The film also stars Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, and Sam Shepard.
The love triangle among the adult characters ends tragically...
...leaving Linda alone to fend for herself in a harsh and lonely world.
Music by Ennio Morricone
"Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium"
by Camille Saint-Saëns
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Haunting Love Theme From "LE SAUVAGE" (Michel Legrand, 1975) (video)
I caught this movie on primitive HBO one day way back in 1979.
A particular musical theme in Michel Legrand's score was so beautiful...
...that in all the decades since, I never forgot it.
I've edited the best parts of it together for this montage.
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Saturday, March 28, 2020
The Beautiful End Credits Theme For "NORTH DALLAS FORTY" (John Scott, 1979) (video)
This classic football movie starring Nick Nolte...
...features a smooth jazzy score by John Scott...
...which builds to a memorable end credits theme.
It perfectly compliments what is certainly one of the finest sports films ever made.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Bong Joon Ho's Oscar Nominated "PARASITE" To Be Screened At The Theater At Ace Hotel With Live Film Score Performance
BONG JOON HO’S ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED FILM, PARASITE, WILL BE SCREENED AT THE THEATER AT THE ACE HOTEL ALONGSIDE A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE FILM’S SCORE
PARASITE’S COMPOSER, JUNG JAEIL WILL CONDUCT THE HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Los Angeles, January 21, 2020 – NEON is proud to present Bong Joon Ho’s six-time Oscar nominated film, PARASITE, to audiences in a one of a kind experience on Sunday, January 26th at The Theater at the Ace Hotel.
PARASITE’s composer, Jung Jaeil will conduct the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra as they play the film’s score alongside a screening of the film. Bong Joon Ho will introduce the film, which most recently earned a historic win at the SAG awards, becoming the first foreign language film to ever collect the Ensemble honor.
Bong Joon Ho’s PARASITE has been breaking records since it launched in May, most notably earning six Oscar nominations, three Golden Globe nominations and one win, and winning SAG Ensemble this past Sunday. The film also won the ACE Editing Award in addition to being nominated for PGA, WGA and DGA.
PARASITE recently expanded to over 800 theaters bringing in an additional 2.2mm, bringing its US cumulative box office to over 28mm.
Information about the Live Score Event and for ticketing information, please visit: https://www.axs.com/events/390840/parasite-live-to-picture-event-tickets
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