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For my WoW friends...
Jan. 5th, 2009 12:21By which I mean, my friends who play or participate in the game WoW, not my friends within the game since I don't actually, in point of fact, play it. A bit a poetry... (click for the full-size image)
Jan. 5th, 2009
For my WoW friends...
Jan. 5th, 2009 12:21By which I mean, my friends who play or participate in the game WoW, not my friends within the game since I don't actually, in point of fact, play it. A bit a poetry... (click for the full-size image)
Movie musings...
Jan. 5th, 2009 22:05I just finished The Bounty, the 1984 version with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. An absolutely beautiful movie totally gutted by the soundtrack. Whoever thought that putting a Vangelis score on historical drama would be a good idea? For Blade Runner it works. (I can't speak to Chariots of Fire, but that's next on the list.)
It got me to thinking. There are several movies in my collection that, were it not for their positively abysmal soundtracks, would be pretty good.
Star Wars (1977) was supposed to have a rock and roll soundtrack. 20th Century Fox wanted it, but Lucas refused. The orchestral soundtrack drowns out the writing, so that was a really good decision.
Dune. 1984, Soundtrack by Toto. Along with everything else that sucked about this movie - the cinematic adaptation leaves a lot to be desired, dontcha think? - it had to get stuck with an 80's pop band for the music. (According to the trivia, David Lynch considers Dune his only real failure, and completely disowns the television version. That's too bad. It's actually better.)
Ladyhawke. 1985. Beautiful bit of quasi-historical fiction. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, Leo McKern...Alan Parsons...? What the hell? They weren't even a real fucking band! A group of session musicians put together by a producer just to see if he could make a go of it. Here's an idea: dig the original reels out of storage, put an orchestral soundtrack on it, re-release it and see how it does. My guess, it'll do great.
Midway. 1977. This one isn't cursed by the music, but by the decision on the part of the director to overdub Toshiro Mifune's lines with American actor Paul Frees. In case you're wondering, Frees is the voice actor for Burgermeister Meisterburger on Santa Clause is Coming to Town, among other things.
Any favorites in your collection?
It got me to thinking. There are several movies in my collection that, were it not for their positively abysmal soundtracks, would be pretty good.
Star Wars (1977) was supposed to have a rock and roll soundtrack. 20th Century Fox wanted it, but Lucas refused. The orchestral soundtrack drowns out the writing, so that was a really good decision.
Dune. 1984, Soundtrack by Toto. Along with everything else that sucked about this movie - the cinematic adaptation leaves a lot to be desired, dontcha think? - it had to get stuck with an 80's pop band for the music. (According to the trivia, David Lynch considers Dune his only real failure, and completely disowns the television version. That's too bad. It's actually better.)
Ladyhawke. 1985. Beautiful bit of quasi-historical fiction. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, Leo McKern...Alan Parsons...? What the hell? They weren't even a real fucking band! A group of session musicians put together by a producer just to see if he could make a go of it. Here's an idea: dig the original reels out of storage, put an orchestral soundtrack on it, re-release it and see how it does. My guess, it'll do great.
Midway. 1977. This one isn't cursed by the music, but by the decision on the part of the director to overdub Toshiro Mifune's lines with American actor Paul Frees. In case you're wondering, Frees is the voice actor for Burgermeister Meisterburger on Santa Clause is Coming to Town, among other things.
Any favorites in your collection?
Movie musings...
Jan. 5th, 2009 22:05I just finished The Bounty, the 1984 version with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. An absolutely beautiful movie totally gutted by the soundtrack. Whoever thought that putting a Vangelis score on historical drama would be a good idea? For Blade Runner it works. (I can't speak to Chariots of Fire, but that's next on the list.)
It got me to thinking. There are several movies in my collection that, were it not for their positively abysmal soundtracks, would be pretty good.
Star Wars (1977) was supposed to have a rock and roll soundtrack. 20th Century Fox wanted it, but Lucas refused. The orchestral soundtrack drowns out the writing, so that was a really good decision.
Dune. 1984, Soundtrack by Toto. Along with everything else that sucked about this movie - the cinematic adaptation leaves a lot to be desired, dontcha think? - it had to get stuck with an 80's pop band for the music. (According to the trivia, David Lynch considers Dune his only real failure, and completely disowns the television version. That's too bad. It's actually better.)
Ladyhawke. 1985. Beautiful bit of quasi-historical fiction. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, Leo McKern...Alan Parsons...? What the hell? They weren't even a real fucking band! A group of session musicians put together by a producer just to see if he could make a go of it. Here's an idea: dig the original reels out of storage, put an orchestral soundtrack on it, re-release it and see how it does. My guess, it'll do great.
Midway. 1977. This one isn't cursed by the music, but by the decision on the part of the director to overdub Toshiro Mifune's lines with American actor Paul Frees. In case you're wondering, Frees is the voice actor for Burgermeister Meisterburger on Santa Clause is Coming to Town, among other things.
Any favorites in your collection?
It got me to thinking. There are several movies in my collection that, were it not for their positively abysmal soundtracks, would be pretty good.
Star Wars (1977) was supposed to have a rock and roll soundtrack. 20th Century Fox wanted it, but Lucas refused. The orchestral soundtrack drowns out the writing, so that was a really good decision.
Dune. 1984, Soundtrack by Toto. Along with everything else that sucked about this movie - the cinematic adaptation leaves a lot to be desired, dontcha think? - it had to get stuck with an 80's pop band for the music. (According to the trivia, David Lynch considers Dune his only real failure, and completely disowns the television version. That's too bad. It's actually better.)
Ladyhawke. 1985. Beautiful bit of quasi-historical fiction. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, Leo McKern...Alan Parsons...? What the hell? They weren't even a real fucking band! A group of session musicians put together by a producer just to see if he could make a go of it. Here's an idea: dig the original reels out of storage, put an orchestral soundtrack on it, re-release it and see how it does. My guess, it'll do great.
Midway. 1977. This one isn't cursed by the music, but by the decision on the part of the director to overdub Toshiro Mifune's lines with American actor Paul Frees. In case you're wondering, Frees is the voice actor for Burgermeister Meisterburger on Santa Clause is Coming to Town, among other things.
Any favorites in your collection?