Your Favorite Movie Themes/Music

[HadleyH]

Too many ...mainly late 20s early 30s... like this Bing Crosby song, that i havent been able to find the long version on CD anywhere by the way


From the 1931 United Artists release "Reaching For the Moon" i own that video and quite like it!
[video=youtube;iwyo0psO2lM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwyo0psO2lM[/video]

 

[The Good]

Technically a T.V. show, but there was a movie made and the music is all as good as this opening:

[video=youtube;T6zDfxZ4NcE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE[/video]

Thanks for bringing it up! I'm a big fan of the Cowboy Bebop series, and the music is excellent. I listen to it with regularity, and Tank is among my favorite tracks. For me this was the most memorable anime opening, and in my opinion, only rivaled by this which is also great:

[video=youtube;rm99tmzmXkk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm99tmzmXkk[/video]

Lupin the Third (based in part off of the original Arsene Lupin stories of Maurice LeBlanc). It's the series that inspired Cowboy Bebop too. This intro can be a bit campy, granted, but I like the music, and it's a good series. It's kind of unheard of in the United States, except among those that actually caught it's late night/early morning airings off of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.


P.S. Sorry I had to bring up another TV/animated theme.

 

[martinsantos]

This is great!


Tha

Too many ...mainly late 20s early 30s... like this Bing Crosby song, that i havent been able to find the long version on CD anywhere by the way


From the 1931 United Artists release "Reaching For the Moon" i own that video and quite like it!
[video=youtube;iwyo0psO2lM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwyo0psO2lM[/video]

 

[HadleyH]

This is great!

Isn't it fantastic? One of my favorites from Bing, pity he never recorded a proper long version ... oh well, i am thankful there is this, short as it is, that we all can enjoy!

 

[Lincsong]

Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three....

[video=youtube;BaUnwmJoy4s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaUnwmJoy4s&feature=related[/video]

 

[Lincsong]

From The Joker is Wild (1957)

[video=youtube;w2Tef3IEWCM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Tef3IEWCM[/video]

 

[Lincsong]

While as a whole, I can not stand Rock & Roll songs as opining themes, I will make an exception for American Graffiti! I still can't to this day, get into a Hot Rod or 55 Chevy, without thinking of Booker T and The MGs, Green Onions! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJJ4JyeAIoE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXFMnfQVINM&feature=related

I was driving through the California Delta this week and this song came on the radio.

 

[DanielJones]

There are a load of great composers out there today and ones from the past. I can't really pinpoint one particular theme music from a particular film. I think the compositions that I enjoy the most and remember in my thoughts long after the film is over are the ones that can extract exact emotions out of me durring a particular scene in the film or even a television show for that matter.
For instance, I just got done watching the Doctor Who episode, "The girl in the Fireplace". The music at the end really drew out the sadness of the scene and made you feel the loneliness of The Doctor. I think that without the music you just wouldn't feel it as much.
So, for me, it is the compositions created by brilliant composers that know how to draw emotions out of you upon command. Those are my favorite bits of theme music in films and shows. Even films like Meet the Robinsons had a composition to it that drew out emotions that one didn't even know were there. That is the power of music tied to the soul.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[St.Ignatz]

"The Third Man". Nothing else comes close for me. Perfect harmony music/movie.
Tom D.

 

[Lincsong]

Dedicated to all the lovely ladies of the Lounge...

[video=youtube;ykpbKOnN93w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykpbKOnN93w[/video]

 

[DigThatBeat]

[video=youtube;HCtcgI4BcIQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCtcgI4BcIQ[/video]

 

[Lincsong]

Touch of Evil Opening Scene

[video=youtube;Yg8MqjoFvy4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4[/video]

 

[martinsantos]

This take is just beautiful!

And a great film. Saw last year, loved it.

[video=youtube;Yg8MqjoFvy4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4[/video]

 

[Lincsong]

[video=youtube;XGuaoiI1bSc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGuaoiI1bSc&feature=related[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Mad Max

[video=youtube;2lqFQNCiJVQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqFQNCiJVQ[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The Stunt Man

[video=youtube;vwkMsPZO0ZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkMsPZO0ZE[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

City Lights

[video=youtube;rp3AM6CLha0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp3AM6CLha0[/video]

 

[Worf]

"Conquest" or Theme from the "Captain From Castille". Politics aside a magnificent film.

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

"Superfly" - Forget "Shaft" - This is THE themsong from the 70's! That drum lick in the intro..... classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g

Worf

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

U-96
from Das Boot

[video=youtube;jSxBLRs7c-c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSxBLRs7c-c[/video]

 

[Dixon Cannon]

The theme to 'Reilly: Ace Of Spies' (Shostakovitch - The Gadfly) ≈ [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8T2wHiQ5DQ[/video]

-dixon cannon