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The Mind's Eye series consists of several art films rendered using computer-generated imagery of varying levels of sophistication, with original music scored note-to-frame. The series was conceived by Steven Churchill of Odyssey Productions in 1990. It was produced, directed, conceptualized and edited by Jan Nickman of Miramar Productions and produced by Churchill.
The Gate to the Mind's Eye was released on June 30, 1994, featured music by Thomas Dolby and also continued the trend of vocal tracks, with five of its nine segments including vocals: "Armageddon", a sequence depicting massive devastation; "Neo", an astronomy-themed song; "Valley of the Mind's Eye", a song about the progress of human technology; "Nuvogue", the first jazz track in the series; and "Quantum Mechanic", starring guest vocalist Dr. Fiorella Terenzi.
Tracklist 1 Armageddon 2 Planet Of Lost Souls 3 Big Bang Backwards 4 N.E.O. The Ascent Of Man, Parts I-VI 5a Iceflow 5b Harpmonic 5c The Power Of Dreams 5d The Ancients 5e Cluny 5f Mosaic 6 Valley Of The Mind's Eye 7 Nuvogue 8 Quantum Mechanic 9 Moonbase
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. Glass describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically.
Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written numerous operas and musical theatre works, twelve symphonies, eleven concertos, eight string quartets and various other chamber music and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.
The Qatsi trilogy is the informal name given to a series of non-narrative films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass:
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1982) Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation (1988) Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (2002)
The titles of all three motion pictures are words from the Hopi language, in which the word qatsi translates to "life". The series was produced by the Institute For Regional Education, who also created the Fund For Change.
Tracklist: 1-01 –John Lunn Hoof 1-02 –Ocean Colour Scene July (Single Version) 1-03 –Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm Prancing 1-04 –The Gliders Snakes And Ladders 1-05 –Barry Adamson The Big Bamboozle 1-06 –Tom Browne Funkin' For Jamaica 1-07 –The Skatalites Confucius 1-08 –Jimmy McCracklin The Walk 1-09 –Julie London Sway 1-10 –The Saints This Perfect Day 1-11 –Suede Shades These Boots Are Made For Walking 1-12 –Blondie Rapture 1-13 –Fun Lovin' Criminals The Fun Lovin' Criminal 1-14 –The Paramounts Pride And Joy 1-15 –The Ruts Babylon's Burning 1-16 –Dr. Feelgood No Mo Do Yakomo 1-17 –Link Wray The Wild One 1-18 –Ian Dury & The Blockheads What A Waste 1-19 –John Lunn Three Feet 1-20 –JTQ Outta Sight 1-21 –Juno Reactor Hule Lam 1-22 –Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown 1-23 –Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Red Right Hand
2-01 –Stereo MC's Fever (Steve Hillage Remix) 2-02 –Isaac Hayes Southern Breeze 2-03 –D*Note Iniquity Worker 2-04 –Barry White Love's Theme 2-05 –Talvin Singh Traveller (Kid Loco's Once Upon A Time In The East Mix) 2-06 –John Lunn Chorizo 2-07 –Barry Adamson What It Means 2-08 –Supergrass Caught By The Fuzz 2-09 –Plas Johnson Tanya 2-10 –Lou Donaldson Funky Mama 2-11 –Bob & Earl Harlem Shuffle 2-12 –Phil Upchurch Combo You Can't Sit Down (Pts 1 & 2) 2-13 –Well Red Jungle Life 2-14 –Feeder Insomnia 2-15 –Pink Fairies Do It 2-16 –Ike & Tina Turner Doin' It 2-17 –George McRae Rock Your Baby 2-18 –Shara Nelson I Fell 2-19 –Quivver She Does (Manfat 4's Remix)
Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch have created a modern masterpiece and a more than worthy successor to the classic original.
The fact that the shadow of Vangelis' legendary, groundbreaking score hangs over this soundtrack should mean certain retirement for anyone attempting to replicate the original's achievement and yet, against the odds, Zimmer and Wallfisch actually manage it. And then some. The boys dusted off the Yamaha CS-80 and by returning to the past they've created a stunning new audio landscape of the future.
The electronic soundscapes of 2049 glide and soar majestically with all the epic scale and beauty of the original Blade Runner but this time there's an industrial edge. This Blade Runner has teeth. Throughout the score there is a ferocious energy surging up in the music matched only by the moments when it becomes almost overwhelmingly beautiful.
Unlike the soundtracks for the original 1982 Blade Runner, this OST for the 2017 sequel actually contains the music from the film. So Hans and Ben are one up on Vangelis already. None of the tracks have annoying dialogue excerpts or sound effects over them either. That's two up.
The composers could have paid the ultimate tribute to Vangelis and left the opening title music for 2049 off the album. But no, it's there in all its glory. That's 3 - 0!
Tracklist: –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch 2049 3:37 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Sapper's Tree 1:36 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Flight To LAPD 1:47 –Frank Sinatra Summer Wind 2:54 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Rain 2:26 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Wallace 5:23 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Memory 2:32 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Mesa 3:10 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Orphanage 1:13 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Furnace 3:41 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Someone Lived This 3:13 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Joi 3:51 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Pilot 2:17 –Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds 4:22 –Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires Can't Help Falling In Love 3:02 –Frank Sinatra One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 4:24 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Hijack 5:32 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch That's Why We Believe 3:36 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Her Eyes Were Green 6:17 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Sea Wall 9:53 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch All The Best Memories Are Hers 3:22 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Tears In The Rain 2:10 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Blade Runner 10:05 –Lauren Daigle Almost Human 3:22
Samsara is a 2001 independent film directed and co-written by Pan Nalin. An international co-production of India, Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland, the film tells the story of a Buddhist monk's quest to find Enlightenment. It stars Shawn Ku as the monk Tashi, and Christy Chung as Pema.
Cyril Morin is a multi-faceted artist. Variety hails him as "a successful film composer, producer and musician...." He has scored over 80 soundtracks and done orchestration for other artists.
His score for the critically acclaimed "Samsara" (directed by Pan Nalin with Christy Chung), won honors at AFI and fests in Santa Barbara and Melbourne. The soundtrack continues to sell internationally, garnering many dedicated fans, and has made Morin something of a cult composer.
Sorcerer (1977) was the first soundtrack album by the German band Tangerine Dream. It reached No.25 on the UK Albums Chart in a 7-week run, to become Tangerine Dream's third highest-charting album in the UK.
Sorcerer, the movie, is a 1977 American thriller directed and produced by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. The second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur, it has been widely considered a remake of the 1953 film The Wages of Fear, although Friedkin disagreed with this assessment. The plot depicts four outcasts from varied backgrounds meeting in a South American village, where they are assigned to transport cargoes of aged, poorly kept dynamite that is so unstable that it is 'sweating' its dangerous basic ingredient, nitroglycerin.
Sorcerer marked the first Hollywood film score for the German krautrock and electronic band Tangerine Dream. William Friedkin, during his visit in Germany, attended their concert in a derelict church in the Black Forest. The band seemed to him "on the cutting edge of the electronic synthesizer sound" that soon would become a staple in mainstream culture. He assessed their music as a mixture of classical music played on synthesizers and "the new pop sound", and described the experience as "mesmerizing".
The Proposition soundtrack was recorded by Nick Cave in collaboration with Warren Ellis, and was produced for the film The Proposition, released in October 2005. At the 2005 AFI Awards it won Best Original Music Score for Cave and Ellis.
The album is instrumentally focused, and is a departure from Cave's band-oriented compositions. All tracks are directly reproduced from the musical interludes in the film, and feature little alteration from the film score. Many songs on the album are slow-tempo and ballad-like, and the violin work of Warren Ellis becomes the central voice of the album for much of the time. Cave's unusual vocal performances on the "Rider" trilogy of songs brings a particularly haunting and uneasy tone to the album.
Mark Isham's muted trumpet provides a first rate soundtrack for this compelling film. The music is atmospheric and truly haunting. It has a calming, nostalgic sound to it and brings a sense of longing for simple, yet emotionally fulfilling times. It reminds us that nothing worth having is gained without some kind of loss.
Another great score from Yann Tiersen, and, unlike Amelie, this is entirely new music composed just for the film. Tiersen sounds even more like Michael Nyman here, and, like Nyman, he shows the best that minimalism has to offer film scoring.
The music gently massages each scene, conveying the emotions at the core without bothering to hit every action onscreen like cartoon mickey-mousing. Instead, the music finds something deeper and mines it deftly and beautifully.
More sombre and subdued than his usual work, Yann Tiersen's score makes the perfect audio counterpart for the film's bittersweet but often funny story, which revolves around a family living in Communist Germany and is told from the viewpoint of the son, Alex. Most of the score is dominated by thoughtful, rippling piano that conjures up rainy days, as well as strings, woodwinds and brass that add to the airs of urgency and madcap humor that dominate the film and its music.
Tiersen's subtle but significantly shifting compositions are almost always quite moving, and Good Bye Lenin! is no exception. This is one of those rare scores that is just as affecting and cohesive outside of the movie theater as it is inside of it.
Various – The Human Stain (Motion Picture Soundtrack: Coleman's Collection) Label: Lakeshore Records – LKS 33784 Country: US Released: 2003 Genre: Jazz, Classical, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack
Tracklist 1 –Jess Stacy Honeysuckle Rose 2 –Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball 3 –Tommy Dorsey Sleepy Lagoon 4 –Fred Astaire Cheek To Cheek 5 –The Oscar Peterson Trio I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 6 –Marian McPartland Day Dream 7 –Ken Peplowski Cry Me A River 8 –Teddy Wilson Embraceable You 9 –Johnny Hodges & Orchestra* Day Dream 10 –Gunter Weiss* And The Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet* Schubert String Quintet In C, Opus 163 D956
In the mid to late '70s, director Francis Ford Coppola put his career on the line to complete Apocalypse Now, his quixotic attempt to variously document, deconstruct, and mythologize America's military involvement in Vietnam. The end result was a troubling masterpiece and technical tour de force whose use of sound and music influenced films for decades. As originally released, the soundtrack album was equally groundbreaking: an intriguing, dreamlike collage of dialogue, sound effects, and music that both evoked the film's artistic sensibility and underscored the innovative, Academy Award®-winning efforts of sound designer Walter Murch.
Two decades later, Coppola revisited the project, adding nearly an hour of previously unseen footage and revamping its soundtrack release as well. But while the film may have taken on fresh new dimensions, the new soundtrack album seems stripped of virtually all of Murch's key contributions. What remains is primarily music--and a telling argument for the notion that the whole is considerably more than the sum of its parts. Inspired by synthesist Isao Tomita's '70s classical adaptations, Coppola hired father Carmine to write an orchestra score, and then set about synthesizing it. The Doors' "The End" remains an iconic touchstone, but removed from the context of the film (and its original album release), much of the Coppola music all too clearly reveals its inspirations (Tomita, Holst, Wagner, Stravinsky) and the technical limitations of the relatively primitive synth technology involved (mirrored in a pair of newly recorded tracks as well). --Jerry McCulley (Amazon review)
For the second of 1997's dueling Buddhist epics (the other being Seven Days in Tibet, scored by John Williams), director Martin Scorsese made a wise--if commercially challenging--choice in tapping noted minimalist composer Philip Glass to score Kundun. Glass is the perfect choice here; his own Buddhist beliefs play a key role in meshing image and music. Glass's familiar compositional techniques are wedded on Kundun to a sensitive use of ethnic instruments and the voices of the Gyuto Monks, adding an aura of spiritual power missing from most Hollywood fare.
Eighteen tracks traverse a wide stylistic field, accumulating a symphonic sweep.... Glass is no stranger to Tibetan culture: portentous, processional, but never pompous, he proves himself an ideal choice for this work.
Rolfe Kent provides an outstanding score for this James Mangold(director/screenwriter) story from Steve Rogers(original story/screenwriter).
With shades of Henry Mancini, various cues take a fun, quirky and comedy with sprinkles of romance, like "Charade" or "Man's Favorite Sport", much like Mancini, Rolfe lends a flavor of JAZZ, WALTZES and even MARCHES, that seems to fit and work...just give a listen to "YOU DID SO GREAT"(Kate's Theme), like something out of another Mancini film "The Great Race". What Rolfe has done for this picture is to give it texture and fabric that pulls off many scenes. So "film-score-buff" collectors, if it's good listening...you've come to the right place for comedy, light and whimsical music...as Henry Mancini lives through Rolfe Kent.
Tracklist 1 –Rolfe Kent A Clock In New York 1:25 2 –Rolfe Kent I Want Him Resplendent 1:25 3 –Rolfe Kent Leopold Chases Stuart To Brooklyn 1:54 4 –Rolfe Kent That Was Your Best? 1:17 5 –Rolfe Kent Let's Go! 3:03 6 –Rolfe Kent Leopold Sees The Completed Bridge 0:48 7 –Rolfe Kent "You Did So Great" (Kate's Theme) 1:18 8 –Rolfe Kent Galloping 1:21 9 –Rolfe Kent "Dearest Kate..." 2:13 10 –Rolfe Kent Prolixin / Leopold & Charlie Buy Flowers 2:20 11 –Rolfe Kent Charlie Wins Patrice, Leopold Wins Kate 3:41 12 –Rolfe Kent Secret Drawer 2:00 13 –Rolfe Kent Time For Bed 2:14 14 –Rolfe Kent Charlie Realizes Leopold Was For Real - 1876 1:31 15 –Rolfe Kent Kate Goes To The Awards 2:24 16 –Rolfe Kent Kate Sees The Pictures - "I Have To Go" 2:53 17 –Rolfe Kent "You Have To Cross The Girder" 1:51 18 –Rolfe Kent Back In 1876 - Waltz 2:11 19 –Jula Bell Back Where I Belong 2:49 20 –Sting Until... 3:08
With DUKE ELLINGTON and Billy Strayhorn at the helm, there is no question that the soundtrack to one of the most controversial Hollywood films of its time will take the listener's breath away.
Released in 1959, the film, Anatomy Of A Murder, was banned in various American cities because of its language and sexual and violent references. But the soundtrack to the film stood out at the very beginning, being one of the best jazz compositions out of all: it lures deep, seductive and eloquent, like the scent of a femme fatale.
Mark Isham – Crash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Genre: Electronic, Stage & Screen Style: Ambient, Modern Classical, Score Release Date: 7 Jun 2005
Tracklist –Mark Isham Crash 3:21 –Mark Isham Go Forth My Son 0:57 –Mark Isham Hands In Plain Sight 3:48 –Mark Isham ... Safe Now 1:04 –Mark Isham No Such Things As Monsters 3:59 –Mark Isham Find My Baby 4:24 –Mark Isham Negligence 2:56 –Mark Isham Flames 7:59 –Mark Isham Siren 4:41 –Mark Isham A Really Good Cloak 3:29 –Mark Isham A Harsh Warning 2:51 –Mark Isham Saint Christopher 1:56 –Mark Isham Sense Of Touch 6:44 –Bird York In The Deep 5:56 –Stereophonics Maybe Tomorrow 4:34
Tracklist 1 –Stomu Yamash'ta Poker Dice 2 –Louis Armstrong Blueberry Hill 3 –John Phillips Jazz II 4 –Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Venus: The Bringer of Peace 5 –John Phillips Boys From The South 6 –Stomu Yamash'ta 33 1/3 7 –John Phillips Rhumba Boogie 8 –Kingston Trio Try To Remember 9 –Stomu Yamash'ta Mandala 10 –John Phillips America 11 –Stomu Yamash'ta Wind Words 12 –John Phillips Jazz 13 –Stomu Yamash'ta One Way 14 –John Phillips Space Capsule 15 –John Phillips Bluegrass Breakdown 16 –John Phillips Desert Shack 17 –Stomu Yamash'ta Memory of Hiroshima 18 –John Phillips Window 19 –John Phillips Alberto 20 –Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Mars: The Bringer of War 21 –John Phillips Liar, Liar 22 –John Phillips Hello, Marry Lou 23 –Robert Farnon Silent Night 24 –Genevieve Waite Love Is Coming Back 25 –John Phillips The Man Who Fell To Earth
Quadrophenia is the soundtrack album to the 1979 film Quadrophenia which refers to the 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia. It was initially released on Polydor Records in 1979 as a cassette and LP and was re-released as a compact disc in 1993 and 2001. The album was dedicated to Peter Meaden, a prominent Mod and first manager of The Who, who had died a year prior to the album's release.
The album contains ten of the seventeen tracks from the original rock opera Quadrophenia. These are different mixes than those that appear on the 1973 album as they were remixed in 1979 by John Entwistle. The most notable difference is the track "The Real Me" (used for the title sequence of the film) which features a different bass track, more prominent vocals and a more definite ending, which was part of the original recording but faded out on the previous mix. Most of the tracks are also edited to be slightly shorter.
The soundtrack also includes three tracks by The Who that did not appear on the 1973 album – "Four Faces", "Get Out and Stay Out" and "Joker James". The latter two songs marked Kenney Jones's first on-record appearance with The Who after taking over on drums for the late Keith Moon. "Four Faces" was only one of two outtakes recorded during the original 1973 sessions but unused at the time - The other being "We Close Tonight", which eventually was released on the remastered version of Odds & Sods.
1 –The Who I Am The Sea 2:03 2 –The Who The Real Me 3:28 3 –The Who I'm One 2:40 4 –The Who 5:15 4:50 5 –The Who Love Reign O'er Me 5:11 6 –The Who Bellboy 4:35 7 –The Who I've Had Enough 6:11 8 –The Who Helpless Dancer 0:22 9 –The Who Doctor Jimmy 7:31 10 –The High Numbers Zoot Suit 2:00 11 –Cross Section Hi Heel Sneakers 2:46 12 –The Who Get Out And Stay Out 2:36 13 –The Who Four Faces 3:20 14 –The Who Joker James 3:13 15 –The Who The Punk And The Godfather 3:21 16 –James Brown Night Train 3:38 17 –The Kingsmen Louie Louie 2:41 18 –Booker T & The MG'S Green Onions 2:46 19 –The Cascades Rhythm Of The Rain 2:28 20 –The Chiffons He's So Fine 1:52 21 –The Ronettes Be My Baby 2:30 22 –The Crystals Da Doo Ron Ron 2:09 23 –The High Numbers I'm The Face 2:28
