FM mentioned Ashokan Farewell too - tied with the reading of the Sullivan Balloo letter from the Civil War Soundtrack is amazing - I get shivers just thinking about it. Freaky.
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Mon 24 Jan, 2011 03:47 pm
If the Donnie Darko only had the Gary Jules version of Mad World on it would still be worthing buying.... Best. Cover. Ever?
we chose it for the music at my husband's funeral service.
Its a brilliant yet simple piece of music.. I told my wife to consider two pieces of music for me (should I go first). either the Ashokan Farewell or Warren Zevons "Keep me in your heart for a while". Both bring tears to my eyes.
I love Danny Elfmann's Edward Scissorhands soundtrack - worked with the movie beautifully - it's just a pity every soundtrack he's done since sounds the same.
Also love the soundtrack to Dangerous Minds - Coolio did the most famous song off that one - Gangster's Paradise - sampled off Stevie Wonder.
I like the whole soundtrack really - but am especially glad to have discovered Rappin' 4Tay (get it - Forte) and Aaron Hall - who'd I'd never have heard of otherwise. Good thing about this one is that my kids like it too - so they don't make me turn it off or change it in the car - we can ALL enjoy it together- and it has a good message:
An a fitting last place to a trilogy of counterculture films is the Liquid Sky soundtrack, possibly the first done on the Fairlight CMI, worked perfectly with a movie made by Russian emigres about New York's underground being visited by a malevolent alien - truly other worldly music. Still.
