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 also love this soundtrack pretty much in its entirety:
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Mon 24 Jan, 2011 04:00 pm
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.
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Mon 24 Jan, 2011 05:32 pm
@farmerman,
(smiling) Will now listen to Zevon's song. The Ashokan Farewell was indeed lovely and evocative.
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Mon 24 Jan, 2011 05:33 pm
@hingehead,
Oh my gosh! When I saw Donnie Darko, I fell in love with that song, HH. It's on my playlist now.
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Sat 29 Jan, 2011 03:07 am
I forgot about this - one of my favorite soundtracks ever - and especially this song:
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Sat 29 Jan, 2011 03:35 am
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:
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hingehead
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Sun 30 Jan, 2011 08:20 pm
In terms of movies that use existing music as a soundtrack...
Dogs In Space has always been a fave
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hingehead
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Sun 30 Jan, 2011 08:23 pm
In a similar self-destructive nihilist way, Repo Man rocks too!
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hingehead
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Sun 30 Jan, 2011 08:28 pm
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.
