Showing posts with label film score. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film score. Show all posts

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Angelo Badalamenti


Angelo Badalamenti recorded the scores for several of David Lynch's films.
"Twin Peaks Theme", as it appears in the opening segment of the pilot episode of David Lynch's Twin Peaks:

"Fred's World" from the Lost Highway soundtrack (1997):

"Mysteries of Love" as it appears in Blue Velvet (1987):

Monday, March 28, 2011

Vangelis


Vangelis is a greek synthesizer god. In 1982, through a series of improvisational recordings, he wrote the score for the movie Blade Runner. It is one of the most celebrated pieces of synthesized music, known for its lucidity, virtuosity, and stirring beauty.
"Blade Runner Blues":

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Nico


after Chelsea Girl, Nico recorded three more albums with John Cale, consisting mostly of original compositions written and perfomed by Nico on her harmonium with Cale providing the backing instrumentation.
"My Only Child" and "All That Is My Own" from Desertshore (1970) as they appear in Philippe Garrel's film, La cicatrice interieure:

"König" didn't make it onto Desertshore but was also in the film:

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Piero Piccioni


both from the film soundtrack to the Italian thriller Colpo Rovente:
"Red Hot" (1969)

"Colpo Rovente" (1969)

Friday, October 15, 2010

Alessandro Alessandroni

Italian-born composer and multi-instrumentalist, Alessandroni primarily composed for film and did many collaborations with Ennio Morricone throughout the 60's and 70's.


Monday, September 13, 2010

Ennio Morricone


italian composer for lots of movies in the 60's and 70's. "Deep Down" was recorded for the film "Danger: Diabolik" in 1968:

Saturday, September 4, 2010

MORODER


Giorgio Moroder, the man that put music to top gun, flashdance, american gigolo, the neverending story, and scarface, the man who introduced donna summer to the world, the man who is essentially responsible for setting the world aflame with disco, leaving only the charred remnants of our innocence in its wake. for those of you with no clue what i'm talking about:

it all began with this [obviously fan made video] in 1977 :

...and then in 1984, after conquering disco, he set his sights on the world of pop and all of the impressionable adolescents out there just waiting for the next chart-melting hit. here Phil Oakey (the human league) offers his talent as a sacrifice to the electro god-man Moroder:

moroder didn't stop there. that very same year he planted his demented genius in the minds of children everywhere:

we may never get our lives back from this man.