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When you think about memorable film music, you often may think of films that come in threes.
The first of which would come into most minds, would be that of Star Wars. Certainly, John Williams does have a certain style to the way he composes music, and perhaps some of his music does all sound very much the same, but you can't deny that the Star Wars soundtrack has to be one of the greatest film scores ever written.
The use of the music in the film is quite astounding too... you don't need to be told that Darth Vader is a bad guy, and Luke Skywalker is a good guy... the music does it for you. It's used quite powerfully at times too, such as the final scenes of Return of the Jedi, or the twin suns scene at the start of A New Hope.
The second trilogy I can think of with great music, is the Indiana Jones trilogy. John Williams, once again.
The themes of this film are so well known now, it's amazing. Once again, John uses music to stir up emotions during the films... in Raiders of the Lost Ark, in the desert chase scene, the music is used quite powerfully to portrey a number of different feelings. When Indy finally gets control of the truck, you get this wonderful feeling from the music... which is what makes it such an enjoyable series of films.
I don't think, however, than John really did a good job of the music in the second film, the Temple of Doom... it was supposed to be a dark, mysterious theme... but really didn't convey the emotions that it was supposed to. It certainly wasn't powerful enough.
But, without a doubt, my favourite trilogy music has to be that of the Sergio Leone, the spaghetti western trilogy...
For those of you unfamilar with it, it's also refered to as the dollars trilogy, with Clint Eastwood staring as the "man with no name"... or at least, no last name. Although they were made in the order: "Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly", The last film, TG,TB,ATU, is actually a prequel to "Fistful of Dollars".
Anyway, the use of music in the films is great. Ennio Morricone actually writes the music for certain scenes better than the actual theme music. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly theme tune is quite simple, compared to the "Ecstacy of Gold" theme, or "The Trio", both used in the same film. The "Ecstacy of Gold" is used, as a maddening cowboy runs desperatly around a graveyard, looking for a grave which holds a hell of a lot of gold. The scene without the music would seem dull and boring... but the tenseness created by the running music, added to the imagary, makes the scene very watchable. The last scene, the showdown, features "The Trio". A very powerful piece of music, which, again, added to the beautifully filmed imagary of three men, all facing their deaths... the unique use of the paranoia shown in the men's eyes is also excellent... and even though you already know what the ending is going to be, it still entraps you in a kind of tense world, envolved in the music and style of three men facing their doom.
The second, or last film, depends which way you look at it, "For A Few Dollars More", features a small musical pocket watch. This simple tune is used by Morricone to symbolise death... as when the tune finishes, one person must die. When used for the more powerful scenes, such as the church, or the final duel, the backing to the simple tune is utterly amazing. A church organ is used at one point... and although it could almost be too much, it just manages to stay within it's bounds, and never makes the scene more powerful than it should.
Ok then. Now your turn. What other trilogies have had great music... or just films on their own? I'm a great fan of film music, and it would be interesting to hear everyones views on it.
The first of which would come into most minds, would be that of Star Wars. Certainly, John Williams does have a certain style to the way he composes music, and perhaps some of his music does all sound very much the same, but you can't deny that the Star Wars soundtrack has to be one of the greatest film scores ever written.
The use of the music in the film is quite astounding too... you don't need to be told that Darth Vader is a bad guy, and Luke Skywalker is a good guy... the music does it for you. It's used quite powerfully at times too, such as the final scenes of Return of the Jedi, or the twin suns scene at the start of A New Hope.
The second trilogy I can think of with great music, is the Indiana Jones trilogy. John Williams, once again.
The themes of this film are so well known now, it's amazing. Once again, John uses music to stir up emotions during the films... in Raiders of the Lost Ark, in the desert chase scene, the music is used quite powerfully to portrey a number of different feelings. When Indy finally gets control of the truck, you get this wonderful feeling from the music... which is what makes it such an enjoyable series of films.
I don't think, however, than John really did a good job of the music in the second film, the Temple of Doom... it was supposed to be a dark, mysterious theme... but really didn't convey the emotions that it was supposed to. It certainly wasn't powerful enough.
But, without a doubt, my favourite trilogy music has to be that of the Sergio Leone, the spaghetti western trilogy...
For those of you unfamilar with it, it's also refered to as the dollars trilogy, with Clint Eastwood staring as the "man with no name"... or at least, no last name. Although they were made in the order: "Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly", The last film, TG,TB,ATU, is actually a prequel to "Fistful of Dollars".
Anyway, the use of music in the films is great. Ennio Morricone actually writes the music for certain scenes better than the actual theme music. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly theme tune is quite simple, compared to the "Ecstacy of Gold" theme, or "The Trio", both used in the same film. The "Ecstacy of Gold" is used, as a maddening cowboy runs desperatly around a graveyard, looking for a grave which holds a hell of a lot of gold. The scene without the music would seem dull and boring... but the tenseness created by the running music, added to the imagary, makes the scene very watchable. The last scene, the showdown, features "The Trio". A very powerful piece of music, which, again, added to the beautifully filmed imagary of three men, all facing their deaths... the unique use of the paranoia shown in the men's eyes is also excellent... and even though you already know what the ending is going to be, it still entraps you in a kind of tense world, envolved in the music and style of three men facing their doom.
The second, or last film, depends which way you look at it, "For A Few Dollars More", features a small musical pocket watch. This simple tune is used by Morricone to symbolise death... as when the tune finishes, one person must die. When used for the more powerful scenes, such as the church, or the final duel, the backing to the simple tune is utterly amazing. A church organ is used at one point... and although it could almost be too much, it just manages to stay within it's bounds, and never makes the scene more powerful than it should.
Ok then. Now your turn. What other trilogies have had great music... or just films on their own? I'm a great fan of film music, and it would be interesting to hear everyones views on it.
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When you think about memorable film music, you often may think of films that come in threes.
The first of which would come into most minds, would be that of Star Wars. Certainly, John Williams does have a certain style to the way he composes music, and perhaps some of his music does all sound very much the same, but you can't deny that the Star Wars soundtrack has to be one of the greatest film scores ever written.
The use of the music in the film is quite astounding too... you don't need to be told that Darth Vader is a bad guy, and Luke Skywalker is a good guy... the music does it for you. It's used quite powerfully at times too, such as the final scenes of Return of the Jedi, or the twin suns scene at the start of A New Hope.
The second trilogy I can think of with great music, is the Indiana Jones trilogy. John Williams, once again.
The themes of this film are so well known now, it's amazing. Once again, John uses music to stir up emotions during the films... in Raiders of the Lost Ark, in the desert chase scene, the music is used quite powerfully to portrey a number of different feelings. When Indy finally gets control of the truck, you get this wonderful feeling from the music... which is what makes it such an enjoyable series of films.
I don't think, however, than John really did a good job of the music in the second film, the Temple of Doom... it was supposed to be a dark, mysterious theme... but really didn't convey the emotions that it was supposed to. It certainly wasn't powerful enough.
But, without a doubt, my favourite trilogy music has to be that of the Sergio Leone, the spaghetti western trilogy...
For those of you unfamilar with it, it's also refered to as the dollars trilogy, with Clint Eastwood staring as the "man with no name"... or at least, no last name. Although they were made in the order: "Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly", The last film, TG,TB,ATU, is actually a prequel to "Fistful of Dollars".
Anyway, the use of music in the films is great. Ennio Morricone actually writes the music for certain scenes better than the actual theme music. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly theme tune is quite simple, compared to the "Ecstacy of Gold" theme, or "The Trio", both used in the same film. The "Ecstacy of Gold" is used, as a maddening cowboy runs desperatly around a graveyard, looking for a grave which holds a hell of a lot of gold. The scene without the music would seem dull and boring... but the tenseness created by the running music, added to the imagary, makes the scene very watchable. The last scene, the showdown, features "The Trio". A very powerful piece of music, which, again, added to the beautifully filmed imagary of three men, all facing their deaths... the unique use of the paranoia shown in the men's eyes is also excellent... and even though you already know what the ending is going to be, it still entraps you in a kind of tense world, envolved in the music and style of three men facing their doom.
The second, or last film, depends which way you look at it, "For A Few Dollars More", features a small musical pocket watch. This simple tune is used by Morricone to symbolise death... as when the tune finishes, one person must die. When used for the more powerful scenes, such as the church, or the final duel, the backing to the simple tune is utterly amazing. A church organ is used at one point... and although it could almost be too much, it just manages to stay within it's bounds, and never makes the scene more powerful than it should.
Ok then. Now your turn. What other trilogies have had great music... or just films on their own? I'm a great fan of film music, and it would be interesting to hear everyones views on it.
The first of which would come into most minds, would be that of Star Wars. Certainly, John Williams does have a certain style to the way he composes music, and perhaps some of his music does all sound very much the same, but you can't deny that the Star Wars soundtrack has to be one of the greatest film scores ever written.
The use of the music in the film is quite astounding too... you don't need to be told that Darth Vader is a bad guy, and Luke Skywalker is a good guy... the music does it for you. It's used quite powerfully at times too, such as the final scenes of Return of the Jedi, or the twin suns scene at the start of A New Hope.
The second trilogy I can think of with great music, is the Indiana Jones trilogy. John Williams, once again.
The themes of this film are so well known now, it's amazing. Once again, John uses music to stir up emotions during the films... in Raiders of the Lost Ark, in the desert chase scene, the music is used quite powerfully to portrey a number of different feelings. When Indy finally gets control of the truck, you get this wonderful feeling from the music... which is what makes it such an enjoyable series of films.
I don't think, however, than John really did a good job of the music in the second film, the Temple of Doom... it was supposed to be a dark, mysterious theme... but really didn't convey the emotions that it was supposed to. It certainly wasn't powerful enough.
But, without a doubt, my favourite trilogy music has to be that of the Sergio Leone, the spaghetti western trilogy...
For those of you unfamilar with it, it's also refered to as the dollars trilogy, with Clint Eastwood staring as the "man with no name"... or at least, no last name. Although they were made in the order: "Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly", The last film, TG,TB,ATU, is actually a prequel to "Fistful of Dollars".
Anyway, the use of music in the films is great. Ennio Morricone actually writes the music for certain scenes better than the actual theme music. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly theme tune is quite simple, compared to the "Ecstacy of Gold" theme, or "The Trio", both used in the same film. The "Ecstacy of Gold" is used, as a maddening cowboy runs desperatly around a graveyard, looking for a grave which holds a hell of a lot of gold. The scene without the music would seem dull and boring... but the tenseness created by the running music, added to the imagary, makes the scene very watchable. The last scene, the showdown, features "The Trio". A very powerful piece of music, which, again, added to the beautifully filmed imagary of three men, all facing their deaths... the unique use of the paranoia shown in the men's eyes is also excellent... and even though you already know what the ending is going to be, it still entraps you in a kind of tense world, envolved in the music and style of three men facing their doom.
The second, or last film, depends which way you look at it, "For A Few Dollars More", features a small musical pocket watch. This simple tune is used by Morricone to symbolise death... as when the tune finishes, one person must die. When used for the more powerful scenes, such as the church, or the final duel, the backing to the simple tune is utterly amazing. A church organ is used at one point... and although it could almost be too much, it just manages to stay within it's bounds, and never makes the scene more powerful than it should.
Ok then. Now your turn. What other trilogies have had great music... or just films on their own? I'm a great fan of film music, and it would be interesting to hear everyones views on it.
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