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You ever noticed that sometimes the soundtrack of a film is better than the actual film?
Take the film, `Singles`, a ok film, but the soundtrack was better (in my opinon).
Also theres the other way around where the film is great, but the soundtrack wasn`t up to much, and also theres times where you don`t care for the soundtrack because your either engrossed in the film or it`s a comedy and your too busy laughing so much you again take no notice of the soundtrack.
So is a soundtrack important?
I think it is, take the Lost Boys, a excellent film and a soundtrack to complement it fully. Star Wars is another example (yes you`ve all guessed it by now that i am a Star Wars freak, and proud of it too).
Would The Empire Strikes back have been the same if there wasn`t the Emperor`s Theme pounding out? i think not.
Would Indiana Jones been the same with out his signature tune? again i think not.
I think truly that a soundtrack should be half of the ingriedients that makes up a movie and the other half the actual plot, you get it right and you have the perfect recipe like i said with examples before. Soundtracks move you, they make you want to bubble like a baby at times and have your terrified in a instant, then the next it has you wanting the hero to win, with out them films would plain suck, long live excellent soundtracks to make a movie complete.
And with the lovely invention of DVD, you get the quality at home now, so whats all your favourite soundtracks of all time?
Take the film, `Singles`, a ok film, but the soundtrack was better (in my opinon).
Also theres the other way around where the film is great, but the soundtrack wasn`t up to much, and also theres times where you don`t care for the soundtrack because your either engrossed in the film or it`s a comedy and your too busy laughing so much you again take no notice of the soundtrack.
So is a soundtrack important?
I think it is, take the Lost Boys, a excellent film and a soundtrack to complement it fully. Star Wars is another example (yes you`ve all guessed it by now that i am a Star Wars freak, and proud of it too).
Would The Empire Strikes back have been the same if there wasn`t the Emperor`s Theme pounding out? i think not.
Would Indiana Jones been the same with out his signature tune? again i think not.
I think truly that a soundtrack should be half of the ingriedients that makes up a movie and the other half the actual plot, you get it right and you have the perfect recipe like i said with examples before. Soundtracks move you, they make you want to bubble like a baby at times and have your terrified in a instant, then the next it has you wanting the hero to win, with out them films would plain suck, long live excellent soundtracks to make a movie complete.
And with the lovely invention of DVD, you get the quality at home now, so whats all your favourite soundtracks of all time?
I agreee, a movie soundtrack is almost as important as the movie itself, after all a movie is alltogether an audio AND visual experience - one does not work without the other.
The music and the sound in a film have the same affect as the speech; no matter how good the writer is, if the actor is wooden or unnatural in how they express what they are saying, then the script is simply not done justice. In a similar way, the movie can be directed and filmed to produce some of the most spectacular scenes in film history, but they would be no where near as moving or powerful without an epic or emotive soundtrack to accompany it. Just imagine that scene in Jurassic Park where they land the helicopter, flying over the sea towards the island, hovering above the jungle and swooping down into the vally with a thundering waterfall for a backdrop. Now don't try and tell me that would have worked without the brillant title music playing over the top, reaching its own climax in sequence with the panning of the camera.
So there you have it, a film soundtrack definately has an important role to play in the overall quality of a film, and its power to move and involve the viewer should never be deemed as unimportant!
The music and the sound in a film have the same affect as the speech; no matter how good the writer is, if the actor is wooden or unnatural in how they express what they are saying, then the script is simply not done justice. In a similar way, the movie can be directed and filmed to produce some of the most spectacular scenes in film history, but they would be no where near as moving or powerful without an epic or emotive soundtrack to accompany it. Just imagine that scene in Jurassic Park where they land the helicopter, flying over the sea towards the island, hovering above the jungle and swooping down into the vally with a thundering waterfall for a backdrop. Now don't try and tell me that would have worked without the brillant title music playing over the top, reaching its own climax in sequence with the panning of the camera.
So there you have it, a film soundtrack definately has an important role to play in the overall quality of a film, and its power to move and involve the viewer should never be deemed as unimportant!
Well I know its rather ancient now, but I think my all time favourite soundtrack has to be Top Gun. An amazing film and an out of this world soundtrack. What a combination, I still listen to it now and again, it always puts me in that happy mood when I start singing and dancing like a crazed woman (not to be seen by the faint hearted)!
Lost Boys is also another favourite of mine, it seems like they just dont make soundtracks as good as they used to.
Lost Boys is also another favourite of mine, it seems like they just dont make soundtracks as good as they used to.
Two of my favourite films have to be "Blade" and "Matrix". Both of these films have excelent sound tracks and that does nothing but add to the all around film experience. A film without a good soundtrack is like a car without a good engine, it just doesnt work right. Take both of these films, they both include the track "Rob D - Clubbed to Death". This is such an amazing film song. I recomend anybody to get it. In both of these films it is used to build up suspence right before the main scene of the film (The end building storm in Matrix and The temple of the blood god in Blade). Without this track being played where it was I think that the film would have lost alot out of it. Another sound track that cant be over looked is that of "Fight Club". This was superb. In a film that had a extremely good twist, while using fairly extreme language and violence to get it over, this mellow and a sometimes amusing sound track doesnt suit the film at all...... yet it makes the film 10 times better. The fact that the music doesnt suit the violence and swearing makes the film more relaxed and as a result the film is a lot easyier to watch. The one track that sticks in my mind from this film is "The Pixies - Where is my Mind?". Again I would recomend this film and song to anybody. Well theres my two cents. In answer to your question, Yes, film soundtracks are one of the most important aspects of the film and always will be.
Peace Out.
Peace Out.
Highlander because it reminds me of Freddie Mercury, quite an apt song really when you think about it. "Who Wants to Live Forever".
That's not said in a tongue in cheek way either, I really do miss the guy and everytime I watch the film, the music seems to blend so well with the context.
When I first heard Aerosmith's "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing", I didn't think that much of it until I saw the film, and then when you put the images of the film, and the context in which the song was used together, it's now one of my alltime favorite tracks, I could listen to that one all day and not get sick of it.
Doesn't always work that way though: Take Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" from 'The Bodyguard'. Even with the film, that one grates on my nerves a bit now, as does Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do" from 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'. Mind you, both of those were at No.1 in the charts for so long that they started to grate on everybody's nerves a bit.
If you haven't seen the film 'Little Shop of Horrors' (Man eating Venus fly trap and Steve Martin as a very good chariacature of my real life dentist) then that's a must, because although it's a musical at heart, some of the harmonics that the singers manage to blend together really make it a watchable film.
Other soundtracks that spring to mind are Blade, The Matrix, Total Recall (brilliant orchestration in that one) and anything by Ennio Morricone (spaghetti western music).
Then of course there's Lalo Schifrin who did most of the private eye type films (Bullit springs to mind).
Most recently, "Still" by Alanis Morissette as the ending theme for 'Dogma' sticks in my mind as one of the most emotional and appropriate songs with which to end that film; it makes me wonder if the song was already there before Kevin Smith made his movie or if she wrote it specially, it's so apt that I think that the latter is more probable.
That's not said in a tongue in cheek way either, I really do miss the guy and everytime I watch the film, the music seems to blend so well with the context.
When I first heard Aerosmith's "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing", I didn't think that much of it until I saw the film, and then when you put the images of the film, and the context in which the song was used together, it's now one of my alltime favorite tracks, I could listen to that one all day and not get sick of it.
Doesn't always work that way though: Take Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" from 'The Bodyguard'. Even with the film, that one grates on my nerves a bit now, as does Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do" from 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'. Mind you, both of those were at No.1 in the charts for so long that they started to grate on everybody's nerves a bit.
If you haven't seen the film 'Little Shop of Horrors' (Man eating Venus fly trap and Steve Martin as a very good chariacature of my real life dentist) then that's a must, because although it's a musical at heart, some of the harmonics that the singers manage to blend together really make it a watchable film.
Other soundtracks that spring to mind are Blade, The Matrix, Total Recall (brilliant orchestration in that one) and anything by Ennio Morricone (spaghetti western music).
Then of course there's Lalo Schifrin who did most of the private eye type films (Bullit springs to mind).
Most recently, "Still" by Alanis Morissette as the ending theme for 'Dogma' sticks in my mind as one of the most emotional and appropriate songs with which to end that film; it makes me wonder if the song was already there before Kevin Smith made his movie or if she wrote it specially, it's so apt that I think that the latter is more probable.
You ever noticed that sometimes the soundtrack of a film is better than the actual film?
Take the film, `Singles`, a ok film, but the soundtrack was better (in my opinon).
Also theres the other way around where the film is great, but the soundtrack wasn`t up to much, and also theres times where you don`t care for the soundtrack because your either engrossed in the film or it`s a comedy and your too busy laughing so much you again take no notice of the soundtrack.
So is a soundtrack important?
I think it is, take the Lost Boys, a excellent film and a soundtrack to complement it fully. Star Wars is another example (yes you`ve all guessed it by now that i am a Star Wars freak, and proud of it too).
Would The Empire Strikes back have been the same if there wasn`t the Emperor`s Theme pounding out? i think not.
Would Indiana Jones been the same with out his signature tune? again i think not.
I think truly that a soundtrack should be half of the ingriedients that makes up a movie and the other half the actual plot, you get it right and you have the perfect recipe like i said with examples before. Soundtracks move you, they make you want to bubble like a baby at times and have your terrified in a instant, then the next it has you wanting the hero to win, with out them films would plain suck, long live excellent soundtracks to make a movie complete.
And with the lovely invention of DVD, you get the quality at home now, so whats all your favourite soundtracks of all time?
Take the film, `Singles`, a ok film, but the soundtrack was better (in my opinon).
Also theres the other way around where the film is great, but the soundtrack wasn`t up to much, and also theres times where you don`t care for the soundtrack because your either engrossed in the film or it`s a comedy and your too busy laughing so much you again take no notice of the soundtrack.
So is a soundtrack important?
I think it is, take the Lost Boys, a excellent film and a soundtrack to complement it fully. Star Wars is another example (yes you`ve all guessed it by now that i am a Star Wars freak, and proud of it too).
Would The Empire Strikes back have been the same if there wasn`t the Emperor`s Theme pounding out? i think not.
Would Indiana Jones been the same with out his signature tune? again i think not.
I think truly that a soundtrack should be half of the ingriedients that makes up a movie and the other half the actual plot, you get it right and you have the perfect recipe like i said with examples before. Soundtracks move you, they make you want to bubble like a baby at times and have your terrified in a instant, then the next it has you wanting the hero to win, with out them films would plain suck, long live excellent soundtracks to make a movie complete.
And with the lovely invention of DVD, you get the quality at home now, so whats all your favourite soundtracks of all time?