Music Meme - Part 1 b (Continuation of Movie Scores, Television Scores, and Broadway Musicals)

[shadowkat]

Music Meme

Name the music genres that you like, list five performers in it that you like and songs or albums by them.

[Like I said, if you have wildly eclectic taste - this could take forever.]

Television, Film, and Musical Scores and Songs

I don't know if anyone else does this? But I buy the albums to movies, television shows and Broadway Musicals.

Movie Albums

1. Almost Famous Soundtrack - Cameron Crow and Danny Branson (music producer). Songs included :

"1. “America” – Simon & Garfunkel
2. “Sparks” – The Who
3. “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference” – Todd Rundgren
4. “I’ve Seen All Good People: Your Move” – Yes
5. “Feel Flows” – The Beach Boys
6. “Fever Dog” – Stillwater
7. “Every Picture Tells A Story” – Rod Stewart
8. “Mr. Farmer” – The Seeds
9. “One Way Out” – The Allman Brothers Band
10. “Simple Man” Lynyrd Skynyrd
11. “That’s The Way” – Led Zeppelin
12. “Tiny Dancer” – Elton John
13. “Lucky Trumble” – Nancy Wilson
14. “I’m Waiting For The Man” – David Bowie
15. “The Wind” – Cat Stevens
16. “Slip Away” – Clarence Carter
17. “Something In The Air” – Thunderclap Newman


Apparently...

Crowe and Bramson scored a major coup in securing a Led Zeppelin recording “That’s The Way” for the movie and soundtrack album. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have never licensed one of their performances to a soundtrack; virtually all of the material they’ve recorded has been issued on their own Swan Song/Atlantic label. Crowe and Bramson flew to London in May to screen Almost Famous for Plant and Page, who were so moved by the film that they not only granted use of “That’s The Way” for the soundtrack, but also gave their blessing for Crowe to use four other songs in the movie: “The Rain Song,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” “Tangerine” and “Bron-Yr-Aur.”
VH1 aired a special version of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” music video which featured the tour-bus scene lifted straight from the film, complete with scripted dialogue included the vocal of actors Billy Crudup, Noah Taylor, and Kate Hudson. “Cameron made an amazing movie that is just sweet and tender and fun,” says Wayne Isaak, VH1’s executive VP of talent and music programming. “When “Tiny Dancer” comes on in the movie it’s pretty touching, and Elton is still a relevant artist to us, so we broke it out and we’re playing it a lot.”

2. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Fame included Fame, Hot Lunch, Out Here on My Own (Bonus Track), I Sing the Body Electric. (This was an original soundtrack - most of the songs, if not all were written for the movie.)

3. Pretty in Pink Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - possibly among my favorites. It includes, Left of Center, If you Leave, Shellshock, Try a Little Tenderness, Pretty in Pink...

4. The Mission Original Score - it is a breathtakingly beautiful score. After my family saw the film in theaters - we rushed out to get the album.

5. Gross Point Blank's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - includes Blister in the Song, Guns & Roses version of Live & Let Die, Mirror in the Bathroom, Under Pressure (David Bowie and Queen)...

It was hard to limit this list. I love Movie Soundtracks.

Note there's also scores. But I don't tend to collect scores as much.

Television Soundtracks or Albums

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Album - there's two, actually three if you include the musical, but this is by far my favorite. It includes : Nerf Herder's Buffy Theme Song, Virgin State of Mind, Transylvania Concubine, Teenage FBI, Lucky, I quit, Pain, Keep Myself Awake..

2. True Blood Original Soundtrack it has several albums too - this one has Bad Things, Lake Charles, Burn...(I have the one with She's Not There - but don't see it on this list.)

3. Justified - Music from the Original Television Series Best by far is Harlan County Line.

4. Sopranoes - Music from the Television Series

5. The Wire - Original Soundtrack - All Five Seasons

Broadway Musical Albums

1. Original Cast Recording of Les Miseralbes

2. Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim - Original Cast Recording

3. Original Cast Recording of Hamilton

4. Original Cast Recording of Pippin has bonus tracks of Morning Glory by Michael Jackson, and I Guess I'll Miss the Man by the Supremes.

5. Original Cast Recording of Evita

James Bond Theme Songs

[I can't use Live and Let Die again.]

1. Skyfall by Adele Skyfall

2. No Time to Die - Billie English No Time to Die.

3. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey Goldfinger

4. Nobody Does it Better - Carly Simon Spy who Loved Me.

5. Writing on the Wall - Sam Smith - Spectre

Top Five Buffy Soundtrack Songs

1. Pavlov's Bell by Aimee Man - Buffy S7 Sleeper

2. Lucky by Biff Naked - Buffy S4 - Harsh Light of Day

3. Translyvania Concubine by Rasputin - Buffy S2 - Surprise

4. Virgin State of Mind by K's Choice - Buffy S3 - Dopplegangland

5. Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan Buffy S2 - Becoming Part II

Also..Buffy Theme Song by Nerf Herder.

Comments

[shadowkat]

Love Purple Rain.

Reality Bites had a soundtrack? I can't remember it at all. I saw it, but no memory of it.

Maurice Jarre was brilliant the sweeping score, he also did Lawrence of Arabia.

Randy Newman did The Natural? Am I confusing him with the guy who did the music to Toy Story?

The Godfather and Gone with the Wind - have two of the most memorable and beautiful scores on record.

[cjlasky7]

Reality Bites (1994) had a slew of late 80s and 90s pop acts, like Crowded House, World Party and Lenny Kravitz. It also had Lisa Loeb's "Stay"; Loeb was the first artist to ever hit #1 without a record contract!

Toy Story. The Natural. I Love L.A. and Short People. Yes, it is all the same Randy Newman. But Randy wasn't even the first member of his family to do motion picture scores! His uncles, Alfred and Lionel Newman were Hollywood legends. Alfred scored Wuthering Heights; Lionel won an Oscar for Hello Dolly!