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]

Oh god, I know. I had an interesting discussion with my niece about it - at around midnight at her house. She was 15. (And takes after my brother - I take no responsibility for this.)

Niece: But Angel and Buffy were so romantic..
ME: I was a Buffy/Angel fan until S1 Angel, which I was watching at the same time - specifically, until the episode - I Will Always Remember You -
Niece: Oh that was so sad, and so romantic -
Me: He gave her no choices, made all of them, and was patronizing...
Niece: But it was romantic...

Niece is otherwise quite brilliant. This is clearly her parents stupidity showing through. ;-)

I enjoyed mocking Bangle fans after a certain point. The writers had kind of made it clear by the end of S4 Buffy that the ship was over, but they liked to tease the Bangle fans, and then snatch the carrot . I figured out they were playing tease, snatch - basically Bangle fans were Charlie Brown, and the writers were Lucy, and Bangle was the football - in Angel S1 and Buffy S4. I'd hope until IWARY. (I Wary...hello!) If you think about it - they played tease snatch with Bangle pretty much all the way through the series, did the same thing with Spuffy, but to a lesser extent - actually Spuffy fans got rewarded, making it fairly clear where the evil writers preference was. (The writers were Spuffy shippers, while the actors were Bangle shippers. It was hilarious actually.)

Gellar: So, Buffy and Angel will be together.
Writers: Maybe
Gellar: why are Spike and Buffy boinking
Writers: It's fun.
Gellar: Where's Bangle in all this..
Writers: you get a kiss coming up
Gellar: And a cookie dough speech, really?

Then comics came - and the writers basically destroyed Bangle - the actors had even less say in the comics. It is no more. Any doubt I had in my mind about where the writers stood in regards to that ship was gone by the time I finished reading the Buffy comics.

[mefisto]

That's a good summary. I'll cut your niece some slack since she was only 15. :)

[shadowkat]

Also, it should be noted that her parents were Bangle fans, and disliked Spike and Spuffy. I know I had a brief discussion with them concerning it when it originally aired. My niece watched it with them.

But my brother's favorite films are Titantic and Ang Lee's Incredible Hulk, so...there's that.

[mefisto]

You're right that your brother is unredeemable. :)