By Joffa - 13 Sep 2013 11:10 PM
What's your favourite film soundtrack?
As BBC4 launches a new series on the sound of cinema, we'd like to hear from you about the film soundtracks that mean the most to you
Writing in the Guardian this week, Neil Brand, presenter of BBC4's Sound of Cinema, says: "Most memorable movie music announces itself, whether with the blast of trumpets that begins Star Wars or the low, febrile string notes that usher in Jaws; whether the electronic hammer blows of Blade Runner or the unexpectedly lyrical solo piano that opens the Coen brothers' True Grit. These are the pieces we remember, the stuff we can hum along to, so engrained in us that it seems to have existed for ever."
The BBC, as part of it's Sounds of Cinema season, is currently polling listeners to find the greatest ever soundtrack, with a shortlist of 20. Is your favourite on this list?
8 ½ 'Otto e Mezzo' (Nino Rota)
Apocalypse Now (Wagner)
Billy Elliot (Swan Lake music, Tchaikovsky)
Bombay (AR Rahman)
Dark Knight Rises Suite (Hans Zimmer)
Django Unchained (Luis Bacalov / Riz Ortolani / Morricone)
Grease (various)
Lawrence of Arabia Main Theme (Maurice Jarre)
Mary Poppins (Sherman brothers)
Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Sholay (RD Burman)
Sound of Music (Richard Rogers / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Star Wars Main Theme (John Williams)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone, arr. David Arnold)
The Third Man (Anton Karas arr. Cox)
The Wizard of Oz (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Herbert Stothard)
There Will be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein)
We'd like to hear from you about the music soundtracks that have had the greatest impact on you. Let us know about your favourite via the form below, and we'll publish a selection of responses in the coming days.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/sep/13/what-favourite-film-soundtrack?
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By sydneyfc1987 - 18 Oct 2013 6:57 PM
The Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis. Futuristicly epic.
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