Soundtrack cues that you miss

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-05-21 10:23pm

There are some fantastic soundtracks out there but there always seems to be one cue of music, one riff that is missing from a soundtrack. For instance here are a few:

In ST III there is a beautiful cue of music when Kirk is holding Spock, the planet is falling apart around him. He yells into the communicator "Maltz Churi Chu!" Its such a fantastic bit of music, always gets my blood pumping but it isn't on the soundtrack.

In ROTK the charge of the Rohirrim at Pelennor is actually a more stirring theme than the one on the soundtrack which is actually the start of the charge spliced in the middle with the assault on Minas Tirith by the Ringwriaths and ends with the finale of the charge, But in the film there is a beautiful introduction of the Rohan theme from TTT and it builds to the crescendo of the end that is on the CD. I would LOVE to have it on a new CD with some other scraps of music here and there from the trilogy.

The Dark Crystal soundtrack was out of print for a long time and I missed it until recently when it came back on the market. It too had some nice usical numbers in particular the funeral scene.

Anyone else have similar hard to find tracks that you enjoyed.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-21 10:29pm

ESB; Just a couple measures during the Millenium Falcon's approach into Cloud City, it's also reminiscent of bits in the 1979 version of Dracula that Williams also scored.

(edit)I'd suck a dead donkey's cock for a copy of the soundtrack to The Shining, maybe.

PrinceofLowLight · Post by **PrinceofLowLight** » 2004-05-22 12:02am

It'd be nice if they included the version of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood that was actually in the movie in the Kill Bill soundtrack.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-05-22 12:09am

I have no idea if the USMC theme from "Aliens" has even been released on a soundtrack... but I want it.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-05-22 12:29am

PrinceofLowLight wrote:It'd be nice if they included the version of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood that was actually in the movie in the Kill Bill soundtrack.

It is on there. It starts about halfway through track 10 and terminates right before the whole "Esmerelda" part.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-22 12:36am

LoTR: FoTR: In the Bridge of Khazad-Dum scene, I miss the chanting you could hear in the movie. It's not on the soundtrack. It added very well to the nature of the scene.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-05-22 12:39am

Gandalf wrote:LoTR: FoTR: In the Bridge of Khazad-Dum scene, I miss the chanting you could hear in the movie. It's not on the soundtrack. It added very well to the nature of the scene.

I believe the orc-chants (that's what they sould like to me, anyway) are on the track previous to 'Bridge of Khazad-dum (track 13) Start the track and rewind about a minute and a half (IIRC) into the previous track to hear them.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-22 02:20am

I always liked the soundtrack for Blade Runner but when I got the CD is was boring as hell.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-05-22 02:25am

Two stand out in my mind, and they're both by Don Coscerelli. "Bubba Hotep" has a fantastic soundtrack that fucking rules. I love it. I also have the soundtrack for "Phantasm" and that one is good too. I recommend both.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-22 02:29am

On the Queen of the Damned soundtrack I've noticed that they either have different versions of the songs on the CD. At least some of them have been sung by a different artists or they are just mixed differently. They are deffinately not all the same.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-22 03:54am

I miss the theme music from The Rock.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2004-05-22 05:21am

ROTK. When the Rohan cavelry crest the hill overlooking Pelanor fields. I sware to God, Bernard Hill (the guy who played Theoden) in TTT and ROTK does a magnificant job. His performance was just as equal as any of the major characters I think. His speaches are the BEST, with the music slowly cresting to an amazing high note.

In TTT, the speach he gives as the Urki's are smashing down the last door. As Aragon convinces him for one last charge, drawing his sword with everyone else, then roaring and charging out over the (rather surprised) Urak Hai shocktroops as the music blasts out. Then Galdalf arriving and leading the massive cavlery charge down the hill. All that music rocked.

Or similar but far BETTER note in ROTK...as Theoden rallys his troops. Everyone just looks in grim fear at the MASS of Suaramons infintry at the walls of Minis Tirith. Then he gets them riled up and roaring their warcrys out to the point that they ride right through an arrow shower, not one of them breaking as they scream in.

The music that went with that scene just blows me away every time I hear it.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-22 05:51am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I have no idea if the USMC theme from "Aliens" has even been released on a soundtrack... but I want it.

If you mean the snare drum sequence before the drop, it's never been released. They had that done by Harry Rabinowitz as a more military themed section. I have the Aliens: Deluxe Edition soundtrack and the track that should be there by Horner sounds too light-hearted and like something he'd done for Star Trek II. He had a ton of music cut (I think it's one of the most cut albums ever in film).

Kill Bill both volumes are the same. I really wanted the short bit played as O-Ren's father is impaled in the head that sounded like Ennio Morricone but was in fact by Armando Trovajoli and called "The Long Day Of Vengeance". There are loads of other tracks not on the CDs for either film, just check the Web and you'll see a huge list.

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2004-05-22 02:20pm

The music in the trailer for ROTK really gets me going. It begins as a slow violin dirge when Aragorn gives his "I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me" speech and ends up as a derivation of the Minas Tirith theme, but it's much more pulsating and epic.

It's much better than the music they used in the movie for the "I see in your eyes..." speech. It gives a better sense of an heroic last stand

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-22 02:23pm

I, too, was annoyed that the track in the RotK trailer wasn't in the OST as it was played out in the trailer sequence. There are variations of it, but they're shorter and faster and not as grandiose.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-22 02:37pm

evilcat4000 wrote:I miss the theme music from The Rock.

Again go to www.soundamerica.com and download it to your pc,its not in MP3 file but the sound is good

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-05-22 02:46pm

the soundtrack to a little known, but nifty anime called Iczelion. While the anime itself wasn't exactly the best, it nevertheless had a top notch music score. i have yet to be able to find an actual cd soundtrack for it sadly, and have only been able to find a handful of mp3s for it over various p2p networks and web searches despite months of searching.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-05-22 03:15pm

evilcat4000 wrote:I miss the theme music from The Rock.

It's on the soundtrack, as far as I know. And the soundtrack is excellent.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-22 04:42pm

Tsyroc wrote:I always liked the soundtrack for Blade Runner but when I got the CD is was boring as hell.

This may be considered heresy by some, but good a soundtrack should first and foremost be conducive to the telling of a film's story, and not neccesarily be able to stand on it's own as a piece of music.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-05-22 04:49pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:I always liked the soundtrack for Blade Runner but when I got the CD is was boring as hell.
This may be considered heresy by some, but good a soundtrack should first and foremost be conducive to the telling of a film's story, and not neccesarily be able to stand on it's own as a piece of music.

i've always thought just the opposite personally. if a movie or show is of superb quality, then it won't need music playing in the background constantly to make things more dramatic. one of the best examples of this i can think of is the episode of Buffy where her mum died and everyone was coping with it. lots of drama, and surprisingly good acting. Yet it didn't require any musical scores to place emphasis on the drama.

Sometimes alot of directors/producers/whatever tend to rely on the musical score too much though, which lends for the drama being dependent on the score as opposed to the acting and scenario itself. without the music there i could see alot of movies and scenes that would be just far too cheesy to be considered good without it. Music should be a supplement to the story, not a crutch. [/rant off]

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-05-22 04:50pm

Durandal wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote:I miss the theme music from The Rock.
It's on the soundtrack, as far as I know. And the soundtrack is excellent.

Yeah, there's nothing I can really tell that's missing from it. SPOILER: Well, maybe when the SEALs got shot up in the "sequence" of it all, but that's just the very first theme anyway.

Pearl Harbor comes to mind. I'd love a longer version of the various attack music. And from what I hear, the Face/Off soundtrack is less than inspiring, though I never heard the CD.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is also one I've read about that doesn't do justice to the movie. And getting a "super deluxe ultimate" edition to AotC would be nice, but I figure that'll come eventually (all the others have had it done thus far).

Enemy of the State is another one. I just feel "incomplete" with that. And the track listing could've been a lot better.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-05-22 04:51pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:I always liked the soundtrack for Blade Runner but when I got the CD is was boring as hell.
This may be considered heresy by some, but good a soundtrack should first and foremost be conducive to the telling of a film's story, and not neccesarily be able to stand on it's own as a piece of music.

I thought that's what movie scoring was for? Besides, as Zod says, it's not always necessary to have music to increase drama. Yes, sometimes it helps (well, most of the time, due to crap quality of movies), but it isn't the clincher.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-05-24 10:36am

Independence Day; I love the music when Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith are escaping from the mother ship, but it's not on the soundtrack.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-05-24 10:41am

one song that will instantly strike fear into the heats of wayward hikers or rafters lost in the woods: Dueling Banjos!

squeal like a pig! c'mon squeal!

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-24 10:42am

Frank Hipper wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:I always liked the soundtrack for Blade Runner but when I got the CD is was boring as hell.
This may be considered heresy by some, but good a soundtrack should first and foremost be conducive to the telling of a film's story, and not neccesarily be able to stand on it's own as a piece of music.

True. Sometimes they can be both though like the soundtrack for Conan the Barbarian. In the case of Blade Runner I think there are a lot of sound ques / sound effects that combine with the soundtrack to work well in the movie. On it's own it seemed like there was something missing from the soundtrack. To me anyway.