Movie scores that surprised you
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Movie scores that surprised you
Have you ever seen a movie, heard the score, and been surprised that it was very developed/moving/exceptional/whatever? I was a bit shocked myself when I bought the OST to Team America: World Police. I originally bought it just for "America, Fuck Yeah!" because I was in a silly mood. But then I listened to it and was suitably impressed, especially by "Lisa & Gary" and "F.A.G.". They were pretty moving and very well done pieces.
So, any similar stories out there?
So, any similar stories out there?
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
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Phantom Menace. I didn't think I'd like any "new" Star Wars music; to me the music was already defined. Then Duel of the Fates played.
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Star Wars EP1, I wasn't too impressed with most of OT's music, but damn if the Podrace and Duel of Fates wasn't great.
Kill Bill, I was expecting a clichy trashy electronical soundtrack for the fights, instead got awesome stuff.
South Park movie Muscials, need I say more?
Kill Bill, I was expecting a clichy trashy electronical soundtrack for the fights, instead got awesome stuff.
South Park movie Muscials, need I say more?
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Neo BSG Miniseries OST. I despised the mini and thought the music was reminscent of that awful B5 Call to Arms and later Crusade soundtrack.
But I purchased it anyway based on the single cue "To kiss or not to kiss" that I loved from the show and have gone on to fall in love with the rest of the soundtrack, listen to at least several tracks almost every day and anxiously await the release of Season 1's soundtrack. Something very primal and moving about the drunmbeats, off tempo battle music and especially the soft moving music such as "Reunion" and "Apollo Dies" AWESOME stuff and there have been several times in the series that the music actually brought a tear to my eye.
But I purchased it anyway based on the single cue "To kiss or not to kiss" that I loved from the show and have gone on to fall in love with the rest of the soundtrack, listen to at least several tracks almost every day and anxiously await the release of Season 1's soundtrack. Something very primal and moving about the drunmbeats, off tempo battle music and especially the soft moving music such as "Reunion" and "Apollo Dies" AWESOME stuff and there have been several times in the series that the music actually brought a tear to my eye.
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Is that the one with the mosic they use in trailers for every political thriller that comes out these days? See the trailer for Thirteen days (I think) if you want to hear it.Firefox wrote:Thirteen Days. .
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Can't think of any right now, but the music to 'The West Wing' continually surprises me, both with Snuffy Walden's compositions and the popular songs he sprinkles into the show now and then. He does a great job.
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