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Topic: WORDS 'N' MUSIC
filmusicbuff
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Apart from the Bond movies in which they are an integral part. Well, the early Bond movies anyway. I intensely dislike the theme song, but there are some, for me, notable exceptions and a few which are deeply moving because of the way they are sung. One such is the haunting performace given by Marianne Faithful, on Badalmenti's extraordinary score for THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. Another is the song performed with such emotional depth, by Mam'selle Talila, on Georges Delerue's score for LA PASSANT DU SANS-SOUCI. The Mike Curb Congregation on Michel Legrand's wonderful score for WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Yes,I know there are hundreds of theme songs from the cringingly awful to the mediocre to those that serve some purpose in the film for which it was written, but I mean the few, the very few that are utterly compelling. That cause you to stop what you're doing, as I just have. And listen to a performance that is not dulled by it's familiarity, simply because it is so emotionally draining.
posted 06-22-2002 02:34 PM PT (US) Maestro Sartori
Goldmember
I know I'm begging for a public whipping when I say this, but I really like Jonathan Davis' "Forsaken", from Queen of the Damned. Davis could have gone the normal rock star route, and made a song that glorified himself and his own clout in the rock industry... instead, Davis actually put in thought to his song writing and made the lyrics flow very well with the person of Lestat de Lioncourt, and his band, The Vampire Lestat. "Forsaken" beautifully expresses Lestat's feelings about being a vampire in a modern world of hiding, and how he feels that freeing Queen Akasha would be the right step in the direction of a royal vampire outing.J.C.
posted 06-22-2002 04:30 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB