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Ken S Wizard	I finally got THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE soundtrack in mail today and now I'm whirling and twirling the night away "...when she daaaanced with meeeee..." (If only these icons could jump up and down, they would express my emotions most perfectly). I just started wondering that am I still missing some gorgeous Hollywood waltzes - from movies or movie musicals or television ? They can be sweeping, pure dance music (like THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE, John Morris' ELEPHANT MAN, etc), or then intensely aggressive but glorious action/horror stuff (like again John Morris' ELEPHANT MAN or Goldsmith's LEGEND ["The Dress Waltz"], etc).... Tell me your favorite waltzes !! KEN NP. "...the night she daaanced with meeee..."
posted 11-04-2002 07:09 AM PT (US)

Camillu Wizard	Somebody get this guy off drugs.
posted 11-04-2002 07:28 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Wizard	For some reason, the one in BATMAN just popped into my head...... Dan
posted 11-04-2002 07:35 AM PT (US)

MWRuger Wizard	Can't let a thread like this go without mentioning Boys From Brazil. I think its interesting how waltzes are often used not as dance music but as score to represent some unhealthy or downright creepy material. Here's just a few: The Haunting The Fury Gladiator (Not played as a waltz, but the cue for that brutal battle sequence was written as a waltz according to Hans Zimmer. It certainly sounds like one.) Boys From Brazil Batman Legend
posted 11-04-2002 08:46 AM PT (US)

juha Wizard	The waltz from Madame Bovary !!! Also The Orgy from Conan the Barbarian and the main theme from Around the World in 80 Days sound like waltzes to me.
posted 11-04-2002 10:46 AM PT (US)

James Wizard	Here are some of my favorites: RICHARD BAND: Theme from The House on Sorority Row Theme from Puppet Master ELMER BERNSTEIN: Anything from Age of Innocence PATRICK DOYLE: Christina Elisa Waltz from A Little Princess Wedding Night from Frankenstein DANNY ELFMAN: Theme from Edward Scissorhands GEORGE FENTON: Grand Central Waltz from The Fisher King Spinning Dolphins from Blue Planet JERRY GOLDSMITH: Theme from A Patch of Blue The Dress Waltz from Legend Theme from Papillon BERNARD HERRMANN: Memory Waltz from The Snow of Kilimanjaro MAURICE JARRE: Theme from Is Paris Burning? Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago MICHAEL KAMEN: The Munchausen Waltz from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen JOEL MCNEELY: The Seduction of Princess Leia from Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (does that count?) JOHN MORRIS: The Elephant Man theme, as well as the version that appears at the end of "The Nightmare." BASIL POLEDOURIS: Theology/Civilization from Conan the Babrarian NINO ROTA: The Godfather Waltz YANN TIERSEN: La Valse d'Amelie from Amelie CHRISTOPHER YOUNG: Resurrection from Hellraiser Hall of Mirrors from Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 I'm sure there's plenty I'm forgetting, but I'm sure Dylan will remind me of any oversights once he finds this thread. Kirk NP - John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Perpared Piano
posted 11-04-2002 12:00 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Wizard	Franz Waxman composed a few as well. There is a nice re-recording of the "Cafe Waltzes" from Hotel Berlin on the "Legends of Hollywood Volume 3" disc.
posted 11-04-2002 01:59 PM PT (US)

Ed Wizard	Almost any score by the late, great Georges Delerue will have a watlz.
posted 11-04-2002 02:04 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Wizard	I'll take the VCA Waltz from Flowers In The Attic by Chris Young to block.....
posted 11-04-2002 02:09 PM PT (US)

Dylan Wizard	Here are a few: "The Mechanical Bird Theme (a)" from "Il Casanova" (there are two themes for the bird) by Nino Rota. Simone's Theme from "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" by Danny Elfman Valse Lente from "Obsession" by Bernard Herrmann Theme from "Magnificent Ambersons" by Bernard Herrmann (don't have the cd yet, but I love this score). "Breakfast Montage" from "Citizen Kane" by Bernard Herrmann Rejected Carnival Theme from "Big" by Howard Shore (not used in the film, but is on the promo) by Howard Shore. .... Dylan
posted 11-04-2002 03:54 PM PT (US)

Timmer Wizard	Circus Circus from Diamonds Are Forever - John Barry Just As You Were from King Rat - john Barry Not my favorite waltzes, good though they are, it's just nobody mentioned them! [Message edited by Timmer on 11-04-2002]
posted 11-04-2002 04:48 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Wizard	Ah yes, I really enjoy that third rendition of "Just As You Were" on the King Rat album.
posted 11-04-2002 09:26 PM PT (US)

SirT Muggle	La "Valse Cr�pusculaire" (Twilight Waltz) from Providence (Miklos Rozsa) to which I am deeply emotionally connected; a truly beautiful piece.
posted 11-05-2002 02:17 AM PT (US)

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