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odinatheforestcat Standard Userer	This may seem like a really random question, but you know... it is a really random question. What is the longest cue you have heard in a soundtrack album? This means single track on the CD, or equivalent on whatever else you use, and can't be on the CD but not in the movie, i.e. it can't be something put on the album to sell it, it actually has to be in the movie... So, the longest cue on a soundtrack album I've heard is (I know it's pathetic, but here you go...): Sacrifice of A Hero (Mission to Mars): Running Time 13 minutes 19 seconds.
posted 06-17-2004 06:09 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	"Bavmorda's Spell Is Cast" 18:11 From: Willow - By: James Horner.
posted 06-17-2004 06:14 PM PT (US)

Quill Standard Userer	Well...it might not count as it pretty much a mix...but how about the 20-minute cue on The Matrix Reloaded?
posted 06-17-2004 06:21 PM PT (US)

odinatheforestcat Standard Userer	Yeah, I'm not sure about that Matrix Reloaded one... as you said, it is a mix... but that 18 minute Willow cue holds the top spot so far... 0.(Possible)Matrix Reloaded Mix: 20 Minutes 1.Bavmora's Spell is Cast- Willow: 18 minutes 11 seconds 2.Sacrifice of a Hero- Mission to Mars: 13 minutes 19 seconds. More replies please... oh and don't worry if they aren't as long as the aforementioned ones, this is just to see the longest oneS, not the single longest cue.
posted 06-17-2004 06:47 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	Um, ET's Finale is like 15 minutes long
posted 06-17-2004 07:18 PM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	Yor: The Hunter from the Future (John Scott) Track 6 "Yor's Salon De Refuses" 29:44 [Message edited by TimT on 06-17-2004]
posted 06-17-2004 08:01 PM PT (US)

Hasta Standard Userer	"Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)" from Chris Young's Bless the Child, 13:22. Not the longest, but long.
posted 06-17-2004 08:09 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	Zimmer's "K2" (inspired by) has only two tracks for an average of 42 minutes....
posted 06-17-2004 08:17 PM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	...I think I won.
posted 06-17-2004 09:10 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	'Vigau' - Basil Poledouris - Les Miserables - 19 mins or so. 'Lento' - Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No. 3 - Fearless - 25 minutes or so.
posted 06-17-2004 09:28 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Standard Userer	The longest track that I have on a score CD is actually made up of a number of cues: track 2 on the Kings Row (Korngold) disc which clocks in at 24:30. I think the longest single cue I have is the "Romance for Guitar and Orchestra" from Deadfall by John Barry at 14:18. (It's a great cue, too.)
posted 06-17-2004 10:52 PM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	It;s not a score track, but Gorecki's Symphony No.3 on the Fearless score CD clocks in at 26:26. It's the piece used to brilliant effect during the finale of the film.
posted 06-18-2004 06:26 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Standard Userer	Just about any cue from Crimson Tide. Or Chase from The Peacemaker. Jz
posted 06-18-2004 06:27 AM PT (US)

FalkirkBairn Standard Userer	A bit of a cheat here but what about the 70+ minute cue featuring the complete(?) score to Herrmann's Vertigo, conducted by James Conlon.
posted 06-18-2004 08:10 AM PT (US)

James Standard Userer	Yeah, I think we need to make something clear here...a cue is one piece of continuous score music in a film. A bunch of different cues edited into the same track on a CD is not the same thing. I'm thinking "The Grid" from Philip Glass's Koyaanisqatsi, whoch runs about 21 minutes. Kirk
posted 06-18-2004 08:43 AM PT (US)

odinatheforestcat Standard Userer	Alright, so here it is so far (Uncertain cues are in parentheses): 0.0(Vertigo):70 minutes 0.1(K2): 42 minutes 0.2(Fire Paper Water: A Vietnam Oratorio): 32 minutes 8 seconds 1-Yor: The Hunter From the Future: 29 minutes 44 seconds. 1.1(Gorecki:Fearless): 26 minutes 26 seconds 1.2(Gorecki:Lento Fearless):25 minutes 1.3(King's Row): 24 minutes 30 seconds 2- The Grid: 21 minutes 2.1: (Matrix Reloaded Suite): 20 minutes 3- Vigau: 19 minutes 4- Bavmora's Spell is Cast: 18 minutes 11 seconds 5- ET Finale: 15 minutes 6- Age of Magic +The Walls Are Whispering: 14 minutes each 7- The Mighty: 14 minutes 8- Agnus Dei: 13 minutes 22 seconds 9- Sacrifice of a Hero: 13 minutes 19 seconds [Message edited by odinatheforestcat on 06-18-2004]
posted 06-18-2004 10:30 AM PT (US)

FalkirkBairn Standard Userer	If my Conlon Vertigo cue doesn't count how about a track from Goldenthal's Fire Paper Water: A Vietnam Oratorio - "Part 1: Offertorium" clocks in at 32:08. I know this one's not a score but at least it is a movie composer.
posted 06-18-2004 04:58 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by odinatheforestcat: Alright, so here it is so far (Uncertain cues are in parentheses): 1.1(Gorecki:Fearless): 26 minutes 26 seconds 1.2(Gorecki:Lento Fearless):25 minutes These are the same. Also note some of the cues on Trevor Jones' Merlin (Age of Magic and The Walls are Whispering are each 14 mins plus) and The Mighty (The Mighty Quest and another track both run to 14 minutes).
posted 06-18-2004 05:26 PM PT (US)

Maestro Sartori Standard Userer	How about Escape/Chase/"Goodbye" from the E.T. soundtrack, at 15:00 or Alabama (Crimson Tide) at 23:00 or ........? JC
posted 06-19-2004 04:41 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	Well The Fan has a 20 minute Suite on it. But there's a few Zimmer CD's where the tracks are really long (like the mentioned scores to Peacemaker, K2 and Crimson Tide). Clayton
posted 06-19-2004 04:46 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Tracks by Gorecki surely don't count, they were'nt written for film! And also, can't we dispose of certain tracks by the likes of Hans Zimmer etc where within the film these were split up (i.e. K2) At the moment the longest continuous track I can think of specifically written for film is 'Romance For Guitar And Orchestra' from Barry's DEADFALL.
posted 06-19-2004 05:51 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: And also, can't we dispose of certain tracks by the likes of Hans Zimmer etc where within the film these were split up (i.e. K2) What's the difference? Lots of times if a cue is really long in a film it's made up of a few cues edited together and it's not all performed at once. Clayton
posted 06-19-2004 06:56 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	The longest cue I have is about 30min long. It's the suite for The X Files on Mark Snow's comp CD. --Brian
posted 06-19-2004 11:11 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	I don't think suites should count. I think only cues that are one piece should. Plus, technically, John Beal made that X-Files suite. It is a re-recording. At least, that I what I have heard several times. Horner's The Rocketeer has several long cues. 7 to 9 minutes, but now that we are geting an average of over 10 minute cues from people hear, I guess it makes it pointless.
posted 06-19-2004 11:18 PM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	Morricone - Bulworth Part 2 (23:41) Williams - The Battle of Hoth (Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath the AT-AT/Escape in the Millenium Falcon) (14:48) Williams - The Battle Of Endor I (11:50)
posted 06-20-2004 12:05 AM PT (US)

Jim Ware Standard Userer	Bruce Broughton: Shadow Conspiracy - 'White House Chaos' (14:12) James Horner: Enemy at the Gates - 'The River Crossing to Stalingrad' (15:13) The Missing - 'The Long Ride Home' (16:12) The Four Feathers - 'A Coward No Longer' (13:49)
posted 06-20-2004 04:09 AM PT (US)

Philipp Standard Userer	The Chase from Peacemaker by Hans Zimmer runs some 18 minutes.
posted 06-20-2004 04:44 AM PT (US)

Jim Ware Standard Userer	[pedant] Shouldn't Battle of Hoth be disqualified for consisting of five separate cues? Battle of Endor I is four cues. [/pedant] If we start counting long sequences that consist of individual cues that segue together, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom has almost 48 minutes of continuous score in one part (most of it unreleased, sadly). [Message edited by Jim Ware on 06-20-2004]
posted 06-20-2004 11:50 AM PT (US)

odinatheforestcat Standard Userer	Since there are so many cues here, and I'm lazy... could some one else keep track of all these? Thanks.
posted 06-22-2004 01:15 PM PT (US)

TV's Frank Standard Userer	By Goldsmith, from Hoosiers, "The Finals" clocks in at 15:20 and it's a great one...
posted 06-22-2004 02:46 PM PT (US)

BigT1981 Non-Standard Userer	Also don't forget the Battle Of Hoth cue from The Empire Strikes Back 2-disc set. Trent
posted 07-11-2004 05:13 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Hasta: "Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)" from Chris Young's Bless the Child, 13:22. Not the longest, but long. Isn't the CD either a massive cut & paste job or a separate recording? The track layout at least seems to resemble the Requiem Mass, and the score in the movie was quite differently sequenced, as far as I remember. The finale from Hook might be quite long? A lot of it is unreleased, but I believe it runs continuously in the movie? NP: The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 07-11-2004 06:37 PM PT (US)

Jim Ware Standard Userer	quote: The finale from Hook might be quite long? A lot of it is unreleased, but I believe it runs continuously in the movie? It's a little under twenty minutes if I remember correctly.
posted 07-12-2004 12:15 AM PT (US)

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