Popular musicians who have written film music

[bottle07]

Cat Stevens - Harold and Maude

But I'm not sure if he wrote the songs especially for the movie or if Ashby used already existing songs like he did in Coming Home. Does anybody know?

[shead]

Hey,
How about Lalo Schifrin? He played with Dizzy Gillespie (should I rephrase that) for some time and a noted jazz musician in his own right. Although I think he wrote the music for an Argentinian film El Jefe in 1959.

And would you count Andy Fairweather Low for singing in Scream and Scream Again?

[djdave]

Hey,
How about Lalo Schifrin? He played with Dizzy Gillespie (should I rephrase that) for some time and a noted jazz musician in his own right. Although I think he wrote the music for an Argentinian film El Jefe in 1959.


Between leaving Argentina and arriving in Hollywood, Schifrin played jazz in Paris for a while...how unbelievably cool is that? B)

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The very wonderful Richard Thompson (Britain's greatest living guitarist, electric or acoustic IMHO) has written a few, the latest and best being for Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man...

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And I just remembered....one of the more sought-after soundtrack LP's in the folk-rock orbit is for the wonderfully named Swedish Fly Girls from 1972 (Yes, it is as dodgy as it sounds) but the music was put together by Manfred Mann and heavily features Sandy Denny on four or five tracks...it's better than the film...allegedly...

[Ascoyne D'Ascoyne]

Originally Posted by Quiller We should all be shot for not mentioning ROY BUDD! He was a musician before he started films. His music for films is much better than his reputation.

You should be shot for mentioning him!
I remember Budd as a young lad appearing on TV (a talent programme?) playing a composition of his own called "Fingerbuster."
Judging by the film scores of his which I have heard his talents as a composer haven't improved much since then:rolleyes:

[Ascoyne D'Ascoyne]

The great Benjamin Frankel, composer of numerous marvellous scores, used to play violin in jazz combos back in the 1930s.

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Originally Posted by Ascoyne D'Ascoyne You should be shot for mentioning him! I remember Budd as a young lad appearing on TV (a talent programme?) playing a composition of his own called "Fingerbuster." Judging by the film scores of his which I have heard his talents as a composer haven't improved much since then:rolleyes:

Oh come now....his score for Get Carter is a much-imitated classic....possibly one of the most famous scores of the last forty years.

[MikeA]

Originally Posted by Freddy Paul Simon: The Graduate. The opening with Sounds of Silence memorable. Freddy

I'm with you on that one, Freddy!

[image45]

Don't forget 'Ivor Novello'

[WiseFilms]

Originally Posted by djdave Several popular musicians have written film music over the years. Here's a short list for people to peruse and add to: Bob Dylan - Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Paul McCartney - The Family Way Francis Monkman (Sky and Curved Air) - The Long Good Friday Randy Newman - various Randy Eidelman - various Paul Anka - The Longest Day March Queen - Flash Gordon John Barry (the John Barry 7) - various Bert Kaempfert (orchestra leader) - A Man Could Get Killed (from which the music to the song Strangers In The Night comes) Johnny Dankworth - Modesty Blaise Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder Any other ideas?

Here are a few favorites of mine, in the Jazz catagory:
Miles Davis - Lift to the Scaffold
Johnny Mandel - I Want to Live!
John Lewis - Odds Against Tomorrow
There are many others I could mention, like The Goblins (for Dario Argento), or Joe Strummer (for Straight to Hell), etc., but I don't wanna go on like this in Britmovie Forum!

[WiseFilms]

Originally Posted by image45 Don't forget 'Ivor Novello'

Was channeling Ivor tonight, and he's very happy not to be forgotten .
I've be accused of looking like a dead-ringer for him, more so than any other dead actor. Hhum.

[WiseFilms]

...three more:
The Lovin' Spoonful -What's Up, Tiger Lily
Tom Waits - Night On Earth
Belle and Sebastine - In Memory of My Father
..I could add, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, but I don't think those qualify as new compositions. At best the were jamming off the top of their heads.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by WiseFilms ...three more: The Lovin' Spoonful -What's Up, Tiger Lily Tom Waits - Night On Earth Belle and Sebastine - In Memory of My Father ..I could add, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, but I don't think those qualify as new compositions. At best the were jamming off the top of their heads.

Off the top of their heads - or just off their heads

Steve

[ChristineCB]

Cat "I Pay People To Murder Other People" Stevens for HAROLD & MAUDE, my favorite soundtrack totally ruined by a murderer-wannabe.

Aimee Mann is credited with writing the song that inspired the storyline of MAGNOLIA, as well as contributing to the soundtrack. I like Aimee's stuff and this film has some memorable scenes. I'm not sure is being "credited as the storyline's inspiration" is exactly a good thing, in this case. Her wise defense is that she never once wrote a lyric about raining frogs coming thru windshields.

I understood that WAS the original lyric for Bacharach's BUTCH & KID theme. "Frogs keep rainin' on my head, and if yer not careful, you'll ride yer bicycle dead... nothing but a frog... so..."

Well, that's what I heard...