Your Favorite Instrumental Film Music Please

[kenposurf]

As I thought about this thread, so much great music came to mind ...here's one of my favorities....

[sloop_john_b]

Okay, i'm gonna be the rules slightly here George. I haven't gotten into film music much but I have gotten into opera in a big way. The best opera composer, IMHO, has to be Richard Wagner (who was also the librettist to boot!). Here's IMO his greatest prelude and one of the best pieces of music ever written, from Tristan und Isolde. I thought it would be relevant here as it's often cited as an important precursor to what would become "film music" 70 and 80 years later.

[winston]

The theme from the movie "The Dam Busters"

[royclough]

Has to be A Fistful Of Dollars

[sir_andrew_of_left_coast]

I agree wi'cha, George. Morricone gets the nod from me.




Two other Faves, compliments of Elmer Bernstein.

[sir_andrew_of_left_coast]

Back to Ennio. . .

Some You Tube clips of guitarists.

From the final scene at Sad Hill Cemetery in TGTBandTU:





For A Few Dollars More Theme

[royclough]

Always liked this, does any one who actually played it

[wj350]

Several come immediately to mind...

"Exodus"

"Out of Africa"

"Last of the Mohicans"

"Master & Commander"

Bill

[tamborineman]

For guitar music, how about `WILD ANGELS' with peter fonda and bruce dern

[kenposurf]

Cool edit job on this one

[woodyng]

a garage/basement band i used to play in did a great cowboy version of the theme music to john wayne's "the commancheros".......my cassette recording of that has sadly died without being digitalized......

[yettoblaster]

The theme music to the movie "Cool Hand Luke," with Paul Newman and supporting Oscar winner George Kennedy was a steel string acoustic guitar piece that was a knockout.

Many years later I thought Cavatina, the theme to "The Deer Hunter," with Robert Deniro and Christopher Walken, was wonderfully rendered by John Williams (the Classical guitarist), and Tommy Tedesco on 2nd guitar - who also was the guitarist on "Cool Hand Luke." How cool is that?

[kenposurf]

The theme music to the movie "Cool Hand Luke," with Paul Newman and supporting Oscar winner George Kennedy was a steel string acoustic guitar piece that was a knockout.

Many years later I thought Cavatina, the theme to "The Deer Hunter," with Robert Deniro and Christopher Walken, was wonderfully rendered by John Williams (the Classical guitarist), and Tommy Tedesco on 2nd guitar - who also was the guitarist on "Cool Hand Luke." How cool is that?

Cool Tommy T been everywhere....

[ozover50]

This is one of my all time favourite themes. Unfortunately this clip isn't full length but you'll get the idea.

If you've got a really good PC sound system, CRANK IT UP!!!

[jps]

Great movie. too! Shari and I went to the world premier of The Last Starfighter at Century City.