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Drogers · Post by **Drogers** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:08 pm

If we are counting Netflix TV, then

The Iron Fist soundtrack - Trevor Morris who also composed the music for Emerald City and many films. Predominantly synth.

https://youtu.be/ytWeL1EnnkY

fluffy_little_something · Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:41 pm

Flashdance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpmH_tS3kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doRfqgJOzn8

Ah, memories...

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:59 pm

In the Nursery's been doing lots of film scores of late.

After Great Pain from the early 90's remains one of my favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSwV-V89PI

ZeePok · Post by **ZeePok** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:24 pm

kelvyn wrote:Tron - Daft Punk
Sex, lies and videotape - Cliff Martinez
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
The Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

DP is from Tron: Legacy

The original Tron soundtrack was the beautiful music of Wendy Carlos

ZeePok · Post by **ZeePok** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:30 pm

Gamma-UT wrote:Another, less famous Michael Mann movie with a synthy soundtrack: Manhunter. Michel Rubini, and The Reds, with that shakuhachi sample, plus Shriekback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ6zPdKlVP8

Absolutely! Love it!

My favourites are the Kitaro and Schulze tracks

My suggestions:

Another great Michael Mann movie; Thief - Tangerine Dream

Witness - Maurice Jarre

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:46 pm

I can't understand why only once was Chariots of Fire mentioned. This can be just some snobbery attitude for the fact that it won the Oscar. But it is, in fact, a great soundtrack. As are, generally speaking, all of Vangelis soundtracks. 1492 wasn't mentioned either, neither was Antarctica - just Blade Runner... really?

Anyway, many of the greatest synth soundtracks I heard came from TV series. Cosmos (the first series, by Carl Sagan) comes to mind almost immediately. Sure, the music wasn't originally written for the series, but it fitted wonderfully).

Then there is Opéra Sauvage (by whom? Right, the master himself). But there are other series that I saw that also had fantastic soundtracks. These in particular:

Living Planet (BBC - Richard Attenborough), with music by Elizabeth Parker;

L'Aventure des Plantes - a french series with music by Joël Fajerman.

Silk Road - perhaps the best moments of Kitaro - it made four albums.

Babylon 5 - not very well known, but Chris Franke was always a favourite of mine. The soundtrack for the movie The Celestine Prophecy also worths mention (a masterpiece of New Age meditative style)

Twin Peaks (music by Angelo Badalamenti) - who doesn't remember THAT theme?

My modest contribution...

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:58 pm

I'm not so focused on strictly synths I really noted what was 'a film score with synths in it' apparently. I remember The Shining used a fair amount of Wendy Carlos synthesizer music but elsewhere it's some already established 'serious music' which puts me in mind of Kubrick gets a temp score going, falls in love with it and f**k all y'all (cf., 2001 A Space Odyssey). My impression of the Carlos parts of the score is vague so I can't call it a fave. Oh wasn't she the one on, what's that 80s movie where we go inside a video game type of thing. TRON. Hadda look it up! Yeah, no. Ok in that search I'm reminded of Cronenberg eXistenZ with a Howard Shore score. That works for me. Did he use synths? I have no idea.

I'm actually not a big fan of Vangelis and I don't care at all for Chariots of Fire. Although I liked it at the time. I keep forgetting it's Vangelis on Blade Runner, actually, I have some other composer I can't put my finger on in mind and I've looked it up a couple of times.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:08 am

Yeah, I found Iron Fist a happening score.

olepro · Post by **olepro** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:05 am

Tony Banks "Soundtracks"
https://www.google.dk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... yP5PSB5-dQ

David Hentschel "Educating Rita"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNSd5fqFvEI

EDIT:
Well, not exactly my favorite soundtracks, but it's full of old analog hardware synths

ravasb · Post by **ravasb** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:16 am

Logan's Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxBUTjF0gyY

Chemik · Post by **Chemik** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:34 am

The one that always comes to mind for me are the ethereal bits Pray for Rain did for the Sid and Nancy soundtrack. The 2 best are in this clip that someone put together. Around the minute mark is the song Taxi to Heaven. Haunts me to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8KzPL3RRZc

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:39 am

jancivil wrote:... wasn't she the one on, what's that 80s movie where we go inside a video game type of thing. TRON. Hadda look it up! Yeah, no.

Tron soundtrack is fantastic. I didn't mention it because someone already had (or confused it with the soundtrack to Tron sequel, which was from Daft Punk, and not so good, IMO.

jancivil wrote: I'm actually not a big fan of Vangelis and I don't care at all for Chariots of Fire. Although I liked it at the time. I keep forgetting it's Vangelis on Blade Runner...

I think not everybody has to like it, but for me Vangelis is the number 1

Regarding Ryuichi Sakamoto, the finest score, IMO, is Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, which I think wasn't mentioned either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF9_9MZyQGo

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:42 am

ZeePok wrote:
Witness - Maurice Jarre

I love the end credits theme with the main lead played on a synth. It goes on forever. So beautiful.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:45 am

fmr wrote:....Vangelis soundtracks....

Yes, absolutely! I love his soundtracks.
L'Apocalypse des animaux is just sublime. The mix of synths and acoustic sounds... so good.
I think that was Vengelis' main trade mark sound, the fusion of electronic and acoustic instruments. I miss that.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:52 am

Speaking of Valngelis' soundtracks, so many good ones to choose from, but this particular piece from 1492 stands out for me in its understated grandiose poise, as well as this contemplative yet driven mood. It also has my favourite examples of musical use of ring-modulation. It's used to such an effect that every time I hear it I get goosebumps....so I try not to listen to this piece too often to savour that effect.

It's a long piece but worth a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNFpQL ... QLAT5Y#t=0

Your favorite filmscores with synths in them