Favorite soundtracks /movie themes that feature the guitar

[BertKoor]

For those who like myself might not like the term 'classical guitar' that much, there are always places to the south of the U.S. where usually it's just referred to as the guitar, and sometimes even as the national instrument...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtUEpopu6A

From the same movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM97agVI50E

[BertKoor]

First thing I learned from my first proper guitar teacher was a piece called "Romance" from a movie I haven't seen up until this day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaZWlApXx0

(all the time I thought it were quite some other Forbidden Games they were playing)


No mention yet of Dick Dale's rendition of Misirlou? It featured in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vC99-mqOcQ

[rp314]

First thing I learned from my first proper guitar teacher was a piece called "Romance" from a movie I haven't seen up until this day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaZWlApXx0

(all the time I thought it were quite some other Forbidden Games they were playing)

Well that certainly takes one back. That's a piece that I was playing recently as I was going through old sheet music during the lockdown although for some reason I didn't think back to Forbidden Games which I'd seen at some art house many years ago.

IIRC the piece is of unknown origin and was played by Narciso Yepes whose record company took advantage of the film's success to help promote his career.

[seismic1]

Equinox - the 1992 movie featuring Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle features some excellent guitar from Terje Rypdal who features on 7 tracks in the movie although only 3 made it to the Soundtrack CD.

Both the soundtrack and the movie itself are difficult to find right now. Hopefully this will change in the future.

[BertKoor]

IIRC the piece is of unknown origin and was played by Narciso Yepes whose record company took advantage of the film's success to help promote his career.

That's right

The question of authorship has probably been propagated by three main reasons: the lack of claim by its true author, the desire to avoid paying copyright fees, and the desire of publishing companies to claim the lucrative copyright of this world-famous piece.

Rest of the wiki article is worth a read as well.

[colonel_mustard]

https://youtu.be/vgpBt5STusE

[rp314]

Equinox - the 1992 movie featuring Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle features some excellent guitar from Terje Rypdal who features on 7 tracks in the movie although only 3 made it to the Soundtrack CD.

Both the soundtrack and the movie itself are difficult to find right now. Hopefully this will change in the future.

Let's hope so. I don't recall seeing that film but am familiar with many of his ECM recordings, especially the ones he did with Jan Garbarek. And what's the point of issuing a soundtrack cd that's missing so much of the music?

[seismic1]

Equinox - the 1992 movie featuring Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle features some excellent guitar from Terje Rypdal who features on 7 tracks in the movie although only 3 made it to the Soundtrack CD.

Both the soundtrack and the movie itself are difficult to find right now. Hopefully this will change in the future.

Let's hope so. I don't recall seeing that film but am familiar with many of his ECM recordings, especially the ones he did with Jan Garbarek. And what's the point of issuing a soundtrack cd that's missing so much of the music?

The soundtrack featured other artists - Astor Piazzolla, Ali Farka Toure, Archie Shepp, Dollar Brand, Ivo Papasov, Reah Sadowsky, David Darling. It is a most enjoyable and diverse collection, and the omissions aren't an issue due to the quality of the inclusions.

I seem to remember that the film got a bit of a panning from the critics upon release, but I thought it was a reasonable production. Unfortunately I had it on VHS, and got rid of a lot of movies during a house move some time ago, so I haven't watched it for almost 20 years.

[rp314]

Equinox - the 1992 movie featuring Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle features some excellent guitar from Terje Rypdal who features on 7 tracks in the movie although only 3 made it to the Soundtrack CD.

Both the soundtrack and the movie itself are difficult to find right now. Hopefully this will change in the future.

Let's hope so. I don't recall seeing that film but am familiar with many of his ECM recordings, especially the ones he did with Jan Garbarek. And what's the point of issuing a soundtrack cd that's missing so much of the music?

The soundtrack featured other artists - Astor Piazzolla, Ali Farka Toure, Archie Shepp, Dollar Brand, Ivo Papasov, Reah Sadowsky, David Darling. It is a most enjoyable and diverse collection, and the omissions aren't an issue due to the quality of the inclusions.

I seem to remember that the film got a bit of a panning from the critics upon release, but I thought it was a reasonable production. Unfortunately I had it on VHS, and got rid of a lot of movies during a house move some time ago, so I haven't watched it for almost 20 years.

Oh, I see. In my way of looking at things critics should never pan a film with an interesting soundtrack.

And regarding the consequences of getting rid of old media, I think we all have some items that for some reason seem difficult to find that we wish we still owned.

[seismic1]

And regarding the consequences of getting rid of old media, I think we all have some items that for some reason seem difficult to find that we wish we still owned.

Quite a lot of them, actually

[rp314]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k07VL4s6lY0

[seismic1]

Carnaby Street vibes a-plenty, but the Daleks would probably not approve. Their image would suffer

[vurt]

Carnaby Street vibes a-plenty, but the Daleks would probably not approve. Their image would suffer

oh, but theyre ok with doing the conga?

[seismic1]

A harmless conga. This was in the days when Daleks had not learned how to negotiate staircases.

[PatchAdamz]

Ry Cooder's Paris, Texas soundtrack.

One of the great soundtracks of all time.

He also did the music for these films:

· The Long Riders (1980)
· Music From Alamo Bay (1985)
· Paris, Texas (1985)
· Blue City (1986)
· Crossroads (1986)
· Johnny Handsome (1989)
· Trespass (1993)