Oscar Buzz: The Music of Motion Pictures
Imagine watching "Jaws" without that those two notes pulsating (duh-nuh...duh-nuh) whenever the finned villain appears on screen, or picture Darth Vader making an entrance in "Star Wars" without his theme music. It's just not the same. We need soundtracks and music scores to add to the drama of films. And this week, we're paying homage to the motion picture music.
Brian Hiatt from Rolling Stone shared his picks for his favorite soundtracks: "Star Wars" and "Pulp Fiction." He also touched upon the rocker trend in film scoring. Rocker Trent Reznor is nominated for an Oscar this year, and many others have made the transition over the years from 80's group Devo to Danny Elfman.
Here's a bit of trivia: "The Bodyguard" is the best-selling soundtrack album of all-time and "White Christmas" is the best-selling soundtrack song of all-time with somewhere around 50 million singles sold. "Thite Christmas" first appeared in the film "Holiday Inn" in 1942 and later in the movie of the same title in 1955.
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Oscar Movie Music: 1970 Best Original Score-The Beatles for the movie "Let it Be"
Ennio Morricone-"Battle of Algiers" Untouchables
Black Strobe "I'm a Man" Rock-n-Rolla
Rollingstones "Sympathy for the Devil" Any Robert DeNiro movie..lol.