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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 19, 2017 11:02:32 GMT
I do think that the Action and Adventure section needs its very own music thread.
A place were you can post your favorite theme songs, movie scores or just those hilariously cheesy yet awesomely upbeat rock ballads, that gets you all pumped up and ready for a good time.
When it comes to epic and bad ass movie scores, very few have come close to matching the skills of Basil Poledouris and his legendary music that were used to absolute perfection in Conan The Barbarian (1982).
5 years later on, and once again Basil Poledouris delivered another masterpiece with Robocop (1987).
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 19, 2017 11:34:00 GMT
British synth-pop duo Wang Chung and director Bill Friedkin turned out to be the perfect match.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 19, 2017 11:50:10 GMT
They just don't make em like they used to.
The 80s had some of the greatest feel-good ballads, and John Parr delivered another classic with his song, Restless Heart in The Running Man (1987).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 12:05:53 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 19, 2017 13:41:10 GMT
They do sound familiar. Didn't they do that song called Big Gun  for an Arnold film back in 93? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 14:05:44 GMT
Ha yeah you may have heard of them. They also did the soundtrack of a Stephen King novel tie-in film. I can't remember the movie right now.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 19, 2017 18:07:10 GMT
You Could Be Mine by Guns N Roses from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 20, 2017 17:27:41 GMT
This is one bad ass sounding spaghetti western inspired theme done beautifully by Jay Chattaway, in the gritty vigilante thriller directed by William Lustig.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 20, 2017 17:38:25 GMT
Ha yeah you may have heard of them. They also did the soundtrack of a Stephen King novel tie-in film. I can't remember the movie right now. Yeah, I do remember that film, well the plot and the song Who Made Who or something like that, but the title is a bit lost at the moment for me. Think a "remake" or updated TV movie version was done around 97 with Tim Busfield in the lead, called Trucks. It had none of the 80s cheese or quotes, neither of the music and was over all a terrible movie. You Could Be Mine by Guns N Roses from Terminator 2: Judgment Day That is a great pick, and if I remember it correctly didn't they put it in one of the scenes of Terminator: Salvation? Maybe only for a few seconds or so, still, it was a nice little tribute to T2. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 20, 2017 17:40:44 GMT
My all time favorite 80s martial art/action film, and much of it is because of the awesome soundtrack.
The perfect training music.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 1:40:20 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 21, 2017 10:52:53 GMT
I remember back when The Dark Knight came out in summer of 2008, there were some real snobbish movie critics who decided to have cheap go at Danny Elfman, saying things like "Hans Zimmer's dark and captivating score was far superior to Elfman's out-dated, pompous circus/clown music".
The very first few seconds into Danny Elfman's bad ass Batman Theme, is far more memorable and epic than all of Zimmer's "fantastic" repetitive, snoozefest of a "theme", which just goes on and on and on.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 10:56:39 GMT
Zimmer was great but yep repetitive. I lost count the number of times he plagiarized his own work.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 11:00:27 GMT
Thanks for posting that. What a stirring profound video!
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 21, 2017 11:07:01 GMT
I use to love Zimmer and his work on several classic films during the 80/90s, and I was looking forward to hearing his Batman score for the first time, only to sit back and watch in wonder at how people were going crazy "in awe" or "blown away" by his lifeless and incredible dull sounding score.
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Post by sostie on Mar 21, 2017 11:11:55 GMT
None-score wise I'd go for the scenes in Shoot @em Up that use Motorhead's "Ace Of Spades" and Nirvana's "Breed"
(can't post/view Youtube links from work)
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 21, 2017 11:45:09 GMT
Not movie/film themes, but still these classic TV themes/intros would still beat the hell out of most of todays action/adventures scores:
A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum P.I., Knightrider and Airwolf etc, being a kid growing up in the 90s, and coming home from school, having these classic 80s shows awaiting for you 5 times a week, it was fantastic.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 22, 2017 2:46:30 GMT
Jerry Goldsmith's funky score for Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice (1987). A film filled with testosterone.
One of my favourite actions scores might not be testosterone-laced, but Jacques Loussier's racy music score for Dark of the Sun (1968) sure does know how to kick it when needed.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 22, 2017 16:04:07 GMT
"You're, blowing it Frank! Forget about the girl!"
So much emotion going on here, with Van Damme (Frank Dux) sitting all alone on the bus, being haunted by the face of his nemesis Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) that seems to follow him through the streets of Hong Kong.
The perfect training music for those long hard training sessions in the woods, during winter time:
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Post by izon on Mar 23, 2017 12:19:32 GMT
What an excellent thread! I've listened to everything that has been posted above many times throughout the years.  |
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for an Arnold film back in 93?
