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Post by neurosturgeon on May 27, 2017 15:31:37 GMT
How about the giant piano in The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T?
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 27, 2017 17:29:37 GMT
Speaking of "giant pianos"
BIG : The giant floor keyboard that Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia play Chopsticks on at FAO Schwartz Toy Store.
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Post by koskiewicz on May 27, 2017 20:46:43 GMT
Harpo Marx playing the harp and Chico Marx playing the piano in several Marx Brothers films.
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 27, 2017 21:30:16 GMT
I found a new one for the collection: The HURDY GURDYSpencer Tracy plays one in Captains Courageous (1937)There's a photo of him and also of the instrument but they won't link for me. A search will bring them up tho' The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents—small wedges, typically made of wood—against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board and hollow cavity to make the vibration of the strings audible. What a fascinating instrument an excellent addition for the folk band, thanks for the link and info I needed to look this one up !  |
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 27, 2017 21:48:57 GMT
Speaking of "giant pianos" While where on the subject "The Words Are in My Heart" an elaborate Busby Berkeley production number utilized 56 white grand pianos, moved around the sound stage by male dancers underneath the piano-shells, dressed in black Gold Diggers of 1935  |
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 27, 2017 21:58:34 GMT
How about the giant piano in The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T? Thanks neurosturgeon that's some piano !  |
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Post by gunshotwound on May 28, 2017 6:10:06 GMT
I remembered another instrument.
Cimbalom - The Power (1968) Miklos Rozsa uses this instrument extensively in his score for George Pal's The Power.
If you would like to hear what it sounds like watch this YouTube video I posted in 2011.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCmw3slzPeM
Link at Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbalom
EDIT: I forgot to say that the cimbalom starts at 35 seconds into the video. |
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Post by gunshotwound on May 28, 2017 6:53:33 GMT
Remembered another one.
Serpent - White Witch Doctor (1953) & Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959).
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_(instrument)
If you want to hear it view my video of Journey to the Center of the Earth. The serpent begins at the 11:00 minute mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0sb159J4O0
No one has mentioned the xylophone. I can't remember any movie in which it appears but Bernard Herrmann uses it to underscore Sinbad's fight with the skeleton in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
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Post by gunshotwound on May 28, 2017 7:27:23 GMT
Another is Viola d'amour. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_d%27amore
Again I do not know if it is actually seen in any movie, but Bernard Herrmann (again) used it for his score for On Dangerous Ground (1953).
Herrmann hired musician Virginia Majewsky to play the viola d'amour for the recording sessions. He told the producers that he wanted Majewsky to receive credit in the main titles. Herrmann was told that there was no room for a credit for her so he insisted that she be included on his credit card instead of having a card to himself. I think that is pretty great! |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 28, 2017 12:13:13 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 28, 2017 12:17:26 GMT
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Post by london777 on May 28, 2017 13:22:26 GMT
The didgeridoo is often heard in the soundtrack of films set in Australia. The only one where I am sure it is shown is the short Sound of Peace (1997)  but I suspect it may also be shown in one or more of the following: -- Australia (2008) -- Walkabout (1971) -- The Last Wave (1977) -- Broken Hill (2009) |
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 29, 2017 3:28:38 GMT
I remembered another instrument.
Cimbalom - The Power (1968) Miklos Rozsa uses this instrument extensively in his score for George Pal's The Power.
If you would like to hear what it sounds like watch this YouTube video I posted in 2011.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCmw3slzPeM
Link at Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbalom
EDIT: I forgot to say that the cimbalom starts at 35 seconds into the video. Thanks again gunshotwound some more great additions from you, what a beautiful instrument the Cimbalom is many thanks for the introduction, loved your youtube soundtrack. That is certainly an unusual instrument the Serpent was most interested to read all about it |
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 29, 2017 4:03:25 GMT
Native Drums feature in many a classic adventure, an ominous pulsating beat indicating an uprising and danger to the intruders. From the dark jungles of Africa to the open plains of the American frontier many film titles features a reference to the native instrument.   |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 29, 2017 4:51:20 GMT
The trumpet player starts to play following a simple nod from Rick Blaine.
What comes next is one of "THE" music scenes in film history.
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Post by london777 on May 29, 2017 5:07:33 GMT
The trumpet player starts to play following a simple nod from Rick Blaine. What comes next is one of "THE" music scenes in film history. I could not agree more.
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 29, 2017 5:23:42 GMT
spiderwort"That" scene gets me every time. I mean EVERY time ! Thanks to London's link, I see that the Trumpet and Trombone player actually start the piece off together. Shall have to think on the idea of "war of music" but right now, I believe that you are probably correct. In any case, the one in this film must be the BEST.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 26, 2017 6:02:57 GMT
Some more: Piano - Rhapsody in Blue, Night and Day, For Me and My Gal, Holiday Inn, and probably in just about every Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney musical. Trumpet - The Horn Blows at MidnightViolin - Golden Boy, In the Good Old Summertime, Music of the HeartAnd I'm not sure what instrument it is, but doesn't Sam Jaffe blow some kind of an indigenous horn in Gunga Din? Hi there spiderwort ... He blows the bugle as mentioned and shown here with photo by... Post by bravomailer on May 27, 2017 Bugler Gunga Din saves the day at the end. Is that what you were thinking of or was there an "indigenous" instrument played also ? so long since I have seen the film... |
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 26, 2017 15:39:09 GMT
...the organ in "The Black Cat" - (1936) Purportedly performed by John Carradine during the black mass and the music was JS Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor...
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 29, 2018 22:46:46 GMT
Ashik Kerib is a 1988 film by the Soviet- Georgian and Armenian filmmakers Dodo Abashidze and Sergei Parajanov the film was adapted from a story written in the early 19th century by the famous Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, "the poet of the Caucasus"... It was Parajanov's last completed film which he dedicated to close friend Andrei Tarkovsky, and features a detailed colourful portrayal of Azerbaijani culture. Exploring traditional Azerbaijani, customs, costume, music, dance & art, the engaging tale tells of a wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib. Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is rejected by her father, he is now forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights... Ashik Kerib is a wonderful, other worldly film experience, highlighted with an exceptional collection of traditional folk music ... An Ashik is a singer who accompanied his song with a bağlama, a stringed musical instrument which belongs to the family of long-necked lutes  
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