Main-Title Quiz #3
Today's main-title mp3s include (a) one with a central theme that sounds vaguely Little House on the Prairie-ish, although the film unfolds on a much darker and deeper plane, (b) a melodic passage dominated by a French-horn that vaguely belies the urban setting of the film, and (c) a quiet but thrilling orchestral introduction to a '60s period film.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 2, 2008 at 12:59 PM
comment #1
berg says ...
I'm getting an Elmer Bernstein vibe, is the first one Some Came Running?
Posted by berg at August 2, 2008 1:46 PM
comment #2
DarthCorleone says ...
b) is LA Confidential, is it not?
Posted by DarthCorleone at August 2, 2008 1:47 PM
comment #3
gruver1 says ...
Wells to Darth Corleone: Brrnnngg!! Penalty buzzer!
Posted by gruver1 at August 2, 2008 2:02 PM
comment #4
cinefan says ...
I think b is LA Confidential but it's a bit hard to tell because this french horn rendition moves at a slower pace than the score you hear in the film.
Posted by cinefan at August 2, 2008 2:06 PM
comment #5
Bilge says ...
a is EAST OF EDEN.
Posted by Bilge at August 2, 2008 2:06 PM
comment #6
Mgmax says ...
Clearly 1960-5 or awfully close, but I must admit all three are unfamiliar to me. I checked The Sand Pebbles to see if that's what c, with its vaguely Chinese notes, was, but it's not.
Posted by Mgmax at August 2, 2008 2:08 PM
comment #7
PJ says ...
Leonard Bernstein, On The Waterfront.
Posted by PJ at August 2, 2008 2:13 PM
comment #8
PJ says ...
For theme b, that is...
Posted by PJ at August 2, 2008 2:15 PM
comment #9
Mgmax says ...
Okay, so much for "1960-5." Good call on both East of Eden and Waterfront. That Aaron Copland feller sure cast a long shadow in that era of American music, didn't he?
Posted by Mgmax at August 2, 2008 2:20 PM
comment #10
JoeGreenia says ...
East of Eden was my first guess.
Posted by JoeGreenia at August 2, 2008 2:39 PM
comment #11
JoeGreenia says ...
b and c I'm drawing a blank on. Sand Pebbles is reasonable, that one sounds like Goldsmith too.
Posted by JoeGreenia at August 2, 2008 2:46 PM
comment #12
Rosebudsthesled says ...
The first two I got right off the bat: CLEOPATRA and ON THE WATERFRONT. Would recognize them anywhere. The third...not so much.
Posted by Rosebudsthesled at August 10, 2008 10:55 PM
comment #13
Rosebudsthesled says ...
Wait shit--if the first one is EAST OF EDEN then I feel really stupid.
Posted by Rosebudsthesled at August 10, 2008 10:56 PM
comment #14
AndyK says ...
b is The Screaming Mimi.
Of course, Leonard Bernstein *originally* wrote it for On the Waterfront, so that "might" be a better answer.
I've always been amused that Columbia simply reused ON the Waterfront for Screaming Mimi with no credit to Bernstein at all.
Posted by AndyK at August 13, 2008 3:34 AM