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I've cut out the opening distributor-logo intro and confined this mp3 to music from a prologue portion-plus-main title of a certain action-adventure film. If you haven't gotten it by the 30-second mark, you need to pack it in. This is the easiest music clip I've posted since I started this game last week.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 5, 2008 at 10:31 AM
comment #1
T. Holly says ...
Tom and Jerry Die Hard 20th Anniversary. Hate it so much, gonna love it.
Posted by T. Holly at August 5, 2008 10:42 AM
comment #2
Balthazar says ...
I'm getting a Ray Harryhausen, Sinbad, Arabian vibe.
Posted by Balthazar at August 5, 2008 10:45 AM
comment #3
Cadavra says ...
Pretty sure it's Tiomkin, but it sounds like any number of his scores. Most likely GIANT or THE ALAMO, but the latter was UA and had no logo theme, so I'll go with GIANT.
Posted by Cadavra at August 5, 2008 10:50 AM
comment #4
Josh Massey says ...
Obviously early Cusack, though I can't be certain if it's One Crazy Summer or Hot Pursuit.
Posted by Josh Massey at August 5, 2008 10:51 AM
comment #5
frankbooth says ...
It sounds like something old.
Does anyone really watch movies made before, say, 1990? They're so slow, and the special effects are bad.
Posted by frankbooth at August 5, 2008 10:55 AM
comment #6
D.Z. says ...
Princess Bride?
Posted by D.Z. at August 5, 2008 11:02 AM
comment #7
Jason says ...
The Guns of Navarone.
I saw this in the mid-nineties when the first decent laserdisc of it was released. It seemed awfully creaky to me.
Posted by Jason at August 5, 2008 11:02 AM
comment #8
MickTravis says ...
I'm officially dropping a spoiler on this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvM4q0Vbsy0
Posted by MickTravis at August 5, 2008 11:05 AM
comment #9
Cadavra says ...
Well, at least I got the composer right!
Posted by Cadavra at August 5, 2008 11:08 AM
comment #10
p.Vice says ...
Booth - Movies existed before 1990? That's just not possible. The WORLD didn't exist before 1990. Are you trying to trick us or something?
Posted by p.Vice at August 5, 2008 11:13 AM
comment #11
Cadavra says ...
"Does anyone really watch movies made before, say, 1990? They're so slow, and the special effects are bad."
I already got baited into this over at Hot Blog. One apoplectic fit per year is enough for me. Go away.
Posted by Cadavra at August 5, 2008 11:17 AM
comment #12
Josh. says ...
Sorry, can't place it. Sounds liberal, though.
Posted by Josh. at August 5, 2008 11:20 AM
comment #13
Edward says ...
I'm not hanging up my filmlovers hat because I can't place the score, but I definately get an action vibe, and something middle eastern or oriental. Those drums are very cool.
Posted by Edward at August 5, 2008 11:25 AM
comment #14
Edward says ...
I absolutely loved Guns when I was a kid, but it is a bit creaky by today's standards. Of course I'm a bit creaky by today's standards.
Posted by Edward at August 5, 2008 11:29 AM
comment #15
frankbooth says ...
I'm not baiting you, Cadavra, I'm baiting Wells.
I'm also waiting for D.Z. to take me seriously and post a bunch of links proving me wrong.
Posted by frankbooth at August 5, 2008 11:37 AM
comment #16
Joshua Mooney says ...
Thanks for the spoiler, MickTravis. I couldn't link to Jeff's mp3. I think I have the dumbest computer in the world.
Posted by Joshua Mooney at August 5, 2008 11:56 AM
comment #17
moviemaniac2002 says ...
Any baby-boomer movie buff has this music
permanently imprinted in their head....when the
movie was first out, there was, kid you not, a
top 40 radio single version of this theme.
Moment that still stays in my head....David Niven
giving Gregory Peck a proper British verbal
roasting...over who's going to kill the German
spy in their midst...(which I won't reveal for
you young'uns who haven't discovered the movie yet. Just remember...no matter how gory and
crazy Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" may turn
out...its DNA can be traced way back to this
this movie.
Posted by moviemaniac2002 at August 5, 2008 12:11 PM
comment #18
Jeremy Smith says ...
I don't know if I'd call NAVARONE "creaky". "Leisurely" might be more accurate. (I remember my dad declaring it the most action-packed movie ever made, which seemed absurd in the immediate wake of RAIDERS and the STAR WARS movies.) It may lack the personality of THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI or THE GREAT ESCAPE, but I think it holds up fine.
Posted by Jeremy Smith at August 5, 2008 12:16 PM
comment #19
Mr. Peel says ...
Since somebody mentioned the STAR WARS movies, has anyone ever noticed the similarity between GUNS OF NAVARONE and RETURN OF THE JEDI?
Posted by Mr. Peel at August 5, 2008 12:25 PM
comment #20
Edward says ...
Maybe creaky isn't the right adjective. Guns is dated, but still watchable, just not as thrilling as it was back in the day.
Posted by Edward at August 5, 2008 1:40 PM
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Mgmax says ...
The best version of this score is the ska one that the Skatalites did. Like Coltrane's version of My Favorite Things, it takes the whitest thing you can think of and totally gives it soul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bczs6vS5nNM
Yeah, Navarone's a little straight arrow-square now, a little filmmaking-by-committee next to River Kwai or The Dirty Dozen (or Inglorious Bastards!), but it's still satisfying.
Posted by Mgmax at August 5, 2008 3:59 PM
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DarkHorizons says ...
Navarone has the same problems as all the Alistair MacLean movie adaptations in the 60's - notable changes from the book and a desperate need of editing.
By today's standards they're too slow. MacLean's signature trick of a twist involving a traitor amongst the group was probably innovative back then but seems trite now.
Funnily enough the MacLean work that holds up the best today is the most vacuous - Where Eagles Dare. The fast pacing, Swiss Alps location shooting and a young Clint Eastwood killing Nazis left and right actually seems better suited for a modern audience - even if the final act devolves into endless action sequences and the film drags out for far too long (155 mins).
Posted by DarkHorizons at August 5, 2008 6:56 PM
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Cadavra says ...
DH, you should check out THE SATAN BUG. Though it too deviates heavily from the MacLean novel, the movie is gripping all the way through.
Posted by Cadavra at August 5, 2008 7:20 PM
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moviemaniac2002 says ...
Satan Bug still rocks....and features an
awesomely ominous Jerry Goldsmith score.
And you have to love the structure of
"Where Eagles Dare"....which has Eastwood
killing off almost the entire supporting cast
halfway through the film. (and speaking of
scores...where Tiomkin's "Navarone" music could
at times sound, sprightly, light-hearted and
excited, Ron Goodwin's pounding, relentless
"Eagles" score was the perfect match for
Burton and Eastwood as they massacre what
looks like half the German army.
Posted by moviemaniac2002 at August 5, 2008 8:34 PM
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