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[tiggz]

Donnie Darko has one of, if not the, most beautiful scores i've ever heard. i seriously could just listen to it all day. what about you? do you have a favorite?

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[buffyx.livejournal.com]

Gah, I loooooove the music for Donnie Darko, between the scores and the soundtrack and the cover of "Mad World" at the end. Heart heart heart!

I really really love this one score, it was used in the Diane Lane film Unfaithful, but I've heard it elsewhere too-- it's "Nara" by E.S. Posthumus. I should upload it, I think I still have it downloaded, it's gorgeous.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

E.S. Posthumus is good stuff. winterspel made a really cool VM vid to "Lepcis Magna." I also recommend "Tikal" and "Pompeii."

I get this feeling I should eventually check out Regina Spektor.

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

I made a Buffy vid to "Pompeii" back in the day. I love the strings in "Nara," though.

Regina Spektor is pretty amazing.

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

By the way-- I know you've talked to RT about music on the show-- I really keep thinking he should check out using some Ted Leo & The Pharmacists on the show. Their music just seems like it'd be really perfect.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

I've heard of them, but I haven't heard anything by them. How do they distinguish themselves among the sea of Cool Indie Bands these days? Besides the fun name.

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'm not sure how to describe them-- there's some punk influence, except they're really easy to listen to, great lyrics and the songs all hook you from the get go.

Here's one of my favorites from their album The Tyranny of Distance: Biomusicology (http://download.yousendit.com/6A9B67FE6C7F48D8)

I had the fortune of seeing them live over summer, and they were fantastic. Sound exactly the same live as they do on the studio versions.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

They sound a little like Spoon and a little like...someone else I can't put my finger on. The vocalist reminds me of someone.

Sound exactly the same live as they do on the studio versions.
That's always awesome. Incubus is like that.

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

You're right, they do sound somewhat like Spoon. They're one of the few bands where I can listen to their albums all the way through and not really want to skip tracks.

And hey, you know, I know it's not "cool" to love Nirvana the most out of the Seattle grunge scene (yes, okay, Mudhoney and Soundgarden are great, but Nirvana was always my favorite), but I *still* adore Kurt Cobain hardcore for that fact-- their live covers sound so much like their studio versions.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

It's not cool, really? Because I love Nirvana. I like a few Soundgarden songs a lot, and the only thing I know about Mudhoney is that they were in the Chris Farley/David Spade movie Black Sheep.

*puts on live version of "Negative Creep" acquired a couple weeks ago, despite never having heard the album version or, nay, even having heard of the song before*

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was once told I didn't really "understand" the grunge scene if I truly believed Nirvana's overhyped influence on music. WHATEVER, PRENTETIOUS SCENESTERS! I still like them a lot, even if I don't listen to them nearly as much as I did in my fourteen-year-old self's "no one understands my wounded soul like Kurt Cobain!! tears tears vomit!!!!" stage.

I kind of shifted from the 90's stuff (Nirvana, Hole, Garbage, Oasis) to the old school punk (Sex Pistols, The Clash, New York Dolls, etc), then to 60's rock (Joplin, Hendrix, the Stones, Pink Floyd), then to political hip hop (Talib Kweli, KRS-One, etc) and currently I have a mental boner for Ted Leo, Wolf Parade, Arctic Monkeys, Metric, Elvis Costello, Sam Cooke, and a ton of other random stuff. My taste is fickle and varied.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

In a strange bit of amusing coincidence, on my way to the dentist, the radio was doing a "Survivor" thing where they pitted different genres together, and I was treated to half an hour of...yes, grunge. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains.

I love Metric. Currently, I'm addicted to, let's see...M.I.A., OK Go, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Silversun Pickups. Fickle and varied taste is the best taste.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

I really love Philip Glass's score for The Hours.

I'm sure there are a lot of film scores I love, but I can't think of them right now. Fight Club.

[cucumbersarnies.livejournal.com]

I was just going to say 'The Hours' too. It's gorgeous music. (and yes, you should check out Regina Spektor. I don't know if it is availble in the US but over the pond they released 'Mary Ann meets the Gravediggers' which is a compliation of her last few albums. 'Us' is the last song, and it is fantastic.

The Piano soundtrack is probably slightly too recognisible, but is still great.

[cucumbersarnies.livejournal.com]

argh! I fail at HTML.

[bluegreensmoke.livejournal.com]

Good question. I have the DD score on my iPod.

I liked a lot of James Horner's pre-Titanic scores, especially Glory and Legends of the Fall. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has a great score, as do Frida and Braveheart. My all time favorite movie composer is probably Maurice Jarre. His scores are amazing.

[drunkprincessz.livejournal.com]

i'm totally into the Amelie soundtrack, it's amazing to do homework to

[http://users.livejournal.com/naty_/]

seconding Fight Club. also Requiem for a Dream, The Last Of The Mohicans & Plunkett & Macleane

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

OMG! How the fuck could I forget Requiem for a Dream?? Christ, that score PWNS.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

And while I'm forgetting stuff: Moulin Rouge, of course.

Oh! You know what other score I like? Memento. I'm not sure it's one I could listen to alone, but it's great for the movie.

[http://users.livejournal.com/naty_/]

Yeah, the ones I mentioned I enjoy alone (as just music). But, if I add ones that really worked for the film, then Jurassic Park, Psycho, and Edward Scissorhands would be high on the list. Oh, and Star Wars.

[kessiebabe.livejournal.com]

Hm I like The Piano and Gattaca which I sometimes listen to while I´m writing.

Also Pompeii the others already talked about above.

[aka-becker.livejournal.com]

It was by Mark Andrews, right? He did the score for the shows Freaks and Geeks and Wonderfalls. :)