SOUNDTRACKS FROM MAJOR MOTION PICTURES
Soundtracks from major motion pictures make the visual atmosphere engaging when watching the movie. These are selections from films that I have watched and each soundtrack has a gifted composer creating these amazing compositions for film. Music is fifty percent of the narrative which gives the additional emotional feedback with the visual composition on the screen.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
1960
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
THE GREAT ESCAPE
1963
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
ENTER THE DRAGON
1973
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
APOLLO 13
1995
Composer: James Horner
UCLA Alum
OUT OF AFRICA
1985
Composer: John Barry
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1996
In the soundtrack with the dancing scene
Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Sung by Ella Fitzgerald
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
1984
Composer: Craig Safan
STAR WARS
Episode IV
A New Hope
Throne Room Theme and Ending Credits
1977
Composer: John Williams
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Washington DC and Ending Credits
1981
Composer: John Williams
STAR TREK
Disco Rendition
To Boldy Go Where No Boogie Has Gone Before
1982
Arrangement: Walter Murphy
Composer: Alexander Courage
BACK TO THE FUTURE
1985
Composer: Alan Silvestri
INTOUCHABLES
2012
Opening Scene
"September"
Composer: Maurice White
DIRTY HARRY
1971
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
BULLITT
1968
"Shifting Gears"
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
Composer: The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss
One of the hits that came after the release of Star Wars in 1977 was a disco version from Meco.
Music arrangement by Meco
Composer: John Williams
THE KING AND I
1959
Composer Lyricist: Richard Rodgers Composer Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
TOOTSIE
1982
Composer: Alan Bergman
Composer: Dave Grusin
Composer: Marilyn Bergman
BLADE RUNNER
1982
Composer: Vangelis
BLUES BROTHERS
1980
PETER GUNN THEME
COMPOSER: HENRY MANCINI
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMEN
1981
JOE COCKER AND JENNIFER WARNES