Showing posts with label Soundtracks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soundtracks. Show all posts

Friday, November 8, 2019

Armação Ilimitada - Trilha Sonora


Armação Ilimitada foi um seriado brasileiro, voltado para o público adolescente da Rede Globo, exibido às sextas-feira às 21h20min, entre 1985 e 1988, e que misturava aventura e esportes além de outros temas típicos da Zona Sul do Rio de Janeiro. O seriado integrava a faixa de programação Sexta Super, sendo exibido uma vez por mês em seu primeiro ano, e quinzenalmente a partir do segundo ano, em episódios de 45 minutos de duração.


O projeto foi concebido a partir de um esboço feito por Kadu Moliterno e André De Biase, que haviam trabalhado juntos na telenovela Partido Alto em 1984. A ideia foi concretizada por Daniel Filho, que apostou e investiu no seriado de aventuras apresentado em ritmo de videoclipes.

O seriado inovou em diversos aspectos, tanto no texto quanto nas imagens. Os episódios eram narrados por Black Boy (Nara Gil), um DJ que tocava músicas e, ao mesmo tempo narrava e comentava as tramas, num cenário de estúdio radiofônico, provavelmente inspirado em personagem do filme The Warriors de 1979.


A trilha sonora, creditada a Ari Mendes, tem o riff de guitarra na abertura retirado quase que integralmente da música Say What You Will, da banda Fastway, em seu primeiro disco, de 1983.

Edição de vídeo-clipe, layout de história em quadrinhos, personagens caricatos e enredos cheios de ação e puro nonsense: estava criada uma das séries mais memoráveis da televisão brasileira. Armação Ilimitada inovou em quase tudo, e sua linguagem permanece atual até hoje, mais de trinta anos depois da sua estreia. 


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Friday, October 11, 2019

Billy Strange - Musical Themes & Soundtracks


One of the most successful session musicians of the 1960s, Billy Strange was a member of "The Wrecking Crew," the team of elite players who dominated the Los Angeles recording studios and worked on many of the biggest hits of the '60s and '70s. Strange co-wrote hits for Elvis Presley and Chubby Checker and arranged Nancy Sinatra's biggest hits in addition to lending his talents to recordings by the Beach Boys, Phil Spector, the Everly Brothers, and many more. Billy Strange was born in Long Beach, California on September 29, 1930. His parents, George and Billie Strange, were county & western musicians, and young Billy followed in their footsteps, performing with his folks on the radio and winning a yodeling contest at the age of 5. Strange took up the guitar when he was 14, and two years later he was playing with a local honky tonk band that set out for Texas in search of adventure and paying gigs. When Strange returned to California, he was a seasoned professional and was soon working with some of the biggest names on the West Coast C&W scene of the '50s, including Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roy Rogers, Spade Cooley, and Cliffie Stone. Strange also signed on as a guitarist and singer with CBS Radio in Hollywood, which led to more jobs in pop music as well as introducing him to the lucrative world of studio work. As a gifted guitarist who was as comfortable with pop and rock styles as country, Strange rose to the upper ranks of Los Angeles session players, working with many of the leading artists and producers of the day, and in addition to working on other people's recordings, he cut a series of instrumental albums for GNP Crescendo Records. 


In 1962, an instrumental number Strange wrote for the group the Champs was married to a lyric by Kal Mann and recorded by Chubby Checker, who scored a massive hit with "Limbo Rock." This kick-started Strange's career as a songwriter, and he was also recruited to work with Elvis Presley, playing guitar on many of his sessions, co-writing a few tunes for the King (including "A Little Less Conversation" and "Memories") and contributing to the soundtracks of several of his films. As the '60s wore on, Strange remained in demand as a session guitarist (he appeared on the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Love's Forever Changes), but he branched out as an arranger and bandleader, arranging the lion's share of Nancy Sinatra's hits (including "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," "Bang Bang [He Shot Me Down]," and her duet with her father Frank, "Somethin' Stupid") and fronting her backing band for live performances. Strange also served as arranger for the early recordings by the TV-spawned group the Partridge Family, but in the early '70s he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where he helped run a publishing company for Nancy Sinatra and continued to write songs and record periodically. In the '80s, Strange briefly dipped his toes into acting, playing the great steel guitarist Speedy West (who Strange had worked with in his early days) in the movie Coal Miner's Daughter. By the time a remix of Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" took the song back to the charts in 2002, Strange was retired in Nashville, supporting himself through songwriting and performance royalties. After a brief illness, Strange died on February 22, 2012.




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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Spaghetti Westerns Soundtracks


This addition to DRG's Classic Italian Soundtracks series captures spaghetti Westerns at their eeriest and funniest. Ennio Morricone is predominant, of course, with tracks to such films as A Pistol for Ringo and Blood and Guns, and vocal themes to The Return of Ringo and Death Rides a Horse. A rarely heard voice-free version of "My Name Is Nobody" has the virtue of sounding like a soda pop commercial. Other pasta-and-pistols maestros such as Piero Piccioni ("I Don't Forget... I Kill"), Carlo Savina ("The Two Ringos from Texas"), and Luis Bacalov ("Gold of the Proud Ones") make an impressive showing, though there are some dull moments. In contrast to our domesticated Tiomkin-style Hollywood clichés, these eccentric to melancholy flourishes represent fantasies of the American West nurtured by a pastry-crazed European imagination. --Joseph Lanza


With out these classic songs, most Spaghetti Westerns would fade into obscurity. If you stop and think about it, the music to so many of these movies provide a depth, an environment and tension that the songs themselves become another character. I'm not sure where this music falls, its not really 'Classical' nor is it 'Western', but it does give you a sense of what the west is all about. You will love all of these songs and I urge you to get the entire set volumes I-IV. You won't be disappointed.




Spaghetti Westerns (Classic Italian Soundtracks) Vol. 1


Spaghetti Westerns (Classic Italian Soundtracks) Vol. 2

Spaghetti Westerns (Classic Italian Soundtracks) Vol. 3


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Sunday, July 21, 2019

I Shot Andy Warhol (OST)


I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 American-British independent film about the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with the artist Andy Warhol. The film marked the feature film directorial debut of Canadian director Mary Harron. The film stars Lili Taylor as Valerie, Jared Harris as Andy Warhol, and Martha Plimpton as Valerie's friend Stevie. Stephen Dorff plays Warhol superstar Candy Darling. John Cale of The Velvet Underground wrote the film's score despite protests from former band member Lou Reed. Yo La Tengo plays an anonymous band that is somewhat reminiscent of the group. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Teddy Awards, the film was selected to be shown at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016.



I Shot Andy Warhol has the elements that every tribute album strives to capture: great bands interpreting great songs while injecting enough of their own personalities to make the recording and listening processes worthwhile. From Luna's smooth version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch" to Wilco's rendition of the Neil Young-penned "Burned" to Ben Lee's channeling of the Small Faces on "Itchycoo Park," no one missteps in their attempts to pay homage to the original artists. Even Jewel proves capable when tackling Donovan's "Sunshine Superman," which along with R.E.M.'s take on the Troggs' "Love Is All Around" and Bettie Serveert's interpretation of Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine," rounds out the cover portion of the album. Also included are classic tracks from the Lovin' Spoonful, Love, MC5, and Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, as well as original tracks by Pavement and Yo La Tengo. Fittingly, the Velvet Underground's John Cale scores the "I Shot Andy Warhol Suite."


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Friday, May 24, 2019

Game of Thrones Soundtrack (Ramin Djawadi)


The music for the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones is composed by Ramin Djawadi. The music is primarily non-diegetic and instrumental with the occasional vocal performances, and is created to support musically the characters and plots of the show. It features various themes, the most prominent being the "main title theme" that accompanies the series' title sequence. In every season, a soundtrack album was released. The music for the show has won a number of awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series in 2018.

The music of Game of Thrones has inspired many cover versions; the main title theme is particularly popular. There are also decidedly non-medieval renditions of songs from the series's source novels by indie bands. These adaptations, according to Wired, create attention for the series in media that wouldn't normally cover it, but are also notable for their musical merits independent of the series.


According to Djawadi, the series creators wanted the main title theme that accompany the Game of Thrones title sequence to be about a journey as there are many locations, characters in the series and involves much traveling. After Djawadi had seen the preliminary animated title sequence the visual effect artists were still working on, he was inspired to write the piece. Djawadi said he intended to capture the overall impression of the series with the theme tune. The title theme is unusually long for a television series at nearly two minutes long, and cello was chosen as the main instrument for the music as he thought it has a "darker sound" that suited the series. The main title theme may also be incorporated into other music segments within the show, particularly at climactic moments.




Game Of Thrones (Season 1)

Game Of Thrones (Season 2)

Game Of Thrones (Season 3)

Game Of Thrones (Season 4)

Game Of Thrones (Season 5)

Game Of Thrones (Season 6)

Game Of Thrones (Season 7)


For The Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones) (2019)

For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones is a soundtrack inspired by the television series Game of Thrones, released by Columbia Records on April 26, 2019.[2][3] The album features the SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott collaborative single, "Power Is Power", which was released on April 18, 2019,[4] as well as the two promotional singles, "Kingdom of One" by Maren Morris and "Nightshade" by The Lumineers, which were released simultaneously on April 12, 2019