Topic: Post-rock in movies. (Read 9845 times)

Jackie Blue · « **on:** 02 Jan 2008, 17:01 »

I just watched 28 Weeks Later and it occurs to me how much "post-rock" music is used in movies. There was the GY!BE song in the original 28 Days Later, no less than two Mogwai songs in Miami Vice, and the entire score of 28 Weeks Later could basically be called "post-rock".

And of course there's that whole thing with Explosions in the Sky doing the Friday Night Lights soundtrack, but that's probably best forgotten.

I think this is a great thing, because frankly I'm tired of the same old "classical" sounding score music. Has anyone else spotted any weird song choices (like abovementioned Mogwai in Miami Vice)?

Inlander · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 17:19 »

Only slightly related, but Warren Ellis has a nice little sideline doing movie soundtracks. The soundtrack for the Assassination of Jesse James, etcetera by Ellis and Nick Cave, while in a fairly traditional "soundtrack" style, is nonetheless absolutely gorgeous, and stands alone without reference to the movie as an excellent listening experience. The Dirty Three also did the soundtrack to the Australian film Praise back in 1998.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 17:38 »

Yeah, those are good. And of course there's that movie that Sigur Ros helped do the soundtrack for.

It was just really fucking bizarre to turn on the last scene of Miami Vice and hear "Auto Rock" playing, with no dialogue over it, very loudly.

Oh, and of course, the whole soundtrack of Vanilla Sky has excellent choices, from Radiohead to Spiritualized, but those aren't quite the same.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 20:49 »

man, what is wrong with the soundtrack to Friday Night Lights? The version with strings of Your Hand In Mine is absolutley gorgeeous.
Also, mogwai did the soundtrack to a movie about Zidane, and that other movie (The Fountain?)

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 21:05 »

Oh yeah, the Zidane soundtrack is actually pretty decent.

Friday Night Lights wasn't bad, it was just kind of... I don't know, half-assed?

Jooooosh · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 21:10 »

The Zidane Mogwai album is pretty good, and i swear to god ive heard Mogwai play on CSI.

thehollow · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 21:12 »

Mogwai recorded some of the stuff from The Fountain soundtrack with the Kronos string quartet, and it's honestly amazing. It's one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard; the song Death is The Road to Awe is the most played track on my computer.

In other movies, Staralfur was absolutely perfect for the end of The Life Aquatic. Also, there's a Do Make Say Think song (chinatown maybe?) in Syriana, which was pretty cool.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 21:38 »

I shit you guys not, in 1999 or so I heard a Labradford song in MTV's The Real World.

It seriously blew my mind.

KvP · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 22:27 »

Quote from: thehollow on 02 Jan 2008, 21:12

Mogwai recorded some of the stuff from The Fountain soundtrack with the Kronos string quartet, and it's honestly amazing. It's one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard; the song Death is The Road to Awe is the most played track on my computer.

How much involvement did Mogwai have on that soundtrack, really? My understanding that Clint Mansell was the big shot on that project. I'm a bit confused.

Emaline · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 22:37 »

Quote from: Jooooosh on 02 Jan 2008, 21:10

i swear to god ive heard Mogwai play on CSI.

You have. I can't remember which song, but I remember one was played.

Johnny C · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 23:09 »

Explosions In The Sky too.

There was a great piece I read in The Globe & Mail a little while back on the guy in charge of the soundtracks of the various incarnations of CSI. They actually had to make him promise that he wouldn't use Radiohead anymore without notifying everyone involved because he'd snuck them into an episode of each series in one week. Cool guy, terrible shows.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 23:57 »

Quote from: Wikipedia

Television

"We're No Here" was used in the episode "Cyberwoman" of the BBC sci-fi series Torchwood. The track was also used in the third episode of the ninth series of Top Gear, along with "Auto Rock", as the Top Gear team went on a road trip in the United States. The BBC used two more Mogwai tracks on their programmes, with both "Hunted by a Freak" and "Mogwai Fear Satan" featuring in the corporation's Ultimate Rock Climb.

CSI: Miami has also used Mogwai's tracks from time to time. "We're No Here" and "Auto Rock" were included in episode "Rio", and tracks "I Know You Are But What Am I" and "Like Herod" were used in episodes "Homebodies" and "Spark of Life" respectively. Another track, "Tracy", was used in the CSI: Miami episode "Hurricane Anthony".

"Take Me Somewhere Nice" and "Kids Will Be Skeletons" were used in the sixth season of Sex and the City,[9] while "Close Encounters" was used in the fourth season.[10] "Take Me Somewhere Nice" was also used in The Shield in its first-season episode "Pay in Pain". Another episode in the first season, "Dragonchasers", used the Mogwai song "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1".

"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1" was also used in the third episode of the first season of Friday Night Lights. "Hunted by a Freak" was used frequently in the reality television show The X Factor, in addition to appearing in the 2007 US drama series Life.

The title track from "Come on Die Young", "Cody", was used in the second episode of the first season of Skins as well as the BBC drama Coming Down The Mountain (coincidentally starring Nicholas Hoult). Finally, "Take Me Somewhere Nice", "Christmas Song" and "2 Rights Make 1 Wrong" were used in various Queer as Folk (US) episodes.

mberan42 · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 07:43 »

Man, how awesome is that?!

valley_parade · « **Reply #13 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 08:05 »

There's also a Sigur Ros song (Olsen Olsen maybe?) in this random documentary about Bill "Spaceman" Lee, when they're on a bus in Cuba going to a baseball game.

thehollow · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 08:11 »

Quote from: Kid van Pervert on 02 Jan 2008, 22:27

How much involvement did Mogwai have on that soundtrack, really? My understanding that Clint Mansell was the big shot on that project. I'm a bit confused.

It was composed by Clint Mansell, yeah. He did the soundtracks for Pi and Requiem for a Dream, so Aronofsky wanted to work with him again. From what I can gather, it was performed primarily by Kronos, with contributions by Mogwai as well as a couple other people. Regardless, it's an amazing album.

Ishotdanieljohnston · « **Reply #15 on:** 04 Jan 2008, 06:30 »

Quote from: thehollow on 02 Jan 2008, 21:12

Mogwai recorded some of the stuff from The Fountain soundtrack with the Kronos string quartet, and it's honestly amazing. It's one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard; the song Death is The Road to Awe is the most played track on my computer.

In other movies, Staralfur was absolutely perfect for the end of The Life Aquatic. Also, there's a Do Make Say Think song (chinatown maybe?) in Syriana, which was pretty cool.

Goddamn do I love that soundtrack.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 Jan 2008, 19:20 »

As long as everyone agrees with me that Clint Mansell is the best composer working in movies today, I will be happy.

ProfessorZ42 · « **Reply #17 on:** 08 Jan 2008, 22:50 »

Battles contributed to some of the soundtrack of Helvetica, the documentary. And, yes RallyMonkey, Clint Mansell is an amazing composer.

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 06:30 »

Sigur Ros was also featured with 2 (i think) songs in Immortals.

2HourHiatus · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Jan 2008, 10:25 »

I just saw the film "Sunshine" last night. It was directed and written by the same guys as 28 Days Later. It also has the same composer, so it's all brooding post-rock.

mberan42 · « **Reply #20 on:** 28 Jan 2008, 17:12 »

I just heard "We're No Here" on Top Gear. While it's not a movie, it's a pretty awesome television show. (The boys are each trying to buy a car in the US for a road trip. The car has to cost $1,000 or less.)

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #21 on:** 28 Jan 2008, 17:32 »

My understanding, entirely culled from Irvine Welsh novels and UK music, was that "Top Gear" would mean "Excellent Drugs".

valley_parade · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 Jan 2008, 07:54 »

Quote from: mberan42 on 28 Jan 2008, 17:12

I just heard "We're No Here" on Top Gear. While it's not a movie, it's a pretty awesome television show. (The boys are each trying to buy a car in the US for a road trip. The car has to cost $1,000 or less.)

They used "Auto Rock" in another episode, as well.

mberan42 · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 Jan 2008, 08:24 »

They had another Mogwai song at the end of that same episode, I just neglected to figure out which one it was.

valley_parade · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 Jan 2008, 08:45 »

Hell, could've been the same episode.

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