Film Cuts

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Directors have come to see the Chieftains as an option when it comes time to add a stately grace to the scores of their films, a predilection that provides the impetus behind this anthology. Film Cuts consists of cuts from eight soundtracks, including Rob Roy, Treasure Island (the most generously represented score here), and Far and Away. Highlights include the funereal love theme from Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and the main theme from The Grey Fox, a waning-days-of-the-West flick that demonstrated that this tight crew can evoke images that are worlds removed from their Irish homeland. --Steven Stolder

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Average customer rating: Best compilation CD ever Here we go. Stallings CDs The Carl Stalling Project Warner Brother's King of Music

The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958 Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Cartoon Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957 Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights Bugs Bunny on Broadway Microphone Music Raymond Scott: Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938 ASIN: B000002LJE Release Date: 1990-07-17

Tracks:

1. Putty Tat Trouble Part 6
2. Hillbilly Hare
3. Early WB Scores: The Depression Era
4. The Good Egg
5. Various Cues From Bugs Bunny Films
6. There They Go Go Go
7. Stalling Self-Parody: Music From Porky's Preview
8. Anxiety Montage
9. Stalling: The War Years
10. Medley: Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungary Cannibals
11. Carl Stalling With Milt Franklyn In Session
12. Speedy Gonzalez/Meets Two Crows From Taco
13. Powerhouse And Other Cuts From The Early 50's
14. Porky In Wackyland/Dough For The Do Do
15. To Itch His Own

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For fans of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, et al., this is the essential cartoon soundtrack as well as a monument to surrealism. During his 22 years as a composer for Warner Bros. animated shorts, Stalling invented the musical vocabulary of cartoons. Producer Hal Willner has lovingly assembled a sonic collage that showcases Stalling's compositional genius and uncanny ability to borrow a tune. It's a whirling collection of random moments, chock full of music you never knew you knew, from Bugs Bunny's theme from "Rabbit Fire" to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" to Stalling's own "Woo! Woo!" Also included in the mix: outtakes from recording sessions, and several complete scores. --Heidi MacDonald

Customer Reviews:

Best compilation CD ever.......2007-02-18

Carl Stalling gave me the best musical education I ever had. I'm spending the rest of my life learning the titles and composers of all the hundreds of tunes I first heard in his cartoon scores. I've had this CD ever since it came out, and it still is one of my favorites.

Only a handful of tracks are a complete score from one cartoon; most are snippets from several cartoons edited together with a common theme.

This CD is about a composer and his music, more than about the cartoons for which he composed it. To drive home this point, it includes the score from, of all things, 1939's "The Good Egg." No one would consider "The Good Egg" to be among the best Warner cartoons, but the score, heard by itself, turns out to be a tour de force that is highly representative of Stalling's work. That's what makes this CD such a great listening experience: It was pieced together by musicologists who chose the music based on its auditory qualities, and not on the relative fame of the cartoon associated with it. It is not merely a trip down memory lane (although it is that, too), but is a great creative work in its own right.

Despite the vast amount of Stalling music that exists, this CD provides as ambitious and exhaustive an overview as can be given, and its 1995 follow-up, while also worth having, is but a pale afterthought. There's no following this act.

Here we go........2006-11-16

This CD features music from the Warner Brothers cartoon film scores by Carl Stalling. There are some complete scores and also some "medleys", with clips from various cartoons strung together. Carl Stalling was a master at writing music for cartoons, but something is lost when you just hear the music without seeing the cartoon.

Stallings CDs.......2006-11-10

If you harken back to the days when you snuggled on the couch on a Saturday morning with your little ones, and ate donuts and drank juice and watched "Bugs Bunny" you will love these CDs. You'll recognize all the characters and their entrances and their pratfalls...and laugh and say "I've heard that!"...it's a walk down memory lane and a very special one, at that. I highly reccommend these to anyone who loves B Bunny.
Not to mention these are some of the finest musicians you will ever hear...a lesson in classical music, and cartoons.

The Carl Stalling Project.......2005-09-12

Music from Warner Brothers cartoons "Golden Years" (1936-1958).
Carl Stalling was the chief music arranger for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. He was one of the foremost composers of cartoon music. This disk is much better than "The Carl Stalling Project Volume II."

Warner Brother's King of Music.......2003-12-02

Even if you do not recognize his name, Carl Stalling is a very familiar composer. He wrote the soundtrack for many of our young lives as the composer for Warner Bros.' "Merrie Melodies" and "Looney Tunes" cartoons from late 1930's to late 1970's. Hal Willner has compiled this CD that for the first time lets you hear the music on its own, and lets you realize just how much of the cartoons' impact came from Stalling's music.

Willner sifted through hundreds of cartoons to choose about 40 with the most significant music. He presents the music in a variety of formats. A few tracks provide the soundtrack for a single entire cartoon. Others are medlies from a certain period in Stalling's career or pieces that set a particular mood (such as the "Anxiety Montage"). There are also tapes from recording sessions for 1951's "Putty Tat Trouble" that give insight on how this music was recorded. I couldn't recommend this CD any more highly. (After you've given it a listen, check out a Raymond Scott "best of" album like "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" to see just how many of its tracks are familiar from various cartoons.)

Stalling's music, instead of following the traditional rules of musical structure (exposition, development, theme, variations, etc.), was written to follow the rapid action of cartoons. Stalling would not compromise on this, even if it meant having the 50-piece orchestra play fortissimo for five seconds and then having only one piccolo playing the next four seconds. To ensure a perfect correspondence between the sound and the image, Stalling and the cartoon's directors would agree on a few sketches and on the timing of the action. This enabled Stalling to compose and record the music without even seeing the movie. Carl Stalling was also a master at telling a story through music, with gestures so clear, that there is never any doubt as to his intentions.

Stalling once said, "One problem with cartoons today is that they have so much dialogue the music doesn't mean much." Unfortunately, this statement rings true as we move into 2004. But keeping Carl Stalling from rolling in his grave is not why you need to buy this CD. You need it because it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a bad mood while this CD is playing. You need this to listen to as a stress reducer on those tough days. You need this because it is complete childhood in a disc.

I challenge you to turn on your television and watch some Looney Tunes. Turn up the volume and listen while doing something else (wash dishes, write a paper perhaps.) I guarantee you will know exactly what is happening, and to whom. This was the comedic skill and genius talent of Carl Stalling.

As Porky Pig would say: "abieh-abieh-abieh... That's All Folks!"

Average customer rating: Bethany Bethany buried treasure : ) If you have any Celtic blood, it will race to this CD

Film Cuts The Chieftains Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Chieftains 7 The Chieftains 8 The Chieftains Collection: The Very Best of the Claddagh Years Treasure Island (1990) Live From Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell ASIN: B000003G1E Release Date: 1996-02-13

Tracks:

1. Rob Roy: O'Sullivan's March
2. Circle Of Friends: Dublin
3. Circle Of Friends: Air-You're The One
4. Treasure Island: Opening Theme
5. Treasure Island: Loyals March
6. Treasure Island: Island Theme
7. Treasure Island: Setting Sail
8. Treasure Island: French Leave
9. Treasure Island: Blind Pew
10. Treasure Island: Treasure Cave
11. Treasure Island: The Hispanola/Silver And Loyals March
12. Barry Lyndon: Love Theme
13. Tristan And Isolde: Love Theme
14. Tristan And Isolde: The Falcon
15. Tristan And Isolde: The Departure
16. The Grey Fox: Main Theme
17. Far And Away: Fighting For Dough
18. Ireland Moving: Ireland Moving-Train Sequence

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Directors have come to see the Chieftains as an option when it comes time to add a stately grace to the scores of their films, a predilection that provides the impetus behind this anthology. Film Cuts consists of cuts from eight soundtracks, including Rob Roy, Treasure Island (the most generously represented score here), and Far and Away. Highlights include the funereal love theme from Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and the main theme from The Grey Fox, a waning-days-of-the-West flick that demonstrated that this tight crew can evoke images that are worlds removed from their Irish homeland. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Bethany.......2001-10-09

I loved Treasure Island, Grey Fox, and Far and Away soundtracks. Chieftains had released an earlier CD without the Far and Away edition, so it's great they added it on. Triston and Isolde is a bit slow for my tastes, but I'm more into the toe tappin' portions of the CD. There tends to be more fun with the Treasure Island, Grey Fox, and Far and Away portions. Very good CD to own, especially if you are a Chieftains fan, or a fan of any of these movies. If you love these particular movies, I definitely recommend it, since, while listening, scenes from these movies tend to come to mind.

Bethany.......2001-10-09

I loved Treasure Island, Grey Fox, and Far and Away soundtracks. Chieftains had released an earlier CD without the Far and Away edition, so it's great they added it on. Triston and Isolde is a bit slow for my tastes, but I'm more into the toe tappin' portions of the CD. There tends to be more fun with the Treasure Island, Grey Fox, and Far and Away portions. Very good CD to own, especially if you are a Chieftains fan, or a fan of any of these movies. If you love these particular movies, I definitely recommend it, since, while listening, scenes from these movies tend to come to mind.

buried treasure : ).......2000-05-21

I bought this CD after years of searching for the music to an old version of Treasure Island starring Charleton Heston and Christian Bale. I'd loved the music since the first time I saw the movie. I was a little disappointed with the CD because the tracks are so short and for an hour+ of movie I expected more. However, the music which is on the CD is just as glorious as it ever was.

The non-Treasure Island tracks are also pretty good (although I personally like the TI ones the best...) This is really first-rate celtic/irish music. It's got a nice mix of lively and sedate music.. some of it positively makes you want to dance a jig (that's something I really look for in celtic music).

If you want to test it out before you buy, rent the Treasure Island video. It's really a wonderful movie and it'll give you a good idea what's on the CD.

If you have any Celtic blood, it will race to this CD.......1999-01-07

I have given this CD as a gift to may a friend. Even Rock and Rollers will move to these tunes

Average customer rating: Nice Collection of Horror Movie Themes

Choice Cuts: Wicked Sounds Of Horror (Film Score Anthology) John Carpenter Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Halloween | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B00001T3I1 Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

1. Halloween: Halloween 1963 - John Carpenter/Bowling Green Philharmonic
2. The Lift - Dick Maas
3. Escape From New York - Choice Cuts: Wicked Sounds Of Horror
4. Carrie: For The Last Time We'll Pay - Natale Massara
5. The Dead Zone - Michael Kamen
6. Body Double: Claustrophoby - Natale Massara
7. Sleepwalkers - Nicholas Pike
8. Scream: Altered Ego - Marco Beltrami
9. Escape From L.A. - Choice Cuts: Wicked Sounds Of Horror
10. Urban Legend - Pete Anthony
11. Crash - Howard Shore
12. Vampires: Slayers - Texas Toad Lickers
13. Halloween Theme - John Carpenter

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The fundamental concerns of the horror genre haven't changed much since the '70s: have an audience identify with the innocent protagonist, introduce a menacing whatever, and then scare the bejesus out of viewers. The oeuvre's score has always been a key ingredient to its success, and the best music has risen above mere cliché. This loosely Halloween-themed collection (bookended by--what else?--director John Carpenter's jittery synth themes from Halloween) gathers a motley, occasionally suspect (Carpenter's synth bolero for Escape from New York and its industrial rework for Escape from L.A. are infectious, if not exactly genre correct) collection that documents the surprising variety of music that's underscored modern cinematic terror. The tracks here range from Eurocentric orchestral (Pino Donaggio's Carrie), neopastoral gone quickly bad (Nicholas Pike's "Sleepwalkers," Marco Beltrami's Scream, Christopher Young's Urban Legend) to chilling modernism (Howard Shore's Crash, Michael Kamen's The Dead Zone) to the lovably cheezoid electronics of John Carpenter and Dick Maas's killer elevator music from The Lift. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Nice Collection of Horror Movie Themes.......2000-03-03

This disk contains some of the most famous and clever horror and sci-fi themes from the 'B-Movie' drawer from the past twenty years. Each track sums up the music from the film in question nicely. A further bonus are the liner notes which provide fascinating insights into the tracks on the disk and the composers who created them.

High points of the anthology is the 'Escape from L.A.' medley which shows that an inferior sequel can have a superior soundtrack while playing with the cues from the original flick, the sample of the bizarre southwestern blues rock score from 'Vampires,' Howard Shore's 'Crash' and Christopher Young's 'Urban Legend' theme.

All in all, the tracks on this disk are all examples of high-quality film scoring... even if the movies they supported weren't always the best. It's a worthwhile addition to the collection of any movie music lover.

Average customer rating: Not for any Annie Ross JAZZ fan The Great Annie Ross Returns

Short Cuts Mark Isham , and Annie Ross Manufacturer: Imago Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocalese | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Short Sleeves | Sleeve Length Browse (feature_browse-bin) | Refinements | Apparel Similar Items: Skylark Short Cuts - Criterion Collection The Player (Special Edition) (New Line Platinum Series) ASIN: B0000040PI Release Date: 2001-03-29

Tracks:

1. Open on Helicopters - Sound Effect
2. Conversation On A Barstool - Bono/The Edge
3. To Hell With Love - Doc Pomus/Dr. John
4. Punishing Kiss - McManus/O'Riordan/Costello
5. Cello Concerto in B Minor - Antonin Dvorak
6. Blue - Jon Hendricks/Gildo Mahones
7. Evil California - Terry Adams /Iggy Pop
8. 'Berceuse' From The 'Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky
9. A Thousand Years - Gavin Friday/Maurice Seezer
10. Cello Concerto No. 2, Opus 30 - Victor Herbert
11. Imitation Of A Kiss - Roy Nathanson/Marc Ribot/David Cale
12. Full Moon - Doc Pomus/Dr. John
13. I Don't Know You - Doc Pomus/Dr. John
14. Nothing Can Stop Me Now - Horace Silver
15. Earthquake - Sound Effect
16. Ending Credit Music Medley: Prisoner Of Life & I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - Peggy Lee/Duke Ellington
17. How Does She Do It So Quickly? - Thomas Tree/Cory Coppage

Customer Reviews:

Not for any Annie Ross JAZZ fan.......2000-11-10

NOT for fans of Annie Ross, at least those of us who prefer her in jazz settings. Annie Ross on this soundtrack is like hearing Ella Fitzgerald with a polka band, it just doesn't work. If you're an Annie Ross(jazz)fan look long and hard for "Sings A Song With Mulligan" which was available in the early 90's on CD through Bethlehem. Now you have to find it used, you may have better luck finding it on LP. Also get w/L,H&R "The Swingers" "Sing A Song Of Basie" "Flying high With" "The Hottest New Group In Jazz" and "Sing Ellington." As for this washed up pop album(soundtrack), of her sounding like Bette Midler or someone with no artistic value, stay away from it and get the albums mentioned above for a truly artistic jazz side of the talented Annie Ross.

The Great Annie Ross Returns.......2000-03-19

Robert Altman's brilliant ensemble piece is inseparable from it's soundtrack album sung by jazz great Annie Ross who also appears in the film. From the bittersweet "Conversation On A Barstool" (written by Bono & The Edge) to the bluesy "To Hell With Love" (written by Doc Pomus & Dr. John) to the exciting "Prisoner of Life" Annie Ross brings songs to life with ease. Like the soundtrack to P.T. Anderson's "Magnolia," this soundtrack parallels the emotion and echoes the strength of the film.

Average customer rating: This is not the soundtrack to the movie of the same title.

Once Upon A Time In The West (Soundtrack Anthology) Various Artists Manufacturer: Prime Cuts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Traditional Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000002V6L Release Date: 1995-07-14

Tracks:

1. Bonanza
2. Once Upon A Time In The West
3. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
4. The Magnificent Seven
5. A Fistful Of Dollars
6. The Man With The Harmonica
7. The Return Of The Seven
8. How The West Was Won
9. The Alamo
10. True Grit

Customer Reviews:

This is not the soundtrack to the movie of the same title........1998-09-10

This is not the soundtrack to the the movie "Once Upon a Time in the West". It is a collection of "western" tunes (like the theme from Bonanza) which includes two selections from the movie. In addition, these are not the original Morricone recordings but rerecordings by a different orchestra.

World Music:

1. Gianna Nannini [Import]
2. Hagame Caso...!
3. I Can Do It (Watch Me Now) [CD-single] [Import]
4. Imaran [Import]
5. Inti
6. Irish Evening [Live]
7. Jet Lag [Import]
8. Johnny Clegg & Juluka Collection
9. Latino! Latino!
10. Les Meilleurs [Import]

World Music

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World Music

Profile [Import]

Sleigh Ride: Classic Carols for Christmas

String Quartetes

Changing Times

Starship Galactica [Import]

The ABC Rarities

Song for Simple Moment [Import]

The Finer Things [Box set]

Tallulah [Import]

Stravinsky: Piano Music

The Buffalo Skinners [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Simple Tracks

Rene

Everyday & Everynight

Movement in Still Life