Favourite Film Music Compositions
January 31, 2011I have made a list of some of my favourite compositions from films, I will continue to add to this throughout the semester as I remember, or find new, pieces that I think are worth blogging about.
One of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. It is very minimal, but it captures the moment and mood of the film. Thomas Newman’s American Beauty from the film of the same name.
Danny Elfman, for me, sometimes composes music that sounds less serious in the context of the film than it ought to be, but this is one of my favourites, from opening credits of one of my favourite films, Big Fish
Beautiful composition by Olivier Bernet, who from what little I can gather, hasn’t done a lot else (he doesn’t even have a wikipedia page). This is from an excellent film called Persepolis about the Islamic Revolution in Iran from the childhood memories of Marjane Satrapi.
Although this is the single from the soundtrack, most of the soundtrack is based around this song. From another great film The Virgin Suicides, composed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin (otherwise known as Air)
Probably the most epic closing song to a film I’ve ever heard, Clint Mansell’s Lux Aeterna performed by The Kronos Quartet, from Requiem For a Dream.
Now I’ve never seen this film, but after watching Requiem For a Dream years ago I stumbled across more of Clint Mansell’s work. This was my favourite. Beautiful piece called The Last Man from The Fountain.
