Questions tagged [soundtrack]
For questions related to sound and music recorded for a motion picture or television show.
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What is the piano song that Allie French plays in "Appaloosa"?
Could anyone please spot the piano song that Renée Zellweger (as Allie French) plays around 23–24 minutes into the movie Appaloosa (2008), just before she starts playing "Camptown Races"?
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What is the song played by India throughout the movie?
The movie Stoker is full of symbolism (it at least feels that way). A few times we observe India playing a song on the piano, and in a pivotal scene, she is joined by her Uncle Charlie.
Because of the ...
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What version of the song "Don't Die" is used in "The Imperfects"?
In the first and last episodes of season 1 of The Imperfects, Tilda's character is introduced and said goodbye to with the song "Don't Die" by the band NOBRO in the background.
However, you ...
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What is the type of soundtrack that's often played after a quick buildup when someone saves the day in a superhuman way?
For example, there's a song that plays from 3:43 to 4:00 of this scene where Superman saves an airplane.
Or similarly a song that plays from 0:55 to 2:03 of the president saving scene in 'In the line ...
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What is the significance of Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla in Alien: Covenant?
Early in the film, Alien: Covenant (2017), there is a scene in which Peter Weyland asks David to play a [Richard] Wagner composition on the piano, and David chooses to play Entry of the Gods Into ...
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Why was "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" eligible for Best Original Song?
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" is a song by Phil Collins that appears in the movie of the same name. According to the Wikipedia article on the song, it was originally a demo that ...
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Why is the sound so terrible for many older movies?
I was watching "American Graffiti" on Netflix the other day and the sound was almost unbearable. The dialog was badly muffled and I needed to turn up the volume far greater than normal to ...
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What is the significance of Peter and the Wolf in Blade Runner 2049?
In Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Niander Wallace has built a gigantic technology coorporation Wallace which has created among other things, a holographic companionship program seen through the character of ...
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What does "One sought to be a dentist now is sleeping with the fish" refer to?
In the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special the Old 97s sing a parody about Christmas.
One of its lyrics doesn't make sense to me. What does the lyric "One sought to be a dentist now is ...
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Do the series "Devs" and "Tales from the Loop" have any connection in terms of who worked on it?
I recently watched "Devs", and now just started watching "Tales from the Loop".
What struck me immediately is how both have the same feel. Tranquil scenes, dominated by nature. ...
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Significance of repeated use of Irma Thomas's song 'Anyone Who Knows What Love Is'?
In Black Mirror, Irma Thomas's song 'Anyone Who Knows What Love Is' got featured a lot:
In Fifteen Million Merits: Abi sings "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is" for the judges.
In White ...
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About the chosen songs and music of Movies [closed]
If you pay attention on chosen songs of a movie, series, etc... you will realize that the whole set of songs aren't random, despite the fact that you may not perceive while you are watching the whole ...
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What is the burning city referred to in the song "I'll Try" from the Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure soundrack?
The song "I'll Try" by Jessie McCartney from the soundtrack for Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure features the lines
My whole world is changin'
I don't know where to turn
I can't leave you ...
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What is the song in the hospital scene in The Godfather
In the first Godfather movie, when Michael Corleone goes to the hospital to check up on his father, he notices that all the guards are missing. There is a very very trippy song playing in the ...
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Avatar TWoW subtitles
Maybe I had a unique experience of the film, e.g. an errant projectionist left the closed-captioning on. I am simply at a loss to otherwise understand why the music cues were spelled out along with ...
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Why did "The A-Team" movie not use the original TV series theme song?
I've also seen this kind of situation in the Miami Vice and Starsky & Hutch movies. The producers didn't use the original TV series theme song for the movie.
Is there any legal reason for this?
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Music in the coronation scene of Aegon II
In episode 09 of House of the Dragon, during Aegon II's coronation scene, the music was similar to "The King's Arrival" when Robert Baratheon came to Winterfell in the first season of Game ...
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What's the deal with the music for the Barbarian movie?
I found a YouTube video that has the creepy background music in the movie Barbarian. There is no doubt that is the music used in the movie - in fact, most of the comments on the video mention that it ...
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In Mr. Holland's Opus, who sang for Rowena?
In the film Mr. Holland’s Opus, the actor Richard Dreyfuss plays a high school music teacher named Glenn Holland. The actress Jean Louisa Kelly plays a character named Rowena Morgan, one of Mr. ...
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Why aren't the songs from a TV show credited in the end credits?
Movies (feature films, if you prefer) always list the songs they feature at the end of the credits.
Here's an example from Star Trek Into Darkness:
But TV shows seem to answer to different rules. I ...
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Why isn't Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" mentioned in the credits at the end of the "Stranger Things" episode? [duplicate]
In Season 4, Epsisode 4... when Max is spellbound by the very evil Vecna, in an attempt to break the spell, the gang of kids place headphones on Max and play her favorite song: Running Up That Hill, ...
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Why is the song Running Up That Hill so meaningful to Max?
In season 4, Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill is revealed to be Max's favorite song. She is heard listening to it on her Walkman and it's ultimately used to free her from Vecna when she is possessed ...
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What are the rules regarding usage of non-featured songs in films?
In films like Step Up, Wikipedia shows some songs as featured songs and some songs as non-featured. Even only featured songs appear on their album. So what are those non-featured songs and what are ...
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How did Tarantino choose the song "Little Green Bag" for Reservoir Dogs?
Today I watched the retro-meta-iconic power walk scene in Reservoir Dogs again, which features the song "Little Green Bag".
This song by the Dutch George Baker Selection reached only no. 21 ...
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The symbolism of the chirping bird sounds in "Seven Samurai"
A TV station here decided to broadcast Seven Samurai with the original Japanese soundtrack (it has subtitles in German.) It is running as I write.
During the opening scene in the village, while the ...
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Who wrote the School of Rock blackboard?
Can someone give more information about School of Rock blackboard? Who wrote it? Is there any information pertaining to this?
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Leitmotifs in "revival era" Doctor Who
In the "revival era" (2005-) Doctor Who, there are a number of leitmotifs assigned to various characters and adversaries, typically recognizable within a few bars/seconds, of which I know:
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'He's in bed with José from the liquor store' -- does this line remain in the movie?
I recall a line from the In The Heights musical:
Yesenia walks in the room
She smells sex and cheap perfume
She screams, “Who's in there with you, Julio?”
Grabs a bat and kicks in the door
He's in ...
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What are all the background soundtracks use in Just For Laughs Gags?
I want a list of all the famous soundtracks that are used as background scores in the TV show Just For Laughs Gags
I found a list but I guess it's missing some of the popular tracks (like Flight of ...
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Was the folk song in the audition scene in "The Commitments" made for the movie?
In the audition montage in The Commitments, a young guy with a ponytail sings the following lyrics accompanied with a guitar and harmonica:
Well, the black folks are starvin'
And the white trash is ...
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Is there any John Williams-derived music in "The Mandalorian"?
When I watched The Mandalorian, I was pleasantly surprised that the show had chosen to go its own way musically, with a very unique sound for its main theme, rather than only borrow from and build on ...
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Was Miss Gulch's 'theme' original?
In The Wizard of Oz, while Dorothy is still in Kansas before the tornado, the mean old lady Mrs. Gulch, from a couple farms over who rode the bicycle and kept threatening Toto had sort of a menacing ...
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Is there a name for, or way to describe, the music used during the 'learning to fly' scene in Avatar?
I believe the non-diegetic music I'm referring to is the song Jake's First Flight, composed by James Horner. The scene during which it is played reflects Jake Sully's first unaided ikran flight (in ...
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Was the timing of Grunkle Stan's cane swing intentional?
During the opening theme to Gravity Falls, at approximately six seconds in, Grunkle Stan can be seen swinging his cane in the direction of the mystery shack:
His ...
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How does music licensing work when it comes to reruns and DVD/streaming releases of tv shows?
I'm curious why certain shows from the same era of television have issues related to licensing music that was on the show when it originally aired and others don't.
For example the show Felicity which ...
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Was the choice of music part of the creation of silent films?
As I understand it, the music that accompanied silent films in the 1920s was done by having an organist or possibly an orchestra pit in the theaters, playing live music while the audience watched the ...
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When the singing voice is also the regular voice
In animated musicals (or animated films with some singing but not to the point of being a musical eg Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks The Internet), sometimes the singing voice of a character is going ...
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Significance of Hindi words in Orochimaru's theme song?
In Naruto, many major characters have their own distinct soundtrack and Orochimaru is one of them:
It's an interesting soundtrack but the distinct thing about it is ...
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Why in "The Naked Gun" is the title of the song "I'm into something good" shown on screen?
I always found odd that in The Naked Gun (1988) the credits of the song “I'm into Something Good” are displayed on screen just after the song played:
What is the reason?
Song credits are usually ...
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Short soundbite (4-tone-pattern) from "Troy" (2004) used anywhere else?
The movie "Troy" from 2004 uses a 4-tone-soundbite quite a lot.
It is at the beginning of this:
as well on the 1:12 mark:
timestamped link to youtube
I could SWEAR I ...
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What song is "I am from New York, I am from New York" in Brooklyn Nine Nine [closed]
Series: Brooklyn nine nine
Season: 3
Episode: 23
Episode Title: Greg and Larry
Scenario: In the episode with Bob Anderson, when the whole 99 squad comes out of hospital, they decide to disguise as ...
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Term for when the sound of a movie starts before the image [duplicate]
Is there a technical term for when the first sound of a movie is heard while the screen is still black?
A hypothetical example: we hear the sound of howling wind for a second or two before we see an ...
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Is there any movie with a laugh track?
I understand laugh track (canned laughter) is mostly added to sitcoms citing reasons that it induces laughter (or laughter at the right moment) in the viewer as he/she is not with a crowd.
But just ...
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How the audience does not notice voice difference when "singing-voice" dubbing? [closed]
How the audience does not notice voice difference when professional singer, with totally different voice, performs musical number and then lip synchronized to the actual actor?
For example, Marnie ...
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Why wasn't Van Halen's music in Back to the Future?
Why did the band Van Halen deny the request to use their music in Back to the Future while Edward Van Halen secretly recorded music for the movie?
From USA Today (emphasis mine):
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What song is this, sung by Sarah Vaughan in the movie "One Special Night?" [closed]
Playing from 1:09:00 to 1:10:45 in this TV movie is a brief excerpt of a wonderful piece sung by Sarah Vaughan. Catherine (Julie Andrews) listens to it in her car, after Robert (James Garner) tells ...
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Music in James Bond
In addition to the more familiar James Bond tune, there was also a piece of music that was played numerous times throughout the early movies then abruptly stopped. Anyone know why?
The music is ...
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Why didn't The Wellingtons record the revised Gilligan's Island theme song?
The original version of the Gilligan's Island theme song was recorded by The Wellingtons.
According to "Here on Gilligan's Isle", the second (and third) season version of the song was performed by a ...
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What was the well-known Russian song Lean wanted for Doctor Zhivago?
What was the well-known Russian song the director David Lean wanted for his movie Doctor Zhivago? See quote from Wikipedia:
Initially Lean had desired to use a well-known Russian song but could not ...
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Where did they get the background music for "The Magic Roundabout"?
In pretty much every episode of the original series of The Magic Roundabout, there was some jazzy background music. For example, this one (from 1:50 and more from 3:27), this one (from 2:05) and this ...