100 Modern Soundtracks

by Brophy, Philip

• ISBN13: 9781844570140
• ISBN10: 1844570142
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-10
• Publisher: British Film Inst

Summary

A provocative and exciting guide to 100 exciting examples of the sonic in cinema in 100 popular, cult and international films Car Wash to Citizen Kane.

Author Biography

Philip Brophy is Film director, composer & sound designer Lecturer in Soundtrack production at Media Arts, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and director of the CINESONIC International Conference on Film Scores & Sound Design out of which he has edited three books on Sound the most recent of which is Cinesonic: Experiencing The Soundtrack, AFTRS Publishing, Sydney 2002 . He has written for THE WIRE, London, and FILM COMMENT .Currently he also runs the SOUND PUNCH record label specializing in experimental soundscapes encoded in Dolby Surround and stages surround sound events in galleries and cinemas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988	p. 17
American Graffiti, George Lucas, 1973	p. 20
Angel Dust (Enjeru dasuto), Sogo Ishii, 1995	p. 22
Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979	p. 24
Arashi ga oka (Onimaru), Yoshihige Yoshida, 1988	p. 27
The Ballad of Narayama (Naramaya bushiko), Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958	p. 29
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, Russ Meyer, 1979	p. 32
The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock, 1963	p. 34
Bitter Rice (Riso amaro), Giuseppi De Santis, 1950	p. 36
Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982	p. 38
Blood Simple, Joel Coen, 1983	p. 42
Blue, Derek Jarman, 1993	p. 44
Blue Steel, Kathryn Bigelow, 1990	p. 46
Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997	p. 49
California Split, Robert Altman, 1974	p. 51
Carnival of Souls, Herk Harvey, 1962	p. 53
Car Wash, Michael Schultz, 1976	p. 56
Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis, 2000	p. 58
Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941	p. 60
A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, 1971	p. 63
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition), Steven Spielberg, 1977	p. 65
Colors, Dennis Hopper, 1987	p. 67
The Colour of Paradise (Rang-e khoda), Majid Majidi, 1999	p. 70
The Colour of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova), Sergei Paradjanov, 1969	p. 72
Contact, Robert Zemeckis, 1997	p. 76
The Convent (O Convento), Manoel De Oliveira, 1998	p. 78
The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974	p. 80
Crash, David Cronenberg, 1996	p. 83
Crazy, Heddy Honigmann, 1999	p. 85
Days of Wine and Roses, Blake Edwards, 1962	p. 87
Dead Man, Jim Jarmusch, 1995	p. 90
Distant Thunder (Ashani Sanket), Satyajit Ray, 1973	p. 92
Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, 1989	p. 94
Dr. Dolittle, Betty Thomas, 1998	p. 97
Escape from New York, John Carpenter, 1981	p. 99
The Exorcist, William Friedkin, 1971	p. 101
Face/Off, John Woo, 1997	p. 103
Fantasia--The Sorcerer's Apprentice, James Algar, 1940	p. 106
Forbidden Planet, Fred Macleod Wilcox, 1954	p. 108
Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon), Seijun Suzuki, 1968	p. 110
Godzilla--King of Monsters (Kaiju o Gojira), Inoshiro Honda, 1954	p. 113
Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, 1990	p. 115
Guided Muscle, Charles M. Jones, 1955	p. 117
Gummo, Harmony Korine, 1997	p. 119
Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie), Jean-Luc Godard, 1985	p. 123
The Haunting, Jan De Bont, 1999	p. 125
Heat, Michael Mann, 1995	p. 128
Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen), Ingmar Bergman, 1968	p. 130
House by the River, Fritz Lang, 1950	p. 132
India Song, Marguerite Duras, 1975	p. 135
The Innocents, Jack Clayton, 1961	p. 138
The Insect Woman (Nippon konchuki), Shoei Imamura, 1963	p. 140
I Spit on Your Grave (Day of the Woman), Mier Zarchi, 1978	p. 142
I Stand Alone (Seul contra tous), Gaspar Noe, 1998	p. 144
Kaidan (Kwaidan), Masaki Kobayashi, 1964	p. 146
The Keep, Michael Mann, 1983	p. 149
Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio, 1982	p. 151
Last Year at Marienbad (L'Annee derniere a Marienbad), Alain Resnais, 1959	p. 153
Lost Highway, David Lynch, 1997	p. 156
M, Fritz Lang, 1931	p. 158
Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999	p. 160
The Man Who Lies (L'Homme qui ment), Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1968	p. 163
Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927 and 1983	p. 165
Oedipus Rex (Edipo re), Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1967	p. 167
Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il west), Sergio Leone, 1969	p. 170
Patty Hearst, Paul Schrader, 1988	p. 172
The Pawnbroker, Sidney Lumet, 1965	p. 174
The Pittsburgh Trilogy, Stan Brakhage, 1972	p. 177
Planet of the Apes, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968	p. 179
Playtime, Jacques Tati, 1967	p. 181
Pride of the Marines, Delmer Daves, 1945	p. 184
Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960	p. 186
Punch-Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002	p. 188
Querelle, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982	p. 191
Resident Evil, Paul W. S. Anderson, 2002	p. 193
Rosetta, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 1999	p. 195
Rumble Fish, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983	p. 197
The Samurai (Le Samourai), Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967	p. 199
Satyricon, Federico Fellini, 1969	p. 202
Scarface, Brian De Palma, 1983	p. 204
Scorpio Rising, Kenneth Anger, 1968	p. 206
Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata), Pietro Germi, 1964	p. 208
Shaft, Gordon Parks Jr, 1971	p. 211
The Shining, Stanley Kubrick, 1980	p. 213
Some Kind of Wonderful, Howard Deutch, 1987	p. 215
The Spirit of the Beehive (El espiritu de la colmena), Victor Erice, 1973	p. 218
Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979	p. 220
Stand By Me, Rob Reiner, 1986	p. 222
The Straight Story, David Lynch, 1999	p. 225
Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977	p. 227
Sympathy for the Devil (One Plus One), Jean-Luc Godard, 1968	p. 229
Talk Radio, Oliver Stone, 1988	p. 232
Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976	p. 234
Teenage Rebellion, Norman T. Herman, Richard Lester, 1967	p. 236
Temptress Moon (Feng yue) Chen Kaige, 1996	p. 238
Tron, Steve Lisberger, 1982	p. 242
Vagabonde (Sans toit ni loi), Agnes Varda, 1985	p. 244
Videodrome, David Cronenberg, 1983	p. 246
Violated Angels (Okasareta hakui), Koji Wakamatsu, 1967	p. 248
Way of the Dragon (Meng Long Guojiang), Bruce Lee, 1972	p. 250
Index	p. 253
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