An uncommon 60's - 70's orchestral score that evokes A LOT of emotion...

What kind of emotion?

A piece of music which evokes 'emotion' is relative and quite a subjective matter my friend but I think I know what you mean.

I cannot think of something uncommon but offhand some pieces of 60's - 70's film score music that evoke emotion at least to me, are:

Serpico, Mikis Theodorakis

Lara's Theme, Maurice Jarre

Love Story, Francis Lai

Jesus Of Nazareth, Maurice Jarre

The Godfather, Nino Rota

Lawrence Of Arabia, Maurice Jarre

Born Free, John Barry

"The Sound Of Silence" from The Graduate

Personally, I find some of Roy Budds'd film scoring very emotional as well.

Quite a banal list on my part... sorry!

Certainly others will come to mind perhaps less known.

serifiot, May 22, 2007; 3:02 PM

REALLY emotional soundtracks? I found the best to be :
Alfred Newman's THE ROBE
Franz Waxman's PEYTON PLACE
Jerry Goldsmith's CHINATOWN and A PATCH OF BLUE
Michael Convertino's CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
There are moments in these soundtracks that put a LUMP in my
throat! In fact, it's still there when I think about these.......

lilbrucems44, January 3, 2024; 6:08 PM

I'm looking for soundtracks that are good at evoking any kind of emotion. Nothing specific. Just effective emotional music.

JIMBOND27, May 22, 2007; 8:45 PM

Elmer Bernstein SUMMER AND SMOKE
Nino Rota ROMEO AND JULIET
Ennio Morricone DAYS OF HEAVEN
Alfred Newman THE ROBE
Newman/Bernard Herrmann THE EGYPTIAN
Miklos Rozsa EL CID
Jerome Moross THE CARDINAL

adelmosj, May 22, 2007; 11:41 PM

Don´t know why, but I´ve always found Jerry Goldsmith´s POWDER to be very emotional.

And here´s one rarity: The Icelandic movie "Hrafninn flygur" (When The Raven Flies). Hunt that one down and You´ve got some real emotions...

These were from the 80´s and 90´s... Ah well...

johnny.plate, May 23, 2007; 3:58 AM

Soundtracks that are good in evoking any kind of emotion?

Countless film scores do that!

As long as one is alive... ALL!

Even soundtracks that you want to throw out the window evoke emotion.

Perhaps a more specific question would be soundtracks that evoke apathy which is closest to having no emotion at all.

What is your list jimbond?...

Just curious.

serifiot, May 23, 2007; 1:12 PM

To be honest there aren't too many soundtracks that I could name. I haven't really scratched the surface of the OST world yet. I am downloading all the soundtracks I can ( I do buy a tons of CDs/LPs, I dont just download!). I will be on vacation for 10 days just sitting on the beach listening to soundtracks. I am working on a movie project, just trying to study which music is effective and why.

I can name particular songs that I think are great...

Guido De Angelis & Maurizio De Angelis - "Goodbye Sandokan" from the Sandokan OST is an INCREDIBLE song. I cannot say how much I love this song. Especially since I haven't seen the movie lol. When you hear a song out of context from a movie, and it envokes emotion, you know it is a great song.

Muse - "Shrinking Universe" The second half of the song was used in the preview for 28 Weeks Later. I'm not sure if its on the soundtrack, because it hasnt been released yet. But this song PERFECTLY conveys the emotions of that movie.

Of course I'd have to include some of the Bill Conti, Rocky work as well. But I wonder sometimes if the songs would be so effective if they werent in the context of an "underdog trying to succeed" movie.

Same thing goes for the John Williams Star Wars soundtracks.




JIMBOND27, May 23, 2007; 1:31 PM

Very effective film music is Goldsmith's "Bead Party" track from the film score "A Patch Of Blue".

Nothing special by itself but once you watch the specific scene in the movie with this underlying track playing, you would definetely appreciate Goldsmith's innovative tactics in scoring and sheer ingenuity.

serifiot, May 23, 2007; 1:53 PM

For me these do the trick;

The Ghost and Mrs Muir (Bernard Herrmann, the re-recording by Elmer Bernstein)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Elmer Bernstein)

Le Cou de la Girafe (Pascal Gaigne)

Brideshead Revisited (Geoffrey Burgon)

JFK (John Williams)

chris, May 24, 2007; 5:28 AM

Gabriels Oboe - Ennio Morricone
Katherine Jenkins - Time To Say Goodbye
I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi's
Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven
Simple Gifts - Blast
Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy

cc-boy, March 5, 2009; 7:03 PM