drnix
New Member
Posts: 18
|
Post by drnix on Jul 10, 2013 2:58:47 GMT -5
Watching De Palma's back catalogue and owning quite a few soundtracks, it is startling quite how much the musical scores contribute to De Palma's sense of visual cinema. De Palma has worked with some amazing composers over the years such as Bernard Hermann, Pino Donaggio, Ennio Morricone, Patrick Doyle, Georgio Moroder and Ryuichi Sakamoto The question here what is the best De Palma score? To get the ball rolling here's my top ten: 1) Snake Eyes - Ryuichi Sakamoto 2) Passion - Pino Donaggio 3) Carlito's Way - Patrick Doyle 4) Dressed to Kill - Pino Donaggio 5) Femme Fatale - Ryuichi Sakamoto 6) Body Double - Pino Donaggio 7) The Untouchables - Ennio Morricone 8) Obsession - Bernard Hermann 9) Carrie - Pino Donaggio 10) Blow Out - Pino Donaggio + honourable mentions to Mission to Mars (Morricone), Raising Cain (Donaggio), the 2nd Carlito's Way soundtrack containing 70's funk and disco music & Scarface (Moroder) - although it's a bit dated!
|
|
|
Post by frankhabets on Jul 25, 2013 8:17:14 GMT -5
I've always a soft spot for the John Williams score for The Fury. But hey, good list!
|
|
drnix
New Member
Posts: 18
|
Post by drnix on Jul 26, 2013 11:53:25 GMT -5
I've always a soft spot for the John Williams score for The Fury. But hey, good list! Good call about John Williams's The Fury score, very underrated imho. I'd forgotten about that one. Mark Isham's Black Dahlia bombastic dramatic score is also another I'd overlooked.
|
|
|
Post by Michael on Jan 28, 2016 2:54:53 GMT -5
Dressed To Kill. Perfect score for a perfect movie.
|
|
|
Post by deanman on Feb 14, 2016 20:41:03 GMT -5
Pino has sure done some fine work in DePalma films. Always seems to capture the mood perfectly.
|
|
|
Post by PalmerEldritch on Mar 23, 2022 12:16:10 GMT -5
Has there ever been a De Palma movie without a top notch score? Great list, but.......no Sisters? No Phantom of the Paradise ? And what about Home Movies - Pino does Rossini like nobody else. Morricone's Casualties of War....
|
|
|
Post by Christian on Oct 7, 2022 18:25:36 GMT -5
I agree with Sakamotos Snake Eyes score for no.1. It's just so lush and adds a real texture to the film. For a complete I'll have to think about it for a bit ☺️
|
|
|
Post by Nuno on Oct 12, 2022 13:57:45 GMT -5
1-Body Double - Pino Donaggio 2-Scarface - Giorgio Moroder 3-Obsession - Bernard Hermann 4-Blow Out - Pino Donaggio 5-Dressed to Kill - Pino Donaggio
|
|
|
Post by femmefatalefan7 on Apr 18, 2024 0:30:00 GMT -5
So tough. But I think Body Double might have the most versatile score.
|
|