I would like to reg­is­ter some thoughts on the theme music tracks, which made an unfor­get­table impact on me.

1. Kiku­jiro / Music : Joe Hisaishi / Direc­tor : Takeshi Kitano.

It’s an enchant­ing piano piece. The movie is all about a kid and his friend trav­el­ling to find his mother. The kid receives uncon­di­tional love from the peo­ple he meets on his jour­ney. The peppy part of the music rep­re­sents the bub­bling age of the kid. Also, it resem­bles his lone­li­ness and wait for his affec­tion from the family.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjXvptz3pW8

2. In the mood for love / Music : Mic­a­hel Galasso / Direc­tor : Wong Kar-wai

This Hong Kong film analy­ses about the lone­li­ness one gets after the mar­riage [ Hong Kong-layumaa :) ] . The entire film psy­cho­log­i­cally depicts the hes­i­ta­tion and hid­den thoughts of a man and a woman. The direc­tor Wong depends on music and pho­tog­ra­phy rather than the story. He starts his films with­out a script and forms the film mostly dur­ing the edit­ing. So Yumeji’s theme explains all about the lone­li­ness in a cello. A slow solo chord rep­re­sents sorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0JAvjx05c

3. Cin­ema Par­adiso / Music : Enio Mori­cone / Direc­tor : Giuseppe Tornatore

This Ital­ian film is about life of a boy Toto, his old friend Alfredo and his love [ adult stage ] in a small town with cin­ema the­atre in the back­drop. The theme starts with a piano and joins with sax, vio­lins, cel­los and flute. Such an enchant­ing piece to por­tray the nuances of this clas­sic Ital­ian movie. Another bril­liant piece is ‘Toto and Alfredo’ from the same soundtrack.

THE BEST IN THIS LIST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FzVWlOKeLs&feature=related

4. The Shaw­shank redemp­tion / Music : Thomas New­man / Direc­tor : Frank Darabont

One of the fore­most clas­sics, I have watched. The story is all about hope and friend­ship. Thomas New­man was intro­duced to me in this movie and later I became a fan of him. Apart from the story, visu­als, nar­ra­tion Newman’s score added value to the flow of the film. Great movies have lesser dia­logues and they con­vey more in cin­e­matog­ra­phy and in music. The other sooth­ing scores of Thomas New­man are Wall-e, Road to perdi­tion, Find­ing nemo, Cin­derella man, etc.,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoZ4V4Ffrdc

5. Brave­heart / Music : James Horner / Direc­tor : Mel Gibson

Apart from IR, I have never heard of Hol­ly­wood sound­tracks. Mysskin intro­duced me the Brave­heart sound­track and the name ‘James Horner’ — one more Mae­stro. The music is com­posed accord­ing to the nature of the movie [ His­toric Scot­land war­rior movie ] and hence more pipes were used in this film. The entire movie is a visual treat along with glit­ter­ing music. The other remark­able sam­ples of James horner are Titanic, A beau­ti­ful mind, Troy etc.,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDEQjGIleKg

This is def­i­nitely not a top — 5 list but the list that came up when I thought about soundtracks.

To end with a small trivia, all the great movies [ even the above list ] had rain sequences in them. They some­how use rain as a mood. Remem­ber the heavy, black rain in Rashomon, Mem­oirs of a geisha.. As ARRah­man said in world­space ad, “with world cin­ema and music, there’s so much to see and hear”.

Happy lis­ten­ing

–Toto.

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