Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 (...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I wanted to mention CE3K when I saw this thread's title.Damn you for beating me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 There are lots of lovely music around , haunting love themes, beautiful preludes...but nothing like CE3K...it's so timeless and ever lovable...There are two moments in this amazing soundtrack which are the most important of any music to me.The Returnees 1:41 until endThe Visitors/Bye... 2:50-4:50Anyone else likes these......or having some other music so important to oneselves...I don't know if they are the absolute 2 most beautiful minutes of music... but are among my most beloved ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I like the final two minutes of E.T. but that such an easy answer that I'll throw "Cadjllac of the Skies", from Empire of the Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPin 201 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Ender beat me to my Empire of the Sun response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I would have to go with either The Trees from Medicine Man, The Grand Finale from Edward Scissorhands, or Falls from the Mission for cues containing the most beautiful two minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 CE3K and E.T. would get my vote. I would bet I could find something by Georges Delerue that could qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 For me the whole Massapequa, The Early Days cue is one of the most beautiful individual cues I've ever listened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I must ponder this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 CE3k is up there, of course. To be honest, though, my favorite part of the finale is Williams's arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star."The end of "Transformation" from Beauty and the Beast."Washington Reunion" from Forrest Gump.The end of "The Return of the King" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Any two minutes in Fawkes the Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,630 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I must ponder this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I must ponder this....."Contemplate this on the Tree of Woe"..................(it's a conan the barbarian thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Pick any two minutes from "The Enterprise" and you have your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,630 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I do know The Dark Side Beckons has my favourite 45 seconds of music of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Beautiful? Tragic...yeah....Beautiful? I dunno, I'd have to ponder that, but it's definitely some 45 seconds of top ten music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 When I read the title, the first thing I thought of was E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo 33 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 My picks (in addition to those previously mentioned):I Left Her Alone - ConstantineAgadio - Alien 3To Every Captive Soul - HannibalNow We Are Free/Elysium - GladiatorThe Fog's Just Lifting - The Perfect StormThe Hand of Fate Pt. 2 - SignsFawkes the Phoenix - Harry Potter & the Chamber of SecretsThe Family Theme - Harry Potter & the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry in Winter - Harry Potter & the Goblet of FireAnakin's Theme - Star Wars: The Phantom MenaceYou Are the Pan - HookThe Road Goes Ever On - LOTR Fellowship of the RingThe Grey Havens - LOTR Return of the KingBurning the Past - Kingdom of HeavenKilling an Old Friend - Highlander EndgameRinging Out - White SquallSydney's Theme - AliasParting Words - LostThe Bomb Detonates & Lynn McGill's Sacrifice - 24Aftermath - Deep Blue SeaUnusual choices to be sure, but they are all very beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I'll just say Kings of the Past from the Lion King bootleg for fun....*dives for cover* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New 0 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 As my first post I will say: Psycho II (and if I remember correctly, "Anakin's dark deeds" starts very similarly to Psycho II theme) and Star Trek: Insurrection main themes - both are about 2 minutes. Although the Victory celebration from Return of the jedi special edition isn't bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 I need to remind everyone to do his/her homework and listen to especiallythat The Returnees two minutes (1:42 until end).It was the original mission of this thread.The Collector's Editon Soundtrack it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Track 7 of the Milan Conan The Barbarian album is one of my most beautiful listens. The soothing Love Theme sends a shiver down my spine every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Superman - The Movie - "The Flying Sequence", 1:47-3:47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 "The Breaking of the Fellowship" from The Fellowship of the Ring. The only piece of music that I can honestly say has made me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Any two minutes of the last five minutes of the end of "ET."A very, very, very close second is the opening two minutes of "Auschwitz-Birkenau." Yes, it's sorrowful, but also beautiful. Perlman at his best. The BSO at their best, too. And obviously, John Williams at his usual perfection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,630 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Any two minutes of the last five minutes of the end of "ET.""Come..Stay...Ouch" ..that part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelzter 0 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I'll just say Kings of the Past from the Lion King bootleg for fun....*dives for cover*I'm all for that! In my humble opinion, The Lion King score ranks among the VERY BEST of the 1990s, and the most deserving Oscar win of that decade, short of Williams for SL. The dramatic Elephant Graveyard / "danger" theme, and especially the two main themes (showcased in "The Once and Future King" and "Kings of the Past" especially), are all beautiful on the level of Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West theme, Remembrances from SL and the E.T. finale.I generally think Zimmer is a hack, but the man CAN write fantastic music.In my humble opinion, of course...--Pelzter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 "The Breaking of the Fellowship" from The Fellowship of the Ring. The only piece of music that I can honestly say has made me cry.Ah definately. And the beginning works so well with Gandalf's gentle voiceover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 CE3K and E.T. would get my vote. I would bet I could find something by Georges Delerue that could qualify. Something from Rich and Famous or Crimes from the Heart, methinks. Also, this may not be THE most beautiful (It's impossible for me to name one clear favorite, or three, or ten), but 'tis one of my favorites: 'Kissing in the Rain' from Great Expectation. And while we're talking about Doyle, it's near impossible for me not to mention 'The Wedding Night'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Something from Rich and FamousThe main theme alone would qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Indeed...I practically melt when the piano comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Music in general? The last few minutes of Celibidache's recording of Bruckner's 4th symphony are, in my opinion, the single best bit of music I've ever heard, and very likely the best bit of music ever recorded. It's simply beyond anything else I know.As for film music, that's not easy. But several good ones have been mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 You're a Celibidache fan? I'm sorry to say, I never got into his ideas on tempo. They can give an interesting version of the specific piece, but I rarely get wrapped up in it. But I must admit I'm not that familiar with Celibidache per se, so much as by his pupils and followers. EDIT: Never mind that- I just listened to the fourth movement of Bruckner's 4th, on youtube, and it is friggin' amazing! I've gotta get some Bruckner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Ha! His tempi take some getting used to, and they're not always great. But Bruckner in general, and some of his symphonies particularly, are best played very slow. His finale of the 4th is unsurpassed, and his 7th as a whole is the definitive recording of that work for me.I have only a few non-Bruckner recordings by him. Some are good, some not so much. But for the right works, his approach worked wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Indeed...I practically melt when the piano comes in.Would you be kind enough to let me expierence this otherwise unknown (to me) piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 The Visitors/Bye... 2:50-4:50The small section between 4:17 and 4.50 is one of the most beatiful passages I have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 There is so much beauty and macig that it is driving me grazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Actually the two msot beautiful minuts of music depend mostly of the person your listening to them with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,041 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 The first minute and last minute of ROTS's "Lament" ("Anakin's Betrayal") are extraordinarily moving.Some sections of Jurassic Park are truly astounding in their beauty, too. "Journey to the Island" is one of my favorite Williams pieces of all time, from start to finish.The piano solo from 1:30 to about 2:00 in "Transformed" (from Horner's Bicentennial Man) isn't two minutes, but it's certainly gorgeous. Great compositionally, and a rather brilliant performance, too, IMO. I'm sure it seems very derivative if you compare it to some previous Horner score, but I haven't heard too many of his, and therefore I will blissfully ignore his self-plagiarism in this case.Mancina's "Overture from The Haunted Mansion" also gets a nominating from me. All in all, it's a nice piece--elegant, well-orchestrated, recognizably melodic but not repetitious or monotonous, and suitably...well, off. And that E - Bbm - E - C# - F#m progression going into the fast section is chill-inducing, as is the booming pipe organ after the main body of the overture--an outstanding rendition of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" that, sadly, can only be heard on the complete release that was given to members of the orchestra and crew.Kudos to Ender for thinking of "Cadillac of the Skies." I probably wouldn't have thought of it when writing this post, but it's a truly inspiring piece. I'm smiling just thinking about it.And of course the final minutes of E.T. are right near the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'd say every second of this 15-minute finale music from ET. Sometimes what makes any composition (or most of them) extraordinary for me are always just two or three seconds of what I call 'the ultimate music' put in the very right place. Just a plain boom-tzzz or a fanfare, or some other sound plaied on any instrument. But just beacuse it is in this certain place (and not in any other) it makes the whole - sometimes very long - composition overwhelm. JW however is known for putting lots of such a moments in his work and some of his cues fully consist of that kind of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,630 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Here's a list of moments with great beauty...Back to America in Angela's AshesFawkes the Phoenix in CoS,or the renditions of Fawkes theme in Fawkes is RebornYoda lifts the x-wing in Empire Strikes BackThe Computer Room in SpaceCampIn Orbit from SpacecampThe Ballroom Scene,especially the last 2 minutesAmazing Stories The Mission,the etheral bit at 1-44 to 3.45 in The LandingMost of Theme from Jurassic ParkCinque's Theme in AmistadThe City Sleeps in EarthquakeMost of Harry's Wondrous WorldBuckbeaks FlightThe end of The Penitant Man will Pass in Last CrusadeA New Beginning in Minority ReportRegaining a Son from Seven Years in TibetAnakin's Theme from TPMReading Lessons from Stanley and IrisAnakin's Betrayal and the similar Refugee StatusDestruction of Krypton from 3:30 to 5:40The Stegausaurus from the Lost Worldthe Ancestral Home from The RiverA New Galaxy,Lost in SpaceThe Miracle,HeidiEnd of CE3KEnd of ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Yoda lifts the x-wing in Empire Strikes BackTalking about beauty , that is amazing. I have watched it zillion times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Excellent list...I might add the last 1:10 or so of the Far and Away End Credits, "Somewhere in My Memory" from the children's choir to the end, and "Leaving Hogwarts."And as for pieces that haven't been mentioned from other composers:All of "Fairy Dance" from Peter Pan (JNH)First two minutes of "The Gravel Road" from The Village (JNH)Last 2:25 of "The Healing" and last 1:12 of "The Great Eatlon" from Lady in the Water (JNH)"Walking on Water" from Bruce Almighty (Debney)"Ice Dance" from Edward Scissorhands (Elfman)Ray Barnsbury - inspired to go on a listening spree now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 The piano solo from 1:30 to about 2:00 in "Transformed" (from Horner's Bicentennial Man) isn't two minutes, but it's certainly gorgeous. Great compositionally, and a rather brilliant performance, too, IMO. I'm sure it seems very derivative if you compare it to some previous Horner score, but I haven't heard too many of his, and therefore I will blissfully ignore his self-plagiarism in this case. Not if I have a say in it. It's Morricone's The Mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I've always found Rudy's theme (Goldsmith) and I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump (Silvestri) to be quite lovely .Akira Ifukube's Mothra theme, especially the end credit version heard in Godzilla vs Mothra (1992) is beautiful. Delerue's love theme from Joe vs The Volcano is another one I could add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Silvestri's theme to Cast Away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,041 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Silvestri's theme to Cast Away.Yeah, it sounds great right up until you reach the 1000th time it's used in that film. After that, it leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Speaking of Silvestri, the BTTF scores actually have some remarkably gorgeous moments. The opening titles of Part III feature that film's love theme, which I find very beautiful. Some of the more winsome statements of that trilogy's main musical theme instill such soothing feelings of nostalgia in me...And I don't care what insults may be hurled at me for saying this--I like the loud statement of the love theme near the end of the first POTC, as Will and Elizabeth kiss. Yes, the distortion is hideous, and yes, it could have been performed, recorded, and mixed much better. But I like it. So shoot me already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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