BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 By Soviet scores I mean...the dark brooding scores with weighty strings ala Thirteen Days or Star Trek The Undiscovered, and that distinct tone of majestic dread. Of the top of my head, those two are the only ones I can think of....Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 While I am not familiar with either of those, pieces of Air Force One and perhaps The Hunt for Red October come to mind.Also a special mention to the Russian segment from International Code (Independence Day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My mind is a blank right now but as far as Soviet inspired music look no further than Air Force One, Sum Of All Fears, Hunt For Red October, Rambo II & III, Red Dawn and perhaps Kilar's Ninth Gate score as the brooding styled music.I'm sure Prokofiev wrote something we could add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Enemy at the gates...but you possibly already have it. In Schindler's form Wait for indy IV and you will have a kick ass Russian theme.....lets hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 And some bits here and there in Richard Harvey's Animal Farm. Which are oddly entwined with Americana passages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 The Russia theme from Air Force One is terrific, and it's climactic use in the film is one of my favorite uses of a theme ever. No particular score comes to mind the feels Soviet from begining to end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I think of Red Heat, The Hunt for the Red October and perhaps Ivan the Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 There's a particularly good one on the tip of my mind, that for some reason I can't think of at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Enemy at the Gates, of course (which has absolutely NOTHING to do with Schindler's List, Manuel... that has been proved many times over the years in this forum). Horner has been one of the best capturing that russian sounding for film scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 "Soviet" ScoresMy personal favorite would have to be Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Cyrstal Skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Horner has been one of the best capturing that russian sounding for film scores.Danger motif? OK, its mahler and not Williams.Its still a rip off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 How about Jerrys "The Russia House" ? Not quite 'Soviet' per se, but certainly moody.The most 'Soviet' Soviet music are the folk songs fondly remembered in Russia even today. The bombast is one thing, but it's more the ideological lyrics in songs that point to that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 No clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 K-19 is a pretty good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 International Code- Independence Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST-321 4 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 K-19 is a pretty good one.I certainly agree. Very depressing movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I'm surprised no one mentioned Prokofiev's Ivan The Terrible. it's one of the best scores ever written. The Gergiev recording is spine tingling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Anyone ever see the HBO film "Stalin" with Robert Duvall playing Stalin? Absolutely fantastic. The music was great! Written by Stanislas Syrewicz . frosty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 "Red Square Band" from Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.Probably because I just listened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Don't forget "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 From each according to his ability and each according to his need!...not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Why doesn't anyone mention Prokofiev? His Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible are as russian as one can get. When compared to them things like Hunt for the Red October or Enemy at the Gates sound lame and flat. They just don't get it right.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Why doesn't anyone mention Prokofiev? His Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible are as russian as one can get. When compared to them things like Hunt for the Red October or Enemy at the Gates sound lame and flat. They just don't get it right.KarolProkofiev was mentioned in the 3rd post, Ivan the Terrible in the 7th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Maurice Jarre's march from TOPAZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Why doesn't anyone mention Prokofiev?He was mentiioned by somebody. But I didn't realize the OP was asking for original Russian compositions as such. If he was, the list could go on and on.Mussorgsky,Korsakov,Borodin, Kabalevsky, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Ivan and Alexander Nevsky are both film scores and sound like the kind of thing most people would associate with Russian music.And nobody does better Russian film music than a Russian composer! Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Indeed. Prokofiev gives great orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Doctor Zhivago would be eligible for this list?I'm not familiar with it, but the movie is very russian... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hm, but the music is certainly not, at least in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Doctor Zhivago would be eligible for this list?I'm not familiar with it, but the movie is very russian...Well the movie itself has in it (if I remember correctly). As well as Balalaika playing. Aswell as the internationale (although, originally french) anthem adopted by the early communist movement in Russia as the Soviet anthem until the creation of the during Stalins era, more well known. But Jarres score as such is less Russian in feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 This thread made me quite curious about the genuine soviet scores - written by the soviet composers for the soviet movies (except Prokofiev's, whose music has already been mentioned). I haven't heard any (let alone I don't even know any modern russian score). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 ....well...when I came up with this...what I had in mind wasCold war scores. But...eh well...I guess we can change to Russian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I have seen a print of Eisenstein's October tracked with Dmitri Shostakovich's 12th Symphony 1st mvmnt and it kicks! The Bernard Haitink version is recommended. HIghly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 'Prologue' from Anastasia is pretty nice, as it scores Red Army troops storming the Winter Palace and knocking out a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Rocky IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifex 5 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 K-19 is a pretty good one.I certainly agree. Very depressing movie though.And I am the third one to recommend K-19, very Russian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 This thread made me quite curious about the genuine soviet scores - written by the soviet composers for the soviet movies (except Prokofiev's, whose music has already been mentioned). I haven't heard any (let alone I don't even know any modern russian score).Shostakovich scored quite a few "propaganda" scores in the 50's. The Fall of Berlin, for example. If there is something more bold than big Hollywood music, then that would be it. If you can get over the fact what was their original purpose and treat them as a satire of sorts, you can have a lot of fun with them.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Here's my tip: Dmitri Shostakovich's mammoth 11th Symphony "The Year 1905". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Or 7th "Leningrad". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesluckard 80 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 "Meteor" by Laurence Rosenthal, lots of great cold war Soviet style music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 GoldenEye had some "Soviet" type music, even though the score is overall nondescript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I pretend that score doesn't exist. Which it really doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I like Goldeneye's romantic cues, they are really good. And the "Run, shot and jump" track kicks ass. Not to mention the opening song - a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Autumn is coming. I need more recommendations y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Definitely check out Chris Willis' "The Death of Stalin". Excellent Soviet style soundtrack. Like this: BLUMENKOHL and Not Mr. Big 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 By the way, I do not just take, War and Peace by Martin Phipps has got a pretty neat theme: 4 minutes ago, karelm said: Definitely check out Chris Willis' "The Death of Stalin". Excellent Soviet style soundtrack. Initial scrubbing through: EXCELLENT! Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Aside from being a very fine/disturbing documentary, the score is excellent in a 1950's soviet esque sci-fi b movie way. 5 minutes ago, Blumenkohl said: Initial scrubbing through: EXCELLENT! Listen to the whole thing, damn you! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 minute ago, karelm said: Aside from being a very fine/disturbing documentary, the score is excellent in a 1950's soviet esque sci-fi b movie way. Listen to the whole thing, damn you! I'm saving these for grey autumnal days! This also sounds excellent. I will hoard it for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Blumenkohl said: I'm saving these for grey autumnal days! This also sounds excellent. I will hoard it for the winter. They made another documentary called Nukes in Space that has similar 50's era music since this is about the Cold War, definitely has soviet inspiration and very finely composed. There that is three hours of music. Soviet music is a very rich heritage and there are tons of fine examples. Shostakovitch composed over 30 film scores that were soviet propaganda of various degrees of subtly. Then there were many composers influenced by him who similarly followed his style. There are standouts of Shostakovich's scores (Gadfly, the Shakespeare movies), but all of them are excellent scores if the films themselves range from masterpieces to rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, karelm said: Definitely check out Chris Willis' "The Death of Stalin" 8 minutes ago, Blumenkohl said: Initial scrubbing through: EXCELLENT! That one's really good. Very Williams-esque at times I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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