deimos 0 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 When I'm sad or tired and I need to get over it I usually play the same scores as my home-made 'therapy'. What scores do you play when you need something to cheer you up? My favourites: The Incredibles AntzHookLe Fabuleux destin d'Amélie PoulainAnd some tracks:The tale of Victor NavorskyScherzo for Motrcycle and orchestraMain Titles from Charlie and the Chcolate FactoryEnd credits from back to the future IIICatch me if you canThe Magic of HalloweenThe Whomping willow and the Snowball FightJourney to the islandPrelude and main Title March from SupermanFawkes the Phoenix...What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 My favorite cheer up scores are:SupermanSinbadJurassic Park HookAmazing Stories:The MissionIndependence DayAtlantisChicken Run First KnightRaiders of the Lost ArkTracks:Cadillac of the Skies (the concert version)The Face of Pan (both film version and the concert version)Mastadge Drag (Star Gate)Forth EorlingasFawkes the Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Some tracks: Through the Flames (ROTJ) Summon the Heroes Journey to the Island(JP) Willow,main theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Theme from Schindler's List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Theme from Schindler's ListIf I'm sad and I listen to it, I just make it worse!That is everything but something who makes me happy!Stuff that makes me happy:- Prologue from Hook- Indiana Jones' action tracks- Superman March- Welcome to Jurassic Park- Action cues in general- Funny punk or rap songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 When I'm down, I actually do like to listen to downbeat tracks. They help take away the bad mood.Some favorites would be:Recollections (The Father's Theme) from CMIYCCluster One by Pink Floyd from The Division BellEnd Credits from BraveheartThe Breaking of the Fellowship and its alternate from FotRSamwise the Brave from TTTThe final three tracks of RotK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 "End Title, End Cast" - Jaws II"Leia Breaks the News (Alternate)/Funeral Pyre for a Jedi" - Return of the Jedi"Somewhere in My Memory" - Home Alone"When You're Alone" - Hook"Anakin Is Free" - The Phantom Menace"Where Dreams Are Born" - A.I."Harry's Wondrous World" - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (concert version ending)"The Reunion" - War of the WorldsOK, I don't actually listen to these when I'm sad. But I definitely would, come to think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Right now (which is a moment I don't feel like thinking a lot, since I'm watching TV) the only "slow" track who makes me feel happy is the Main Theme from The Last of the Mohicans.Mirko - who generally prefers fast music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat_burke 0 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Star Trek - The Motion Picture always picks me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Scores:The New WorldAngels in AmericaAnything from LotRAnything from Morricone's 4 Westerns (Dollars movies, Good Bad & Ugly & Once Upon a Time in the West)JNH's King KongSignsSnow Falling on CedarsShawshank RedemptionThe Horse WhispererStargate24The TerminalAmerican BeautyHide and SeekTracks:Harry's Wondrous WorldDinotopia Main ThemeJim's New LifeGoing to School (MoaG)Ibelin (KoH)Mastadge DragBoston Public Main ThemeStargate Atlantis Extended Main TitleThe Kelp Forest (Deep Blue)Or anything from my 'songs & other' folder, such as Earth Song or something by Alanis Morissette or Apollo 440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Anything from Morricone's 4 Westerns (Dollars movies, Good Bad & Ugly & Once Upon a Time in the West)That's for sure, and to those I must add the main titles from Bernstein's The Magnificent Seven.The TerminalWhistling the Main Theme always makes me happy. That melody is happyness translated to notes. Apollo 440You just ruined your whole post with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos 0 Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 When I'm down, I actually do like to listen to downbeat tracks. They help take away the bad mood.Some favorites would be:Recollections (The Father's Theme) from CMIYCCluster One by Pink Floyd from The Division BellEnd Credits from BraveheartThe Breaking of the Fellowship and its alternate from FotRSamwise the Brave from TTTThe final three tracks of RotKI actually planned to open another thread entitled Your 'I feel depressed and want to enjoy it' scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 It would be a very similar thread IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I just got Magnificent Seven from the Library.I can't believe I've ignored this gem of a score.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRuleOfThirds 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 SupermanBack to the Future (any of the 3)Temple of Doom1941The Blue MaxPattonCMIYCLooney Tunes Back in ActionThe 'BurbsRambo (any)Total RecallConan the BarbarianThe Wind and the Lion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hook usually does the trick.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 It would be a very similar thread IMO. Not for me. If I'm sad and don't really feel like feeling better, I listen to Schindler's list, The hours, ... I know it sounds depressing, but sometimes I need to enjoy my own sadness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Most of the ones that have been mentioned here, plus John Morris' The Producers always cheers me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I forgot to list these:Rudy PattonAir Force OneLion HeartBlue MaxIndiana Jones scores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 The Incredibles never fails for me. Any emotional attatchment I have to that film and its music is pure entertainment, fun and laughter, as opposed to other scores that aren't even sad, but I always get nostalgic over -- Philosopher's Stone is one example. I can't listen to that, Jurassic Park or Schindler's List without getting all sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I would've thought that a nostalgic attachment to a score would do wonders at making you feel better Such examples for me are the Jurassics, first Harry Potter, LotR, Gladiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Sometimes is does. But others it makes me pine for the simpler days, and the great time I had around the age I got that first score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Sometimes is does. But others it makes me pine for the simpler days, and the great time I had around the age I got that first score. That happens very often to me also. I remember the good old times and that actually can cheer me up even more (like in the case of SW scores or Jurassic Park). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 One track that always makes me feel better if I've had a really bad day is Tomorrow from Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score for The Constant Nymph. It's probably something to do with the way it starts very gloomily - with that tolling bell - but gradually becomes more melodic and optimistic as the piece progresses. Although I've never quite been able to make out all the words that the soprano sings, it has never really bothered me.I can well imagine why the piece was apparently so popular during the dark days of WWII.Damien + Tomorrow = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Hmm...Haven't got time to really go into this much.But here are a few tracks that re-vitalize the spirits."The Planet Krypton" - Superman (those last few seconds are )"Training McCleod" - Highlander"Bruce and Linda" - Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I know someone posted Looney Tunes but it kinda depresses me a little because it's Goldsmith's last score.Anything with that's brassy and loud usually works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 It would be a very similar thread IMO. Not for me. If I'm sad and don't really feel like feeling better, I listen to Schindler's list, The hours, ... I know it sounds depressing, but sometimes I need to enjoy my own sadness.Huh, I'm the exact contrary in this case. The rare times I'm sad, I tried to get out of it as soon as I can. Luckily I have a lot of music that helps.On the other hand, if I'm happy and I play Schindler's List, I get sad. It's uinevitable for me, it's a sad score for a sad movie about a sad event happened. That's why I play it very rarely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I'm a bit like Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Country music. The music of lonely people". But replace "Country" with "Schindler's List". If I'm in a depressed mood, I'll listen to it and it really doesn't help much. At least, until I realise what the music was written for and how trivial whatever my troubles are in comparison to those horrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I find that sad and melancholy music does not deepen my sadness but helps to get over it. The music mirrors my mood and it is easier to let the music take that sorrow and sadness away. That sounds poetic but it works .It is same with agression. If something pisses me off I usually play the most agressive music iI can find and I play it loud. It helps. That way I do not vent my anger on people (who usually have nothing to do with the reason I am angry) but can exhaust the anger through music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I'm a bit like Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Country music. The music of lonely people". But replace "Country" with "Schindler's List". If I'm in a depressed mood, I'll listen to it and it really doesn't help much. At least, until I realise what the music was written for and how trivial whatever my troubles are in comparison to those horrors.That is also very true. Schindler's List is very sad and depressing if you judge only the music, but if you think of WW2 (and all the wars in general) you realise how lucky you are (even thought it's inevitable for us to pass though personal tragedies.)If something pisses me off I usually play the most agressive music iI can find and I play it loud. It helps. That way I do not vent my anger on people (who usually have nothing to do with the reason I am angry) but can exhaust the anger through music.Same here. I usually play metal for this purpose, but I can't play metal if I'm happy either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 There are types and types of sadness, though. There's tragic sadness, there's frustrated sadness, there's empty sadness, there's angry sadness... However, my favorite score for most types of sadness is Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The way it starts, so bleak and dark, is a good way to connect with the music so that you're inevitably drawn towards the powerful, hopeful ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 The Terminal ranks very high on my list. Always loved a light jazzy sound. Add to that two wonderful themes and JW...its heaven.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier 5 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Bruce Broughton's The Prodigal, Roughing It, Young Sherlock Holmes (especially the end credits & finale).Jerry Goldsmith's "The Enterprise" (Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and many others, such as Babe's theme (finale & end credits) and "The Fields of Ambrosia" (The Traveling Executioner).John Williams' "Welcome to Jurassic Park", "Flying", The River, Memoirs of a Geisha, several othersJames Horner's The Spitfire Grill, "Jenny's Theme" (The Rocketeer)Danny Elfman's A Simple PlanLalo Schifrin's "Music to Interrogate By" (Bullit), "Burning Bridges" (Kelly's Heroes)Dave Grusin's The YakuzaSome of these also act as "mental musical lifebuoys / purifiers"-- ie, tunes I can call up & play in my head when in need, for comfort or to block out / "chase away" a particularly irritating tune heard on TV or in the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Hook never fails for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Ben's Death and Tie Fighter Attack is the music I always played before a test in college, and that started before there ever was any other Star Wars scores. Still one of the most energetic pieces of music. It got me psyched for my tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPin 201 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Hook all the way!!! Anything by Mancini seems to also do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I listen to the start of In Like Flint quite often when I need cheering up. Also "Shades of Sennett" from The Pink Panther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 The music from any of the Star Wars scores generally does the trick for me. However, Star Trek and The Matrix Trilogy will also do the trick. :spiny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier 5 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Bruce Broughton himself described Mark Twain's Roughing It as "feel good music" in his liner notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanosdm 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 The BIG Country.Jerome Moross.Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 "The Float"Plenty of tracks from the TerminalPattonMidway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Ben's Death and Tie Fighter Attack is the music I always played before a test in college, and that started before there ever was any other Star Wars scores. Still one of the most energetic pieces of music. It got me psyched for my tests."The Forest Battle" was always, always my music of choice right after finishing my last final every semester. I'd conduct my speakers with a pencil. Ahhh I miss college! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codanai 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 If something pisses me off I usually play the most agressive music iI can find and I play it loud. It helps. That way I do not vent my anger on people (who usually have nothing to do with the reason I am angry) but can exhaust the anger through music.I concur. When I get really pissed, I listen to The Rite of Spring, or some of Williams's most aggressive action music, or something by Varese.I find any music from A.I. to be perfect for feelings of sadness or loneliness. One night, in Arizona, I actually watched the orange moon rise while listening to The Blue Fairy theme. Holy freakin cow.Lately, whenever I'm depressed, I listen to John Adams while I'm just driving around, especially at night. His Harmonielehre or his Grand Pianola Music is superb to listen to while driving at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 TracksMarch of the Villians (superman)Chairman's Waltz (MoaG)Augie's Municipal Band (TPM)Across the Stars (AotC)A New Hope and End Credits (RotS)The end track to the Da Vinci Code Luke and Leia (RotJ)Victory Celebration (RotJ) (even though i will end up crying listening to it)A Prayer for Peace (Munich) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Harry's Wondrous worldFlight to Neverland concert versionGoing to school live recordingFawkes the PhoenixTheme from Jurassic ParkE.T. End CreditsK.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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