So I was thinking of putting together a playlist consisting of montage scenes. Looking for suggestions. My definition for this project: Usually a lengthy piece of music that accompanies a sequence of events cut into a short period of time on film. For example the construction of a building or spaceship, a journey over long distances, an athlete in training, etc. (excluding songs)
My examples:
The Construction- Explorers Building The Barn- Witness Money Montage- All Dogs Go To Heaven In Training- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
The one that popped into my head is the "Lost in New York" montage from "Delicious," by George Gershwin. He liked what he came up with for the sequence so much that he later turned the piece into his concert hall work "Second Rhapsody."
So I was thinking of putting together a playlist consisting of montage scenes. Looking for suggestions. My definition for this project: Usually a lengthy piece of music that accompanies a sequence of events cut into a short period of time on film. For example the construction of a building or spaceship, a journey over long distances, an athlete in training, etc. (excluding songs)
My examples:
The Construction- Explorers Building The Barn- Witness Money Montage- All Dogs Go To Heaven In Training- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Excluding songs? Oh man, WHY? There are so many great song/montage sequences! Like this:
"Impossible, But Doable" - Entrapment (Christopher Young) "Training Montage" - Spy Game (Harry Gregson-Williams) "Kill Them First" - Skyfall (Thomas Newman) "Setting The Trap" - Home Alone (John Williams) "Gilraen's Memorial" - The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)
"The Teaching Montage" from DAVE (James Newton Howard) "Orange Crop Montage" and "Work Montage" form CROSS CREEK (Leonard Rosenman) "Montage" from SQUANTO (Joel McNeely) "Adventure Montage" from WILD AMERICA (Joel McNeely) "Search Montage" from FAMILY PLOT (John Williams) "Montage" from JAWS (John Williams) "Training Montage" from TOOTH FAIRY (George S. Clinton) "Two Year Montage" from MARLEY AND ME (Theodore Shapiro) "Montage" from SUPERMAN III (Ken Thorne) "Shopping Day Montage" from ELOISE AT CHRISTMASTIME (Bruce Broughton) "Cute Kitten Montage" from DUMA (John Debney) "Message Montage" from RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (Bruce Broughton) "Neely's Career Montage" from VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (John Williams) "Children's Montage" from KINDERGARTEN COP (Randy Edelman) "Animal Montage" from AMAZON (Alan Williams) "Work Montage" from THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (Henry Mancini) "Ceremony Montage" from AMERIKA (Basil Poledouris) "Training Montage" and "New Owner Montage" from DREAMER (John Debney) "Summer Montage" from FATHER OF THE BRIDE 2 (Alan Silvestri) "Outtake Montage" from LIAR, LIAR (John Debney) "Learning the Call" and "Plowing" from WAR HORSE (John Williams)
Becoming one of "the people" from my avatar score. The passage of time, a changing of seasons - The Bicentennial Man For Love of a Princess - Braveheart Small Victories - Searching for Bobby Fisher The Wedding - Legends of the Fall a single act of disobedience - One Night with the King Game Montage - Dodgeball Prologue - Anastasia (David Newman) Who's Up for an Adventure - Journey II: Mysterious Island Goodbye Lorch - I am Dina Writing the Book - Mesrine The Adoption - The Omen Montage - David and Lisa Bible Study - 3:10 to Yuma
"Tour of the Continent" from HEARST CASTLE: BUILDING THE DREAM (Sam Cardon) "Conrack Main Title" from CONRACK (John Williams) "Run Forrest Run" from FORREST GUMP (Alan Silvestri) "Getting Out the Vote" from LINCOLN (John Williams) "Jim's New Life" from EMPIRE OF THE SUN (John Williams)
A handful of my favorites, some maybe already mentioned.
"Building the Deathcoaster" - Army of Darkness (Joseph LoDuca) "Howling Commandos Montage" - Captain America (Alan Silvestri) "The Construction" - Explorers (Jerry Goldsmith) "Setting the Trap" - Home Alone (John Williams) "Preparing the Cage" - Jaws (John Williams) "Native Montage" - Quigley, Down Under (Basil Poledouris) "Fixing the Old Beaver" - Six Days, Seven Nights (Randy Edelman) "Costume Montage" - Spider-Man (Danny Elfman)
Excluding songs? Oh man, WHY? There are so many great song/montage sequences!
Come to think of it, Conti's "Gonna Fly Now" song cue ("Rocky" & "Rocky II") must be considered one of the standard-setting training montage pieces.
Randy Newman wrote a comic swing number for the losing streak montage in "The Natural." Here's a fan-edit of the scene emphasizing their favorite shot, I guess:
I think there was another cue for the winning streak later in the film.
So I was thinking of putting together a playlist consisting of montage scenes. Looking for suggestions. My definition for this project: Usually a lengthy piece of music that accompanies a sequence of events cut into a short period of time on film. For example the construction of a building or spaceship, a journey over long distances, an athlete in training, etc. (excluding songs)
LOL! I did a quick search in my iTunes library and came up with 110 (!) hits. A track titled training montage alone is on Rocky IV, Dreamer, Diggstown, SpaceCamp, The Next Karate Kid and *cough* supposed to be in the Highlander-score.
With inspiration for Rambo II (and therefore: Gremlins II), Rudy, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Up and the opening for Commando!
By the way: I know we're excluding songs, but I stil would like a shout out for the great song montages of the eighties as in Real Genius (Chaz Jankel's Number One), Ghostbusters (Mick Smiley's Magic), and that Montage-fest called Top Gun (Danger Zone, Playing with the Boys and basically every frickin' scene!).
I don't remember the name of this cue, but it's on Volume 3 as well; 10:39 in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtA3T2NknOg (the ending on this cue, was changed in the episode editorially)
