A number of years ago Conti commented on the score in an interview stating it was possibly not released because live strings were recorded for the score, but isnce then we know AFM fees have changed thanks to people like Lukas, so I wonder what's holding this score up now?
I love Nicholas Hooper's score for this BBC TV series...
I've no idea if the CD is still available.
Thank you all for your suggestions. Of course does THE MISSION sound very south american. I never denied that. I only said that ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA isn`t very latin. I like CITY OF JOY as well but I don`t really associate it with south america. I guess it shouldn`t sound latin since the movie plays in India. Even if the Scott AMAZON scores didn`t use real pan pipes the music has a very south american flavor with the recorders imitating the pan flutes quite nicely.
And thanks for the Nicholas Hopper cue. That`s really lovely music.
You might try The Emerald Forest, I have it but have not listened to it in years, I recall it being colorful with lots of percussion, real and synth instruments, I think there is some pan in there too. Of course it is an Amazon rain forest movie, so I am not sure the cultural influences there, I think those two guys looked for influences in that region. An interesting movie, and score.
You might try The Emerald Forest, I have it but have not listened to it in years, I recall it being colorful with lots of percussion, real and synth instruments, I think there is some pan in there too. Of course it is an Amazon rain forest movie, so I am not sure the cultural influences there, I think those two guys looked for influences in that region. An interesting movie, and score.
I used to have the LP but also haven`t listened to the music for quite a while. I remember it being quite colorful.
Another suggestion is LAST FLIGHT OUT by Bruce Broughton.
Vladimir Cosma's score to 'The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe' (le Grand Blond avec Une Chaussure Noire). The title theme, "Sirba", is about as catchy as a pan-flute ditty gets!
You might try The Emerald Forest, I have it but have not listened to it in years, I recall it being colorful with lots of percussion, real and synth instruments, I think there is some pan in there too. Of course it is an Amazon rain forest movie, so I am not sure the cultural influences there, I think those two guys looked for influences in that region. An interesting movie, and score.
I was thinking about the same, but then it occured to me that there might not be any pan flute in it. My memory is somewhat fussy, though.
Vladimir Cosma's score to 'The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe' (le Grand Blond avec Une Chaussure Noire). The title theme, "Sirba", is about as catchy as a pan-flute ditty gets!
That`s a lovely main title. I love how Cosma incorporates the pan flute in an almost gypsy flavored composition. Which reminds me that Vladimir Cosma is a wonderful composer and that much more of his music should be released. Including that score which as far as I know is only available on LP and as a download.
Cosma's work has been released in two large-ish boxes (17 and 18 CD's, respectively!) by Larghetto in France. The first one contains the complete 'Tall Blond Man'. This first set appears to out of print in the US (though available in Europe). Incredibly though (if you can live with mp3's), Amazon offers the full 17 disc set as a download for US $11.98!
Cosma's work has been released in two large-ish boxes (17 and 18 CD's, respectively!) by Larghetto in France. The first one contains the complete 'Tall Blond Man'. This first set appears to out of print in the US (though available in Europe). Incredibly though (if you can live with mp3's), Amazon offers the full 17 disc set as a download for US $11.98!
Danny Elfman's Proof of Life uses pan pipes to great effect, though in the context of that brutal, dissonant score, the effect is more akin to being punched in the face than the soothing sound you're probably looking for.
and for interest, here's an instrumental non-score cue that's become well known amongst some folks for being used as the closing music to a late-night radio program:
Long out of print and probably damn expensive on the secondary market, but I adore Richard Band's Ghost Warrior and his use of pans in that score.
Though sparsely used, Basil's Farewell to the King has a couple of very effective 'rough' sounding redentions of the main theme contrasting beautifully with the lyrical arranged versions for strings.
And there's of course the most famous Pam flute theme ever, at least when you're from Germany or the Netherlands: James Last's tv theme Einsamer Hirte. (Actually, it was composed for a non-film album to be called Filmmusik ohne Filme, though released as a single. Aber quickly after it's release used as theme for the mini-series Das Gold der Wüste.
The pan flute samples (as well as other sounds) in Horner's "Where the river runs black" were most likely done by Ian Underwood on a Fairlight CMI series III. The medieval instruments featured in "Name of the rose" were all sampled by Ian and James on the Fairlight. A few years later James moved from the Fairlight to the Audioframe Waveframe sampler.
I'm kind of surprised not to hear anyone mention Phillippe Sarde's QUEST FOR FIRE. It's even credited with a particular type of pan flute a "syrinx" (whatever that truly means, though).
Taro Iwashiro incorporates South American instruments like pan flutes and quena into his scores on a fairly regular basis. A lot of the time they are used to add a bit of color to the orchestra, but his early score to Ashita featured the pan flutes very prominently, giving the score a very wistful and melancholy feel.
A few other scores where he features them are Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Shishi, Marco, The Inanimate World, Onimusha 2: Orchestra Album, Blade & Soul: The Story, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, and Kiki's Delivery Service.
