Inspired by zooba's post about Goldsmith's use of "train rhythms" in The Trouble With Angels (which I've yet to hear but will soon thanks to Intrada), I was wondering what other composers have attempted to mimic the sounds of the locomotive in their scores.
The first one that came to mind was Henry Mancini's Silver Streak:
What other examples can you think of? Please provide samples if possible.
Buck Sanders had a blast incorporating train sounds into his score, manipulating them acoustically. This first cue isn't really musical but is fun using locomotive sounds:
Also there's a couple moments here, particularly 3:40 of this clip (sorry don't have time to offer more as I've got to dash off):
A bit of an obvious one, Goldsmith's Great Train Robbery, which I find simulates the train's sound very well near the beginning. Also, the pacing and rhythm conjures up the general imagery of the train's journey.
In the older train threads above, the following two scores of Morricone of which I was also thinking were mentioned:
Nostromo contains a track titled 'Sulaco's Band', which has a very nice opening imitating a steam train. I cannot find a sample on YouTube, but the rhythm used is not too dissimilar to the one appearing in the 'Tropical Variation' theme in the rest of the score:
L'Ultimo Treno Della Notte uses a mix of real and imitated train sounds:
Miklos Rozsa's "train music" for the beginning of FEDORA was cut from the film. Not to be outdone Rozsa tried again the following year to include a train-like cue for LAST EMBRACE but that was cut from the film as well - but at least it can be heard on the Intrada CD.
