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These interesting surveys always skew toward recent films. Hardly anybody has mentioned a score before 1960. But why? Is it simply ignorance of the classics? Or did Hollywood and its composers tend not to address this emotional state in earlier years? Music communicating loneliness has doubtlessly been deployed whenever it is needed regardless of whichever decade. In my experience, though, people may possess awareness of vintage films & music (i.e. over 55 years old) but intentionally dismiss such as being no longer relevant or aesthetically resonant. "Older" music sounds melodramatic to younger persons who may in any case be biased against many things created during the eras of their grandparents & great-grandparents. There's likely multiple reasons for this phenomena as I don't think any single reason can explain the situation. As for perspectives being skewered towards more recent material, they affect much more than discussion threads - not least of which are the actual sales figures on soundtrack album releases.
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End Title from The French Connection by Don Ellis...
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I'll nominate a beautiful older score by one of the screen's greatest composers that is suffused with loneliness from start to finish. Hint: the closing line is, "And now you'll never be lonely again." The Ghost and Mrs Muir....
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Karen's Theme -Out of Africa (John Barry) The Whisperers (John Barry)- main theme... Sea Dream-The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Kris Kristofferson) End title- Dirty Harry (Lalo Schifrin) End Title-Pale Rider (Lennie Niehaus) La Cosa Buffa (Ennio Morricone)- main theme Soldier In the Rain (Henry Mancini) main theme
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My initial thoughts were the Main theme of The Conversation and the track called Despair from The Thing, especially the last 2 minutes or so of it. Both tracks are huge favourites of mine and get played lots.
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So hang on there Vaslov, you live on an outpost named zebra, you have a small vhs library of hundreds of dreadful 80s releases and, irony of ironies...you play Morricone's soundtrack to The Thing???!!
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Not a theme really, but Herrmann's score for the Twilight Zone episode 'Walking Distance'. Strange that a score written for a half-hour TV show could capture melancholy so beautifully. Try this one out: FAHRENHEIT 451 - Tribute Film Classics play "The Road" - "Walking Distance" w/o interruption! brm ps I wish Herrmann had included "last Snows of Winter" on his Phase 4 recording. It ,akes for a wonderful bridge between "Road & Finale"
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"Philadelphia Morning" in ROCKY has always killed me. Stallone plays the loneliness and helplessness beautifully in that scene. But then along comes Butkus! For sure, this one has a very lonely feel as Rocky gets up and ready to go on a run on a freezing, dark Philadelphia morning..
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Fielding has done a few. My favourite is the track that has lone hitman Bishop preparing his hit in the apartment where he leaks the gas pipe in The Mechanic. The Mechanic. Jerry Fielding. Total isolation and wandering flecks of nihilism, plus the Beethoven to remind him of things. great minds michael!
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