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 Posted:   Jul 13, 2024 - 11:38 AM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

Just found a 1983 TV movie called Missing Pieces, that has no score. There is a simplistic solo clarinet(?) rising and falling cue for the end credits which sounds like a middle schooler performing (quite painful to listen to).

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 13, 2024 - 12:15 PM   
 By:   MarkS   (Member)

What's Up Doc? (1972)

 
 Posted:   Jul 13, 2024 - 12:24 PM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Lucky Bastard. big grin

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 13, 2024 - 1:29 PM   
 By:   Zooba   (Member)

Yes, THE CHINA SYNDROME was released with no score proper in the film and years later INTRADA did release the score composed by Michael Small that was unused. It also did have an opening credits song that is heard playing on the character's car radio by Stephen Bishop called "Somewhere in Between" as they are driving to the nuclear facility. Cool tune. I believe the song used in the DOG DAY AFTERNOON opening credits was Elton John's "Amoreena". Interestingly it also is heard on the character's car radio, as they are sitting in the automobile waiting to enter the bank. The music also accompanied a montage of what was happening around the city that hot Dog Day. I thought the two songs worked great setting an appropriate tone for the start of those stories. Be kind of bland to watch the opening footage in both with no sound or music at all.



 
 Posted:   Jul 13, 2024 - 8:03 PM   
 By:   Eric Paddon   (Member)

If "China Syndrome" had the guts to give us a "Bedford Incident" style ending, then the no-score approach *really* would have been an effective touch.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 13, 2024 - 11:19 PM   
 By:   moolik   (Member)

All great movies and it tells...maybe you dont need music at all!..just kiddin'.
I think some movies are simply not enhanced or in need by it.
Political ones e.g( All the presidents men had very little as well)
and chamber plays.
Id count THE EXORCIST to movies without music as well.
The mentioned REAR WINDOW has a nice little score by Waxmann though.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 14, 2024 - 1:24 AM   
 By:   Hercule Platini   (Member)

There's a new horror film just released yesterday in the UK (though it has a 2023 copyright date): IN A VIOLENT NATURE. No music score outside of songs on a radio. It's kind of a FRIDAY THE 13TH but hovering behind "Jason" most of the time, with long, unexciting takes, shot in 4:3, and to be honest a Manfredini violin frenzy would have been entirely inappropriate.

 
 Posted:   Jul 14, 2024 - 1:55 AM   
 By:   CindyLover   (Member)

SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE? Does that have dramatic music?


Cliff Martinez.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 14, 2024 - 6:57 PM   
 By:   podres185   (Member)

Sorry to be so late to this party, and not to beat (the proverbial) dead horse ... but if Franz Waxman's "source" music for "Rear Window" isn't a major contribution to that film's success, then the art of film scoring means nothing at all. What it's doing on this otherwise genuinely interesting discussion list beats the heck outta me.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 15, 2024 - 7:21 AM   
 By:   Kentishsax   (Member)

Executive Suite

Does The Birds count?

 
 Posted:   Jul 17, 2024 - 5:27 AM   
 By:   afn   (Member)

If you're looking for a major Hollywood movie which has no music whatsoever, not even in the main and end titles, the only one I can think of is MGM's 1954 Robert Wise production of EXECUTIVE SUITE.

I looked it up on imdb and it looks like a typical star-studded 50s MGM big budget production (William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters!!), directed by Robert Wise - so how on earth can it have no score? Who made this decision? It baffles me...

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 17, 2024 - 6:22 AM   
 By:   NO NAME   (Member)

THEMROC and its the worst movie ever ! https://youtu.be/t5DnLglOy8A?si=06usbjBTRrdjtqv4 and there s also no dialogue...

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 17, 2024 - 1:11 PM   
 By:   leagolfer   (Member)

I was very pleased that Caldera released Andrew Dickson's works!

The fill "Meantime" only has 1 theme, this is heard in the film 5-6 times in whittled duration, its a nice plucky theme rather catchy & unique sounding, that reflects in the right parts of the film scenes.

The film title narrative is based on Thatchers revolution the director Leigh intended to keep the film as grim & gritty as possible, its not a bad viewing the main cast are very capable actors.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 22, 2024 - 2:33 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I have to reiterate what I said in this thread 10 years ago -- it's curious that the focus is so exclusively on US/mainstream films where this phenomenon is relatively rare. Whereas in European and world cinema, for example, this is quite normal. Especially in contemporary arthouse films. For example, when I was in Cannes in 2016, most of the films in the main competition were without any original non-diegetic music. I wrote an article at the time about some of few that DID (THE NEON DEMON, THE RED TURTLE, MEAN DREAMS, ELLE and THE HANDMAIDEN -- I missed out on THE BFG, sadly), but many others did not - AMERICAN HONEY, AQUARIUS, GRADUATION, THE SALESMAN, SIERANEVADA, SLACK BAY, RESTER VERTICAL, TONI ERDMANN, THE UNKNOWN GIRL. And obviously many others in the other progams. And obviously other years.

 
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