Movie suggestions for alternative soundtrack mixes
 

Give us some suggestions of movies the 'Post Your Mix' folks should make an alternative soundtrack for.

Do you realise that this "thing" could result in massive 90+ minutes mixes? Or we should just choose single scenes from movies?

Of course!We're not doing it proffesionally here!

Blue Velvet
Remains Of The Day
Christiane F
Titanic
Nosferatu
Elephant Man
Brokeback Mountain
Any Herzog will do

Speak for yourself. :cool: ... :D

Sometimes I dream being a pro... :)

"Any Herzog Will Do" would be a great band name, but my guess is that Porky meant any movie done by werner herzog will be fine..... I vote for nosferatu (the only one i have on DVD, easier to work with... maybe i could rip it and do a proper video-sound mixing and post it... it could take quite a lot of time, but I'm intrigued...)

Personally, I wouldn't do it with masterpieces. It would be considered rape.
I'd go for something that doesn't have a soundtrack.
Andy Warhol's silent works could be an option.

I know this is going to sound like one of my more stupid comments, but how about a Disney film? They all feature a good range of emotions, and also are reasonably short.

[EDIT - I'm talking old Disney films here, not Pixar or anything like that]

You'd be surprised what amateurs can come up with.Nosferatu or some of Herzog's movies would be difficult but stimulating choices.What about some of John Waters' movies like 'Polyester' or 'Female Trouble'?Mike Leigh's 'Secrets And Lies'?Dario Argento?

Sure it would be interesting to try, but don't you think that Nosferatu's musical score, is impossible to beat?

arrrghh!

There are so many movies that I've watched and thought 'Damn the music or lack there of in this film is awful' but the time comes now and I can't think of anything really, perhaps coffee will straighten the matter out....

Well, I decided to work on Murnau's "Nosferatu". Yeah.

i'll do one with tarantino's pulp fiction or jackie brown, i love them both.

edit: haaa, oops, we're supposed to make an alternative soundtrack or mix the movie soundtrack?

So, I guess a democratic vote on this, is out of the question. :D

Its hard to beat the soundtrack for either of those movies especially Jackie Brown. I mean, the songs chosen fit perfectly for the scenes and overall theme of the movie(s).

It is hardly my point.Take Argento's movies:very hard for me to disassociate them from the music of Goblin but then on,say,'Demons' he used fragments of The Smiths's 'Panic'(the scene where the party goes on and the first demon pops out of the tv) or the Cult to good effect.

yeah.

We're supposed to make an alternative soundtrack(you can also use some of your music if you like) for an existing movie.

This made me think of Zorn's brilliant music for cartoons.

Ok! I see what you're getting at.

Right,let's vote now.Your choices?Mine is Blue Velvet.

You can still add a poll to the thread can't you Porky?

Well,let's see what the suggestions are first and then i'll count them and make a poll.If any of the mixologists are musicians,feel free to also throw in music composed by yourself for the task.

Just a thought, Porks - Whatever film gets chosen, it needs to be something that is easy for people to buy or rent wherever they live.

Yeah,that's why i was thinking about Blue Velvet.Unless we just get some suggestions and then we all do whatever movie we choose.That's also an idea and i think it would probably stimulate the creativity of the respective mixers much more,don't you think?So,yes,we don't all have to choose the same movie as some of us might not have seen any particular one.

And it might be difficult for people to summon up the enthusiasm to do a soundtrack for a movie they don't like.

(I should mention at this point that I can't actually take part in this, I just happen to love the concept so much that I want to make sure there are as few obstacles as possible to it working. Please excuse my interference.)

I got the idea by reading the script for Sarah Kane's play 'Blasted' (thanks for your suggestions Glice!).

Woops, I meant : "I want to do one with Murnau's Nosferatu", eventually my decision has almost nothing to do with this thread... I'll see what you guys come up with and see if I feel like working on the selected movie ( I've no particular preferences/suggestions ).

What about Kubrick's Shining?

I changed my mind and i think i'll have a go at Nil By Mouth.

Do something that isn't a modern art or indie film. As much as we all love our David Lynch, Stanley Kubric and Quentin Tarantino. . . I think it would be boring.

It just seems really cliche to me. If we do Blue Velvet for example, half the people here would choose an early creep sonic youth song for the Roy Orbison scene. Other people would just choose something purposefully cheesy. To predictable in my opinion.

I'd rather see what people would do with a classic movie like Casablanca or Hitchcock.

I'd really love to do Casablanca, that one has a lot of potential. Plus most people have seen it, it is easy to obtain, etc.

Casablanca is a good choice but Nil By Mouth is closer to the heart.I try not to question whatever people choose for as long as it DOES mean something to them.

I think that a complete movie would be to time consuming.
My first thought was Lumière et compagnie (1995)

Plot Summary
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic.

The reason why I choose this, is because there are 40 - 52sec shorts to choose from.

Here's David Lynch's 52sec
Version 1 Quicktime .mov
Version 2 Google video

ps: One of us would have to up them, for all.

Well,go for it.No restrictions from here.

interesting idea.

how about Big Lebowski?

I was thinking about The Big Lebowski too, but I can't think about a scene out of it without having in my mind the original soundtrack, it's one of my favourite movies and images+music blend together every single time I think about it, and this makes working on an "alternative" soundtrack waaaay too hard for my synapses.

Currently thinking of what Smiths song should go on it.

I've had a bit of a go at doing an alternative soundtrack for Argento's 'Demons'.In the end i made the music and samples myself trying to remember the movie as i haven't watched it in a few years.I hope it's suitably 80's.Kill me now.
http://www.badongo.com/file/2111687

try this one, pork:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Land