Songs Inspired By the Movies (Part 1): Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi You're bored in the evening and there's nothing on the screen but a stupid horror/sci-fi B-movie ("It Conquered the World," maybe?). So maybe you go out and catch a fantastical art house film like Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" instead. Either/or could be the inspiration for a song. And all too often a hit comes out of it. Witness this show. We succumb to the obvious.
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Performer [Composer]
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REQ:Request
BED:Bed
NEW:New Release
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Background music, in order: (1) Miguel Ramos – "Tin Man" ("Organo Hammond Vol. 13,"Hispavox (SP) 1975) (2) Tommy Broman - "Morning Dew" ("Efter Midnatt," YTF (SW) 1976) (3) Ace Cannon - "Bad Moon Rising" ("Ace of Sax," Hi 1969) (4) Peter Posa - "Bad Moon Rising" ("Guitar Pops," Salem (NZ) 1970) (5) Rune Gustafsson / Zoot Sims - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" ("The Sweetest Sounds," Sonet 1979) (6) Richard Niles Orchestra - Space Oddity" ("Twelve Great International Hits," Standard Music Library 1977) (7) The London Symphony Orchestra Featuring The Royal Choral Society - "Space Oddity" ("Classic Rock - The Second Movement," K-Tel 1978)
Films referred to: "The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951), "Flash Gordon" Serials (Frederick Stephani/Ray Taylor, 1936) , "The Invisible Man" (James Whale, 1933), "King Kong" (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933), "It Came From Outer Space" (Jack Arnold, 1953), "Forbidden Planet" (Fred M. Wilcox, 1956), "Doctor X (Michael Curtiz, 1956), "Tarantula (Jack Arnold, 1955), "The Day of the Triffids (Steve Sekely/Freddie Francis, 1963), "Night of the Demon" (AKA "Curse of the Demon") (Jacques Tourneur, 1957), "When Worlds Collide (Rudolph Maté, 1951)
Films mentioned (I refuse to do anything more than give the titles): The Wolfman, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Citizen Kane, The Caine Mutiny, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Bounty Hunter, The Hunters, The Sting, Thunder Road, Road to Rio, Rio Grande, Grand Hotel, Tell Them Willie Boy is Here, Bride of Frankenstein, Shane, Peyton Place, The Wizard of Oz, Captain Blood, Ben, Ben Hur, The Way We Were, True Grit, The Music Man, Thunderball, Teacher's Pet, Walking Tall, Jaws, Jesse James, Dr. No, Vertigo, Singin' in the Rain, Blood and Sand, Santa Fe, The Getaway,
Mexicali Rose, Rose Marie, Blackboard Jungle, Jungle Jim, Jim Thorpe - All-American, An American In Paris, Paris Blues, Blue Hawaii, I'm Teacher's Pet, Ship of Fools, Twelve O'Clock High, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
