The "Frankly Awesome" jazzy/funky movie theme thread (not dial up friendly!).

mike65

Time for another bandwidth busting video thread All cool and classic 1970s
film music.

Quincy Jones has had so many careers its hard to know where to start, but his soundtrack work tends to be at the bottom of most peoples list which is a pity cos he did some terrific stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZVeJRPwn-E

David Shires score for this urban classic just screams NEW YORK AKSHUN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsyDWtzfA7k

Michel Legrands score for this largely forgotton slice of rare Franco-American co-operation is first rate a Hammond organ workout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd9AyZvV3hM

Iconic, Roy Budds most famous theme which a couple of years ago was suddenly everywhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Hr_pnJqk4

Another Budd, this time warmer and more soulfull.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzLIdf-5d2U

Tomm0

Excellent choices mike65, thank you.

I particularly like the Quincy Jones track and Roy Budd's Black is Beautiful - are the rest of the soundtracks good enough to be worth buying?

mike65

The soundtracks for Dollars and Pelham are worth buying if you can find them, only have odds 'n sods of the rest featured. There is a very nice Roy Budd greatest hits "Buddism" thats well worth getting hold of.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buddism-Roy-Budd/dp/B00004YU43

Tomm0

mike65 wrote: »

The soundtracks for Dollars and Pelham are worth buying if you can find them, only have odds 'n sods of the rest featured. There is a very nice Roy Budd greatest hits "Buddism" thats well worth getting hold of.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buddism-Roy-Budd/dp/B00004YU43

Thanks mike65, I'll take a look.

I guess it's far too obvious to be suggesting Curtis Mayfield's Superfly to you?
The 2001 reissue is probably my most played album of the last couple of years.

And it's probably far more soul / funk than jazz / blues, sorry about that (though I reckon there's a fair dose of jazz influence in there).

nlgbbbblth

Quincy Jones is fantastic.

I'd also recommend his scores for

Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice
Enter Laughing
For Love Of Ivy
How To Steal A Diamond
In The Heat Of The Night
Roots
The Deadly Affair
The Italian Job
The Lost Man
The Pawnbroker
The Slender Thread
They Call Me Mr Tibbs

plus he has about a dozen more studio LPs that are worth picking up

nlgbbbblth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DogQt0WJJkI&feature=PlayList&p=C27E6C9491211BFD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1