It’s the Music Stupid: 52 : Black & White Films & Their Soundtracks

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  • @franksmusic2880
    @franksmusic2880 Месяц назад +4

    Third Man and Manhattan or two of my favorite films ever. Absolutely wonderful music scores. I never get tired of watching these two movies. 👌

  • @keithfox2995
    @keithfox2995 Месяц назад +5

    wings of desire ... great film

  • @clinthildebrand8684
    @clinthildebrand8684 29 дней назад +1

    When you showed "Rumblefish", I reflexively gave a fist pump and cried "YES! BRILLIANT!!" Both the film and the soundtrack have been under the radar favorites of mine for 40 years. Stanard Ridgways off-Kilter voice with Copeland's drumming on Don't Box Me In are perfectly matched to the point that I can't imagine anyone else singing it. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou for showcasing it!

  • @Voidoid77
    @Voidoid77 Месяц назад +5

    "Carnival of Souls" - Music by Gene Moore - Directed by Herk Harvey - 1962
    "Double Indemnity" - Music by Miklos Rozsa - Directed by Billy Wilder - 1944
    "Down By Law" - Music by Tom Waits/various - Directed by Jim Jarmusch - 1986
    "Night of the Hunter" - Music by Walter Schumann - Directed by Charles Laughton - 1955
    "Night & The City" - Music by Lionel Newman Directed by Jules Dassin - 1950
    "Pickup on South Street" - Music by Lionel Newman - Directed by Samuel Fuller - 1953

  • @nadab4750
    @nadab4750 29 дней назад +2

    I met Wim Wenders at the premiere after-party for "Buena Vista Social Club" (Melbourne 1999/2000). He was very charming & unpretentious. Apart from other subjects, I remember discussing one of his other great films "Paris Texas". (Probably also mentioning that in the 80's I had two cats, one called "Paris"...and the other "Texas"!
    Rumble Fish: "...a young Diane Lane". I think it was a "young everyone"?!
    "Manhattan" is the one for me , viewed on the 70mm compatible giant screen at the (jazz moderne art deco) Astor Theatre in St.Kilda.
    👱🏻‍♀️♥️

  • @twofromthetrunk9932
    @twofromthetrunk9932 Месяц назад +2

    Manhattan is a wonderful soundtrack. It is so well done.

  • @rohantredinnick4021
    @rohantredinnick4021 Месяц назад +2

    To Kill a mockingbird. Fantastic music score by the great Elmer Bernstein

  • @GIBKEL
    @GIBKEL Месяц назад +2

    Deadman? Love the mesh of sound and stark images.

  • @marksaleski9890
    @marksaleski9890 Месяц назад +2

    Wow! How the hell did I miss out on "Dead Man"??!! Really love Mystery Train and Night on Earth. Dang..

  • @nicklobodycz2981
    @nicklobodycz2981 Месяц назад +3

    Your thumbnail of Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire caught my attention. I've seen that film at least half a dozen times since the year it was released until just a few months ago. Masterpiece.

  • @musiconrecord6724
    @musiconrecord6724 Месяц назад +4

    Thanks SO much for this. You mentioned two of my all-time faves: Rumble Fish and Wings of Desire. I think Rumble Fish is unquestionably one of Coppola's finest achievements - no kidding! I got to spend time with the sound designer on that film, Richard Beggs - when I was mixing my (black and white) film next to door to him - and he talked a lot about how carefully they melded his sound design with Copeland's brilliant score. That is a true audiophile record, BTW. (He had some amazing Apocalypse Now stories, as did the owner of the facility where we were working who was dating the Coppola's nanny back in the day, joined them all in the Philippines, then played one of the surfer dudes in the Robert Duvall sequence!!!). I've never seen the Wings of Desire soundtrack on vinyl before - I have it on CD. It is brilliant, so perfectly matched to the film which is maybe my favorite Wenders flick. As to other b&w films/scores... I have to mention Psycho, of course. The best version of the full score is on Varese Sarabande CD - well worth hunting down. It's better sounding than the full score on Unicorn LP conducted by Herrmann himself, though Herrmann's Suite from the film on Decca Phase 4 is phenomenal. Two other great Noir soundtracks are Elmer Bernstein's score for Sweet Smell of Success (directed by the ex-Ealing comedy director Alexander Mackendrick), and Henry Mancini's score for Orson Welles's Touch of Evil. Speaking of British comedies, the original 1954 Belles of St. Trinians has a brilliant score by Malcolm Arnold, extracts from which are available on an excellent Chandos CD. If you've never seen this film, I highly recommend....

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Месяц назад +1

      @@musiconrecord6724 I have that Psycho cd. I could have added no many more

  • @AdrianNicholls
    @AdrianNicholls Месяц назад +2

    Two things to contribute. Well, three… first being Deadman, Wings & Rumblefish are all excellent as films and soundtracks. Deadman was I gather done in the same way Miles did for Lift to the Scafold, live in front of the film. Second thing, Jarmusch and his Sqürl have recently been doing performance to Man Ray films in the same way. An album of this released recently on Sacred Bones. Third of three… The Lynch & Splet (1977) is the birth of industrial music and one of the most important original soundtracks ever produced. Another wonderful & inspiring video Mr Maz.

  • @rixvspinner
    @rixvspinner Месяц назад +3

    4:43 the only colour in the film is the rumble fish in the tank. Good movie, great soundtrack.

  • @vinylstockholm
    @vinylstockholm Месяц назад +1

    Very nice to see Dead Man! One of my favorite movies of all time. For me, it's the perfect marriage between music and visuals. It works so perfectly together and creates such an incredible atmosphere. Cheers!

  • @jeanpepin6497
    @jeanpepin6497 Месяц назад +2

    Psycho is the first one that comes to mind. Schindler list.

  • @rockroll6791
    @rockroll6791 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks for inspiring our next home "film festival"...Cheers

  • @MortenAastad
    @MortenAastad 27 дней назад

    Thank you for sharing those.
    My favorite black and white films… wow. Well… Stardust Memories, Manhattan (probably my favorite movie) and Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen). Young Frankenstein. La Heine. Dead Man. The Apartment. Les Croix de Bois (1932, Raymond Bernard). Oh, and Clerks.

  • @christinatupper1965
    @christinatupper1965 Месяц назад +1

    I dig your list, it marries up to my own personal very much so. Dead Man and Wings are in my (ever changing) top 25 of all time. Another great black and white film is the original Wages of Fear.

  • @RonTalksRock
    @RonTalksRock 29 дней назад +1

    An interesting video Mazzy…gets me thinking about my son Cameron, who is currently in Denmark 🇩🇰 and will be in France 🇫🇷 next week for his work; he is a Movie fan of great knowledge already at his young age of 29yrs. I enjoy good Movies as well but cannot claim as much interest as you in any way, but, many of the artists you mentioned are favourites of mine. 👍

  • @Norman-bone13
    @Norman-bone13 Месяц назад +1

    It’s fun to discuss black & white film and stills. From ‘72 thru ‘74, that’s all I shot. Black & white 35mm w/SLR Pentax. Black & white provided great atmosphere for pictures near the Berlin Wall. 👍🏼 Thanks for talking about a somewhat forgotten photography tool.

  • @terrykeenan4308
    @terrykeenan4308 28 дней назад

    Rumblefish, has been my all time favorite movie since the first time I saw it. The cast is outstanding, but Rourke as The Motorcycle Boy takes the cake. One of my fav lines, “even the most primitive societies have an innate respect for the insane.” Copeland’s soundtrack is brilliant. Don’t forget the beta fish were in color too. 😊

  • @tonyperiphoto
    @tonyperiphoto 4 дня назад

    And, all shot on film 📽️.
    Good on you Mazzy.

  • @vintagevinylvets1187
    @vintagevinylvets1187 Месяц назад

    Had no idea! Thanks Mazzy, we’ve never seen “Rumble Fish” for whatever reason. It sounds like something we could sink our teeth into. Besides, huge Mickey Rourke!🎧🍿🥤

  • @Boatzerama
    @Boatzerama Месяц назад +1

    Paper Moon is my favourite film👍🏼

  • @noblesavage23
    @noblesavage23 Месяц назад +2

    Miles Davis - Elevator to the Gallows

  • @photogcw
    @photogcw Месяц назад +2

    Raging Bull, High Noon-almost a film noir western, Casablanca

  • @christianfasy
    @christianfasy Месяц назад +1

    Gorgeous. Thank you.

  • @jessem470
    @jessem470 29 дней назад

    I had to come back to make 1 more comment after talking to my daughter about this post
    He favorite B&W movie
    The Little Fugitive 1953
    Its a movie ; sorta guerrilla film making by photographers ; Raymond Abrashkin , Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin Bout a kid in Coney Island
    Absolutely magic movie
    Its another soundtrack i do not have
    Its on Smithsonian Folkway
    Eddy Manson on Harmonica
    Produced by Moses Asch

  • @jessem470
    @jessem470 Месяц назад +1

    All excellent picks
    Huge fan of movies as well as music so to continue this thread here are 5 I would suggest
    Gojira ( Godzilla ) 1954 Japan
    Another Jim Jarmusch pick
    Down By Law : music Tom Waits and John Lurie ; they also star in movie
    The last picture show
    I will admit i do not own this soundtrack i have found it hard to find but amazing movie with the great Hank Williams featured heavily
    Psycho : Bernard Herman.
    Screeching violins ! Showers were never the same again
    Would i be cheating by saying Hard Days Night : The Beatles
    Very honorable mention
    Mise Eire ( I am Ireland )
    Sean O Riada Very important piece in Irish music history and Sean formed Ceoltóirí Chualann
    Which led chieftains and traditional music renaissance

  • @MAC5REPORT
    @MAC5REPORT Месяц назад

    Last Picture Show - old Hank Williams
    Ed Wood - music by Howard Shore
    8 1/2 - directed by Fellini
    Touch of Evil - Henry Mancini

  • @jimmccloskey4254
    @jimmccloskey4254 Месяц назад +2

    Anatomy of a murder
    Basin street murders
    Sunset murders
    Hero to zero
    Four dueces
    Misty (Play misty for me)
    Miles Davis film score - French film

  • @Pluralofvinylisvinyls
    @Pluralofvinylisvinyls Месяц назад

    Great picks. I love Robby Muller’s work
    Not to brag or anything but I found the Third Man criterion on Blu-ray at a goodwill for $3!

  • @jessem470
    @jessem470 Месяц назад +1

    Mazzy
    Do you have Wim : Driven by Music ; 3 album set ?
    My daughter took Photography and Film Studies in college and I got this as a gift for her
    It was expensive but it is a beautiful collection

  • @richardp.341
    @richardp.341 Месяц назад

    And of course, there is a connection to THE BAND.

  • @andrewt4042
    @andrewt4042 Месяц назад

    A modern B&W comedy film was “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” with Steve Martin. Funny and nostalgic.

  • @fatback2
    @fatback2 Месяц назад +4

    Dead Man is so good. I kinda wish they they didn't add Johnny's spoken word to parts of the soundtrack.
    "Down By Law" is another great B&W film and soundtrack. The combination of music and imagery really stuck with me. The deep b&w imagery of Louisiana went perfectly with the John Lurie and Tom Waits tunes.

    • @Pluralofvinylisvinyls
      @Pluralofvinylisvinyls Месяц назад +2

      Pretty sure Robby Muller was the DP on both films
      And, yeah I was also disappointed that they added dialogue from the film to the soundtrack. I just don’t get the point.

  • @argieav
    @argieav Месяц назад

    Morricones music for Pontecorvos ‘Battle of Algiers ‘ contributed to making it a classic - ‘rue de tebes’ , I remember especially , the music used after a bomb attack , affecting

  • @criscrisler8604
    @criscrisler8604 29 дней назад

    My absolute favorite film is “Wings of Desire”!

  • @birdy1numnum
    @birdy1numnum Месяц назад +1

    *Down by Law (Lurie), 8 1/2 et La Strada (Rota), Mickey One (Getz) to name a few...*

    • @christinatupper1965
      @christinatupper1965 Месяц назад +1

      Ah yes, forgot about La Strada and Nights of Cabiria. Thanks for the reminder to watch these both again.

    • @christinatupper1965
      @christinatupper1965 Месяц назад +1

      Oh and of course love your username 😂 classic sellers

    • @birdy1numnum
      @birdy1numnum Месяц назад

      ​@@christinatupper1965100%! And yesssss to Notte di Cabiria which just may be my favorite FF film.

  • @ianmoore4587
    @ianmoore4587 Месяц назад

    Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday from 1953. Once you’ve heard the tune in it you won’t stop whistling. I read once that Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood would often phone each other and whistle it.

    • @Monetize_This
      @Monetize_This Месяц назад

      My only problem with the Third Man Theme is that once you watch the movie it will not stop playing in your head for a looong time. Not necessarily a bad thing…I had no idea
      Neil Young did the Soundtrack to Dead Man. I’ve never seen the film. Now I kinda have to. Another great video linking music and visual art. As much as I love movies with great cinematography and art direction it’s always the soundtrack that that to some extent tells me how I feel about what I’m seeing… a bad soundtrack can literally ruin an otherwise great movie for me… doesn’t happen that often usually because great directors have a good ear for what they’re trying to achieve. On a side note, I kind of wish more directors worked in black and white.

    • @birdy1numnum
      @birdy1numnum Месяц назад +1

      Yes! Ditto for Mon Oncle 👏

  • @willhouse
    @willhouse 27 дней назад

    OOOOOH have you watched *Ripley* yet? It's the best black & white project I've seen in years, *and* it has a great 50's-era soundtrack

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  27 дней назад +1

      Loved Ripley. The best show in years.

    • @willhouse
      @willhouse 27 дней назад

      @@mazzysmusic The cats & dogs are what really made me a huge fan; so many little touches in there
      🤩

  • @markspooner1224
    @markspooner1224 Месяц назад

    Any Errol Flynn film with the music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. I would love to see The Third Man in a cinema.

  • @asufluffhead
    @asufluffhead Месяц назад

    It's not a film score if you use a previously composed piece. Gershwin certainly didn't score Manhattan.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Месяц назад

      @@asufluffhead true but it is a soundtrack. There also some original jazz recordings on it as well.