Filmscores Vol.III: Lawrence English – Soundtrax (For the dreams you gave me)

The art of film music I find particularly fascinating. There’s something about the heightening of the tension that sound and film concoct that can be at times so utterly intoxicating. For me, the best film music maintains that tension even once the image is removed.

With that in mind I’ve selected just a fragment of the film music that has struck me over the years. In many ways this mixtape could have been about 10 hours long – seriously, there’s a lot of amazing work out there, but rather than torture anyone with that, I figured a brief interlude in the sounds of celluloid might suffice.

I hope this simultaneously suggests some re-watchings and new discoveries. – Lawrence English

Track List:

Lawrence English – For the dreams you gave me (ost-mxtpe)
Toru Takemitsu – Suite Part 1 (Ran)
Shoji Yamashiro – Illusion (Akira)
Bernard Herrmann - Prelude (Vertigo)
Miklos Rozsa – Prelude (Double Indemnity)
Speech (The Thin Blue Line)
Takeo Yamashita played by Otomo Yoshihide (Play Girl BGM)
Bernard Herrmann – Main Title (Taxi Driver)
Cliff Martinez - Don’t Blow It (Solaris)
Vangelis - Main Titles  (Blade Runner)
Wendy Carlos Title Music (A Clockwork Orange)
Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd – Neil’s Theme (Mysterious Skin)
Trevor Jones - Girl Of My Dreams (Angelheart)
Philip Glass - End Credits (The Thin Blue Line)
John Carpenter - Theme (Halloween)
Goblin - Al Margini Della Follia (Dawn of The Dead)
Popul Vuh - Aguirre I (Aguirre: The Wraith Of God)
Bernard Herrmann - Prelude (North By Northwest)
Toru Takemitsu - Suite Part 1 (Ran)
Vangelis and Don Percival – One More Kiss Dear (Blade Runner)
Jerry Goldsmith - Love Theme Reprise (Chinatown)
Ennio Morricone - Titoli (A Fistful Of Dollars)
Popul Voh - Bruder Des Schattenes: Sohne Des Lichts (Nosferatu)
Toru Takemitsu - Suite Part 1 (Ran)

Films links:

Ran
Akira
Vertigo
Double Indemnity
The Thin Blue Line
Taxi Driver
Solaris
Blade Runner
A Clockwork Orange
Mysterious Skin
Angelheart
Halloween
Dawn Of The Dead
Aguirre: The Wraith Of God
North By Northwest
Chinatown
A Fistful Of Dollars
Nosferatu

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