I am working on a PhD in music theory and cognition. I hate wasting time, but sometimes my brain needs a break from reading/writing/listening/analyzing. Help me create a list of films and documentaries that relate in some way to my field so that I can stare at a screen sometimes and still feel like I'm feeding my unquenchable desire to learn about music and mind. [more inside]
posted by nosila on Nov 1, 2009 - 15 answers

Which movies have an electronic music soundtrack? [more inside]
posted by rocco on Jan 21, 2009 - 53 answers

I'd like a complete, sequential list of the music in Michael Mann's film Heat. [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Dec 22, 2008 - 4 answers

A couple of years ago (?) a doco type film was released about a band on the road, and I remember that a train trip was a big part of it. I always intended to see it, but never did, and now I'd like to find a DVD of it. Metafytes, can you help me... [more inside]
posted by GeeEmm on Dec 12, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm trying to find an online database or wiki that is devoted solely to music in film. I'm looking for a site where I can either search for a piece of music and find out what films that piece of music appeared in, or search for a film and find out what music appeared in that film. Does this site exist?
posted by al_fresco on Nov 2, 2008 - 5 answers

Can someone please explain how to get Synchronization Rights to a Cover Version of a song? Or who would have control of whether you can use a cover version in a film. [more inside]
posted by mary8nne on Sep 30, 2008 - 4 answers

Is there a way to buy individual film score tracks without buying the album? [more inside]
posted by Flying Saucer on Aug 23, 2008 - 3 answers

If you were doing the soundtrack for a teen comedy, what song would you play in this scene? [more inside]
posted by Beardman on Jun 3, 2008 - 44 answers

What arrangements should I make with a student filmmaker who wants to use my music in his film? [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van on Apr 19, 2008 - 14 answers

What composition/recording does the eerie melody played by the solo violin in the trailer to Crispin Glover's film What Is It? come from? Does anyone recognize the tune and/or recording? (YouTube link to trailer inside). [more inside]
posted by treepour on Apr 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Why is Judy Garland such a gay icon? [more inside]
posted by Melismata on Feb 18, 2008 - 20 answers

I need help identifying some film music by Michael Nyman. [more inside]
posted by GalaxieFiveHundred on Feb 12, 2008 - 7 answers

Where could I find online scanned stills from movies scored by Morricone? Especially The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and The Mission. [more inside]
posted by signal on Jan 1, 2008 - 5 answers

Is this piece of music, used in the film 'Forget Paris', just incidental music or a well known piece of jazz? If it is well known, what is it? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O29IITBox2c (starts around 2:53) [mild expletive warning for the clip] I bought the soundtrack, composed by Marc Shaiman, and it's not on there.
posted by Ulleskelf on Dec 28, 2007 - 6 answers

What are tomorrow's avant-garde art/film/writing monuments that are being done today? [more inside]
posted by jayder on Oct 2, 2007 - 17 answers

Any recommendations for stores in Albuquerque, NM for the cast recordings and soundtracks for stage or film musicals on CD? The Borders and Barnes & Noble stores are pretty good, but I'm wondering if other stores in town have better selections. Thanks!
posted by jroybal on Aug 12, 2007 - 1 answer

Please identify this string music that I keep hearing in movies and movie trailers. Most recently, it's over the trailer to the upcoming film Sunshine. I know I've heard it before a bunch of times.
posted by chuma on Apr 13, 2007 - 19 answers

What's the name of the classical piece that plays during the "Elisabet-staring-at-the-camera" scene in Ingmar Bergman's Persona? YouTube link inside. [more inside]
posted by archagon on Apr 2, 2007 - 4 answers

looking for a song, goes something like this: "sexy girl, sexy girl, sexy guitar, sexy guitar, sexy sexy" google didnt help.
posted by freddymetz on Mar 31, 2007 - 11 answers

Where can I get exposure for my mashup / DIY-music-video? [more inside]
posted by Tlogmer on Mar 22, 2007 - 8 answers

I just watched the Scorsese-directed, 17-minute video for Michael Jackson's Bad, released on 1987, and I'm trying to figure out which subway station it was shot in. Most stations looked different back then, of course - there's been a lot of fixing up and adding of art since then. It looks like maybe it could be the 2nd Ave F stop, but it could also be the Broadway/Roosevelt/74th St multi-train express stop in Jackson Heights, Queens. Or.... where? Does anyone know? I haven't been successful finding anything about it via web searching.
posted by MaudB on Nov 13, 2006 - 7 answers

How does one go about getting a career in movie soundtracks? [more inside]
posted by angryjellybean on Oct 17, 2006 - 3 answers

Does anyone know anything about the electronic music/soundtracks that Norman McLaren composed for his own NFB short films (availability, gear, recording techniques, etc.)?
posted by gordasm on Sep 14, 2006 - 7 answers

What kind of a contract does a band need to sign in case their music is used in a low budget (indie) film? [more inside]
posted by cheero on Aug 28, 2006 - 4 answers

Where can I find discussion/analysis of music videos? [more inside]
posted by d-no on Feb 10, 2006 - 4 answers

Background music for a 1970's-style educational filmstrip? [more inside]
posted by still on Nov 5, 2005 - 7 answers

Name that tune - Céline et Julie vont en Bateau. [more inside]
posted by anticlock on Nov 3, 2005 - 3 answers

I want to watch Brakhage's Dog Star Man, I'm looking for recommendations for background music for it. Like a specific album for a specific part. That's what I want.
posted by I Foody on Sep 27, 2005 - 4 answers

I will be in Venice during the first week of September, and would like recommendations for things to see during the Biennale. [more inside]
posted by Marquis on Aug 1, 2005 - 5 answers

KeepingUpWithTheKidsFilter: How do you keep up with new books, music, films, etc.? More inside. [more inside]
posted by eatcherry on Jan 12, 2005 - 19 answers

I just saw an amazing short film/music video on the Arts network called "Stairway to Lenin," by director Zbig Rybczynski, and am considering buying one or more of his DVDs. Any Mefites familiar with his work?
posted by swift on Nov 25, 2004 - 4 answers

Artfilter - seeking cross-medium (music/literature/art/film) creativity. More inside. Of course. [more inside]
posted by amandaudoff on Feb 25, 2004 - 14 answers

On the movie version of Pink Floyd's The Wall, there's a short instrumental piece before "In The Flesh" (I think), with a guitar and flute, the guitar part starts something like this:

E||-----------------0----|----------------------|-----------------0----|----------------------|-----------------0----|-----------------||
B||------------1---------|--1-------------------|------------1---------|--1-------------------|------------1---------|--1--------------||
G||-------2--------------|-------2---------2----|-------2--------------|-------2---------2----|-------2--------------|-------2---------||
D||--2-------------------|------------2---------|--3-------------------|------------3---------|--4-------------------|------------4----||
A||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
E||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||

Does anybody know the history or name of the piece, and hopefully have an accurate tab of it? I've played it forever but never seem to have got it quite right.
posted by signal on Dec 25, 2003 - 4 answers