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Friday, February 8, 2008

Moving Pictures Theme Music Smackdown #1

Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, Feb 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM

In honor of the awesome The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, screening tomorrow night and Sunday at the Belcourt as part of the amazing Nashville Film Noir Festival, here is some of the most badass theme music ever concocted, courtesy of composer David Shire. No wonder the Beastie Boys name-checked it in "Sure Shot."

The movie's killer, by the way. The writer introducing it tomorrow night, Craig R. Lindsey, loves it so much he asked the Belcourt if he could drive down from Raleigh/Durham, N.C., to do the honors.

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This movie is awesome. I guess I'll go ahead with the obligatory "this is the movie that Tarantino took the robbers-with-color-coded-nicknames idea from."

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Posted by Steve H. on 02/09/2008 at 10:21 AM

Is this movie about The Features?

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Posted by carligula on 02/09/2008 at 8:06 PM

i prefer david shire's theme music from "the conversation"

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Posted by ws on 02/11/2008 at 3:53 PM

It was cool that David Fincher used a Shire score as part of the overall ’70s revivalism of Zodiac. Shire also did sweet work in Saturday Night Fever and another excellent unsung ’70s crime movie, the Dustin Hoffman vehicle Straight Time.

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Posted by mr. pink on 02/14/2008 at 5:00 PM
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