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theoutcastrogue · 4 months
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What's your favorite sneaking around music (e.g., Pink Panther theme, Mission: Impossible theme)?
Great question!
I'd say Mission: Impossible is not sneaking around music, it's heist music, and mmmaybe taking itself a bit too seriously. Too much competence implied for my tastes, too much action and epicness, and way too much (and fully underserved, since this is some Cold War bullshit) self-righteousness. A great and iconic theme, just not for our purposes.
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Meanwhile, The Pink Panther Theme is 100% trickster music. I don't think there's even been another melody that captures so perfectly the concept of sneaking, but who's doing the sneaking? A trickster, for sure! So the music is all sleight, playful and light-footed and irreverent, and at no point is it remotely tempted to take itself seriously. And if you hear it and expect the graceful and precise balancing act of the most elegant jewel thief in the world to be immediately followed by a fucking piano falling on the hapless Inspector Clouseau's head like some Looney Tunes shit, well the theme did its job, because that's what it's supposed to evoke. 10/10, insurpassable.
I've always said that Henry Mancini was a genius (also notable for the Peter Gunn theme and Victor/Victoria). That said, Lalo Schifrin is also brilliant (he scored Cook Hand Luke! and Bullitt! and Enter the Dragon!), so yay for both of them.
Finally, I think we should give an honourable mention to The Pirates of Penzance where WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL *keeps singing at the top of her lungs*
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With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal In silence dread our cautious way we feel No sound at all, we never speak a word A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard
So stealthily the pirate creeps While all the household soundly sleeps
Come friends who plough the sea Truce to navigation, take another station Let's vary piracy with a little burglary
Here's your crowbar and your centre bit Your life preserver, you may want to hit Your silent matches, your dark lantern seize Take your file and your skeletonic keys
With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal In silence dread our cautious way we feel No sound at all, we never speak a word A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard
Come friends who plough the sea Truce to navigation, take another station Let's vary piracy with a little burglary
WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL IN SILENCE DREAD OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL
COME FRIENDS WHO PLOUGH THE SEA TRUCE TO NAVIGATION, TAKE ANOTHER STATION LET'S VARY PIRACY WITH A LITTLE BURGLARY
WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL IN SILENCE DREAD OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL
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nelson-riddle-me-this · 10 months
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9 album covers featuring the work of movie poster artist Bob Peak
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sloshed-cinema · 1 month
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Living in a post Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 1 world, it is absolutely wild how even with a helicopter chase through the Chunnel just how quaint this film is by comparison to where the franchise catapulted itself. Even by several films later Ethan Hunt was climbing the Burj Khalifa or clinging to the side of an airplane to appease Tom Cruise’s ever stronger death wish. To that end, it’s amusing just how far this has diverged in comparison to a fellow franchise that has managed to put out even more films in a relatively shorter period of time, The Fast and the Furious. Both have exploded in terms of budgets and scope of action. They both trot the globe more, exploring exotic locales because it makes for interesting variety. Both feature a growing cast of lovable repertory players and plenty of Ladies Getting It Done. And the stakes of what is at hand should our heroes fail have become nothing short of apocalyptic: IMF must stop a devastating AI in Dead Reckoning, and in X Dom must… well, I don’t really remember, but it’s about family and Jason Momoa being crazy. But while they’ve been on a similar trajectory in terms of scale, Mission: Impossible has elevated itself to the pinnacle of prestige blockbuster territory whereas The Fast and the Furious is pure action schlock. Both franchises serve to fuel the egos of their respective frontmen, showing that they’re the Coolest Dude Ever. But Tom Cruise simply runs circles around Vin Diesel in terms of the overall impact of the film.
Here at the beginning of it all (aside of course from the TV series which inspired it), Brian De Palma takes an elegant approach to his set pieces. Everything for the plan is laid out immaculately in brief beforehand, informing the viewer of the stakes and planting seeds as to what could go wrong. What are the weak points, the things left to chance? While the opening embassy job is fraught with tense beats and allows for perhaps the most graphic moment in the franchise—Jack Harmon’s elevator death is quite shocking—it’s obviously the Langley NOC list heist which is the film’s pièce de résistance. Conducted in more or less perfect silence, each moment layers on a new moment for everything to fail. Will the rat cause Franz to drop Ethan? What about that sweat droplet clinging to Ethan’s glasses? Will the CIA technician overcome his nausea too quickly? Hell, will the technician even look up when Ethan is dangling just feet over his head, or notice him in the reflective surface of the floor? It’s all a house of cards balancing on the edge of a knife, and all the more satisfying to see it pulled off (even if they leave that knife behind). Sure, the final Chunnel chase is pretty cheesy and shows its age. But it lays track for higher highs to come.
THE RULES
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Someone says 'NOC List' or 'operation'.
Cut to surveillance camera.
Tom Cruise starts RUNNING.
Max is name-dropped.
BIG DRINK
Someone pulls off a disguise mask.
We travel to a new location.
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oldshowbiz · 9 months
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when the music is better than the show
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jazzplusplus · 11 months
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1961 - John Coltrane & Dizzy Gillespie - JATP German tour
John Coltrane (ts,ss), Eric Dolphy (as,fl), McCoy Tyner (p), Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones (dr)
Dizzy Gillespie (tp,voc), Leo Wright (as,fl), Lalo Schifrin (p), Bob Cunningham (b), Mel Lewis (dr)
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mariocki · 1 month
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
"Mr. Quint and I go back a ways. We used to be... what, in competition?"
"I never considered you competition, Marvin."
"Aw, that's not nice, Quint. We had our moments."
"You must've had yours in private."
#black moon rising#1986#american cinema#harley cokeliss#john carpenter#william gray#desmond nakano#tommy lee jones#linda hamilton#robert vaughn#richard jaeckel#lee ving#bubba smith#dan shor#william sanderson#keenan wynn#nick cassavetes#richard angarola#don keith opper#lalo schifrin#william marquez#decentish techno thriller but never quite hitting the levels it should. TLJ is a good charismatic lead‚ and apparently adlibbed a lot#of his own dialogue (but was also reportedly difficult to work with and particularly clashed with Hamilton; he was struggling with#alcoholism during filming) and there's a lot of heavy hitters in that cast but it perhaps spreads itself too thin: i always enjoy seeing#Keenan Wynn turn up (and this was his final film) but his character is under developed and adds nothing to the plot‚ and should#probably have been cut... and maybe more time given to Robert Vaughn's big villain‚ whose deeper motives (beyond stealing fancy cars)#remain largely unexplored. the super duper future car is pretty cool‚ even if it does test the limits of belief at times. idk i think it's#just taking itself a little too seriously in places‚ forgetting to have fun with what is essentially a pretty silly idea. this was a john#carpenter script‚ but his involvement ended there; can't help but feel that if he'd directed it then it would have been more successful#and matched the campy tone of Christine or They Live. a slightly missed opportunity but not a waste of time by any means
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musicthyme · 4 months
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"Hitchhike" by Gerald Fried from ODDS ON EVIL, s1 e6 of Mission: Impossible (1966-73) contains "Theme from Mission: Impossible" composed by Lalo Schifrin
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louxosenjoyables · 5 months
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I love this one.
The Aftermath of love
Lalo Shifrin
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paintermagazine · 2 years
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‘Distraction!’
Movie: ‘Harry in Your Pocket’ (1973)
Actress: Trish Van Devere
Soundtrack: Lalo Schifrin
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psychterminal · 2 months
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Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry
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oublietonorgueil · 6 months
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duranduratulsa · 6 months
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THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) [FULL CD X2]
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Spooktober Movie Score 🎥 of the day: The Amityville Horror by Lalo Schifrin (1979) #TheAmityvilleHorror #laloschifrin #70s #spooktober #Halloween #October
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nelson-riddle-me-this · 10 months
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soundtrack album covers from the Airport film series
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oldshowbiz · 1 year
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The music from Rollercoaster (1979)
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hezigler · 1 year
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Watch ""Mission: Impossible" (Intro, 1967)" on YouTube
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Big Bamd Jazz TV Theme Music
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musicthyme · 1 year
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“Williams On The Run” from Enter The Dragon (1973)
Music by Lalo Schifrin
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