FILM MUSIC 

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AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE  |  BLOW DRY  |  BOB ROBERTS  |  CLOSE MY EYES  |
 CLOSET LAND  |  DARK HARBOR  | DIE HARD  |  DOGMA  |  FALLEN ANGELS  |
GALAXY QUEST  | GIRLS ON TOP  | HARRY POTTER  | HELP!  I'M A FISH  |
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY  |  THE JANUARY MAN |
  JUDAS KISS  |  LOVE, ACTUALLY  |   MESMER  | MICHAEL COLLINS  |
QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER  |  RASPUTIN  | ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES  |
ROMEO AND JULIET  |  THE SEARCH FOR JOHN GISSING  | SENSE AND SENSIBILITY |
SMILEY'S PEOPLE  |  SOMETHING THE LORD MADE  |
SPIRIT OF MAN  |  THERESE RAQUIN  |
TRULY MADLY DEEPLY  |  UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS
THE WINTER GUEST

Several of the composers who appear in the list below are interviewed in this book:

Knowing the Score—Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood,  Sweat and Tears of Writing for Cinema, David Morgan:  HarperEntertainment, 2000.

Songs Used in Film:

 “All Through the Night” (Ar hyd y nos)  Welsh traditional song.
  This is the song that makes Uncle Vernon weep.

 “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, Cole Porter (from Seven Lively Arts, 1944).

 “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside”, (dance hall tune, composer and   date unknown).
 Some of the lyrics:
      Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.
      Oh I do like to be beside the sea.
      Oh I do like to stroll along the prom prom prom
      Where the brass bands play tiddley om pom pom.
      Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.
      Oh I do like to be beside the sea.
      When I'm down beside the sea I'm beside myself with glee.
      Beside the seaside,
      Beside the sea.

 (also featured at the end of the Queen song, “Seven Seas of Rhye”.)

“Let it Snow”, written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne (1945).
 (also used in Die Hard, but a different recording)

“Spread a Little Happiness”, Vivian Ellis (1930s).

“Stella by Starlight”, written by Ned Washington and Victor Young (1946).
  (not actually used in film, but referred to by Meredith Potter)

“Two Sleepy People” Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser (recorded by Bing Crosby in 1944).

“You Make Me Feel So Young” Josef Myrow and Mack Gordon
 (from Three Little Girls in Blue, 1946).

“When I Take My Sugar to Tea”, written by Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain,  and Irving Kahal, 1931.

 “One” – Hooverphonic (Jackie Cane, 2000)
  Kind of captures that whole ambiguous P.L. /Stella thing.

 Two recordings inspired by the story of Peter Pan:
 Peter and Wendy, written and arranged by Johnny Cunningham (Alula Records ALU-1006, 1997).
 An Awfully Big Adventure:  The Best of Peter Pan 1904-1996 (Delos International DE 3201, 1996).

Music Used in Film:

 "Be Loved"—written and performed by Joey Johnson & Felton Sayles.

 "Couldn't Get It Right"-- Climax Blues Band (Gold Plated, 1976).

 "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Esmeralda Suite)"-- Santa Esmeralda  (1977).

 "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, written by Jule Styne, Leo Robin (1952).

 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"-- Billy Ocean (Tear Down TheseWalls,1988),
written by Billy Ocean and Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

 "Good Morning Starshine"—Roger Whittaker (This is Roger Whittaker, 1969),
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni.

 "Here Come The Good Times"--A House (Wide Eyed and Ignorant, 1995).

 "I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby"-- Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Cre-Ole,  1984).

 "I Get The Sweetest Feeling"--, Jackie Wilson (I Get the Sweetest Feeling,1968),
written by Van McCoy and Alicia Evelyn.

 "I Just Can't Help Believing"--Elvis Presley (That’s The Way it Is, 1970),
 written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

 "Lovely Day"-- Bill Withers (Menagerie, 1977), written by Bill Withers and Skip  Scarborough.

 "Move Over Madonna"-- The Highliners (Keep On Dancing:  Today’s Top  Country Line Hits, 1995),
written by Troy Seals and Craig Wiseman.

 "On My Mind”--Hoi Polloi (album/year unknown).

 "Spiceworm", written by Jim Dyke (album/year unknown).

 "Step On High"-- Revelino (Broadcaster, 1996).

 "Sweets For My Sweet"-- CJ Lewis (1994?), written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.

 "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", -- Bachman Turner Overdrive (Not  Fragile,1974).

Tim Robbins stated on his Bob Roberts DVD commentary that he would not allow the songs used in the film to released on a soundtrack album because he dreaded hearing them being played out of context (and perhaps even taken seriously!).

Song Used in Film (end credits):

"I've Got To Know"--Woody Guthrie.  (Music and lyrics by Woody Guthrie, c1963.)

Some of the music used in this film is related to this work:
  Symphony No. 5 in C# minor--Gustav Mahler  (Fourth Movement:  Adagietto)

Song Used in Film:

"Hernando's Hideaway"--performed by Richard Einhorn.
(From The Pajama Game by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, c1955.)

“Oranges and Lemons” Traditional nursery rhyme.
Lyrics vary, but here is the set from Mudcat Café’s Digital Tradition database:

Orange and lemon say the bells of St. Clemons
I owe you five farthings
Says the bells of St. Martins
And when shall I pay you
When I grow rich
Like a little dog ditch
Here comes a candle
To light you to bed
Here comes a chopper
To chop off your head
Chop chop chop chop
Last man's head

Related Music/Songs:

“Fade Into You”—Mazzy Star (So Tonight That I Might See, 1993).

“You live your life, You go in shadows
 You’ll come apart and you’ll go black.
 Some kind of night into your darkness
 Colors your eyes with what’s not there.”
  …could very easily apply to The Interrogator.

Music Used in Film:

"Air in G" from Orchestral Suite #3 in D Major (BWV 1068)—Johann Sebastian Bach.

"Ave Maria" -- the Franz Schubert one, not the Bach/Gounod one.

"Go Slow" — Julie London (Make Love to Me, 1957).

"Happy Birthday"—Patty Smith Hill and Mildred J. Hill, c1934, written in 1893.
 Yes, this song is copyrighted!  See the story here.

Music Used in Film:

 Symphony No. 9 in D minor, opus 125 --Ludwig Von Beethoven.
  “Ode to Joy” from fourth movement used as Hans’s theme.

 “Let it Snow”—version recorded by Vaughan Monroe, written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne (1945).
  AR did not sing the end credit version…but he could have.

 “Jingle Bells” written by J. S. Pierpont (1857).
  Whistled by McClane on his way to the Christmas party.

 “Winter Wonderland” written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith (1934).
  A theme based on this melody is used for the bad guys.  A different rendition was also used in AABA.

 “Singin’ In the Rain” written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown (1929).
  This is used as Theo’s theme.

 “Christmas in Hollis” recorded by Run-DMC (A Very Special Christmas, 1987).
  Argyle’s Christmas carol.

For Further Reading:  “’I Just Put a Drone Under Him…’:  Collage and Subversion in the Score of Die Hard” by Robynn J. Stilwell: Music and Letters, November 1997 (v. 78, no. 4), pp. 551-580.

Music used in film:

"The Blue Danube”, Opus 314, written by Johann Strauss in 1867.

"Candy Girl"-- New Edition (Candy Girl, 1983.)

"It's Like That", Run-DMC (Tougher than Leather, 1988)

"Love Is Strange" recorded by Mickey & Sylvia (1958).

“Magic Moments”, written by Hal David & Burt Bacharach in 1958,
  performed by Perry Como.

“Run’s House”--Run-DMC (Tougher than Leather, 1988)

“Still”—Alanis Morissette (written for Dogma)

Songs used in episode:

“A Fine Romance"--Billie Holliday
 “Why Do I Love You”—Charlie Parker
 “Yesterdays”—Stan Getz

 “A Lover’s Concerto”, version recorded by Sarah Vaughn, written by Denny Randell and Sandy Linzert (1965).
 Picture Annie and Dwight dancing to this in the moonlight, trouble-free and deeply in love.  Sigh.

Sung by Amanda and Candice:

“Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” (Harold “Lally” Stott), recorded by Middle of the Road, 1971.

Related Music/Songs:

“Black Eyed Boy”--Texas (Single, 1997.  Also on 2000 Greatest Hits CD.)
 A Snape song if there ever was one:

  “Your black eyed soul
  You should know
  That there's nowhere else to go

  My black eyed boy
  You will find
  Your own space and time”

“Magic Man” recorded by Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson, 1976).
  Nuff said!

Alan as Joe the (Bad) Fish sings “Intelligence”.
 

Music used in film:

"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
Written by Al Green and Mabon Hodges, performed by Al Green.

"Journey of the Sorcerer"
Written by Bernard Leadon (The Eagles--One of These Nights, 1975).

"Magic Moments"
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, performed by Perry Como.

"Shoo-Rah, Shoo-Rah"
Written by Allen Toussaint, performed by Betty Wright.

"So Long & Thanks for All the Fish"
Written by Joby Talbot, Garth Jennings and Christopher Austin
Vocals by Hilary Summers, Kemi Ominiyi & The R'SVP Voices.

Song from the film:

 “I Know the Feeling”, sung by Juanita (Hamlisch and Bergman, 1989).

Songs Used in the Film:
 

“Alien Sex Duel”—written and performed by Lisle Engle (the song, not the duel).

excerpt from Don Giovanni, Act II, Scene 6--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (K 527).

“Headphone Girl”—Lisle Engle

"Judas Sings (aka "Jesus and Me")--Robyn Hitchcock (A Star for Bram, 2000).

“Junkyard”—Alex Chilton (High Priest/Black List, 1994).

"Just Like Heaven"-- The Cure (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 1987).

 "Not of This World"-- The Plimsouls (Kool Trash, 1998).

 "Strange"-- Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Portrait of a Man, 1972)

 "Swingin' Machine"-- Mose Allison (Swingin’ Machine, 1962)

 “Tandem Jump”—Jonathan Richman (I, Jonathan, 1992).

Songs Used in the Film:

"All Alone On Christmas" (Van Zandt), performed by Darlene Love (Home Alone Christmas,  All Alone Christmas, both1992).
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" (Carey/Afanasieff), performed by Olivia Olson.
A version performed by Tessa Niles is also heard earlier in the film.

"All You Need Is Love” (Lennon/McCartney), performed by Lynden David Hall.

"Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell), performed by Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now, 2000).

"Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (Crew/Gaudio) performed by Bay City Rollers (Once Upon a Star, 1975).
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.  (And why not?)

"Catch A Falling Star" (Pockriss/Vance), performed by Cast.
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"Christmas Is All Around" (Reg Presley), performed by Billy Mack (Bill Nighy).

"God Only Knows" (Asher/ Wilson), performed by The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds, 1966).

"Good King Wenceslas" (traditional), performed by Hugh Grant and Andrew Tinkler.
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.  Thankfully.

"Here With Me" (Gabriel/Statham/Armstrong), performed by Dido (No Angel, 1999).

"I’ll See It Through" (McElhone/Spiteri/Chambers), performed by Texas (Careful What You Wish For, 2003).

"Jump (For My Love)", (Skardina/Mitchell/Sharron), performed by The Pointer Sisters (Break Out, 1983) on the US soundtrack, and by Girls Aloud (Sound of the Underground, 2003) on the UK soundtrack.

"Like I Love You" (Williams/Hugo/T Thornton/G Thornton/Timberlake), performed by Justin Timberlake.(Justified, 2002).
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"Puppy Love" (Paul Anka), performed by S Club Juniors, (Together, 2002)
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"River" (Joni Mitchell), performed by Joni Mitchell, (Blue, 1971).
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"Rose" (James Horner).  From the Original Motion Picture Score Titanic, 1977.
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"Silent Night" (traditional), performed by Pre Teens.
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"Smooth" (Thomas/ Shur), performed by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, (Supernatural, 1999).
Does not appear on the L,A soundtrack.

"Songbird" (Christine McVie), performed by Eva Cassidy, (Songbird, 1998).

"Sweetest Goodbye" (Levine/Carmichael/Dusick/Valentini/Madden), performed by Maroon 5, (Songs About Jane, 2002).

"Take Me As I Am" (Jean/Duplessis/Dawes), performed by Wyclef Jean featuring Sharissa, (The Preacher’s Son, 2003).

"Too Lost In You" (Warren), performed by Sugababes, (Three, 2003).

"The Trouble With Love Is" (Rogers/ Sturken/ Clarkson), performed by Kelly Clarkson (Thankful, 2003).

"Turn Me On" (Loudermilk), performed by Norah Jones, (Come Away With Me, 2002).

"Wherever You Will Go" (Kamin/Band), performed by The Calling (Camino Palermo, 2001).

"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin), performed by Otis Redding, (Definitive, Disc 3, 1987).

Music Used in Film:

 Mozart: Piano Sonata in C (K545)
   Piano Concerto No. 23 (KV488)

 Beethoven: String Quartet No 13 in B flat, Opus 130.

 von Paradies, Maria Theresa:  Sicilienne in E flat major.
   (Scholars dispute this attribution, however.)

“I Knew I Loved You”, Savage Garden, (Affirmation, 1999).
 Inspired by film—here are a few sample lines:

“I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life.
    A thousand angels dance around you
    I am complete now that I’ve found you”

Songs Used in Film:

"She Moved Through the Fair" (traditional)
"Macushla"--performed by Frank Patterson, written by Dermot  Macmurrough and Josephine V. Rowe, c1910

Song Used in Film:

“Good-bye-ee”—written by R. P. Weston and Bert Lee in 1915.
This is the song that played over and over and over and over on the gramophone.

 “Missionary Man”—Eurythmics (Revenge, 1986)
 “I was born an original sinnner…”

ROBIN HOOD:  PRINCE OF THIEVES
    Soundtrack by Michael Kamen
    Available on CD from Morgan Creek Records:  2959-20004-2.

Music used film:

 “Everything I Do I Do it For You”--Bryan Adams.  Written for RHPOT.

Related Music/Songs:

 “Don’t Stop Me Now”—Queen (Live Killers, 1979).

Songs Played and Sung by Marianne Dashwood:

 “My Father’s Favourite”—Patrick Doyle.
 “Weep You No More Sad Fountains”—author of poem unknown, set to    music by Patrick Doyle.
 “The Dreame”—Poem by Ben Jonson, set to music by Patrick Doyle.

I have a question.  What in the WORLD was that music being played in the, er, bar?

Music used in film:

“Baltimore Bounce” recorded by William Thomas “Keter” Betts.

“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”, written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince in 1944.

“Subterranean Homesick Blues”, written and recorded by Bob Dylan (Bringing it All Back Home, 1965, plus most “greatest hits” compilations).

Music Used in Film:

 “Raining in My Heart”—recorded by Buddy Holly, written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (1959).

 “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”—recorded by The Walker Brothers,
written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudin, (1965).

 “Tangled Up in Blue”—Bob Dylan (Blood on the Tracks, 1984)

 “A Case of You”—Joni Mitchell (Blue, 1971)

 "Bleeding Heart" -- traditional Polish folk song (sung by Titus).

 Pieces from J. S. Bach:
  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, (BWV 1048).
  Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in G minor, (BWV 1058).
  Sarabande for Solo Cello in C minor.
  Sonata No. 3 in G minor  for Cello and Piano (BWV 1029).

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 “Truly, Madly, Deeply”—Savage Garden (Savage Garden, Columbia CK 67954, 1997).
      Inspired by film.

 “A Word in Spanish”--Elton John (Reg Strikes Back, 1988).
      “There’s a word in Spanish
      I don’t understand
      But I heard it in a film one time
      Spoken by the leading man
      He said it with devotion
      He sounded so sincere
      And the words he spoke in Spanish
      Brought the female lead to tears.”

 “Play Me”--Neil Diamond (Moods, 1972).
      A request from Nina to Jamie, perhaps?

Songs appearing on the Soundtrack CD:

"Buddy Bolden's Blues"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"But Deep Down..."
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"Careless Love"
Composed by W.C. Handy, Spencer Williams & Martha Koenig, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Deep Creek"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Fire in the Night"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Ghost in the House"
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"High Society"
Composed by Porter Steele and Luther Henderson, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

“I’ll Sing My Song”
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

“Jack Johnson Two-Step”
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

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“The Last Bell”
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"Love and Hate"
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"Morning Song"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"New Orleans Bump"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Rattlesnake Tail Swing"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Trouble(s) My Soul"
Composed and Performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"Weary Blues"
Composed by Artie Matthews, George Cates and Mort Greene, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"We'll Meet Again Someday"
Composed by Paul Barbarin, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

“What Have You Done?”
Composed and Performed by Wynton Marsalis.

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"After the Dead"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Beggar Boy"
Written and performed by Jacqueline Schwab.

"Big Lip Blues"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Black Bottom Stomp"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.
Also, a version arranged by Gunther Schuller and
Performed by New England Ragtime Ensemble

"Borneo Rag"
Composed by Neil Moret and Jerome H. Remick, performed by Nan Bostick and Tom Brier.

"Clubhouse Stomp"
Written by John Colby, arranged by Yale Beebee.

"Cold, Cold Ground"
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"Courthouse Bump"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis

"Dark Heart Beat"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Darkness"
Written by Yale Beebee, performed by Kim Cuda and Marc Cedrone.

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"Elgin Mills"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Eyes Around the Corner"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"The Galveston Rag"
Composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

"Go, Possum, Go"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"God Moves On the Water"
Composed and performed by Blind Willie Johnson.

"The Great White Hope Rag"
Written and performed by Terry Waldo.

"Hail to the Chief"
Composed by James Sanderson, arranged by John Colby.

"Indian Summer"
Composed by Neil Moret and Jerome H. Remick, performed by Nan Bostick and Tom Brier.

"Jailbird"
Written by Yale Beebee, performed by Kim Cuda and Marc Cedrone.

"King Porter Stomp"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

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"La Mulata Rumbera"
Written by Alejandro Rodriguez, arranged by Yale Beebee.

"Levee Low Moan"
Composed by Wynton Marsalis, arranged by Ken Burns.

“Maloney Rag"
Written by Stephan Kozinski, arranged by Gunther Schuller, performed by New England Ragtime Ensemble.

"Mr. Mann"
Composed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"My Country Tis of Thee"
Written by Samuel F. Smith, performed by Jacqueline Schwab.

"Prey for Me"
Written by Yale Beebee, performed by Kim Cuda and Marc Cedrone.

"St. Louis Rag (Piano Roll)"
Composed by Tom Turpin.

"Sidewalk Blues"
Composed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton and Walter Melrose, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Sing On"
Arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Smokehouse Blues"
Written by Charlie Luke, arranged by Wynton Marsalis.

"Sun Flower Slow Drag"
Composed by Scott Hayden and Scott Joplin.
Arranged by Gunther Schuller, performed by New England Ragtime  Ensemble.

"Vieux Carre"
Written by Tony Parenti, performed by The New Black Eagle Jazz Band.

"White Ghost Shivers"
Written by Einar Swan and Joe Tarto, performed by The New Black Eagle Jazz Band.

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There is also a version of the Winter Guest theme (“Stromness”) scored for orchestra on
Michael Kamen’s Opus, London Records:  289 458 912-2

Sung by Elspeth:

Folk song called "Sailor's Shirt" (unsure of title, and Elspeth calls it a "boarding house song"):
  Oh can ye wash a sailor’s shirt
     Oh can ye wash it clean
     Oh can ye wash a sailor’s shirt and hang it on the green?

Another folk song or boarding house song called "Farmer’s Boy":
  To be a farmer’s boy…

A poem called “The Old Woman” by Joseph Campbell, set to a tune:
  As a white candle in a holy place
    So is the beauty of an aged face.
    As the spent radiance of the winter sun
    So is a woman with her travail done.
    Her brood gone from her and her thoughts as still
    As the water under a ruined mill.

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