Weeeeeeeeee're back. I know it's been a tough couple of weeks (months?), but never fear, CvsC is back on the track and chugging along pretty nicely thank you very much. With Connor relocated and apparently tearin' it up senator's intern-style in The District (...of Columbia) and Chris finally doing something besides a bike ride or making even more prolonged delays (...remember that top 50 upcoming film promise...), a step forward nevertheless, the fellas are out of retirement/minor league baseball stint a la His Airness and ready to repeat the three-peat. With the much angst against delay, ideas have surfaced galore. Recalling the contents of the list are meant to be / become significantly odd topics that rarely see an additionally similar top 10 list anywhere else.List #7 adds to the sweet sweet combination of music and film. Movie scores play an intricate role in lifting and amplify emotional reception in some of the more memorable circumstances. Scorers like Phillips Glass, Danny Elfman, John Williams are able to turn the whole mood of a story on it's head as well as easily tug the heartstrings, chill the spine and jolt the senses of an audience with a simply string swoop. Meanwhile, modern movies are signing legitimate bands to pen scores or use a grand majority of their songs by ways of DeVotchKa, Yo La Tengo, Broken Social Scene, Sondre Lerche, Britt Daniel, Badly Drawn Boy, M. Ward, Air and Johnny Greenwood have since exemplified. List #7 sees Chris and Connor eliminate a great number of desired to a selected ten that would produce the most fitting, intriguing and worthwhile groups/artists to score a film, whatever the content would be.
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"Yo te quiero, oh mi corazon."
10. - The New Pornographers
Especially on their newest album Challengers, New Pornos songs usually start off with 30+ second instrumentals, a welcome addition to any film score.
09. - The Thrills
This Irish indie band screams California with tribute hits such as “Santa Cruz” and “Big Sur.” The west-coast dominated song themes act as the perfect backdrop for a sun-soaked motion picture.
08. - Sam and Dave
The original kings of soul put on some of the most impressive live performances of all-time, but what often goes unappreciated are the big brass bands that played with them. Armed with four trumpets and a handful of other brass bombers, Sam and Dave add the perfect upbeat soulful experience useful to any film score.
07. - Lou Reed
Start that shit off with “Walk on the Wild Side.”
06. - Belle and Sebastian
From the tonal swings of “Stars of Track and Field” to the razzing harmonica of “Me and the Major” any awkward teen comedy set in suburban Michigan would gladly invite Belle and Sebastian to accompany the Wolverine State scenery.
05. - Elliott Smith
Elliott’s Academy Award nomination for “Miss Misery” in Good Will Hunting was a testament to his ability to create a mood via musical means. Just think of what an entire film would do.
04. - Bob Dylan
A tribute movie entitled I’m Not There featured all Dylan cover songs by numerous musical artists, but the real thing would be ever better.
03. - The Clash
Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito. Yo te quiero, oh mi corazon.
02. - Arcade Fire
The best job I’ve ever heard someone do of describing the Arcade Fire is, “Every song is like an anthem.” This description was dead on and the entrancing organ chords of “Intervention” would be perfect for an array of scenes in any film.
01. - Wilco
A band known for their diverse lyrical sense, Wilco should also be just as renowned for their instrumental ballads. The best of which is “Less Than You Think” from A Ghost Is Born.
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"much greatness can be expected"
"much greatness can be expected"
10. - Of Montreal
Just too see how kooky the film could be.
09. - Sparklehorse
A.k.a., Mark Linkous secretly makes some of the most tenderly surreal music to be underappreciated. A film score would fit quite nicely into an already outstanding résumé as well as fit nicely into his already cinematic background sound.
08. - Sigur Rós
The only reason this isn't higher slotted on the list is that Sigur Rós tend to make everything epic. Thus of which is absolutely not a bad thing. However, in a film scoring sense you're going to want some diversity, otherwise their standard tendencies wouldn't fit throughout.
07. - Wilco
Sure the Chicago spastically soft and distantly homey group has already been dabbling in the film scene with a good number of songs featured erstwhile (including an excellent version of Big Star's "Thirteen"), but how about an entire film? I'm down. In fact, if I were to make a film, I would make it mandatory to have "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" as a centric aspect of such.
06. - The Flaming Lips
This seems too obvious. Of course The Flaming Lips have been patiently ready to score a film. However, the issue at hand is whether the film industry is ready for The Flaming Lips.
05. - Arcade Fire
This actually almost happened. I don't know all the details, but apparently the eccentrically paranoid Canadian clan was this close to scoring the new Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) film. Something happened, and now they're not......but they still should.
04. - M83
This could either be a Hollywood blockbuster or simply a documentary about supernovas, but with M83 at the wheel for the score, much greatness can be expected.
03. - Andrew Bird
He could just loop two or three samples of himself and then whistle for two hours and I'd still be blown any.
02. - Sufjan Stevens
duh.
01. - Gorillaz
Think about it. A film scored by Damon Albarn.....think about it.....oh, yesss
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