The abstract works in the 1920s and 30s, including the red - dot symphonies and black - grid compositions, are
classic examples of music - visual hybrids evoking constellations, planets, and moons, as in «Several Circles» (1926).
Not exact matches
Additionally, in no particular order, there were vocal supporters
of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted score from Fred Myrow and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling
of Bernard Herrmann for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled
music for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's score for Romero's anthology film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s score for the original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent
example in Climax Golden Twins»
music for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's
classic church organ scares in «Carnival
of Souls ``; and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky original
music by Libra for his final film «Shock.»
Mole
Music is a perfect
example of that
classic picture book maxim.
At least there are some nice creature comforts — for
example, the ability to independently change the style
of graphics or
music to
classic sprites and chiptunes or newer art and higher quality
music tracks — nice if, like me, you're not a fan
of the newer art.
The
classic example of a cultural intermediary is a marketer, whose job it is to make products look appealing to potential customers, but the concept can be applied to a wide range
of pursuits beyond marketing and PR: film festival programmers, cocktail bartenders, personal trainers, country
music producers, and, we think, indie game showcase organizers.
A-ha's
classic 80s track is just one
example, but really being able to blare any
of the
music from this game over the speakers
of your transport helicopter is a pretty insane and wonderful thing.
Samba de Amigo, for
example, used contemporary tracks from the likes
of German pop group Bellini, Chumbawamba, and Santana, as well as
classic music from the 50s and 60s including tracks from the Gipsy Kings, Perez Prado, and Quincy Jones.
I also remember some years ago that the (pretty dismal) followup to the
classic Def Jam Vendetta was a Street Fighter clone that used the game's heavily licensed soundtrack to generate mostly neglected environmental hazards (for
example, fire hydrants would spray water to the beat
of a song), and if you had
music on your hard drive it would use it.