MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Hi Jacki,
my favorite theme? I don’t have to think about it for long. „Raumschiff Enterprise“. That’s what „Star Trek“ was called for us. And that’s how I experienced the opening credits as a child. Unforgettable.
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Which gives me a nice transition to the following movie. Ingrid Bergman has never been more beautiful and Humphrey Boggart has never been cooler: Casablanca
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Not to be confused with this movie 😀: A night at Casablanca
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Hi Jung,
thanks for Saturday Night Fever. The last time you posted the song even at the risk of getting booted out of the Club by fellow members. Out of solidarity, I sent the following song back then. That was around two years ago. And what shall I say: we are both still here. So play it again 😀
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And of course the Bladerunner theme song. I won’t write much about that now: a milestone in the science fiction genre by Ridley Scott.
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This piece of music was the main theme for Ridley Scott’s historical movie “1492 – The Conquest of Paradise”. The movie flopped at the box office, but the music became a great success for Vangelis.
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Hi Jung,
the constantly chattering Axel Foley and his somewhat unorthodox style of police work. Always great. And the soundtrack by Harold Faltermeyer. Unsurpassed.
Purely instrumental musical film themes often lead a shadowy existence compared to their sung pedants. And yet it is precisely in this type of music that true gems can often be found. Like, for example, the film music by the Greek keyboardist Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known as Vangelis. Here are some of his compositional highlights.
Chariots of fire. An Oscar-winning film by director Hugh Hudson that tells the story of British sprinter and marathon runner Harold Abraham, who won the gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics. His path there was paved with prejudices and difficulties because he was of Jewish descent. Believing in himself ultimately helped him succeed.
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Hi Chris,
the film music was written by the Austrian composer Max Steiner, who is also often seen as the father of film music (you probably know that). The song “As time goes by”, on the other hand, was written by the composer Herman Hupfeld. He originally composed this song for “Everybody Comes To Rick’s”, an unproduced stage play. Warner Brothers acquired the rights to “Everybody Comes to Rick’s” and produced the movie Cacablanca. “As time goes by” was adopted. Max Steiner didn’t like the song, he found it too primitive for a love song, but he could no longer replace this song with his own composition because the film had already been shot and Ingrid Bergman had changed her appearance in the meantime (at least that’s what Wikipedia says). Long story short Tim: We don’t know why Ilsa appears in this gin joint and Max Steiner didn’t manage to place his own song. But it’s a good thing that it happened this way, otherwise this wonderful film song would never have been created.
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Okay David, I’m going to tell you the whole truth about David Hasselhoff and the Germans: It wasn’t Hasselhoff that we loved, but his car K.I.T.T. In order to save costs, a different vehicle was initially planned. A test episode was even filmed and shown to German test viewers. The feedback was devastating. Only then were new episodes with K.I.T.T produced and yes, we loved it: the car. I’ll just name a few of the gimmicks/gadgets here:
Changeable license plate: K.I.T.T. is able to change his license plate from KNIGHT to KNI 667 (Have you driven too fast again? Never mind).
K.I.T.T. has a built-in ATM (you’ll never have to rob a bank again if you urgently need money)
Ejection seat: K.I.T.T. can transport the driver and front passenger out of the cockpit into the air using the ejector seat (if the front passenger knows everything better again and chatters too much: get rid of him)
Anharmonic Synthesizer: This ability allows K.I.T.T. to imitate a variety of sounds, animals or people (The built-in sampler on the Casio MT-40 was yesterday. This is the future)
Silent Mode: A mode in which K.I.T.T. drives with an inconspicuous, quiet engine noise (this allows the driver to inconspicuously approach pedestrians and then press the horn hard)
Here is the test sequence (You should also be able to set English subtitles via YouTube settings. K.I.T.T. would have done that automatically for you)
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Well, Tim. You mean the TV- Series in which the women had particularly large ears and their shoes were always very tight? Yes, that was popular here, but not because of the sophisticated plot. I watched it, because I was curious. But the combination of David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson tortured me intellectually. My eyes couldn’t compensate that.
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Very good, David. „Der Zorn des Khan“. Khan with a long a. By the way, the episode you are referring to was first broadcast under the title “Invasion der Wollmöpse” and then later renamed “Mehr Trouble mit Tribbles”. Both sound kind of stupid… When translating film and book titles, German dubbing sometimes develops unimagined potential. However, the translation is often very good (even if not word for word) and some voice actors sometimes sound better than the original actors (and above all: you got used to the syncron voices). Arnold Schwarzenegger, for example, is also dubbed by us. He never speaks in his original voice. It is better like that. „Hasta la vista, baby“
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David, I have all 79 episodes and the movies in a German dubbed version on Bluray or UHD (because I’m too comfortable listening to it in english. But it wouldn’t actually not be bad for my understanding of the language to do that…). If you happen to be in the area, just drop by for a coffee. Then we can watch the one or other episodes together. That would be fine 😀
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Tim, I also watched Simon & Simon, Rockford, Kojak, Columbo. The A-Team, Hart to Hart, The Fall Guy, Airwolf and Magnum. At the time we only had three television programs (but no commercials!) Holy cow, how did I spend my youth? 😄 Although Airwolf was actually quite good and I would still watch Magnum today. I liked the subtle humor. Oh, and Miami Vice. Pleasantly colorful and fast. Our crime series were always kind of gray and slow. And yes, I still think Jan Hammer’s music is good today. On his last two albums he has continued to develop musically. He has found his way back to his classic roots.
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Hi Chris and Tim,
Blues Brothers is an absolute cult here too. When I saw the movie for the first time, I only knew the title and had no idea what to expect. I didn’t expect what was expecting me. 😀 Cool stuff.
„Rawhide“ is also one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
„Uh, what kind of music do you usally have here?“
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Hi Dan,
the choice of songs in this film is really impressive. Even if you don’t like the film, you just have to love the songs. It’s only topped by the following one:
PS: For a long time „Help“ was one of my favorite Beatles songs. I didn’t see the film on television until a few years later. Weird, bizarre and hilarious.