Giorgio Moroder ROCKS
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Midnight Express
tennavision — 17 years ago(January 26, 2009 02:47 AM)
I have been entertained thoroughly reading all the different takes people have on this movie and until now with M.E. airing on TCM I have read things about this film I never knew.
One thing I do know and cannot be argued is the brilliant soundtrack by the Godfather of Techno & House music uber producer Giorgio Moroder, the man responsible for the music of Donna Summer and also big soundtrack hits for Blondie "Call Me" ,from American Gigolo , Berlin "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun & also Irene Cara for "Fame" & "FlashDance" . Also his work with David Bowie on "cat People" is not to be overlooked either.
"The Chase" remains one of my fave disco electro tracks of all time and the entire soundtrack is so worth checking out.. -
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sistermorphine71 — 16 years ago(August 09, 2009 02:20 PM)
I absolutely LOVE the soundtrack to this movie. I love the chase music but I really like the main theme, which is particularly powerful as it builds when he escapes at the end. Giorgio Moroder is fantastic, and I also love the Cat People soundtrack as well as the music to Scarface.
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Gus-69 — 16 years ago(October 22, 2009 10:44 PM)
His music for SCARFACE kicks ass too.
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luadress-a — 15 years ago(April 09, 2010 08:42 AM)
Yeah, great music!
I have the soundtrack on CD but its a little different from the music in the movie. Actually I think the movie version of The Chase is better.
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sistermorphine71 — 15 years ago(June 09, 2010 04:27 PM)
Is there another issue with the original soundtrack?
If you find out, let me know! I have the cd as well and I definitely noticed a difference in the main theme, which I love, but I do prefer the music in the movie. -
A_Gooner — 15 years ago(April 14, 2010 09:30 AM)
Moroder is not the Godfarther of Techno or House, he was the King of Disco
Disco later on heavily influenced House, coupled with soul, funk and gospel. Techno was a different sound that was inspired by euro-synth sounds coming from Germany and the UK and it grew mostly around Detroit with the likes of Juan Atkins and the lot. The initial techno sounds were dry and industrial but eventually gained lots of soul elements as the likes of Kenny Larkin and Robert Hood came in. -
MilesCo — 15 years ago(May 24, 2010 11:13 AM)
He does indeed.
"The Chase" was used in a March 2010 episode of The Simpsons ("Stealing first Base"
http://www.imdb.com/board/11607507/soundtrack
). The tune was used only briefly, but to great effect, during a skateboarding sequence. It certainly got
my
attention. I thought it had an early '80s New Wave sound to it, and being a fan of early '80s nostalgia, I did a little research and discovered that it was from
Midnight Express.
(I was off just a little in the timelineafter listening to the whole 8-minute track, I realize that it does have more of a late-1970s disco sound to it.) Even though I hadn't actually heard that particular tune before, it was evocative of that era and reminded me of the music and pop culture of the time. (Despite being just a kid back then, it really took me back!) -
fivefids — 15 years ago(July 23, 2010 06:01 AM)
I remember the first time I saw this picture in the theater and thinking "The Chase", great piece that it is, sounded much like a song by a local group here. There was an album, released in 1977, by a group called "Cain." The album was called "Stinger" and on that album there is a song called "Thanks A Lot Houston" about an out of control space capsule which is getting no help from "ground control." Anyway, "The Chase" sounds eerily like "Thanks A Lot Houston" and I always wondered if wasn't "Borrowed" from it.
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photonphon — 15 years ago(August 14, 2010 01:20 AM)
Let us not forget that the radio program "Coast 2 Coast AM" - a popular psuedo-science and paranormal radio station uses 'the Chase' nightly. Awesome and enlightening radio program if you haven't been initiated. "From the high desert" baby.
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YankeeDood — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 10:18 PM)
I agree Moroder is an aweosme composer, but you are a trendy idiot for putting "ROCKS" in your title. Especially because it's not rock to begin with, it's synth. Ditto head.
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jztzt — 14 years ago(February 05, 2012 11:40 AM)
The score envelopes the film quite nicely. It's mellow and sad at times, and tense in other times. It fits nicely into the film's settings and atmosphere. It invokes pathos for Billy. Too bad the soundtrack release was a re-recording and not the actual film versions of the score. For instance, they modified the chase cue to made it more disco. The film cue had a faster pace and was more piercing.
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ChitoRaffferty — 13 years ago(May 04, 2012 06:57 PM)
to made it more disco."
Disco was just about to end. It left as quickly as it appeared, no more play lists. Moroder did some great work: a sound so identifiable with the times.
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