Imagine Rocky Balboa doing his daily training routine without music, Tom Cruise pulling off unfeasible stunts in Mission: Impossible on an utterly silent screen, or the prologue to Star Wars mutely rolling across the galaxy. How boring would these classics sound without, well, sound?
With the biggest day in film fast approaching (catch the Oscars live on TVB Pearl tomorrow at 8am, replayed at 8.30pm), Young Post pays tribute to movie music, and what we think makes good movies great and great ones even greater.
Sunny Tse
Best movie score/theme: Somewhere In Time. The romantic classic stars a charming young Christopher Reeves. If I could learn just one song on the piano, it would have to be Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, the wonderful tune that runs through the movie.
Best movie song: Life of Brian's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Monty Python's humour is incomparable. The sight of a hill full of convicts nailed to crosses and singing the happy song is simply the funniest ending in movie history.
Best soundtrack: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Jon Brion's selected tracks revolve around memories and the sun - just like the movie. A wide variety of tunes, from piano solos to Hindi tunes, Beck to Polyphonic Spree makes the OST fun, depressing and uplifting all at the same time.