For no reason I know of, I started whistling this music a few minutes ago and Patty started dancing to it. Well, why keep it to ourselves? It ain’t a hymn or anything–just a fine and dandy piece of movie music by Basil Poledouris–the theme for Quigley Down Under (1990), Tom Selleck starring as a heroic Texan cowboy putting things to rights in Australia. And the late Alan Rickman is just wonderful as the villain.
Ah! I do feel better now!
I like that little tune, too. Glad you feel better.
Great music!!
This is one of the most delightful pieces of music I have heard in years!
Thank you, Lee. And by the way, Tom Selleck is my favorite actor.
“Quigley” is one of his best movies. It’s even got the best music.
Do you happen to know how I can find “Quigley?”
I’m pretty sure it’s available on Youtube.
I’ve seen that movie before, but hadn’t specifically remembered the music. I really like that. It’s a very straightforward piece, the only subtleties are in the arrangement, which is fine indeed. If this fallen world continues in the state it’s currently in, there will be very few people capable of arranging, or even performing such music in another 50 years.
I’ve actually never seen this movie.
I’m with unknowable, I’ve seen that movie before, but hadn’t specifically remembered the music. I like the music. There is a lot of movie themed music I like. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The “Star Wars” theme music whenever Darth Vader was around. I just love the “music” (tones) to the movie “The Forbidden Planet,” the most unique “music” of any film I have ever seen. Of course, I don’t think you could whistle that tune (can you?).
The 50s and 60s produced some the best instrumental music ever recorded. “Love is Blue” by Paul Mauriat. I had that on a 45 and played it over and over. “Green Onions” by Booker T. & The MGs. Bert Kaempfert, the German orchestra leader’s “That Happy Feeling,” “Afrikaan Beat,” “Wonderland By Night,” “A Swingin’ Safari,” and “That Happy Feeling.” Or the “Village Stomper’s “Washington Square.” And a host of other instrumentals. Is anyone composing music like that today?
Hooray! Bert Kaempfert! Loved his work.
A true genius. Kaempfert was wonderful.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme is a favorite. If I’m not mistaken, it was an Ennio Morricone composition and he wrote many similar pieces with prominent electric guitars sounds.
That’s who it was, all right.
Among my interests, is Surf Guitar, referring to the bright, twangy, instrumental guitar music that was quite popular circa 1962. If you remember the song Pipeline, by the Chantays (the only Rock n’ Roll band ever to appear on the Lawrence Welk show) you are in the right track. Walk, Don’t Run is another song many Surf bands play.
Anyhow, Ennio Morricone is quite revered among Surf guitarists. His music builds upon that same clear guitar sound and frequently there is abundant reverb, which some in the Surf community worship. (I don’t personally worship reverb, but I do have a strong affinity for it.) Somehow, Morricone absolutely had a feel for how to employ this sound, and he could make you feel like you were in the Mojave on a hotter than usual day, using nothing but sound.
Equally amazing, is that apparently these sounds were beloved in Italy. One of the best compact electronic devices for adding an echo to an electric guitar was the Meazzi Echomatic, built in Italy, but used extensively by musicians on that side of the pond to produce an electric guitar sound that sounded as big as all outdoors.
Having said that, I think I’ll grab my Fender Jaguar, turn up the reverb, and play me some Surf music. 🙂
All I’ve got is a harmonica. I never made the grade as a guitarist.
Wanna move to Arizona and join a band? 🙂