I actually went to see Runaway Train on the strength of "Trevor Jones'" trailer music!
I had not seen Lifeforce so I assumed that was Jones' score in the trailer.
Needless to say I was disappointed in what I finally heard, as well as saw -- Runaway Train was one of the worst films I ever sat through. The audience was laughing at most of it (and I've never seen so many walkouts before or since).
I got excited to watch this move from this trailer. It was the opening 45 seconds of trailer music I noticed and started looking out the soundtrack. Only this music is not from this film. It's from The Postman from a year earlier.
Lost in Space is indeed a strange mix of The Postman, Twister and Jerry's Judge Dredd trailer music
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Still two of my favorite scores... especially the 2nd half of the trailer... it took me a while to find out what it was and I have played that trailer on VHS probably a few hundred times just to listen to that music!
Lost in Space is indeed a strange mix of The Postman, Twister and Jerry's Judge Dredd trailer music
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Still two of my favorite scores... especially the 2nd half of the trailer... it took me a while to find out what it was and I have played that trailer on VHS probably a few hundred times just to listen to that music!
I don't know what music that is in the second half, but I do sorely miss when scores used to sound like that!
The trailer for Watchmen had a killer Philip Glass (or imitation Glass) cue that had me jazzed for a similar-sounding score. Alas, twas not to be. Decent movie, but still...
THE TURNING POINT with Anne Bancroft and Shirley Maclaine.
There was absolutely beautiful music used in the Theatrical Trailer. I found out many years later that it was "To Love a Queen" by Michel Legrand from the Salkind THE THREE MUSKETEERS. I was quite disappointed when I went to see THE TURNING POINT and it wasn't the Main Theme or even part of the score.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, US trailer. This music (especially the second half) really excited me and I couldn't wait to see the film. Turns out it was just some library music and the actual score was nothing like it!
I don't know what music that is in the second half, but I do sorely miss when scores used to sound like that!
Nobody has mentioned yet that the first half of that JUNGLE BOOK trailer also includes Goldsmith's MEDICINE MAN.
What I miss is when trailers not only contained their feature's actual score but actually made me want to see the film. Instead, the modern ones convince me that I don't.
I don't know what music that is in the second half, but I do sorely miss when scores used to sound like that!
Nobody has mentioned yet that the first half of that JUNGLE BOOK trailer also includes Goldsmith's MEDICINE MAN.
What I miss is when trailers not only contained their feature's actual score but actually made me want to see the film. Instead, the modern ones convince me that I don't.
The first time I ever heard music from Medicine Man, was when it was used in a commercial about saving the rain forest and the environment. It used both The Trees and The Fire tracks. At this time I was new to film scores and I didn't have any idea who Jerry Goldsmith was. I remember the trailers to Medicine Man but at the age of 14 I didn't have any interest in a movie like that. I didn't see the movie until around '94 or '95 and I believe that's when I made the connection. Medicine Man turned out to be my first Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack, though I would not recognize the name "Jerry Goldsmith" until '97 when I bought the Air Force One soundtrack.
The first time I ever heard music from Medicine Man, was when it was used in a commercial about saving the rain forest and the environment. It used both The Trees and The Fire tracks. At this time I was new to film scores and I didn't have any idea who Jerry Goldsmith was. I remember the trailers to Medicine Man but at the age of 14 I didn't have any interest in a movie like that. I didn't see the movie until around '94 or '95 and I believe that's when I made the connection. Medicine Man turned out to be my first Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack, though I would not recognize the name "Jerry Goldsmith" until '97 when I bought the Air Force One soundtrack.
And in the crazy way these things work, MEDICINE MAN's trailer (at least the one included on its DVD) has none of the Goldsmith score in it -- so that's why you neither made a connection or responded to the music then. Since that trailer credits no composer, it probably was one of the many previews that were running in theatres before a composer had been hired.
Ah, for the days when I was 14 and could like the music in a trailer, and be confident that it reflected the feature advertised!
The "Men in Black" trailers had music that sounded a lot like Danny Elfman, and knowing Elfman was scoring the film & not recognizing the music, I assumed it was going to be part of his score. Upon seeing the film, I was letdown that the trailer music was nowhere to be heard - I liked Elfman's score, but not as much as the trailer music, which I had begun associating the film with (and being 11 when "Men in Black" was coming out, I was particularly excited for it).
Many years later, I found out that this music was from Elliot Goldenthal's "Demolition Man":
Schindler's List's trailer had that wonderful piece by Kilar which I at first thought was part of JW's score until I realized it wasn't. Likewise, A.I.'s teaser trailer had haunting and delicate music which I also at first thought was written for the film.
THE TURNING POINT with Anne Bancroft and Shirley Maclaine.
There was absolutely beautiful music used in the Theatrical Trailer. I found out many years later that it was "To Love a Princess" by Michel Legrand from the Salkind THE THREE MUSKETEERS. I was quite disappointed when I went to see THE TURNING POINT and it wasn't the Main Theme or even part of the score.
I think I read that the trailer department had to fight to use the Legrand music instead of one of the ballet pieces from the film. (My God, do I love that Legrand score).
For me it was the TV spot for Romancing the Stone, which had great music that made me choose that film to see on opening day instead of Greystoke.
It turned out the TV spot music was from Herrmann's King of the Khyber Rifles.
(Not that I love Greystoke the movie either, though it does have a terrific John Scott score)
