Opeth soundtrack

[Powers]

Those seem to be topics commonly covered in power metal, Opeth's music IMO would fit better with Ghosts, Demons, Terror, Apostles in Triumph , Knights, Struggle with undying love, Terror, Death (of course)...

The lord of the rings or The Ring are IMO too commercial for Opeth, also Opeth's music would overshadow these films I think.

On second thoughts I'd say "The Hitcher" any day of the week. Which reminds me I must buy that film!

 

[Powers]

Possibly just possibly (ironically enough) "Deliverance".

 

[Khayman666]

Someone's been watching Channel 5

 

[Indrid Cold]

I know, Signs was supposedly scary.

Damn, Horror movies are so shitty these days. I laughed all the way through Silent Hill, Hostel and The Hills Have Eyes.

likewise

 

[Opethian666]

I'd say Opeth's music is worth making a new movie for. Why not use the theme of Blackwater Park or the concepts of Still Life or MAYH to make a masterful movie that is fit for Opeth's music?

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

I think.... I dunno, something provocative, epic (but not in the kind of cliched way that most 'epic' films are), challenging, original, and well made.

The only movie I can bring to mind that, for me, would suit Opeth at all is Oldboy, but even that is too... industrial feeling. There ARE some great moments I could see some Opeth working over. Unfortunately, that movie has a wonderful score already, so...

It would have to be something new, that had all the elements I listed above, for it to satisy me that Opeth soundtracked it.

 

[the_drip]

about Lord of the Rings...Austrian Symphonic Black Metallers Summoning was asked to do the soundtrack for it, but they turned it down unfortunately ;(

lul, BS.

 

[Nomansvally]

David Lynch and Opeth is not a good combination! The filmmusic (by Angelo Badalamenti) on his films are as perfect as they can become, and has the best atmosphere. I defently think Opeth doesn't fit the soundpicture of Lynch films like The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr., The Straight Story (!) or Dune at all. Opeth's sound would get it all ruined one or the other way. But I can slightly agree that Eraserhead would be interesting and Lost Highway is the one that might have worked best...

Besides I feel Opeth's music might have served a psychological horror film with forest setting best! Something like those old X-files episodes were there's mystery in the forests with UFO n' stuff. Sorry to say no films comes to mind at the time being...

But what if combining Opeth with silent films? There's a interesting mix. And I ain't talking about Charlie Chaplin of Buster Keaton silents, i mean silent-horror films! Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) - imagine BWP's tunes scoring this. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) - I think the Deliverance could be interesting to this one. With Non-horror (not comedy) like Metropolis (1927) with My arms-your hearse, Un Chien Andalou (1929) with Still Life, MAN! ... or Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929) with Morningrise...

Some of you probably does'nt watch silents, that's too bad - I recommend the films mentioned above if you haven't seen any of them!

 

[NFU]

saying Opeth's music would fit a film really shows one's ignorance to film and/or music pretty clearly. i dont understand wtf you people are talking about.

 

[Powers]

Explain yourself NineFeet.

 

[affinityband]

How would opeths music suit a film. It doesnt build up to anywhere near the standard a proper film score would. Not enough goes on in Opeth to build the tension properly in Film. It just wouldnt work. Hans Zimmer, even tho his scores can be a little samey He brings in the perfect melodys at the correct time. Film scores are wonderful.

 

[NFU]

Explain yourself NineFeet.

well jesus...just LISTEN to their albums!! how would that fit a movie?!? maybe if you got a creepy, cheesey horror film and took ALL the dialogue out, and chopped the film up into little bitty pieces, then maybe it might have an ounce of relevancy. but otherwise, no...absolutely ridiculous discussion and topic here.

 

[Nichtsicher]

Here is a movie I dont want an Opeth song on. Some crappy big budget horror or thiller movie like freddy versus jason or some shit.

 

[FUBAR]

Explain yourself NineFeet.

Not hard to understand dude.

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

Well, I agree that to just take Opeth's current music and stick it in a random film wouldn't work. I was kinda looking at this thread like 'were Opeth to soundtrack/score a film, what kind of film do you think would be appropriate to the type of soundtrack they would be likely to compose'. Obviously, were it to be made for a film, it would have to be somewhat different, but it would probably still sound quite like Opeth.

I mean, nobody reckons you could just take a film and, like... stick Blackwater Park on top of it... right?

 

[Powers]

well jesus...just LISTEN to their albums!! how would that fit a movie?!? maybe if you got a creepy, cheesey horror film and took ALL the dialogue out, and chopped the film up into little bitty pieces, then maybe it might have an ounce of relevancy. but otherwise, no...absolutely ridiculous discussion and topic here.

Yea, but we're just having a daft discussion not trying to get to the bottom of "the essence of the great film score".

 

[Divatkreació]

Silent films bla bla bla

Nah, I don't think Opeth would fit into those films you mentioned. Especially NOT the one by Hitchcock. The music just isn't... Something that would fit in. And the same thing is with those lousy american horrormovies mentioned earlier (no offense).

 

[Ten SiSi]

Space Pimp 7: We Cum in Piss

 

[NFU]

Yea, but we're just having a daft discussion not trying to get to the bottom of "the essence of the great film score".

oh? this forum having a "daft discussion"....i didnt see THAT coming, my bad.

 

[Powers]

Indeed.