MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Hi Jacki,
my favorite theme? I don’t have to think about it for long. „Raumschiff Enterprise“. That’s what „Star Trek“ was called for us. And that’s how I experienced the opening credits as a child. Unforgettable.
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Which gives me a nice transition to the following movie. Ingrid Bergman has never been more beautiful and Humphrey Boggart has never been cooler: Casablanca
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Not to be confused with this movie 😀: A night at Casablanca
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Hi Dana,
yes Highlander is a great, exceptional movie. The lyrics of “Who wants to live forever” are beautiful, tragic and sad at the same time. To see how lovingly and self-sacrificingly Connor MacLeod cares for his true love and has to watch helplessly as her life withers like a beautiful flower is very touching. And without knowing it, Freddy Mercury was actually singing his own fate.
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The second song dates from 1929/1930 and is an adaptation of the novel “Professor Unrat” by Heinrich Mann. It is one of the earliest German sound movies. The song was performed by Marlene Dietrich.
A mysterious shimmer,
A "je ne sais-pas-quoi"
Always is in the eyes
of a beautiful woman.
But when my eyes
At a vis-à-vis
Suck deep into his
Then what do they say?:
Refrain:
I'm from head to toe
Attuned to love,
Because this is my world.
And nothing else.
That's what should I do,
my nature,
I can only love
And nothing else.
Men buzz around me,
Like moths to the light.
And if they burn,
Yes, I can't do anything about that.
Refrain
What quivers in my hands
In their hot pressure?
They want to waste themselves
They never have enough.
You will forgive me,
You just have to understand it,
It always tempts me again.
I think it's so beautiful!
Refrain
That's what should I do,
my nature,
I can only love
And nothing else.
Men buzz around me,
Like moths to the light.
And if they burn,
Yes, I can't do anything about that.
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I looked for Movie songs that were from around the same time, like Casablanca and “Play it again Sam.” The following two songs came to mind. They are also songs about the topic Love. I don’t know how widely they are known outside of Germany. The first one is performed by Zarah Leander. A Swedish actress and singer. The song is controversial discussed because of the time in which it was produced, even though the songwriter himself was a victim of that time. Maybe that’s what gives the song a deeper meaning: hope. And this is also the danger that art is always exposed to: Its beauty is used to flatter people’s hearts and then to abuse them. That should be a warning.
If I had to live without hope
If I had to believe that no one loves me
That there will never be happiness for me again
Oh, that would be difficult
If I didn't know in my heart
That you once said to me: "I love you"
Life would be without meaning for me. But I know more.
I know a miracle will happen one day
And then a thousand fairy tales come true
I know love can't pass that quickly
Which is so big and so wonderful
We both have the same star
And your fate is mine too
You are far from me and yet not far away
Because our souls are one
And that's why a miracle will happen one day
And I know we'll see each other again -
And of course the Bladerunner theme song. I won’t write much about that now: a milestone in the science fiction genre by Ridley Scott.
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This piece of music was the main theme for Ridley Scott’s historical movie “1492 – The Conquest of Paradise”. The movie flopped at the box office, but the music became a great success for Vangelis.
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Hi Jung,
the constantly chattering Axel Foley and his somewhat unorthodox style of police work. Always great. And the soundtrack by Harold Faltermeyer. Unsurpassed.
Purely instrumental musical film themes often lead a shadowy existence compared to their sung pedants. And yet it is precisely in this type of music that true gems can often be found. Like, for example, the film music by the Greek keyboardist Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known as Vangelis. Here are some of his compositional highlights.
Chariots of fire. An Oscar-winning film by director Hugh Hudson that tells the story of British sprinter and marathon runner Harold Abraham, who won the gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics. His path there was paved with prejudices and difficulties because he was of Jewish descent. Believing in himself ultimately helped him succeed.
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Hi Chris,
the film music was written by the Austrian composer Max Steiner, who is also often seen as the father of film music (you probably know that). The song “As time goes by”, on the other hand, was written by the composer Herman Hupfeld. He originally composed this song for “Everybody Comes To Rick’s”, an unproduced stage play. Warner Brothers acquired the rights to “Everybody Comes to Rick’s” and produced the movie Cacablanca. “As time goes by” was adopted. Max Steiner didn’t like the song, he found it too primitive for a love song, but he could no longer replace this song with his own composition because the film had already been shot and Ingrid Bergman had changed her appearance in the meantime (at least that’s what Wikipedia says). Long story short Tim: We don’t know why Ilsa appears in this gin joint and Max Steiner didn’t manage to place his own song. But it’s a good thing that it happened this way, otherwise this wonderful film song would never have been created.
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Okay David, I’m going to tell you the whole truth about David Hasselhoff and the Germans: It wasn’t Hasselhoff that we loved, but his car K.I.T.T. In order to save costs, a different vehicle was initially planned. A test episode was even filmed and shown to German test viewers. The feedback was devastating. Only then were new episodes with K.I.T.T produced and yes, we loved it: the car. I’ll just name a few of the gimmicks/gadgets here:
Changeable license plate: K.I.T.T. is able to change his license plate from KNIGHT to KNI 667 (Have you driven too fast again? Never mind).
K.I.T.T. has a built-in ATM (you’ll never have to rob a bank again if you urgently need money)
Ejection seat: K.I.T.T. can transport the driver and front passenger out of the cockpit into the air using the ejector seat (if the front passenger knows everything better again and chatters too much: get rid of him)
Anharmonic Synthesizer: This ability allows K.I.T.T. to imitate a variety of sounds, animals or people (The built-in sampler on the Casio MT-40 was yesterday. This is the future)
Silent Mode: A mode in which K.I.T.T. drives with an inconspicuous, quiet engine noise (this allows the driver to inconspicuously approach pedestrians and then press the horn hard)
Here is the test sequence (You should also be able to set English subtitles via YouTube settings. K.I.T.T. would have done that automatically for you)
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Well, Tim. You mean the TV- Series in which the women had particularly large ears and their shoes were always very tight? Yes, that was popular here, but not because of the sophisticated plot. I watched it, because I was curious. But the combination of David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson tortured me intellectually. My eyes couldn’t compensate that.
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Very good, David. „Der Zorn des Khan“. Khan with a long a. By the way, the episode you are referring to was first broadcast under the title “Invasion der Wollmöpse” and then later renamed “Mehr Trouble mit Tribbles”. Both sound kind of stupid… When translating film and book titles, German dubbing sometimes develops unimagined potential. However, the translation is often very good (even if not word for word) and some voice actors sometimes sound better than the original actors (and above all: you got used to the syncron voices). Arnold Schwarzenegger, for example, is also dubbed by us. He never speaks in his original voice. It is better like that. „Hasta la vista, baby“
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David, I have all 79 episodes and the movies in a German dubbed version on Bluray or UHD (because I’m too comfortable listening to it in english. But it wouldn’t actually not be bad for my understanding of the language to do that…). If you happen to be in the area, just drop by for a coffee. Then we can watch the one or other episodes together. That would be fine 😀
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Tim, I also watched Simon & Simon, Rockford, Kojak, Columbo. The A-Team, Hart to Hart, The Fall Guy, Airwolf and Magnum. At the time we only had three television programs (but no commercials!) Holy cow, how did I spend my youth? 😄 Although Airwolf was actually quite good and I would still watch Magnum today. I liked the subtle humor. Oh, and Miami Vice. Pleasantly colorful and fast. Our crime series were always kind of gray and slow. And yes, I still think Jan Hammer’s music is good today. On his last two albums he has continued to develop musically. He has found his way back to his classic roots.
