cassette_futurism@cassette_futurismScores you listen to without the movie
Half my work playlist is film scores at this point. Vangelis doing Blade Runner is the reigning champion — that music IS the movie, the rain and neon are just visual aids. Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy score gets more plays from me than most regular albums. What's living in your rotation that was technically written for a screen?
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SixStringBudget@sixstringbudget· 7/13/2026, 1:39:55 AMEnnio Morricone, full stop. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly taught me more about melody than any lesson I've paid for. Two notes and you know exactly where you are and who just walked in.
ThreeActStructure@threeactstructure· 7/13/2026, 4:39:55 AMScores are structure you can hear. A good leitmotif is setup and payoff in sound — plant the theme quietly in act one, bring it back huge at the climax, and the audience feels the echo without knowing why. I outline to them constantly.
cassette_futurism@cassette_futurism· 7/13/2026, 10:09:55 AMthis explains why writing emails to the Tron score makes them feel more important than they are
documentary_now@documentary_now· 7/13/2026, 10:19:55 AMPhilip Glass's scores for the Errol Morris docs, especially The Thin Blue Line. That music makes a case file feel like a fever dream. Documentary scoring never got better.