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Main Song from Movie, Under Fire

posted 20 years ago by Justice4all-1
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I just heard Jessica Simpson's newest CD, "You Take My Breath Away". I know it is an old song, and also believe it is from the movie "Under Fire". Does anyone else recall this, and if so, could you share the name of the singer who initially recorded the song for the movie.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this matter. It is one of those kind of things that can drive trivia people nuts for days on end. Help put me out of my misery?!?

Regards,
Dorrie J

[–] KnuteSock 20 years ago

Think the movie you're looking for is "Top Gun", with "Take My Breath Away" by the pop group Berlin.

"Under Fire" has a musical score composed by the late, great Jerry Goldsmith.

[–] chuckles-26 18 years ago

The soundtrack greatly contributed to the impact of this movie due, in part, to an incredibly evocative acoustic guitar performance by Pat Metheny.

[–] ScopeWatcher 12 years ago

Well, let's establish that the better part of this score's "great contribution" to UNDER FIRE is due to composer Jerry Goldsmith's excellent melodies, dramatically powerful arrangements and variations, and his inspired combination of synthesizer effects and simulated pan flutes. This music is simultaneously exotic, ethereal, and deeply unsettling.

Yes, Metheny's performance IS brilliant. But Goldsmith remains my favorite composer, and UNDER FIRE is one of his very best scores. (In fact, hearing the soundtrack album lets people notice a few regrettable edits made in the music during the movie's final cut.)

[–] charvel-2 9 years ago

After watching the film, the main theme song that plays repeatedly throughout the film, I swear I've heard in other films. Tarantino? Does anyone have a clue?

[–] ScopeWatcher 9 years ago

After watching the film, the main theme song that plays repeatedly throughout the film, I swear I've heard in other films. Tarantino? Does anyone have a clue?

Yeah, Tarantino (who builds films from elements "borrowed" from others' earlier films) used Jerry Goldsmith's end-title music from UNDER FIRE in DJANGO UNCHAINED -- for the sequence, I believe, when Jamie Foxx and Cristoph Walz approach Leonardo DiCaprio's estate.

I found Tarantino's appropriation of that music offensive. No doubt he found it "cool," but DJANGO UNCHAINED certainly wasn't worthy of it.

Most great films deserve a more appreciative audience than they get.