I've been curious for a long time as to what the trailer music for "Avalon" could be.
It's a beautiful, trickling piano theme, which – as far as I know – is not heard in the movie nor the original soundtrack. My guess is that it belongs to another movie circa. 1990 or before.
Can anyone help me on this? Thanks!
It's original soundtrack written by Randy Newman for the movie. You can find one of the songs "Avalon" on ITunes, or you can look for a copy of the soundtrack which has bits of it.
shareIs the soundtrack available to buy on CD? And is the lovely piano piece used in the trailer included on the CD? I too have long been haunted by this beautiful piece of music and would be happy to buy the CD just for that alone, but have so far been unable to track down the soundtrack.
shareI had a difficult time tracking down the music -- it didn't even seem to be available on Amazon except on a cassette tape (which is, after all, the era when the movie was made -- 1990 -- just before CDs became the norm). I'm still not sure if it's available on a CD, but I did locate it on iTunes. Even then it was a bit of a struggle -- all I could find at first was "The Randy Newman Songbook" that just had a short piece called "Avalon" (about 45 seconds worth). But eventually I located and purchased (for download) the whole soundtrack that presumably *would* have been (or perhaps was) on CD. Its full title is "Avalon Music from the Original Motion Picture."
There are twelve tracks, including a haunting opening piece called, of course, "1914," as well as pieces entitled "Jules & Michael" (for the part of the movie where Jules is stabbed), "The Family," and a 7:20 end title track that combines most of the best musical cues into a longer coda. There's also a sprightly piece in about the middle of the soundtrack called "Circus."
I believe the key sequence is all here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSsohWDYz9A. It is what plays during the end credits. It is some of the most haunting music in existence.
In general you have to realize that there are two contexts for music in films. The first one is called the soundtrack, and consists generally of existing songs selected to play during the movie. The other one is called the score, and is generally original instrumental work commissioned to play during the movie ("background" music).
Soundtrack releases sometimes contain at least some of the score, but often none of it. Sometimes there is a score release and a soundtrack release.
To me a great score is a vital integral part of a great movie. Hearing it always calls the movie to my mind. My remembrance of great films is highly audible as well as visual.
the soundtrack is available on CD. I own it. But its long out of print. I can ask Warner if I can copy and dump it on youtube.
Can this really be the end..to be stuck inside of mobile
with the Memphis blues again.