Asian films with cool music?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 28 Aug 2006, 21:59

IMO the following films have awesome music:

Welcome to Dongmakgol
Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
JSA
Shaolin Soccer
Running out of Time (1 & 2)
Casshern

Does Park Chan-wook hire the same bloke for all his movies? The songs sound quite similar but distinctly awesome at the same time.

In terms of HK, that bloke Raymond Wong (not sure if I made that name up or not) is pretty damn funky.

Joe Hashashin (sp) - the Ghibli, Kitano etc dude - deserves a couple of high-fives I guess.

Who else is easing your eardrums, soothing your soul, tickling your testicles etc?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Aug 2006, 22:14

Kamikaze Girls: Awesome music.
Chinese Tall Story: Joe Hisaishi soundtrack.
My Sassy Girl, Windstruck, Lovers Concerto, My Little Bride.
Have Sword, Will Travel: Simple yet awesome music tracks.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow: Music by Jean-Michel Jarre.
Bichunmoo: great melodramatic tunes.
Jackie Chan's The Myth: music from Requiem for a Dream (slightly re-done) in the epic battle.
Seven Swords: repetitive and inadequate, but also enjoyable.
Swing Girls: you gotta love jazz !

World without thieves: great french song at the beginning, great chinese song at the end.
Survive Style 5: simple but cool.
Natural City: one of my favourite soundtracks.
A man who went to Mars (aka Letter from Mars): very cute My Sassy Girl-like music.
A Chinese Odyssey 2002: great songs.

That's all I can think of right now.

EDIT: Nope, forgot about ChungKing Express, Ashes of Time, Take Care of my Cat and Green Snake.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 28 Aug 2006, 22:18

All of Wong Kar Wai's movies. Simple. The man is just amazingly gifted with picking the perfect soundtrack to create that secial mood/ambiance in his movies.

I also like the soundtrack in Hard-Boiled.

The song in Rouge by Anita Mui Yim Fong is absolutely brilliant.

Hero had nice music, as did Flying Daggers...

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 28 Aug 2006, 23:34

The Kung Fu Hustle soundtrack is dead classy IMO.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 29 Aug 2006, 00:58

Some of my favorites..
-2009: Lost Memories
-Bichunmoo
-Heavens Soldiers
-Oldboy
-Memories of Murder
-Antarctic Journal
-Windstruck
-Shinobi
-The killer
-Silmido
-Wonderful Days

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 29 Aug 2006, 08:10

Also worth mentioning are:

Once upon a Time in China movies - the good old Wong Fey Hung theme ("Under the General's orders")

Beyond our Ken - great music and an Italian theme song. They redicovered a Gianna Nanini song from the mid 90's, which really fits the movie in my eyes...

A Moment of Romance - classic! Couldn't get the music out of my head for days!

Jiang Hu - although the movie itself is rather average, the music playing during the final fight is great!

Some other movies with great theme songs, which haven't been mentioned yet:

A Chinese Ghost Story, Hero (Yuen Kwai), A Better Tomorrow (the music rocks!

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I'm sure I forgot some...

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 29 Aug 2006, 11:03

Drunken Master 2 Soundtrack is amazing.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 29 Aug 2006, 11:59

Agreed.

I forgot the Infernal Affairs soundtrack. That one is also awesome.

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 29 Aug 2006, 12:12

Yea, Infernal Affairs music gives me the shivers everytime I watch it.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 Aug 2006, 14:23

[sarcasm]The French rap score on the Besson cut of Ong-Bak is fucking awesome. The Rza rescore on TYG will have a lot to live up to.[/sarcasm]

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 01 Sep 2006, 02:22

Last Life in the Universe
Cyclo
...ing
Take Care of my Cat
Oldboy
Infernal Affairs
Battle Royale
Blue Spring
Koi no mon
Love & Pop
Survive Style 5+
Swing Girls

Almost everythng WKW, Kitano, Miyazaki, Iwai etc is a given. As composers go Hisaishi, Remedios and Kanno are rarely wrong.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 Sep 2006, 12:58

The One-Armed Swordsman
Jozee, the Tiger and the Fish
Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
A Bittersweet Life
April Story
Sex & Fury

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 01 Sep 2006, 13:42

True Romance

Ok so it's not technically an Asian movie but it's so good, it may as well be Asian imo.

Jompis · Post by **Jompis** » 02 Sep 2006, 20:48

Ninja In The Dragon´s Den, the opening theme is so darn badass!

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 02 Sep 2006, 21:37

"And they were ready to fight... and they were ready to kill! "

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 02 Sep 2006, 21:41

Jompis wrote:Ninja In The Dragon´s Den, the opening theme is so darn badass!

Really? I cant remember that... (my memory is very very bad...)
is it in the cantonese version, or in the dubbed version?

Welcome to the boards btw...

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 02 Sep 2006, 22:05

For me, I just recently watched again Beat Kitano - Zatoichi, and at the end the tap dance, the music in that is great loved that.

Also off topic I know but still music related - Tenchu Opening - Excellent music

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 02 Sep 2006, 22:18

Joe Hisaishi's music in general, but specifically the score to Sonatine. Just gets me every time I hear that opening refrain...

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 03 Sep 2006, 10:04

Yi-Long wrote:
Jompis wrote:Ninja In The Dragon´s Den, the opening theme is so darn badass!
Really? I cant remember that... (my memory is very very bad...)
is it in the cantonese version, or in the dubbed version?

It's in the cantonese version (although it's in English) and should also be in the dubbed version.
This song, really is great!
Ninja in the Dragon's Den definitaly is the Kung Fu movie with the funkiest soundtrack ever!

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 03 Sep 2006, 16:45

Ninja in the Dragon's Den soundtrack is indeed hilarious.
One of my favorites