New "what's that music?" wiki site for MA films

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 12 Jun 2008, 23:11

Well, I finally decided to give this a go as I enjoy finding out the music "borrowed" for use in old school MA films. I think the most well known case is Neu! being used in Master of the Flying Guillotine. But in short, I thought the best idea would be to work out a wiki style site so people could add music listings they recognize. Here it is:

http://martialartsmusic.wikia.com

It's still in the "infancy" stage... well, more like newborn, but there are a few movies listed. Aside from MOTFG, I also posted info on The Young Master, The Big Boss, and Way of the Dragon. By no means do I consider these listings complete, but they're there for people to add info, or even add other movies. I'm going to try to work on an article for Tower of Death soon as well as some other Bruceploitation films. Plus, I'm going to put together a Snake in the Eagle's Shadow section, which should have an abundance of music as well. Any help from anyone here would also be greatly appreciated in getting this moving forward!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Jun 2008, 09:40

Cool site Old Pang Yau

Now you make me want to watch Big Boss again to spot the music. BTW, one piece of music in Big Boss (the Cantonese print, I think) is also used as one theme in "Emanuelle".

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 13 Jun 2008, 09:52

In Way of the Dragon, the music when the chef turns traitor is from Diamonds Are Forever

Fist of Unicorn has a great compiled score - it made me a Pink Floyd fan!!!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Jun 2008, 10:24

Snake In the Eagles' Shadow, of course uses the classic Magic Fly by Space in the opening credits, and also some Jean Michael Jarre stuff (Oxygene 02).
Rape of the Sword uses a repeated riff from The Good The Bad and the Ugly whenever the sword is drawn/shown.

LoBo · Post by **LoBo** » 13 Jun 2008, 12:27

The film Secret Rivals has the theme song The Big Gundown by Ennio Morricone.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 13 Jun 2008, 12:49

Dunno if you want to class it as a Martial Arts film or not, but Hocus Pocus features Goblin's score for Suspiria.

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 13 Jun 2008, 14:13

Wow, thanks everyone! Snake in the Eagle's Shadow will most likely be next as there really are a ton of music cues "borrowed" in that film, especially "Oxygene Pt 2" and "Magic Fly". I hope to get the SITES info up by tomorrow, and I'll definately need to check a lot of these others out! Thanks again!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Jun 2008, 16:46

If John Barry got a dollar for everytime a Bond cue was used in a Shaw movie he could buy a skyscraper.

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 16 Jun 2008, 06:28

New article on the music used in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow!

http://martialartsmusic.wikia.com/wiki/ ... 27s_Shadow

Obviously the film has more "borrowed" cues than what's in the article, but I wasn't able to find any 100% matches on some of the others. Then again, the articles can obviously be updated at any time

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Jun 2008, 09:51

The SITES Canto track/music is unaltered as well isnt it? (I have the Mei Ah DVD BTW).

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 16 Jun 2008, 23:26

grim_tales wrote:The SITES Canto track/music is unaltered as well isnt it? (I have the Mei Ah DVD BTW).

Yep, I believe it was only the English dub that has had "on again/off again" music alterations. I know the film also had music from Carrie, but I'm trying to make sure I point out the right tracks and the right scenes.

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 18 Jun 2008, 04:34

Update on Way of the Dragon's music!

http://martialartsmusic.wikia.com/wiki/ ... the_Dragon

Found several music cues from the film The Andromeda Strain. I remember a few years back reading that the music playing after Lee defeats Norris was from a sci-fi film, yet I couldn't remember the name. I found the music cues from The Andromeda Strain, and not only did I find that cue, but three others as well!

EDIT:
Now added, "Death at the Whyte House" from "Diamonds Are Forever" as the music cue when Uncle Wang first becomes a "baddie". Thanks to Ivan Drago for the heads up on the film where this cue came from!