re: Force Marker/Heat Soundtrack

[Serpico]

Force Marker was actually performed and produced by Brian Eno. Elliot Goldenthal actually had very little to do with the music in Heat; most of it came from Chronos Quartet, Moby, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, and Eno.

- Serp

[Kyle]

Elliot Goldenthal was completely responsible for the selection of the music that accompanied the movie and its various scenes. He is a master at doing so, and therefore is highly sought after.

I left out the fact that Force Marker was done by Brian Eno, because I failed in three attempts to come up with anything using his name on a popular music search engine.

[Serpico]

I always assumed that Micheal Mann was more responsible for the music in Heat. His previous films, even Last Of The Mohicans, have featured a consistent atmospheric style.

For The Insider (a film that Graeme Revell scored), Mann once again featured music by Lisa Gerrard, Peter Bourke, and Massive Attack. Much of Revell's contributions have an atmospheric flavor to it.

Not to take anything away from Goldenthal, but Mann excercizes a lot of creative control over his films, including music. In his work over the years, the selection of music in scenes is always very particular, even though he hasn't worked with a composer or music producer more than once. The consistency of quality and taste (here leaning towards atmospheric electronic music) has to come from somewhere, and I'm assuming its the director.

As for Brian Eno, he was a member of the early 70s group Roxy Music, went on to invent the genre of ambient techno, produce groundbreaking albums for David Bowie and U2, as well as compose music of his own.

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- Serp

[hipcheck]

It's true, Michael Mann is very invested in his music. He tends to get extremely involved in the music, just up to the point where the composer might feel uncomfortable, when he usually knows to back off. This is true of Heat as well.

Mann is a really big music fan. It's his biggest passion outside of film---he goes to a lot of concerts and buys a lot of music.

[el_puca]

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[ArchdukeFerdinand]

Originally posted by Serpico

As for Brian Eno, he was a member of the early 70s group Roxy Music, went on to invent the genre of ambient techno, produce groundbreaking albums for David Bowie and U2, as well as compose music of his own.

- Serp

Kyle-
If you're looking to get into Eno's ambient stuff, check out Music For Airports. It essentially invented the genre of Ambient music when it came out in '78. The executive producer on the album was Philip Glass, so that tells you something.