Perfect Artist-to-Movie Matchups

Posted: August 3rd, 2009 | Author: Brian | Filed under: Film, Los Angeles, pop | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Digitally-projected faces gleam through their cyborg-like helmets — uniforms, aglow in LED, look half-nostalgic and half-futuristic. They exist in a space that at times feels carnal, brutish, but thoroughly modern.

I am, of course, talking both about Daft Punk and the movie Tron.

And… purely by coincidence, Daft Punk is doing the score for the Disney sequel Tron: Legacy.

If you like the trailer or not, you HAVE to enjoy that stereo sound, and the slithering imposing symphonic techno that comes into the mix at about the 2-minute mark:

Tron Legacy Trailer from Volker Ragnarok on Vimeo.

So… now I ask.  What other music/movie pairings were so brilliant you’re mad you didn’t think about them first.  Here’s a few other ones I like:

  • Blow-Up and The Yardbirds (Herbie Hancock did the score but who better to navigate through swinging 60’s hipsters than the ‘Birds?)

  • The Graduate and Simon & Garfunkel (duh)

  • Punk Drunk Love and Jon Brion (could easily have been Magnolia - Aimee Man, but this P.T. Anderson absurdist romantic comedy deserved an equally loopy score.)

So. Those are a few of mine.  What are yours?