Music Scores from Aerospace Movies
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It was also worthy of note the march "The Air Force Takes Command" that accompanied the opening credits of the movie "Strategic Air Command" .....
Strategic Air Command -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits
Strategic Air Command -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits
Ron Was The King.
It's pretty hard to get away from Ron Godwin when it comes to film scores with an aviation theme. I love both '633 Squadron' and 'Where Eagles Dare'...the opening sequence of the latter is still thrilling after all these years. I attended a Wings and Strings' at Yeovilton some years back. RG was there, as well as Sir George Martin. They played Rons finest as a Spitfire aerobatted against a terrific fiery sunset and a sea of Union Jack were waved...... One of lifes finer moments...and hardly a dry eye....! 
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'Aces High' - The opening scene of Goerings arrival on the airfield showing the line-up of He111's - and his Mercedes motorcade driving past the lines of bombers and aircrew to the superb bands rendering of 'Aces High' is a great credit to Goodwin in getting the German military sound so very right.
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I think that's because it was originally a German wartime tune. 'Rosemarie' if I recall correctly...!
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'Aces High' - The opening scene of Goerings arrival on the airfield showing the line-up of He111's - and his Mercedes motorcade driving past the lines of bombers and aircrew to the superb bands rendering of 'Aces High' is a great credit to Goodwin in getting the German military sound so very right.
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I think that's because it was originally a German wartime tune. 'Rosemarie' if I recall correctly...!
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The opening scene of Goerings arrival on the airfield showing the line-up of He111's
Love or hate the film, Kenny Loggin's 'Highway to the Danger Zone' at the beginning of 'Top Gun' is great. I'm surprised no one's mentioned 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines' yet either. I guess its all about the films of your formative years.
Its 633 Sqn that I have as a ring tone though, much to my kids' annoyance...
Its 633 Sqn that I have as a ring tone though, much to my kids' annoyance...
Out of interest, does anybody have the words for "Those magnificent men"?, I remember spending a lot of time trying to find them once, and failing miserably.
I have a colleague whose phone ringtone is Richard Burton "Broadsword calling Danny Boy" from Where Eagles Dare; works quite well, except that I really wish he'd turn it off in meetings.
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I have a colleague whose phone ringtone is Richard Burton "Broadsword calling Danny Boy" from Where Eagles Dare; works quite well, except that I really wish he'd turn it off in meetings.
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Genghis, These appear to be correct:
Lyrics - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines - Ron Goodwin
Whereas these would be a contender for the 'Mis-heard Lyrics' thread running over in Jet Blast:
FRED THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES LYRICS
'...They're all rightfully kings...', I ask you; some people need to clean their ears out...
Lyrics - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines - Ron Goodwin
Whereas these would be a contender for the 'Mis-heard Lyrics' thread running over in Jet Blast:
FRED THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES LYRICS
'...They're all rightfully kings...', I ask you; some people need to clean their ears out...
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And ..... why not the opening theme from "Flight from Ashiya"?
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Another music theme, very dramatic, is the one that can be heard during the opening credits of the movie "A Gathering of Eagles" ..... which I consider to be the third film, after "Strategic Air Command" and "Bombers B-52" ("No Sleep Till Dawn"), in the popular trilogy dedicated to the SAC at the turn of the fifties and sixties .....
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And what about "Call to Glory" ..... a television series aired in the eighties?
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