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(TV) Probable Answer to Philip's Q / Judy Collins' cover of 'Kingdom Come' / RE: (TV) Mainstream movie Marquee Moon shout-out
Philip,
Only 3 mainstream or Indie films ever included Television/Verlaine songs.
(See details below.)
According to The Wonder the only Television/Verlaine songs ever to make it
into a film are:
#1 "Big Bad Love" (Original Soundtrack)
(USA) CD Elektra/Asylum 79637 2002
Sleepwalkin' (3:31) (instrumental), Spiritual (5:30) (instrumental)
"Verlaine plays guitar on Sleepwalkin'; this song is the exact same version
found on Warm and Cool. Patrick A. Derivaz plays bass and Bill Ficca drums.
"Verlaine also plays guitar on Spiritual, which is a collaboration with the
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington: First violin; John Sherba: Second violin;
Hank Dutt: Viola; Jennifer Culp: Cello."
I also checked the Allmusic website:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-verlaine-mn0000933809
It lists all Verlaine credits over 150! (including soundtracks) but 95% are
compilation albums, or as guest-producer, or other artists' covers of T.V.
songs. The only two in addition to "Big Bad Love" listed on Allmusic.com
are the films "The Heights" [Film Soundtrack],; however, his credit for this
is the producer of a Jeff Buckley song used in the film; and "Dead Man
Walking" (for his guitar playing on Patti Smith song in that movie).
Albeit, it's not impossible that Allmusic didn't omit a Television /Verlaine
song appearing in a movie since they include a grievous error in giving
Verlaine co-credit as composer for Franki Avalon's 1959 album 'Swingin' On A
Rainbow' for its version of the song, 'Venus'.
Last but not least, I also checked the IMDb movie database
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894294/#Soundtrack
It has almost nothing except his "original music [non Television/non-solo
Verlaine songs] for the film, "Love And A .45" BUT it does list the 2006
film, #2 "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" (documentary) (writer: "See No Evil")
"See No Evil" Written by Tom Verlaine Performed by Television Courtesy of
'Elektra Entertainment Group [us]'By Arrangement with Warner Music Group
Film & TV Licensing; AND the 2003 film, #3 "End of the Century"
(documentary) (writer: "Venus")
Tom Verlaine Filmography:
2007 I'm Not There. (performer: "Cold Irons Bound")
2006 This Film Is Not Yet Rated (documentary) (writer: "See No Evil")
2003 End of the Century (documentary) (writer: "Venus")
2001 Big Bad Love (performer: "Sleepwalkin'", "Spiritual")
1994 Love and a .45 (writer: "Sleepwalkin'" / performer: "Sleepwalkin'")
Composer (3 titles)
2001 On Hostile Ground (documentary)
1994 Love and a .45
1993 I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
(documentary)
Miscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1986 Belinda (video documentary) (road crew - as Tom Miller!!)
Self (5 titles)
2009 P.O.V. (TV series documentary: Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2009)
2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life (documentary)
Himself
1998 Pop Odyssee 2 - House of the Rising Punk (TV special documentary)
Himself
1984 La edad de oro (TV series)
Himself
- Episode dated 25 September 1984 (1984) . Himself
1976 The Blank Generation (documentary)
Himself
Archive Footage (1 title)
1995 Dancing Barefoot (TV documentary)
Himself
There is also a German documentary and a Frech film V erlaine scored, but
I can't find my notes on those for now.
Leo
PS: A piece of trivia I discovered doing this research: In 2003, Folk
singer Judy Collins performed Verlaine's 'Kingdom Come' live at the Judy
Collins Wildflower Festival. You can hear all 6:44 of it here:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/judy-collins-wildflower-festival-mw0000692008
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-----Original Message-----
From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Phil
Obbard
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 12:18 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) Mainstream movie Marquee Moon shout-out
Question for the group: Has any film (indie or mainstream) ever used
Television's music? Not counting films made by Amos Poe. I know Verlaine has
"scored" a few films, but don't know of tracks from any Television album
appearing in any film... even though the latter half of "The Dream's Dream"
sounds like it was written to close a dramatic scene.
--Phil
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From: Ty Burr <tyburr@comcast.net>
To: tv@obbard.com
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 10:18 PM
Subject: (TV) Mainstream movie Marquee Moon shout-out
Just got back from screening the upcoming "People Like Us," a pretty soapy
melodrama about the estranged son (Chris Pine) of a deceased L.A. record
producer and the half-sister (Elizabeth Banks) he never knew he had. Etc
etc. Watchable movie if not exactly a good one, but there's a scene where
the hero's in a record store with his 11-year-old nephew, and lays the
following CDs on him, in prescribed order: Clash/London Calling, Gang of
Four/Entertainment, Buzzcocks/Singles Going Steady, Joy Division/Unknown
Pleasures and Television/Marquee Moon. The cover photo gets a nice close-up
and there's a later shot of the vinyl album. Of course, the actual
soundtrack is awash in "sensitive" piano and strings, and not a note of our
boys are heard. But it's interesting to see the band name-checked for
mainstream hipster credibility in a studio film (written by the guys who
wrote the "Transformers" movies, no less!)
Weird. And maybe it'll move a few copies of the album.
Ty
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