AM bands on TV and in Movies
 

Mogwai's "I Know You Are But What Am I?" played over the climax of the latest episode of Person of Interest, "Foe." I like it when AM artists are used in TV shows and movies, but it seems it's always Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, or Sigur Ros. It guess it's that big, emotional sound they're going for.

Made me wonder: what other AM bands do you know of used in film? Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd - these guys are used all the dang time. I'm more interested in the not the ten biggest prog bands ever that are used.

I'll go first: Sigur Ros in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

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Ozric Tentacles's track called SPLOOSH[Strangeitudes CD] was used by a well known german motorist around 1991 . i think they stoped using it on ozric special (legal?) request

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The most famous and most obvious answer is Tubular Bells for The Exorcist.

I also know Djam Karet music was in a movie, but I don't remember which one.

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Antonioni's blow-up featured THE YARDBIRDS playing stroll on , great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeza1xeWKM

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1971 French band ( gong-ish look :-)) Triangle from a Claude Zidi's comedy Les bidasses folie (bidasse = military duty drafted guy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8mhXLDt-FY

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Frank Zappa 200 Motels is a 1H50 long movie ( Warner with Keith Moon,Ringo Starr, John Williams guitars ensemble, the mothers of Invention ,the Royal philarmonic orchestra) 1971

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French Film Director Jerrôme Laperoussaz :

Continental Circus [1969] : no rock band filmed but a very good Soundtrack played by GONG ( a must have for any teapot fans, no synths but lot of glissando guitars, a must see for any biker :-))
Amougies Music power , European Music revolution : Zappa jamming with Pink Floyd, Ainsley Dunbar and Archie Shep, introducing C. Beefheart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jean-pa...7594486232910/
the link diplays color pix from Amougies festival, no Zappa nor PF but Ainslay Dunbar and John Hiseman's colosseum and lot of others jazmen i've never heard of

http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/video...tuel_1969.html

lot of Amougies memorabilia , in english , scroll down to see pix of FZ , Beefheart and FZ with PF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjtRhW6crg

PF in Amougies

PF and FZ : pix with sounds off , true performance?

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Antonioni's Zabriskie point , a flop, Pink Floyd recorded more music but it was refused by Antonioni.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabriskie_Point_(album)

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Magma live in the Jean Yanne's french satyrical movie ( Moi y en a vouloir des sous )
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x89...des-sous_music

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METHENY_MAYS,(the falcon and the snowman..)
JEFF BECK (tv show of vietnam ..Frankie's House..GREAT, highly recommended...just him and keyboard player Jed Leiber..Beck playing uff http://www.amazon.com/Frankies-House...1833597&sr=1-1)
MIKE RATLEDGE film score and music for commercial and tv
POPOL VUH soundtracks for many Werner HERZOG films (.Nosferatu..Aguirre..Heart Of Glass...)
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2336267264/tt0068182
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1317444608/tt0079641
CAN ,, NEU! in Jim Jarmusch movies

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Roxy Music's "If there is something" in the movie "Flashbacks of a Fool"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbo5a...eature=related

It was a nice surprise to hear that tune at that point in the movie...

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In the movie Children of Men, the film recreates the cover of Pink Floyd's "Animals" of the pig flying over Battersea Power Station. The movie takes place in 2027 which would be the 50th anniversary of the album's release.