Red Mosquito

If a movie has those tinkly bells in the soundtrack, it's a Christmas movie.

I believe Die Hard passes that test.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:For some reason I always have a strong desire to watch The Silence of the Lambs around Christmas time. I have no idea why.

You, uh...got some family issues, Joey?

I don't think so? But the evidence sure appears to be mounting.

ABNorman wrote:If a movie has those tinkly bells in the soundtrack, it's a Christmas movie.

Jingle... you mean, jingle bells?

I assumed Song of the Bells, or whatever its called.

McParadigm wrote:I assumed Song of the Bells, or whatever its called.

Carol... you mean, Carol of the Bells?

ABNorman wrote:I believe Die Hard passes that test.

which scenes includes the tinkly bells?

Sleigh bells, maybe? You all know the sound.

Here we have the Die Hard soundtrack as the best Christmas movie soundtrack of all time.

So truth will out.

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/christma ... f-all-time

malice wrote:

ABNorman wrote:I believe Die Hard passes that test.

which scenes includes the tinkly bells?

A bunch.

"Kamen interpolates strains of "Winter Wonderland" throughout the score and uses sleigh bells as a portent of dread, undercutting listeners' expectations by using the pleasant tones typically associated with jolly Christmas carols to accompany scenes of violence and suspense."

Sleigh bells ring. You bitches listn'n?

ABNorman wrote:

malice wrote:

ABNorman wrote:I believe Die Hard passes that test.

which scenes includes the tinkly bells?

A bunch.

"Kamen interpolates strains of "Winter Wonderland" throughout the score and uses sleigh bells as a portent of dread, undercutting listeners' expectations by using the pleasant tones typically associated with jolly Christmas carols to accompany scenes of violence and suspense."

huh. maybe it's just my all around exhaustion with bruce willis action movies.

malice wrote:huh. maybe it's just my all around exhaustion with bruce willis action movies.

Post-head shave, he really overstayed.

McParadigm wrote:Here we have the Die Hard soundtrack as the best Christmas movie soundtrack of all time.

So truth will out.

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/christma ... f-all-time

like Danny Elfman before him, Michael Kamen was responsible for more than one classic Christmas movie score in his lifetime. But while Brazil’s music is all well and good, Die Hard goes one better. From the opening titles, filled with cheerful bells and sinister brass, this doesn’t sound like your usual Christmas soundtrack. The suspense-filled John’s Escape, complete with twangy guitar, is as far from festive as you can imagine. But listen closely to Terrorist’s Entrance and you start to spot the clues: there are hints of Beethoven’s 9th, foreshadowing the ending, mixed with atmospheric synth, but on top of that (and the furious string arpeggios) some muted trumpets raise their bells and parp out a discordant fanfare of Winter Wonderland. That suspenseful riff appears all over the place, tinkling in the Singin’ In The Rain-esque Assault On The Tower and climaxing in The Battle/Freeing The Hostages.

That ability to rework themes and weave them into effective action tracks is what made Michael Kamen such a genius – and what helps to give Die Hard its uniquely Christmas feel. After all, you can’t be the best Christmas movie of all time without having the best Christmas score to go with it. The fact that it includes Run-DMC’s Christmas In Hollis merely seals the deal. There’s no point putting it on your Santa wish list, though, because there aren’t any copies of the CD left; it was so good that everyone bought it.


i never knew!

really though it's not surprising, i don't think I've seen Die Hard more than once.

furious string arpeggios

Zero chance Allesiana didn't write this.

Team Chud on this one. I think about 10 years ago, someone thought it would be cute to count Die Hard as a christmas movie on some facebook list or some shit, making people think it was a perfectly valid little joke to steal and somehow it gained legitimacy. It's bullshit. It's not a christmas movie. Hell, Die Hard 2 is more of a christmas movie.

Jingle all the way is the only christmas movie that I watch every year.

@SkitchP wrote:Team Chud on this one. I think about 10 years ago, someone thought it would be cute to count Die Hard as a christmas movie on some facebook list or some shit, making people think it was a perfectly valid little joke to steal and somehow it gained legitimacy. It's bullshit. It's not a christmas movie. Hell, Die Hard 2 is more of a christmas movie.

@SkitchP wrote:Team Chud on this one. I think about 10 years ago, someone thought it would be cute to count Die Hard as a christmas movie on some facebook list or some shit, making people think it was a perfectly valid little joke to steal and somehow it gained legitimacy. It's bullshit. It's not a christmas movie. Hell, Die Hard 2 is more of a christmas movie.

Die Hard totally counts as a Christmas movie. It's about a man visiting his family at Christmas.

Rangi Guy wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:Team Chud on this one. I think about 10 years ago, someone thought it would be cute to count Die Hard as a christmas movie on some facebook list or some shit, making people think it was a perfectly valid little joke to steal and somehow it gained legitimacy. It's bullshit. It's not a christmas movie. Hell, Die Hard 2 is more of a christmas movie.

Die Hard totally counts as a Christmas movie. It's about a man visiting his family at Christmas.

It's a metaphor for dealing with the in-laws.