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The Best Music in Film

(Hot Spot, Colors)

S&S: What is your favourite film soundtrack music and why do you like it so much?: "Hot Spot (1990) is my favourite film in terms of the music, where I used John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, and Taj Mahal all together, with the great scoring by Jack Nitzsche."
S&S: In what ways does music best enhance a film?: "Colors (1988) was the first time rap music got major exposure, and was on the charts. This soundtrack sold over a million copies, first rap to go gold."
S&S: Which film either has music that you wished you'd written or is one you would like to rescore and why?: "Easy Rider (1969) is the most effective sequence of music as it was the first film to use found music. Everything previously had been soundtracks before that."