Accordion sound backing in films

[wirralaccordion]

The Shape of Water post and The Book Thief post are about the use of accordion in films. Are there any more that you know of? I think maybe accordion can be heard in Germinal ( Generique Debut ) but not sure.

 

[debra]

Accordion (or sometimes Bandoneon) is used in many movies. Amelie of course, Il Postino (if I remember correctly), those are just two that I recall right away.

 

[JeffJetton]

Good thread idea!

Yes, Amelie is the king of accordion movies. {}
Time of the Gypsies
Urga: Close to Eden
Ratatouille

One of my all-time favorite soundtracks has only one accordion-heavy track, but its a fun one: list of credits one his website is a treasure trove of movies with accordion lurking somewhere in the soundtrack!)

Theres a brief accordion cameo in one of my favorite movies, Before Sunrise, playing Weiner Blut, but I cant find a YouTube clip of it.

 

[Anyanka]

On television, accordion music is used whenever the action moves to France...

 

[wirralaccordion]

Just discovered lots of references in Rob Howard's Vol 2 of An A to Z of the Accordion.

Didn't realise James Stewart was a player!

 

[JerryPH]

Didnt realise James Stewart was a player!

You never saw his famous video with Johnny Carson?



https://www.google.com/search?q=Jim...kKHaYrBGkQ9QEwB3oECAEQVQ#imgrc=qXv1gldAFrwcBM:

 

[Waldo]

TV show Northern Exposure

The intro music starts at 1:20 if you want to skip the cow flinging discussion.

Waldo

 

[Tom]

You forget the Godfather at your own peril. Capisci?

 

[Anyanka]

I watched a classic English film last night - "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning". The soundtrack was composed by Johnny Dankworth, and features quite a lot of accordion, rather lovely and almost entirely played on single reed - probably because Dankworth didn't want accordion but the director, Karel Reisz, insisted.

 

[Pipemajor]

Didnt realise James Stewart was a player!

You never saw his famous video with Johnny Carson?



https://www.google.com/search?q=Jim...kKHaYrBGkQ9QEwB3oECAEQVQ#imgrc=qXv1gldAFrwcBM:

He must have been good. In the photo with Henry Fonda hes playing the treble keyboard with his left hand

 

[Alan Sharkis]

Portions of Moonstruck.

 

[Pipemajor]

Didnt realise James Stewart was a player!

You never saw his famous video with Johnny Carson?



https://www.google.com/search?q=Jim...kKHaYrBGkQ9QEwB3oECAEQVQ#imgrc=qXv1gldAFrwcBM:

He must have been good. In the photo with Henry Fonda hes playing the treble keyboard with his left hand

Yes I know they must have printed the negative from the other side :ch

 

[Eddy Yates]

“Everything Is Illuminated” soundtrack has some beautiful tunes played by accordion. Also check out the fairly new (2010)Iranian film, “The Accordion.”

 

[JerryPH]

Holy Motors:


They dont stand a chance

 

[Morne]

Ive heard accordion in a couple of Dutch movies, but I dont remember all the names right now.
Heres one from a childrens movie Pietje Bell. It takes place in the early 1900s, so the accordion fits in well:

 

[Stephen Hawkins]

Hi Phil,

1961 film "Greengage Summer" (released in the US as "Loss of Innocence.") Starring Susannah York, Jane Asher & Kenneth More.

The film is set entirely in France, and the opening music (and some of the incidental music) is played on an accordion.

Kind Regards,

Stephen.

 

[bassbasher]

Theme from Papillon (1973) would fit into this thread.
The intro and finale are accordion led..
The whole thing works as a standalone piece as well..

 

[OuijaBoard]

A standout gem would be the tango-infused soundtrack to Waking Life, the wistful, impressionistic, haunting animated feature film by Richard Linklater. All tracks but two of the soundtrack were composed by accordionist/pianist/composer Glover Gill of Austin, Texas, and the soundtrack is performed by his Tosca Tango Orchestra. You can hear strands of everything from old-school dance-hall tango to Piazzolla-inspired Tango Nuevo chromaticism in this wonderful music. Lots of lovely clips on the tube. This CD is one I often give as a gift.

https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Life-Original-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00005RDDB
http://www.glovertango.com/glover.html