Sounds Of Kung Fu: Old School Movie Scores

[Killer Meteor]

With thanks to Arrow, here's lots of FIST OF FURY cues!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Killer Meteor

[Omni Dragon]

The music at 7:10 was used for the opening of Ninja the Protector:

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Omni Dragon

[Killer Meteor]

Theme from LADY WHIRLWIND

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

From DRAGON ON FIRE

 

 

[RebelIntruder]

On 7/19/2023 at 3:49 AM, Killer Meteor said:

With thanks to Arrow, here's lots of FIST OF FURY cues!

 

 

 

I've been trying to get information on this release for a while and Google hasn't helped.  Very familiar with Roger Roger and was hoping I could track down the albums these tracks were originally released under.  Another of the tracks on this reissue is well known to us...

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

From THE HOT, THE COOL AND THE VICIOUS

 

 

[SDJ]

Does anyone know the origin of this flute (synth?) melody that plays in a bunch of scenes in Born Invincible?

at 1:02:02

It's probably from some really obvious spaghetti western or something, but I don't know a lot about that genre so I can't identify it. 

Edited September 16, 2023 by SDJ

[RebelIntruder]

1 hour ago, SDJ said:

Does anyone know the origin of this flute (synth?) melody that plays in a bunch of scenes in Born Invincible?

at 1:02:02

It's probably from some really obvious spaghetti western or something, but I don't know a lot about that genre so I can't identify it. 

(Almost) all of the music in this film is from the Peter Reno's Polaris LP which was released in 1967 on the private music library DeWolfe.  The particular track you asked for is titled Submarines.  It looks it's not up on Youtube.  If you're really interested, I could send it to you.   There are two tracks on this LP, Lost World and Mont Blanc both on Youtube, which sound like something that could've or at least should've been used in a kung fu movie.

 

I covered this movie earlier in this thread here BTW.

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by RebelIntruder

[panku]

On 5/16/2022 at 10:27 AM, RebelIntruder said:

Five Shaolin Masters

• Giani Oddi - Omertà (Style LP)

 

Thank you, I've been looking for this forever!

 

[DragonClaws]

 

An Asian instrumental cover version of this song, was used in one of the chase scenes featured in The Image of Bruce Lee (1978). But I dont know who was behind the cover?. The audio on the bootleg prints I own, didnt help when it came I-D song.

 

 

Edited January 9 by DragonClaws

[Killer Meteor]

Does anyone recognise the track starting at 32:34? I'm fairly sure it's from an Italian film

 

[Kwok Choi]

How many of the tracks used in "Ways of Kung Fu" have been identified? 

[Killer Meteor]

From TRUE GAME OF DEATH

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

From EAGLE'S KILLER and CINEMA OF VENGEANCE

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

HALF A LOAF OF KUNG FU

 

 

[Shaolivevil]

This past Saturday night, I watched a Japanese noir film called TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN (1960) on TCM (TurnerClassicMovies). Gritty and action packed, I enjoyed this movie and am in the process of procuring it on DVD. Amazingly, while watching this movie, I recognized a number of musical cues that were used in the English dub of one of my favorite Shaw Bros movies of all time, THE DUEL aka DUEL OF THE IRON FIST (1971)

At 00:13 to 02:50

 

I also recognized the music used in the opening credits of the English dub was taken from TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN.

 

[Killer Meteor]

ONE ARMED BOXER

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS

 

[randomiseallmytargets]

On 3/30/2024 at 9:30 AM, Killer Meteor said:

From EAGLE'S KILLER and CINEMA OF VENGEANCE

 

 

not to mention Thundering Mantis although i think they change the pitch 

[randomiseallmytargets]

i remember hearing this in certain scenes in Man of Iron, Chang cheh's "sequel" of sorts to Boxer from Shantung 

 

[randomiseallmytargets]

I timestamped but you might remember this music being played in the Training sequences in Drunken Master 

Imagine...Maggie Smith in my Jackie Chan movie

[RebelIntruder]

On 7/29/2024 at 2:18 PM, randomiseallmytargets said:

I timestamped but you might remember this music being played in the Training sequences in Drunken Master 

Imagine...Maggie Smith in my Jackie Chan movie

This is used in a ton of movies.  Nice find.

[Killer Meteor]

Watching CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (1968), a British horror film that manages to waste Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele and Michael Gough...

...anyway, like other Tigon horrors, it has an original score by Peter Knight that late ended up at De Wolfe and consequently lots of Shaw Brothers titles - in particular the "En garde, I'll let you try my Wu Tang style" scene in TEN TIGERS OF KWANGTUNG. Some of the tracks even found their way to UK cartoon series COUNT DUCKULA!

Here is a example

 

Edited August 25 by Killer Meteor

[Killer Meteor]

CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER

 

Edited October 4 by Killer Meteor

[Shaolivevil]

9 hours ago, Killer Meteor said:

CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER

 

Awesome! I love the Bar-Kays!