The Karate Kid (1984): the Music (Part II)

The Soundtrack Show

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Film History, Music History, Tv & Film, Music

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🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In our second episode on the music of Karate Kid, we take a close look at the music of Mr. Miyagi, the pan flute music of Zamfir, and how it tells the story of Miyagi and Daniel's friendship. More songs are discussed, and we hear restored music in the movie's dramatic finale for the very first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an I-Heart Radio podcast.
0:06.0	Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
0:09.0	Our show is about to begin.
0:11.0	More than karate, more than high school, more than romance or bullying.
0:17.0	The core story of the karate kid is about friendship.
0:21.0	This is the soundtrack show. The Oh, your hearts be fast.
0:57.0	Your hearts be fast.
1:00.0	Driving down the road from the plastic metal blasts, why did you have to go?
1:06.0	Young hearts die young when they're all alone and there's no turning back now.
1:15.0	There's no turning back.
1:17.0	Welcome back to the soundtrack show.
1:19.0	I'm your host David W Collins
1:21.0	and this is our second episode all about the karate kid and its
1:25.1	music a film and a film score from 1984 directed by John Avaldsen and composed
1:31.8	by Bill Conte.
1:34.0	In the last episode we discussed some of the film's main themes, how they came from pop songs
1:39.0	and how they're musically related to the film score.
1:42.2	We'll continue our discussion about pop songs and song score today.
1:46.0	We'll even talk about the finale again at the end of this episode and listen for the first time
1:52.3	to music that was omitted from the final movie and hear it restored within the scene.
1:58.0	But first, we need to have more discussion around the eclectic nature of the film score by
2:03.3	Conti. Specifically the film score cues that are at the heart of this film.
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