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A movie I go back to for the music as much as everything else is Wind from 1992. I love it when the music is really able to express what is going on on the screen. (The Right Stuff is another good example but that's already been listed.) The sailing music from this movie just works for me whether it's the dinghy race (Senta - not in this clip) or the America's Cup races on the high seas.
A sailing enthusiast edited together this compilation of scenes from the final race in the film. While this editing worked against some of what I'm talking about, enough of it survives for you to get a taste of what I mean. That theme used after they put up the Womper (you'll know it when you see it) fits that scene and the contentious nature of the series of races. The rest of the compilation can give you a feel for how well the music expresses the interplay of wind, boat and water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3shpTH59Qk
Another reason to suggest this movie is that during the Dead Man Flats segment there are - both visually and within the dialogue - some interesting comparisons between designing and building aircraft and racing yachts.
A sailing enthusiast edited together this compilation of scenes from the final race in the film. While this editing worked against some of what I'm talking about, enough of it survives for you to get a taste of what I mean. That theme used after they put up the Womper (you'll know it when you see it) fits that scene and the contentious nature of the series of races. The rest of the compilation can give you a feel for how well the music expresses the interplay of wind, boat and water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3shpTH59Qk
Another reason to suggest this movie is that during the Dead Man Flats segment there are - both visually and within the dialogue - some interesting comparisons between designing and building aircraft and racing yachts.
