The classics here are David Axelrod's stuff. I've got Deodato's Prelude, Deodato 2 and 2001 and they're all awesome. Great drum breakdowns and fuzz guitar and string washes and cello solos. I just got this right-up-my-alley Clivage record from the kickass dudes at MutantSounds.
What other huuuuuge sounding funky strings do you guys know of?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:32 (seventeen years ago)
lalo schifrin's dirty harry scores
― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:33 (seventeen years ago)
if you like Axelrod it's almost impossible you won't like those
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Black Widow by Lalo Schifrin. Mixes massive disco strings with jazz-funk very nicely. The disco-funk version of the Jaws theme in it is ridiculously ass-shaking.
(haha, x-post)
― Tuomas, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:37 (seventeen years ago)
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This is more soul than funk or jazz, but great strings anyway. It's definitely worth getting, and not just for "Les Fleur".
― Tuomas, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:48 (seventeen years ago)
Awwwwesome. Was just coming back to say that yeah, what little Schifrin I have is grand. A lot of early 70s soundtrack stuff is great. Trouble Man and such.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)
What are Gil Evans' 70s/80s albums like? Any good?
― Jordan, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)