Whats your favourite soundtrack?

smiaras

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Gillie

Pulp Fiction + Braveheart + Trainspotting!

TwoShedsJackson

Krull or Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, although James Horner rips himself off constantly. Also, Thin Red Line (shame about the film).

mike65

Either Battleship Potemkin by Shostakovich or 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Mike.

Jim

although technicly not film, band of brothers.

failing that any of the original star wars ost's.
also apocolypse now! and full metal jacket.

davros

I wonder has anyone here seen the Japanese film, 'Swallowtail Butterfly'? Anyway, the (instrumental) soundtrack to that is wonderful (there was another soundtrack album from the same film with songs).

One I can't wait to get is 'Belleville Rendezvous' which was on in the IFI a couple of months back. A toe-tapping jazz-fest that one.

Get Shorty was quite an original, one of my favourites too.

Monkey

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

mike65

Originally posted by davros
[BOne I can't wait to get is 'Belleville Rendezvous' which was on in the IFI a couple of months back. A toe-tapping jazz-fest that one.

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Thats on BBC2 this Christmas Day, well night

Mike.

davros

Originally posted by mike65
Thats on BBC2 this Christmas Day, well night

Ah! If anyone hasn't seen it, watch it! It's hilarious

patch

True Romance.
Pretty much anything that Tarantino had a hand in picking reeks of quality.

Woden

yeap i like the reservoir dogs ost

beardedchicken

ooohhh... i'm a big fan of soundtracks, so it's hard to pin down a favourite....

among them is definitely the amelie soundtrack- it captures so well the spirit of the movie, and the music itself is just so uplifting and life-affirming (sorry to sound like oprah there!)

another favourite is the English Patient soundtrack, because it features every kind of music i love, from a Bach aria to Hungarian folk music to 1940s jazz to this beautiful sweeping orchestral score. perfection!

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by mike65
Either Battleship Potemkin by Shostakovich or 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Mike.

My Fav. Silent soundtrack would be the one Queen put on Fritz Lang's masterpiece - so good they destroyed all the models to stop them being reused in low budged flick.
Metropolis

Manhunter - Micheal Mann
Blade Runner - Vangeless (SP)

The blue danube in 2001 seems slow on the screen - but when shown in the cinema I'm told it was so widescreen that the ship moved gracefully across.

Apocoplyse now - Can't beat a bit of Wagner ...

Pepe LeFrits

Dazed and Confused

Ro: maaan!

Grosse Point Blank.

James R

Don't buy a lot of soundtracks unfortunately but the last I did buy was The Committments which is pretty good if you're into that kinda music

Ichiro

Sonatine / Kikujiro
Japanese films by beat Takeheshi

OST's by Joe Hisahi (spellin may be wrong)

Great stuff lovely pianos and strings
Very relaxing

Other stuff is worth a look also.

ObeyGiant

Balls to everyone who didn't say Koyaanisqatsi.

Less balls to that dude who said Grosse Pointe Blank.

edit: spelling 'koyaanisqatsi' when blind drunk is not a whole lot of fun

Chowmein

Requiem for a Dream.

slave1

The Big Blue
Bladerunner

Judgement Night

The more I watch LOTR films on dvd the more I appreciate that soundtrack
All the SW's

Sound quality on Gladiator is excellent

T2

Dr. Loon

Not a big buyer of soundtracks, but Kill Bill is excellent, as are all of Tarantino's soundtracks.

20 Times 20 Times

pulp fiction

Mick L

The Blues Brothers
Star Wars

Also Forrest Gump had a lot of good music.

Woden

oh yeah someone mentioned the lotr soundtracks these are quite good really like the first one, will pick up the third one also

TinCool

Blade Runner, Ferris Buellers Day Off, T2 and generally anything by John Williams (eg. Star Wars, Superman) or Alan Sylvestri (eg. Predator, Back to the Future) and Danny Elfman (Batman).

aine

Apocalypse Now...without a doubt

mike65

Edward Sissorhands by Elfman. Blade Runner by Vangelis. Dirty Harry by Lalo Schifrin.

Mike.

Ro: maaan!

Originally posted by mike65
Edward Sissorhands by Elfman.

I downloaded this about 2 days ago. It's rather good. A song called Blackout on the new Muse album reminded me of it, and I had to hear it...

Oriel

Mine would have to be either Forrest Gump (OST), or The Piano.

Okie

Trainspotting
High Fidelity
Pulp Fiction
The Commitments (1 rather than 2)

In no particular order.

antwalsh

2 that havent been mentioned are Natural Born Killers and The Mission. I'd like to add my vote to Judgement Night mentioned above.

davros

One I didn't mention was 'In the Mood For Love' because the soundtrack album has a whole bunch of old Chinese popular music mixed in that, frankly, is not terribly accessible.

But the film is on Channel 4 on Saturday, at 23:25. I challenge anyone to watch it and not find yourself humming Nat King Cole songs in Spanish for the week afterwards ("Quizas, Quizas, Quizas!").

There is also a very striking string piece called 'Yumeji's Theme' that was pinched from another film altogether. It's right to the fore throughout 'In the Mood for Love'.

If you want to see cinematic perfection, check out Channel 4 on Saturday night. And, incidentally, the director Wong Kar-Wai has just wrapped up shooting on his much-anticipated film '2046', which is a sequel to 'In the Mood'. So you might want to see the first, before you see the second.

CyberGhost

uh i have many many favourite soundtracks, so i'll just name the compositors

Brad fiedel
Hans Zimmer
Ennio Morricone
Eric Serra
Kenji Kawai
John Williams
Travor Rabin
Richard Wagner



also


Blues Brothers!!!
Orbital - blade runner

and many many more!

Bannor

I would distinguish between sound tracks and musical scores.

Sound Tracks :
Singles
Spawn
Trainspotting
Pulp Fiction

Musical Scores - there are several composers whose work I like:
Danny Elfman - Batman, Army of Darkness (too many to list here)
Brad Fiedel - Terminator, T2
Ennio Morricone - The Mission
Basil Poledouris - Starship Troopers, Hunt for Red October
John Williams - Star Wars, Indiana Jones

lili

i think the film who made a revolution in the soundtrack would be "easy rider", also ennio morricone musics.
as i'm a romantic, i like "the piano", "in the mood for love", "l'amant" soundtracks:)

and all of the almodovar's films.

and finally of course "apocalyspe now", pure master piece!

bandit

Lost Highway, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet etc... basically anything with David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti along with Platoon.

Cameron Crowe does good soundtracks aswell with his HUGE music knowlegde

More recently the score and two songs that David Byrne did for Young Adam are amazing.

Boberto

Starship Troopers - Basil Poledouris....
Great score but too short

Also love The Time Machine by Klaus Badelt

CyberGhost

forgot Basil Poledouris! Conan!

krattapopov

the blues brothers and when i was younger i love the mortal combat soundtrack

band of brothers, not technically a film but the score is great and most things by danny elfman and hans zimmer

yellum

The Mission.

Boberto

Originally posted by krattapopov
the blues brothers and when i was younger i love the mortal combat soundtrack

band of brothers, not technically a film but the score is great and most things by danny elfman and hans zimmer

Band of Brothers is good ya... by Michael Kamen (who i hear died one or two weeks ago??)

Most stuff by Elfman is great though i agree... Edward Scissorhands notably

Crash

Suprised no one mentioned the "Nightmare before Christmas" soundtrack, a danny elfman one. he also sang for Jack in it apparently.

The Beer Baron

movie soundtracks?

Big Lebowski because it's the best film ever ever ever- ever y'hear EVER!
Spawn- worst film ever but some really kicking music in it.
Ditto for Judgement Night.
Oh and the Wicker Man had some mad folk stuff on it.

Scores?

I see Elfman is mentioned for Batman and his piece of Army of Darkness, I agree.
Poledouris' Conan, yes, and Red October.
2001 a space odessy
Everything Ennio Morricone done.
Everything Bernard Herman done (esp Taxi Driver and Vertigo)
Every thing John barry done, esp "You Only Live Twice, Game of Death, The Black Hole and Dances With Wolves")
Alan Silvestri's Predator,
2001, Jerry Goldsmith's Alien (wouldn't have been os intense without it)
Wojech Kilar (spelling?)- Bram Stokers Dracula,
Dust Bros' Fight Club,
Clint Manzell - Pi & Requim for a Dream
Vangellis- Bladerunner.
Eric Serra- 5th Element
RZA- Ghostdog
Hans Zimmer- Gladiator & Black Hawk Down

man I should avoid these threads like a plague I always come across as some frustrated "High Fidelity" type character, which, admiteddly, I am.

The Beer Baron

oh yeh Michael Kamen, the intro to Event Horizon, that collaboration with Orbital.
And speaking of Michaels, Michael Nyman's Piano oh and...

<SHUT UP U SILLY FANBOY>arrrgh!

Elessar

So many good ones....but

Without a doubt:

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
LOTR: The Two Towers - Howard Shore

Star Wars - John Williams

Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis

Air Force One - Jerry Goldsmith

Star Trek First Contact - not sure of composer?

Oh, and Return Of the King, of course

Boberto

First Contact was Jerry Goldsmith... Twas good alright.

Generations was pretty good by Dennis Mc Carthy.

Oswald Osbourne

Magnolia

Grosse Pointe Blank

Labyrinth

Batman (Elfman Score)

Nightmare Before Xmas

Ferris Buellers Day Off (there is no official OST CD for this but I managed to track down all the tunes in the film myself anyway)

Kingp35

Would have to be:

The Blues Brothers
Braveheart
And I love the songs Adam Sandler does in his movies. Hillarious stuff!!!

CyberGhost

lol Adam Sandler sings great!

i long the music in the DeerHunter, by shadows

lilo moo

Harold & Maude has a great soundtrack, lots of Cat Stevens...

_CreeD_

The Crow (Orchestral)
Last of the Mohicans
Field of Dreams
Glory