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Favourite / Best Movie Soundtracks

  • 20-11-2008 4:59pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭


    So what is your favourite or the best movie soundtracks?

    For me

    A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
    Local Hero - Mark Knopfler
    The Virgin Suicides - Air
    Empire Records - Various
    She's The One - Tom Petty
    8 Mile - Eninem and Various
    Across the Universe - The Beatles
    Mamma Mia - Abba
    Grease - Various
    Garden State - Various
    Into The Wild - Eddie Vedder
    The Big chill - Various
    Dirty Dancing - Various
    The Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Valcin


    Trainspotting - Various
    Out of Sight - David Holmes fist soundtrack with loads of old soul tunes.
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morriccone
    The Dirty Harry Films - Loads of blaxploitation music from the 70's. Savage.
    Th Virgin Suicides - Air


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭kerash


    I'll go for what I listen to regularly:
    Almost Famous
    Romeo and Juilet
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Garden State
    Kill Bill
    Deathproof

    -obviously Walk the line has a great soundtrack;)
    and Juno I thought has some really nice music.
    and My Girl! I like the soundtrack to that move:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭SoWatchaWant


    Valcin wrote: »
    Trainspotting - Various
    Out of Sight - David Holmes fist soundtrack with loads of old soul tunes.
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morriccone
    The Dirty Harry Films - Loads of blaxploitation music from the 70's. Savage.
    Th Virgin Suicides - Air


    Yeah, love the good bad ugly score.

    Right now, I can't stop listening to the There Will Be Blood soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Repo Man - Various
    Betty Blue - Gabriel Yared
    Blade Runner - Vangelis
    Jackie Brown - Various
    Monty Python stuff for giggles
    Resevoir Dogs - Various
    Pulp Fiction - Various
    Dr Strangelove - Vera Lynn at the end


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    fight club


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jon Brion (particularly Beck's Everybody's gotta Learn Sometime, amazing)
    I Heart Huckabees - Jon Brion
    Magnolia - Aimee Mann
    Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell
    Amelie - Yann Tiersen
    Anchorman - Various
    Romeo & Juliet - Various
    Garden State - Various
    Friday Night Lights - Explosions in the Sky
    The Virgin Suicides - Air


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭davylee


    love the 60's sound in the wonders.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Placid_Casual


    About A Boy by Badly Drawn Boy


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    Dazed and Confused has an awesome soundtrack


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Almost Famous is my favourite.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭St Bill


    About A Boy by Badly Drawn Boy

    Fantastic soundtrack.
    Some good songs on Amelie; Thank You for Smoking; O Brother, Where Art Thou


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Paris Texas -Ry Cooder - always good and Apocalypse Now- the Doors.

    Good period stuff and Apocalypse Now is a great movie.

    Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield was used in the Exorcist.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Koyaanisqatsi - Philip Glass
    RumbleFish - Stewart Copeland
    Quadrophenia - Various (the actual soundtrack, not the Who album)
    Superfly - Curtis Mayfield


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭JP Liz


    kerash wrote: »
    I'll go for what I listen to regularly:
    Almost Famous
    Romeo and Juilet
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Garden State
    Kill Bill
    Deathproof

    -obviously Walk the line has a great soundtrack;)
    and Juno I thought has some really nice music.
    and My Girl! I like the soundtrack to that move:)

    completely forgot about Walk the Line - another fab soundtrack and also as mentioned above Juno and also Once :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,804 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    One Day in September

    Kevin McDonald's Oscar-winning documentary about the Black September attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Various Artists: several Philip Glass pieces, plus tracks from Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Beta Band, Craig Armstrong and Moby. Never released on CD.

    Man on Wire

    It's like a Michael Nyman "Greatest Hits" CD.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 337 ✭✭'Ol Jack Chance


    Heat

    It's got Brian Eno, Einsturzende Neubauten, Elliot Goldenthal and Moby

    Requiem for a Dream

    O Brother as someone mentioned


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,351 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    The Blues Brothers
    Reservoir Dogs
    Pulp Fiction
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Lost in Translation - surprised that hasn't been mentioned yet.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭RadioGaGa


    JP Liz wrote: »
    So what is your favourite or the best movie soundtracks?

    For me

    A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
    Local Hero - Mark Knopfler
    The Virgin Suicides - Air
    Empire Records - Various
    She's The One - Tom Petty
    8 Mile - Eninem and Various
    Across the Universe - The Beatles
    Mamma Mia - Abba
    Grease - Various
    Garden State - Various
    Into The Wild - Eddie Vedder
    The Big chill - Various
    Dirty Dancing - Various
    The Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein

    Into the Wild's soundtrack was fantastic, Eddie Vedder at his best imo. Great film as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,500 ✭✭✭ReacherCreature


    Black Hawk Down - Hans Zimmer
    The Last Samurai - Hans Zimmer

    They're my favourite ones. Then other bits from:

    Batman Begins,
    The Bourne Movies,
    Heat,
    O Brother where are thou,
    Gladiator,
    Collateral etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 bongointhecongo


    Hi - sorry about this but I just joined boards.ie tonite and can't find my way to 'post new topic' button (dumbass I know). Anyway my question is does anyone know where I might be able to get my paws on an album called 'Hyperspace' by 'Those Nervous Animals' please? I appreciate any replies!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭kkmick


    definetly o brother where outh thou :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    Pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer. The standout ones are Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 and King Arthur.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,334 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Saturday Night Fever
    Superfly
    Rocky Horror
    Purple Rain
    Blues Brothers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    The Fountain (Clint Mansell) and Solaris (Cliff Martinez) are two of my favourites.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 653 ✭✭✭CSC


    The Football Factory
    The Acid House


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭todolist


    The Mission soundtrack by Ennio Morricone.Should be in everyone's collection.A classic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭stretchaq


    AAAHHHHHH top gun!!!!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,804 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    The Natural, music by Randy Newman.

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    2025 Gigs and Events: Stuart Murdoch, Lyle Lovett, The Corrs/Imelda May/Natalie Imbruglia, Olivia Rodrigo, Iron Maiden, Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Maya Hawke, Billie Eilish (x2), Oasis, Sharon Van Etten, The Human League, Deacon Blue



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Off top of my head , i like the soundtrack to ' The American president ' by Marc shaiman and the theme from ' JFK ' by john williams .

    Just coincidental subject matter but similar music scores .


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭rowlandbrowner


    I got a compilation of Bernard Hermann file scores recently, it’s very good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭Heisenberg.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 375 ✭✭im_invisible


    Scien wrote: »
    (back in the day :pac:)

    Kevin and perry go large...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 407 ✭✭kaiser soza


    My favorites are:
    Once Upon a Time in America:
    Watchmen:
    Shrek 2:
    Pulp Fiction:
    O Brother Where Art Thou :
    South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut:
    Kill Bill 1 & 2:
    Wedding Singer:
    Boogie Nights:
    54:
    Lion King:
    Man on the Moon:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    The Dark Knight
    Moon
    Requiem for a Dream
    The Fountain
    Vanilla Sky
    Star Trek II
    Virgin Suicides
    Amelie
    About a Boy
    Kill Bill Vol. 2


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Blade Runner.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭JCDUB


    O Brother Where Art Thou, superb!

    Saturday Night Fever

    Jackie Brown

    and of course Forrest Gump, the best OST ever.

    I remember Old School (Will Ferrell) having a lot of very good tunes on it (80's rock and the likes) but cant find it online....
    Linky anyone??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Not a big movie watcher at all but some of the top of my head are:

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show (LOVE those songs!)
    The Committments (surprised no one mentioned them already)
    Elton John's "Circle Of Life" and "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" on The Lion King


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,810 ✭✭✭Seren_


    O Brother, Where Art Thou
    Marie Antoinette
    Lost In Translation
    Magnolia
    About A Boy

    :)


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