Greatest Movie Soundtrack

abouttobebanned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmsRFrN97ek&feature=related

Hands down winner for me.

I genuinely feel privileged to be alive in Ennio's lifetime.

Rhyme

Grand orchestral soundtracks might dominate this thread (and with a lot of merit too) but i really like the Fight Club soundtrack by The Dust Brothers. It works within the context of the film, is used so appropriately and is interesting enough to listen to on its own.

Countdown to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack

abouttobebanned

Do you think the LOTR soundtrack is a bit of a one trick pony though, Rhyme?

Rhyme

Not at all, i really enjoy it (both on and off-screen). It just seems to be one that crops up again and again because of its epic nature.

That Morricone song you posted is beautiful. Nice pick.

Otis Driftwood

The Devils Rejects or Cannibal Holocaust.

tony1kenobi

Judgement Night

The Lost Boys

Into The Wild

deereidy

I'm liking the Deathproof soundtrack, don't knock it till you try it:P

Kiith

Shawshank Redemption, Truman Show, World Trade Center, Blade Runner, Braveheart, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Matrix: Revolutions, O Brother Where Art Thou, Nick and Nora's infinite playlist, Garden State and several others that i cant think of right now.

I'm a sucker for orchestrial scores.

Saibh

From Cinema Paradiso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwDf2DCX_1A

MagicMarker

Dirty Dancing.
Forrest Gump.

DamoKen

The Indian Runner

Morricone is a genius, no doubt about it.

A shout out too for John Williams, John Barry, Bernard Hermann, Michael Nyman, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre and Angelo Badalamenti .... all great composers with CVs to die for!

Dancor

Forest Gump
Lock stock and two smoking barrels

paulusdu

Gladiator
and The Lost Boys for some Unique Cheese :-)

Paleface

Just thought I'd keep the Ennio Morricone thing going here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnwZoIHrfAY

foxyboxer

My favourite Scores:
The English Patient
Batman Returns

My Favourite Sountracks:
Austin Powers (1st one)
Grosse Pointe Blank

Bubs101

Dazed and Confused

Otis Driftwood

Damon Albarn and Michael Nymans soundtrack for Ravenous.

Dublin_Gunner

Another vote here for both Dazed & Confused and Forrest Gump

L31mr0d

+1 for Dazed and Confused OST

Also, The Matrix OST is excellent. Listened to it on repeat for months after the movie got released. It had the Prodigy, Leftfield, Rob Zombie, RATM, Rammstein and the Deftones amongst other great songs.

fitz

Big difference between Scores and Soundtracks.
I presume the OP means scores, for which Morricone and Philip Glass are incredible standouts.

bullpost

The Belly of an Architect - Wim Mertens is simply stunning:

http://www.amazon.com/Belly-Architect-Wim-Mertens/dp/B0000089CW

Lamper.sffc

fitz wrote: »

Big difference between Scores and Soundtracks.
I presume the OP means scores, for which Morricone and Philip Glass are incredible standouts.

Cant we talk about both.

I loved Gladiator and Braveheart

Another i had on tape:eek: was the soundtrack to the first crow, Just Brilliant.
Also Garden state and The last Kiss are always worth a mention.

Queen did a great soundtrack for the first Highlander

JCos

Reservoir dogs.

Aidric

Home Alone
Pulp Fiction

McGrath5

The good, the bad and the ugly

L31mr0d

Well if we are going for scores, nothing beats "Requiem for a Dream" in my opinion. Especially the use of "Lux Aeterna" in the movie itself. It was the perfect piece for the scene it played over, and evokes a perfect sense of dread and hopelessness.

Brimmy

The fact that Friday Night Lights hasn't got a sniff from any of you is just disappointing.

Morricone is brilliant too though.

Rhyme

Brimmy wrote: »

The fact that Friday Night Lights hasn't got a sniff from any of you is just disappointing.

Friday Night Lights soundtrack is a curiosity but fantastic. I'll be honest and say i've had the soundtrack for ages and am only now wondering what the film was like.

Psychedelic

Donnie Darko

niallon

Star Wars and Indiana Jones for scores, the man is a God!

Soundtracks has to be Garden State, The Departed and forgive me for saying it but Once. Not the films biggest fan but the songs are incredible

rednik

Blade Runner
Midnight Express
The Deer Hunter
The Mission
All of the above are great soundtracks and added so much to the film.

nix

Spun
Underworld
Devils rejects


My fav 3

Trafford Lad

I love The Straight Story soundtrack, amazing stuff.

The Pontiac

The soundtrack to Once Upon a Time In America, yes you guessed it, Morricone again. Read a Tom Waits (the greatest artist ever, imo) question and answers thing recently, and he mentioned this was one of his favourite pieces of music of all time.

This is the original theme to the movie.. Wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5Xczethmw

Also Deborah's Theme from the soundtrack.. Wow again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0jFrXO22_o

abouttobebanned

Scores are of course soundtracks too.

My initial selection, Once Upon a Time in America is truly a stand as scores/soundtracks go but here are some more and I'm glad that some of these have already been mentioned.

1. Forrest Gump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRqxtAlnFw
I have the score for this film but to be honest, it's not really worth buying if you already have the original soundtrack and the suite. For a long time I had it penned as my Funeral Music because it's just some of the most beautiful melodies that I have ever heard and a true high point in Alan Silvestri's career. I cried at the end of forrest gump, but that was the power of the music rather than the power of poor Jenny's death. Outstanding.

2. The Mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBXuNmUR4M&feature=PlayList&p=C7AAB3E573DC5CE4&index=0
You may start to see a theme developing here, I'm a sucker for beautiful melodies...and this one is definitely in the top 3 of all time. Put this piece of music to any video and it will enhance its impact 100 fold. A fine example too of a soundtrack that is vastly more popular, and superior to the movie that it belonged to. Another classic ennio piece.

3.
K-Pax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgp-BeBnOs
So original, so beautiful. Even with the mighty Ennio there are a few tracks that are a bit, odd, so you may have to skip on to the next....this is a mine of musical nuggets and if you don't have it i suggest you pick it up...a really good chill out score. The film is fairly enjoyable too actually.

4. Braveheart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXRaMcf05Us&feature=PlayList&p=5737889AFFA9E49D&index=4
I'm in two minds about James Horner. This score is not really an original choice but there's no denying its, for want of a better word, brilliance. It's a shame he's had to recycle it in so many other films. Here's one example - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cj0VgU7qfY From about 2:40 onwards...it really is a bit shameless.

Great music though.

5. Gladiator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgxsGRpiuw

The two stand out pieces of this great soundtrack are The Battle, and Honor him (above) Honor Him is another fantastic choice for a funeral piece...haha I'm so morbid. Again, not an original choice but has to be mentioned.

6. Superman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehmFl1sjkXg

Possibly one of the greatest movie "themes" there has ever been. Improved the movie 50% and also possesses a very understated love theme that's as beautiful as Williams has ever done.

7. The Truman Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjvspeLgeww
Burkhard Dallwitz and Phillip Glass combine for this one, some great melodies and themes but as a soundtrack I think it falls done a little with some poor track selections interspersed with genius. Everyone should still have it in their collection though.

8. Last of the Mohicans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqklYD45i3Y

First off, isn't it so annoying when you want to hear your favourite score on you tube and the first 20 or so results are people playing it on their key boards. Anyway, another dual composer soundtrack and is stunning. Simple as. Another must for your collection.

9. Da Vinci Code.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5FyRZbqfeM
What?!!! I hear you all cry. This track alone is worthy of the whole score getting a mention. Well done Hans...an instant classic. This really is beautiful.

10. Unbreakable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27FosuOUv3I

I wanted 10 to be an original choice. I think this is a wonderful soundtrack and really captures all the moods of the film. James Newton Howard has done a helluva great scores and this is my personal favourite. He's an under-rated talent.

Honourable mentions to Love Actually by Craig Armstrong, The Matrix by Don Davis...ah look i could give honorable mentions all night...

And yes, I know I left out some great soundtracks...feel free to expand on my list.

irish_bob

perhaps an honorable mention might go to the UNTOUCHABLES

abouttobebanned

Perhaps...but again, there are a couple of weak parts to it.

L31mr0d

zudo wrote: »

The soundtrack to Once Upon a Time In America, yes you guessed it, Morricone again.

For some reason those songs remind me of this clip from Family Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6KFcHwH5gM

abouttobebanned

That clip refers to The Godfather though...

SpitfireIV

abouttobebanned wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmsRFrN97ek&feature=related

Hands down winner for me.

I genuinely feel privileged to be alive in Ennio's lifetime.

When I seen the title Ennio Moricone was the first name that came to mind, especially his work for Cinema Paradiso and The Mission, his piece 'Gabriels Oboe'........ahhh......doesnt get much better!

I also love the soundtrack from 'Das Leben der Anderen', as well as 'Once'.

Trafford Lad

Here's a piece from the Straight Story Soundtrack, hadnt heard it in a while. Forgot how nice this piece is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRJm12Rcw3w&feature=related

Iang87

zudo wrote: »

The soundtrack to Once Upon a Time In America, yes you guessed it, Morricone again. Read a Tom Waits (the greatest artist ever, imo) question and answers thing recently, and he mentioned this was one of his favourite pieces of music of all time.

This is the original theme to the movie.. Wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5Xczethmw

Also Deborah's Theme from the soundtrack.. Wow again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0jFrXO22_o

man does this movie make me wanna cry. Its the music that causes that. Truly amazing stuff both songs just perfect

thats it i'm off to watch the movie now. See you in 4 hours

upmeath

I think Eddie Vedder did a stellar job on the Into the Wild OST, and Michael Brook's score is equally good. Some nice tunes from Kaki King and Canned Heat in there too, absolutely cracking tunes all round.

Reservoir Dogs is another one I rate very highly, and of course then Mr. Morricone deserves a mention.

Dublin_Andy

John Williams score in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade... its truly epic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYu5kn-V0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELoCzN6ERwY

The Untouchables. (Ennio Morricone)

Once upon a time in America

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Blade Runner (Vangelis)

JustAddWater

Nobody has mentioned Cruel Intentions!!! lol

Colorblind, coffee and tv, Every you and every me, Praise you, Bittersweet symphony and loads more! It's just absolute class!!!!

Lamper.sffc

JustAddWater wrote: »

Nobody has mentioned Cruel Intentions!!! lol

Colorblind, coffee and tv, Every you and every me, Praise you, Bittersweet symphony and loads more! It's just absolute class!!!!

Totally agree. Great soundtrack and im annoyed i didnt think of it.

Killinator

Hans Zimer has more than his fair share:

Black Hawk Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-KKiZZ4fyQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWfrYrppTOY

Gladiator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHAvjaHtlMA

Not the usual pick when people say Gladiator but one of the best tracks on the film score:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUODE_9hBdE

Thin Red Line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9-j3eevL4

Backdraft(for rugby fans:D)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Xk38J0cYo

mle1324

Platoon by far,great music.:):)

ilkhanid

I'd agree with many of the choices posted already, especially"The Truman Show", "Blade Runner", "Gladiator", "Lord of the Rings","O Brother Where Art Thou" and the end title of "Ravenous".
I have a liking for the work of Ryuichi Sakamoto, mainly in "The Wild Side" and "The Last Emperor".
Athough not scores as such,Stanley Kubricks choice of music for his films was excellent,the two most outstanding being "The Shining" and the Ligeti music in "2001:A Space Odyssey".
Three more:although a poor film, I think the soundtrack for "Van Helsing" is good.I really like "Strange days, both the soundtrack and Graeme revell's score.But the outstanding recent score for me is the one for "The Thin Red line" by Hans Zimmer. His work on "The Dark Knight" was brilliant too, I thought.
Also worth a mention is James Horners calm, Holst-like score for "Aliens".

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