Best film soundtrack and why?

doctor evil

For me, off the top of my head it would have to the music used in 'The Beach' I enjoyed the film but was years late blown away by the book.

I wonder if some Disney ones will crop up;)

seanybiker

forrest gump. Some classics.

Funglegunk

doctor evil wrote: »

I wonder if some Disney ones will crop up;)

I wouldn't be surprised if someone said Lion King.

My pick is Blade Runner by Vangelis.

It just fitted the film absolutely perfectly.

TriceMarie

Slumdog Millionare...enough said!:p:D


But would have to say Garden State and The Crow were fairly awesome too!:P

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The Hustler

Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction

Linguo

The Hustler wrote: »

Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction

+1 on Pulp Fiction, brilliant!

Lord of the Rings soundtrack puts me in an adventure mood!

notso-quiet1

i think cruel intentions or the shrek soundtracks in general are quite good. i also think the forest gump sountrack is extremely good. theres a great mix on it

dlofnep

Shawshank Redemtion's main theme, and the kiss theme to Last of the Mohicans. Nothing comes close to these two. Also, Ludovico Einaudi's Fuori Dal Mondo from This is England is amazing too.

Cactus Col

Well, my favourite of all time has got to be the Blues Brothers Soundtrack. I didn't really appreciate it for years, but now it takes pride of place. Every track on it is a winner.

Spunge

clinet manselll soundtracks are all pretty good.
-requiem for a dream
-pi
-the fountain

Linguo

Forgot to say The Mission soundtrack, beautiful!:)

Otis Driftwood

Goblins soundtracks for - Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead
Riz Ortolani's soundtrack for Cannibal Holocaust
Michael Nyman + Damon Albarn for Ravenous
Hans Zimmer + Lisa Gerrard for Gladiator

irishgrover

Linguo wrote: »

Forgot to say The Mission soundtrack, beautiful!:)

+1 on that, Gabriel's Oboe is one of my favorite pieces of music ever

thebiglad

Let's shake this up some - Top Gun!

Also Pulp Fiction

GenghisCon

Conan the Barbarian. Runs the entire gamut from melancholy to tender right through frenetic Arnholt action.

paulusdu

The Lost Boys has to be there, 80's Cheese with a capital C !
some great tunes on it.

GSpoon

my favourite soundtracks of all time:

Almost Famous
Juno
Cruel Intentions
Forest Gump
Pulp Fiction

beans

I love the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack, it's so evocative. Grygory Legetti's choral stuff is pure tension, and the rest of the pieces are so well-known and atmospheric as to speak for themselves. Great sleeping music, until you wake in the dark at 2am to the strains of HAL's insane death-chatter...

Easy Rider is also great, Steppenwolf

major bill

once upon a time in the west
once upon a time in america
basically all sergio leones movies combined with ennio morricone scores!!
basically the music ties in well with the film and and makes the films great.

quitan tarrantino was huge fan off the above and tried to do the same with kill bill.

Singles -nuf said!

dmaxontour

major bill wrote: »

once upon a time in the west
once upon a time in america
basically all sergio leones movies combined with ennio morricone scores!!
basically the music ties in well with the film and and makes the films great.

quitan tarrantino was huge fan off the above and tried to do the same with kill bill.

Absolutely. Took the words out of my mouth.

Also Jaws. John Williams can be a bit cheesey but Jaws was a masterpiece.

American Beauty (Main Theme)
Gallipoli (End Theme)
Platoon (Main Theme & when Elias gets shot)

are a few others.

nix

Spun and Underworld are awesome soundtracks, also a big fan of bladerunners, which i watched recently. Must get the actual OST

xzanti

Casino.. Love the music from that film..,

And of course Dirty Dancing

Gillington

Yeah Forrest Gump OST is quality only listened to it the other night prefect to have on in the bcakground but Pulp Fiction is awesome!!

Counting flowers on the wall,that don't bother me at all...

L31mr0d

+1 Dazed & Confused

Also, The Matrix.

notsobadinc

romeo&juliet
Hackers..leftfield and prodigy
casino

TanG411

Rocky.

The musical score in that is fantastic. Very uplifting and envigorating. You almost feel like you're training while listening to it.

cathysworld

Favourite is Trainspotting especially Mile End by Pulp
...followed by Pulp Fiction

holly1

Forest Gump.
Jaws.
Dirty Dancing.
Mama Mia.

dr shami

The watchers

Nimrod's Son

The Dust Brothers' soundtrack for Fight Club.

oxygen_old

Larkin501 wrote: »

Rocky.

The musical score in that is fantastic. Very uplifting and envigorating. You almost feel like you're training while listening to it.

Yea, almost being the word. Still sitting on the couch tho.

tricky D

Betty Blue - as nutty as the film, kinda
Repo Man - some great punk stuff

Shoota

Road to Perdition.

The only great film I've come out of thinking about the music more than the movie, and the movie was bloody great

Meet Joe Black, gets an honourable mention but that was a pants movie..... :P

Liam O

Really liked Resevoir Dogs how the music was upbeat while

yer man's ear was getting cut off

. Also Stand by Me also had a great soundtrack which really gave the feel of the era.

fashionista911

Dreamgirls Say no more

tommyboy2222

Grosse Point Blank

karlog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVgMc8hkS8k

nevaeh-2die-4

into the wild

great movie in better soundtrack.

cabra64

Into the Wild (2007) +1
Sean Penn directed.
Adventure/Bio of Christopher McCandless.

Eddie Vedder (pearl jam) contributed a lot of solo pieces. Brilliant soundtrack, set the tone and added to most scenes. Great film in general tho imo.

kraggy

Mine is Amélie.

Magical

And also came across this cute animated short recently with music from Amelie in it.

Done by a student. Really impressive:

Maximilian

For years I would have said Blade Runner until I saw and heard Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ.

Peter Gabriel's score is probably still my all-time most listened-to album. just stunning music. Kinda crap movie though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PKc-mA76GY

The Thin Red Line soundtrack is also pretty amazing, as was Full Metal Jacket, which I listened to death many years ago - It just suited the movie so well, despite being completely un-warmovielike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54gLiAIgGJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlrX3bwQ2rk

I also have a soft spot for the Wicker Man soundtrack.

Jako8

Anything by Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Howard Shore or Patrick Doyle for me.

Nicholas Hooper is good too.

Altar_Ego_Boy

the best soundtrack has gotta be 'Once upon a time in the West' by Morricone. All five main characters have their own unique themes. Its incredible how versatile Morricone is.

A couple of excellent electronic soundtracks are Giorgio Moroder for 'Midnight Express' and Vangelis for 'Blade Runner'.

I like Princes soundtrack for 'Batman' too.

tangerinepuppet

I have always loved soundtracks. They're a great way of keeping your options open musically and experiencing the atmosphere of a time, place or way of life.

Most of my favourites have already been mentioned:

Almost Famous (America and Tiny Dancer ... amazing songs)
Pulp Fiction
Easy Rider
Cruel Intentions
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Dirty Dancing
Everything by Ennio Morricone

I could listen to the song 'Cora' from The Last of the Mohicans all day. I don't know if it's ever been released as an OST, but the music from Zee & Co. (a mad film from the early 70s written by Edna O'Brien and starring Elizabeth Taylor) is great ... lots of Three Dog Night.

Forrest Gump will always win hands-down for me. I got it when I was 12 and it introduced me to a whole world of music I never knew existed.

weldoninhio

Last of The Mohicans
Top Gun
Hackers

jinxycat

Queen of the Damned.



I'm a sucker for Disney soundtracks:o:o

tman

Kill Bill had a great mixture of original score and licensed music, pretty much everything Tarantino does has a great soundtrack actually...

Blade Runner - nuff said
Scarface (seriously!)

Altar_Ego_Boy wrote: »

I like Princes soundtrack for 'Batman' too.

BATDAAAAANCE!

Futurism

Well there's some of John Williams stuff. Particularly Jurassic Park and E.T.

Michael Andrews' soundtrack for Donnie Darko was also excellent. It's by far my favourite.

zero19

Semi pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lFAUNG8TWg

Sweet