Your favorite Songs/music from films or the movies

robbie_998

ok it was a toss up between putting this thread here or in the music forum but after a quick pm its being said to go here

anyway, Movies never tend to have bad music in them, it all seems to fit in and what not.. music goes great with movies

so whats your favorite song or music from the movies ?

mine.... i'll need some time to think of that !

Kess73

For me, the music from Leone's Dollar trilogy (quadrilogy if you want to include Once Upon A Time In The West) is some of the most perfect film music of all time.

Ennio Morricone ftw.

That_Guy

Even though it was a terrible movie, the music during the lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan Kenobi, Quai Gon Jinn (don't think I spelled that right at all) against Darth Maul is epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlURzhz7X6c

L31mr0d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUFJmsCZLE

fluke

Too many too think of straight away but as for recently I really think the score from the Star Trek movie out this year really was something else! Really gave the movie a sense of adventure during the non-dialogue moments!

thorbarry

Kess73 wrote: »

For me, the music from Leone's Dollar trilogy (quadrilogy if you want to include Once Upon A Time In The West) is some of the most perfect film music of all time.

Ennio Morricone ftw.

Couldn't agree more... The music from "Once upon a time in America" is amazing, I regularly listen to the soundtrack

ghosttown

Love the Morricone music, but for some reason the theme music that makes me remember life fondly is the theme to The Magnificent Seven...

and I wouldn't consider myself a big western fan !

Karl Hungus

fluke wrote: »

Too many too think of straight away but as for recently I really think the score from the Star Trek movie out this year really was something else! Really gave the movie a sense of adventure during the non-dialogue moments!

Didn't really think that was anything compared to James Horner's Wrath of Khan score. There was a sense of absolute tension that the score really added to the film, it was amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSexP3IKdM

There's really an incredible amount of great film scores out there, but by far, you can rarely top Morricone. We all know his western themes inside and out, but here's some of his other scores that I particularly love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmsRFrN97ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhPDjmEk9mA

The latter mightn't be the most amazing film out there, but the score was terrific none the less.

I'd say my favourite composer these days is Joe Hisaishi. If you're familiar with the films of Takeshi Kitano or Hayao Miyazaki, you'll know his music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dYx6q0w2xA

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

liah

Braveheart has a fantastic instrumental soundtrack.

Can't help but love the Commitments soundtrack. Breakfast on Pluto has a fairly enjoyable one, too.

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything that really, really got to me, these are just from films I've seen recently.

Otis Driftwood

Soundtrack wise the Blues Brothers OST kicks immense ass.

More composed/instrumental stuff that are personal faves are Damon Albarn and Michael Nymans work on Ravenous.

I recently downloaded Christopher Youngs Hellraiser soundtrack (it goes for £40+ on ebay) and I have to say it is outstanding.Its been on heavy rotation on my ipod.Im at work and cant check youtube but search for "seduction and pursuit" and see if its there.Its fantastic.

krudler

Somewhere Over The Rainbow in Face/Off, a sweet, classic song accompanying a massively violent slow motion shootout, great stuff

mike65

The S/T for Star Trek the Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith is epic, a full blown orchestral suite on its own terms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXYjvrzJkl8

fillefatale

Michael Nyman's score for The Piano ranks as one of my favourite soundtracks ever. The whole album is a dream.

Zbigniew Preisner is one of my favourite film composers, the whole soundtrack for this trilogy is just amazing!!

Stealing Beauty has a great 90s soundtrack, also Secretary, Lizzie West's song 'Chariot's Rise' overture when he carries her out of the office after her fast... brilliant scene! Couldn't find a clip on youtube.

How does one embed youtube vid's? didn't work for me!

mike65

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

bluto63

It may have been beaten to death by ads, sky sports and countless other places, but Clint Mansells score for Requiem For A Dream still remains my all time favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-rD8vcY4U

PirateShampoo

This from "Little Miss Sunshine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZM6ZSlvvY

Then of course you have your classic's.

Superman
Star Wars
Robocop
Terminater

Theres loads to chose from.

Oh this from "Almost Famous"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU

thegoodlife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNPAJ9AY-M4

krudler

Love the score to Sunshine, really neglected on its release, this track is amazing:

Also pretty much anything by James Newton Howard is worth a mention, but especially these:

krudler

I know this is for movies but I cant resist posting this as to be frank it puts most movie scores to shame, its from the video game Shadow of the Collossus, game scores are becoming more and more epic with composers like Hans Zimmer doing the new Modern Warfare one, but this is my favourite game score of all time:

^ 59 secs into that is EPIC

and just for ****s and giggles, some of Zimmers, MW2 score:

Its easily as good as anything he's done for major action movies, the chase through the favela in Rio is amazing, as is this track, where you attack a nuclear sub base and everything goes tits up

powerfade

La Vita e Bella, beautiful music for a beautiful movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWC8v-evDyQ&translated=1

Dased and Confused, great sound track, love this quote from Matthew McConaughey in it 'That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C3SpI9OyLg

lilly03

The violin playing the theme in Schindler's List . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMx2SKIRkw4

deadhead13

This...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1hD5OlPtw

or possibly this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8k6fVe25k

Duggy747

I LOVE my movie soundtracks and bit scores from films. So many to choose from:

2 classics from the legend that was Basil Poledouris:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_AkU8wJ1ZA

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

I don't think a day goes by that I don't hum or whistle this so I owe it to Elmer Bernstein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsuAbTTsV8

I like James Newton Howard but Hans Zimmer does it for me (The 2 of them were at their best on The Dark Knight, I think)

Classic Zimmer with Trevor Rabin mix(Love that over-the-top guitar squeal in the Armageddon bit ):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttpLn41b8Ek

Another memorable tune that's been used n 28 Days Later and Traffic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OPhZ6fHDDw

I really like the Transformers OST but Transformers 2 soundtrack was lazy and forgettable. As well as being a shìte film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0JDomv8ac

Classic Bay courtesy of Trevor Rabin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnywcTqsg18

S.M.B.

John Brion & Philip Glass would top my list of favourite composers.

Boo-yah

La Resistance medley from South Park is fantastic. Trey Parker's songs from Cannibal The Musical to Team America are hilarious and accomplished

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6iVKs4YKCI

The Pontiac

bluto63 wrote: »

It may have been beaten to death by ads, sky sports and countless other places, but Clint Mansells score for Requiem For A Dream still remains my all time favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-rD8vcY4U

^^^Just Wow! Great film too..

My favourites are the Morricone soundtracks/scores from The Mission, Once Upon a Time in America and Once Upon a Time in The West,

The Pontiac

I love the soundtrack to Paris, Texas by Ry Cooder. It's available as a full album. This will give you a taste..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b44paD20O3M

Music by Ry Cooder is a double album collection of Cooder's film music, and is highly recommended.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyBB7y8fDU

bnt

When I first saw Heat, and this Michael Brook track was used, I could hardly believe it - I already had the album (Cobalt Blue), and it's a perfect fit. It's used in the scene in which Hannah (Pacino) and his team are tracking McCauley (De Niro) and his gang doing the "normal" stuff with their wives and girlfriends. This the crucial point at which McCauley realises he's the only one by himself, and decides to go and see Eadie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITFyP9b7ius

Jako8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTU7_mipB0

I could go on for days. John Williams has an endless list of fantastic scores to his name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV0wPBYDQ6Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuemrvG-2MM

I love Danny Elfman's quirky scores. They suit perfectly the quirky Tim Burton films they are for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL9_P_Txx14

I really like Hans Zimmer and I think that his "Angel & Demons" score was fantastic. His Lion King score is absolutely fantastic too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVTf0gP3Ow

Never seen the movie. I honestly don't care if I ever do. The OST is fantastic though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfuTBFemn0Q

Brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zSw2V_vW0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcOt6mfjxeA

Alan Silvestri is also one of the best in my opinion.

I've left out so many. I'll be back with more

Notorious

No mention of Tubular Bells?

This is the version that was used in the Exorcist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmIKcP7Nbc

I love the soundtrack from Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick supposedly did his best to use songs that would've been popular at the time the film was set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0

Photi

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Oh this from "Almost Famous"

Love the fact that it's Mark Kozelek from Red House Painters who kicks off that singsong.

Amelie skipping stones across the surface of the Canal St Martin and this music building to a crescendo in the background. Bliss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZPa-kLLCE

Also, one of my favourite scenes which incorporates the soundtrack from atmospheric background into the plot driven foreground. Haunting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqCl2vO9xA

Galvasean

Robbie_998, if you have a problem with someone elses posting please report said post(s). Back seat modding is not permitted here.

Photi, I have merged your 3 consecutive posts (to save thread space)

Vokes

Some great choices above. Silvestri, Nyman, Shore and Zimmer (his MW2 soundtrack as mentioned is superb) are in particular favourite composers of mine.

It's amazing some of the great scores you can find attached to somewhat mediocre or so-so films (see Transformers and Angels&Demons above). Check out this Silvestri track from Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5E0CU6vAfk

Just brilliant. Shame about the film.


Einaudi's work on the This Is England score is fantastic. Any fans of it about here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_gRRNfljk0

Gattaca is one of my all-time favourite films. And Nyman's score is a big part of it for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26-migpeVJM

The Rock had an awesome main theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78crvRirAI

Zimmer seems to excel at action flicks. I think he actually worked with Harry Gregson-Williams on this, and his since done with The Dark Knight and the upcoming Prince of Persia.

Mjollnir

Perhaps the greatest thing Zimmer has ever done is, IMHO, the score to The Thin Red Line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0IktBVxUTQ

Niska

fluke wrote: »

Too many too think of straight away but as for recently I really think the score from the Star Trek movie out this year really was something else! Really gave the movie a sense of adventure during the non-dialogue moments!

I found the score to be the weakest part of the movie and would have to agree that Khan'Surprise Attack or The Opening Credits/Klingon Theme are far superior to the fare provided in the Abrahm's movie.

Of course Ennio Morricone would have many, many entries here, but, for mr, "The Mission" is his best work. Particular this live version of "Gabriel's Oboe" and "On earth as it is in Heaven":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvBT9sqXnew

Then there's Howard Shore's scores for the three lord of the Ring's movies. Could probably fill this entire thread with theme, so some highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prZ4RWWku7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NldBUqL1AY0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePIXwrL2-dE

Basil Poledouris deserves a mention for his Conan theme and Hunt for Red October:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY2mRG5mzg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsL2WVhFCc

And Vagelis - Blade Runner and 1492:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeDsa4Tw0c

And so many more (no mention of Last of the Mohicans yet)...

fillefatale

The music in Terrence Malick's films perfectly co-ordinate with the melancholic cinematography, I love listening to them on trains for some reason.

Days of Heaven is an amazing film and beautiful soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone (so you know its good)

Badlands, Carl Orff - Gassenhauer & Mickey and Sylvia - love is strange

PirateShampoo

Cant belive i forgot this.

"True Romance"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du0NSnJnoEY

faceman

L31mr0d wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUFJmsCZLE

I much preferred the scene in the school. The music and the edit was perfectly timed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJPa0bvWnM

TheDoc

The theme song from Batman ( original with michael keaton) by Danny Elfman

The Batman song "mollosus" from Batman Begins by Hans Zimmer.

Those two literally send shivers down my spine, brilliant.

Also like the track from obi wan vs darth maul from the Phantom Menace.

bonzer1again

Personally when it comes to soundtracks...i always tend to prefer the classical ones....having said that, I loved the Donnie darko one mentioned earlier too..

My favourites are Ennio Morricone...of which his best is "Gabriels Oboe" from The Mission.but heres a sample of his work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMfW0xZ5rg

Then I love Handels "Sarabande" from the Kubrick film "Barry Lyndon" (didn't like the film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erKsIJyfB_Q
another great version here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rekeoH_XcwI



Then there is the master of Soundtracks John Williams, and the one of his that I really like is Jaws...purely because it is so simple and tense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4

Finally I love the theme music in "last of the Mohicans" by James Horner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNuRpwZqRU



but there are many many more....
Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Superman/Untouchables/True Romance/Pulp Fiction/The Good the Bad and the Ugly/Braveheart/

jacool

Natural Born Killers is pure class, IMO.
The scope of music covers almost every genre in the book, with Trent Reznor managing to squeeze his own band in between Patsy Kline, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and then Lardboy, Dr. Dre and the dogg pound. All this and some quality lines delivered by Robert Downey Jr. in an accent I still can't believe.

Aurora Borealis

My absolute favourites are the soundtracks to Amelie and Drowning by Numbers by Yann Tiersen and Michael Nyman respectively.

Such beautiful music, the type you just can't help closing your eyes to listen to.

DazMarz

American Beauty had an awesome score by Thomas Newman. Nearly always brings a tear to my eyes.

Anything by Hans Zimmer is almost guaranteed to be good!

The Pontiac

DazMarz wrote: »

American Beauty had an awesome score by Thomas Newman. Nearly always brings a tear to my eyes.

Love the American Beauty theme music! Thomas Newman also did the theme music for Six Feet Under, which is also class..

KRIS VL

I like the soundtracks made by Thomas Newman very much.
(Shawshank, the green mile, horse wisperer, road to Perdition....)
As well as the work of Michael Giaccino and others on Lost

Stella777

I think Garden State has a good soundtrack: The Shins, Thievery Corporation, Iron&Wine etc..

O Brother, Where Art Thou? has an interesting soundtrack too. I personally can only take bluegrass in small doses, but some of the songs are more gospel/blues.

Tchaikovsky

Hip Priest by The Fall, used in the final basement scene in Silence of the Lambs - brilliant to hear The Fall at all, but also the perfect time and place for that song.

Perfect Day in Trainspotting; just, well, perfect!

FouxDaFaFa

I think all the songs on the Amelie soundtrack are brilliant but in particular "La valse d'Amelie".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD3WwM6l1J0

I think someone mentioned Garden State already, this was my favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xq7K6se_Gg

bnt

When it comes to pure songs, you just have to mention Working Girl to me and I start humming Let The River Run. It's almost "too good" for the film, and it won Carly Simon an Oscar and a Golden Globe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv-0mmVnxPA

(PS: this video isn't slow, it's just that we're used to seeing 24fps films at 25fps i.e. 4% fast!)

jeffreylebowski

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I'd say my favourite composer these days is Joe Hisaishi. If you're familiar with the films of Takeshi Kitano or Hayao Miyazaki, you'll know his music.

Nice! I'm a big Takeshi Kitano fan, and I love the music in his movies but I'd never even looked to see if he regularly worked with a particular composer or anything. Good stuff.