Greatest Soundtrack Albums

PhilNYC · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 11:56 am »

The ones that jump out at me:

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange (Wendy Carlos)
Star Wars (yes, I'm a geek!)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (again, geek. But John Williams is the king of big symphonic epics!)
American Beauty
Risky Business (Tangerine Dream, Jeff Beck, Prince)
Cat People (Giorgio Moroder)
The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
American Graffiti
Quadrophenia (The Who)
'Round Midnight (Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Dexter Gordon, many others)

kbuzz3 · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 02:42 pm »

forgot one

Thief: classic tangerine dream

PhishPhan · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 02:49 pm »

A Clockwork Orange

sts9fan · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 03:05 pm »

The Harder They Come
get the two disk set because disk to is AMAZING old school reggae

loki1957 · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 03:23 pm »

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man

yep, 2 different movies

robert1325 · « **Reply #25 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 03:28 pm »

Swingers!!!!!
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Almost famous
Sideways
Manhattan
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
requiem for a dream
Lost in translation
High Fidelity
Fargo

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 06:33 pm »

Quote from: robert1325 on 20 Apr 2007, 03:28 pm

Swingers!!!!!
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Almost famous
Sideways
Manhattan
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
requiem for a dream
Lost in translation
High Fidelity
Fargo

I've heard numerous people extol Requiem for a Dream's soundtrack. What type of music is it?

robert1325 · « **Reply #27 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 06:36 pm »

You should really see the movie, very strong.

It's done by the Kronos Quartet :

From amazon

Composer Clint Mansell made his impact as a soundtrack composer known with his production of the Pi soundtrack. On that disc, the former vocalist for UK group Pop Will Eat Itself melded an abstract 20th-century classical sensibility to electronica with great (and eerie) results. On Requiem for a Dream--the follow-up film from Pi director Darren Aronofsky--Mansell repeats his magic. Here, teamed with the Kronos Quartet--one of the world's foremost (and most progressive) string quartets--Mansell fuses big-beat, ambient, and driving chamber music. The result is a mesmerizing aural complement to an already mesmerizing film. Dark, unpredictable, and thoroughly engrossing.

Tweaker · « **Reply #28 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 06:55 pm »

The Natural
Chariots Of Fire

woodsyi · « **Reply #29 on:** 20 Apr 2007, 07:11 pm »

Billy Elliott
Pan's Labyrinth
Empire Records
Hair
Rocky Horror
Song Catcher
Oh Brother, Where art thou
Edward Scissorhands
Moonstruck

Antman27 · « **Reply #30 on:** 21 Apr 2007, 02:38 am »

JoshK · « **Reply #31 on:** 21 Apr 2007, 02:43 am »

Quote from: robert1325 on 20 Apr 2007, 03:28 pm

Swingers!!!!!
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Almost famous
Sideways
Manhattan
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
requiem for a dream
Lost in translation
High Fidelity
Fargo

High Fidelity, how could I forget.

one of my favorite soundtracks. Based on your rec's, I'll have to check out RFAD & ESOASM.

I saw Trainspotting in the list....another no brainer! Iggy Pop's tracks on here are so catchy.

gongos · « **Reply #32 on:** 21 Apr 2007, 03:04 am »

Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream

John Casler · « **Reply #33 on:** 21 Apr 2007, 04:40 am »

Didn't see anyone list

BLADERUNNER

And since I like some of the oldies:

Forrest Gump,

1969

Cocktails

Sliver

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

rpf · « **Reply #34 on:** 21 Apr 2007, 06:15 am »

No one mentioned THE BIG CHILL

THE KING OF HEARTS

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

CASA DE LOS BABYS

BLACK ORPHEUS

Kim S. · « **Reply #35 on:** 21 Apr 2007, 04:02 pm »

How could I have forgotten perhaps the greatest soundtrack writer of all time. Ennio Morricone. His spaghetti western sountracks, Once upon a Time in the West, Duck you Suckers, Fist full of Dollars, etc are all haughtingly beautiful. His other nonwestern soundtracks are good also.

The music to the Good,Bad and the Ugly amazes me. He takes a very simple melody line, repeats it dozens of times. By the end of the long movie it stills sounds good. If anyone else tried that the melody I am sure would start to sound like a parody of itself by movies end..

merdy · « **Reply #36 on:** 23 Apr 2007, 06:20 pm »

wow great thread i should post more often
some wonderful stuf already posted so all i can do is add
seista, wonderful with marcus miller and miles davis
the hot spot ,with john lee hooker
one from the heart ,tom waits & crystal gayle ,super recording
last of the mohicians
until the end of the world ( still awsome after all these years)
sling blade
dancer in the dark
american werewolf
the shining
birdie
passion of christ
last exit to brooklyn
once upon a time in america

i have a lot but cant remember until i check my shelves ,i definitely do not have saturday night fever,mary poppins,and west side story, heard them too many times as a child

merdy · « **Reply #37 on:** 23 Apr 2007, 06:24 pm »

forgot to add
million dollar hotel , bono,daniel lanois etc

been playing it at least 3 times a week for a couple of months

this really gives my bass horns a work out

JimJ · « **Reply #38 on:** 23 Apr 2007, 08:06 pm »

Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
James Horner - Black Hawk Down

TheChairGuy · « **Reply #39 on:** 23 Apr 2007, 09:43 pm »

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Chariots of Fire
The Killing Fields
Red Violin
Rocky (the original one)
Dirty Dancing (great 50/60's music)
Psycho

lotta' good ones out there....