Your favorite movie sountracks or themes

Brandon B · « **Reply #40 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 12:33 am »

The Incredibles
Blade Runner
Star Wars (IV-VI and maybe I)
O Brother Where Art thou?
Fantasia
Pink Panther

Wind Chaser · « **Reply #41 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 12:52 am »

'Wild Things' was on TV the other day, I started watching it because of the catchy opening theme. I couldn't endure the movie so I just ordered the soundtrack...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZlXvvCT-z8

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #42 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 01:14 am »

Was this not one of the biggest selling soundtracks ever...... Link....

pumpkinman · « **Reply #43 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 02:01 am »

Bunny Lake Is Missing the 1965 psychological thriller, part of the soundtrack was done by the Zombies

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #44 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 02:33 am »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 26 Oct 2010, 01:14 am

Was this not one of the biggest selling soundtracks ever...... Link....

T'was most propbably and classic stuff, sho nuff.

drphoto · « **Reply #45 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 02:23 pm »

Agree w/ Delta Wave on "Magnolia" and "Last Temptation". Powerful stuff on there on each.

I really liked the theme for "The Year of Living Dangerously" (Maurice Jarre, I think)

Gotta love the music from "The Matrix", especially the outro... 'Wake Up' by RAtM.

chadh · « **Reply #46 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 04:02 pm »

I've never been all that thrilled with movie soundtracks in general, and I can't help but feel I'm cheating when I say that ones that stand out for me are:

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Blues Brothers
'Round Midnight
Bird

and of course
Spinal Tap

I'm tempted to include
The Wall
Stop Making Sense
but that really would be cheating.

There are times during The Lord of the Rings trilogy where I notice the music in a positive way, so I suppose that's a job well done.

I'm also a big Mark Knopfler fan, and a bunch of his soundtracks have some nice stuff (e.g. Local Hero, Wag The Dog and The Princess Bride). But listening to the whole of any of these soundtracks starts to drag pretty quickly.

One I remember vaguely that was interesting was from Three Colors: Blue. Zbigniew Preisner did the score for all of the Three Color movies, but this one was particularly interesting as the film focused on a woman trying to produce a masterpiece of music allegedly written by her dead husband - and they actually have to play at least snatches of something that could be construed as a musical masterpiece during the film. I remember enjoying the music.

Chad

ArthurDent · « **Reply #47 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 04:11 pm »

A couple for consideration..........

rollo · « **Reply #48 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 04:45 pm »

Gladiator, The Thin Red Line. Stimulating and very well recirded.

charles

arthurs · « **Reply #49 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 04:51 pm »

A good friend recently gave me the soundtrack to "Dear John" and it's got a number of really good songs on it.

woodsyi · « **Reply #50 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 05:05 pm »

I still pull out The Rockie Horror Picture Show now and than to do the Time Warp!

TheChairGuy · « **Reply #51 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 05:18 pm »

I love soundtracks and have a bunch.

As commercial releases, they tend to be recorded to a higher standard than run-of-the-mill music albums or CD's are.

It could be that the more recent ones are recorded at 24/192 for DVD/video....and downmixed to 16/44.1 for CD. But, even the vinyl versions of most sound tracks sound better than commercial counterparts....and that goes back to before they recorded them digitally.

I love Gladiator, Star Wars, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Red Violin, Good Morning Vietnam and so many others - too long to list!

John

woodsyi · « **Reply #52 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 05:24 pm »

AC must be free of the Boomers. I haven't seen anyone mention The Big Chill or Forrest Gump soundtracks.

koyaan · « **Reply #53 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 06:02 pm »

Morricone wrote some good stuff for movies:
The Mission
Cinema Paradiso
One Upon a Time in America
The Good,The Bad and The Ugly

Some really old stuff but still good :
Korngold:
Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk

spudco · « **Reply #54 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 03:09 pm »

American Beauty
Pay It Forward
The Cider House Rules
To Kill A Mocking Bird
Meet Joe Black
Taking Woodstock
Awakenings
The Natraul
Pleasantville
Ragtime
The Firm
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Babel
The Majestic
School Daze

thunderbrick · « **Reply #55 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 03:14 pm »

Quote from: koyaan on 19 Nov 2010, 06:02 pm

Some really old stuff but still good :
Korngold:
Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk

+1

Hatari
Casino Royale (w/Dusty)

koyaan · « **Reply #56 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 07:47 pm »

Braveheart had a good soundtrack
LOTR, all 3, were great as were all of the Star Wars soundtracks.
The Miklos Roza stuff was all good:
Ben-Hur
Quo Vadis
King of Kings

GerryD · « **Reply #57 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 10:02 pm »

I'm usually not into soundtracks, but one i do have and enjoy is "The Hot Spot". Miles Davis and John Lee Hooker....what's not to like?

thunderbrick · « **Reply #58 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 10:25 pm »

"Waking Ned Devine." Charming (and funny) little Irish story, and the sound track is pretty good.

*Scotty* · « **Reply #59 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 10:39 pm »

The complete score to Heavy Metal is available from Screen Archive Ent. see link
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=8949
Complete scores for The Wrath of Khan and The Search For Spock are also available.
Scotty