Post here: Favorite Movie Soundtracks

[LynneSin]

I have a bunch of movie Soundtracks in my collection. For some movies, they just happened to have a group of already released songs that I really like and others they are just amazing arrangements.

Probably my favorite two soundtracks of all original music - Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for "Inception" and Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for "The Mission"

As for favorite Soundtrack of previous released music used for a Movie the best would be one of the bestselling ones out there which is the Soundtrack from 'The Big Chill' which included a string of great hits from Motown. Another favorite is the one from 'Velvet Underground' that includes a mixture of original songs along with some favorites from the era of Glam Rock.

But like I said, I have a ton of soundtracks like this including ones from the following movies: Adventureland, American Hustle, Boogie Nights, Dazed and Confused, Empire Records, Fantastic Mr Fox, Grosse Pointe Blank, Heavy Metal, Magnolia, Marie Antoinette, Moulin Rouge, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Romeo & Juliet, Saturday Night Fever, Sex and the City movie, Sliver (crappy movie great soundtrack), Fahrenheight 9/11, City of Angels, Take me Home Tonight.

[Xyzse]

1. The Crow with Brandon Lee

[cyberswede]

2. Mine

..off the top of my head, in no particular order

Ocean's Twelve
Pulp Fiction
Gross Pointe Blank
Public Enemies
West Side Story
American Graffiti
The Sting
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Grateful Dead Movie
Woodstock

[Arugula Latte]

3. Gross Pointe Blank was the first one that popped into my head.

Volume 1

"Blister in the Sun" (Violent Femmes) – 2:08
"Rudie Can't Fail" (The Clash) – 3:31
"Mirror In The Bathroom" (English Beat) – 3:09
"Under Pressure" (David Bowie and Queen) – 4:03
"I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash) – 2:46
"Live and Let Die" (Guns N' Roses) – 3:02
"We Care a Lot" (Faith No More) – 4:03
"Pressure Drop" (The Specials) – 4:18
"Absolute Beginners" (The Jam) – 2:50
"Armagideon Time" (The Clash) – 3:53
"El Matador" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs) – 4:34
"Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix)" (Pete Townshend) – 4:58
"Blister 2000" (Violent Femmes) – 2:58

Volume 2

"A Message to You, Rudy" (The Specials) – 2:53
"Cities in Dust" (Siouxsie and the Banshees) – 3:49
"The Killing Moon" (Echo & the Bunnymen) – 5:44
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" (Pixies) – 2:56
"Lorca's Novena" (The Pogues) – 4:35
"Go!" (Tones on Tail) – 2:32
"Let it Whip" (Dazz Band) – 4:24
"The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" (Dominatrix) – 3:40
"War Cry" (Joe Strummer) – 5:58
"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" (Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel) – 7:24
"Take On Me" (A-ha) – 3:46
"You're Wondering Now" (The Specials) – 2:37

[LynneSin]

8. That's one of the reasons I love the Marie Antoinette soundtrack - same era of music

Disc One
1."Hong Kong Garden (With Strings Intro)" – Siouxsie and the Banshees
2."Aphrodisiac" – Bow Wow Wow
3."What Ever Happened?" – The Strokes
4."Pulling Our Weight" – The Radio Dept.
5."Ceremony" – New Order
6."Natural's Not in It" – Gang of Four
7."I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" – Bow Wow Wow
8."Kings of the Wild Frontier" – Adam and the Ants
9."Concerto in G"[3] – Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
10."The Melody of a Fallen Tree" – Windsor for the Derby
11."I Don't Like It Like This" – The Radio Dept.
12."Plainsong" – The Cure
Disc Two
1."Intro Versailles" – Reitzell / Beggs
2."Jynweythek Ylow" – Aphex Twin
3."Opus 17" – Dustin O’Halloran
4."Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" – Air
5."Keen On Boys" – The Radio Dept.
6."Opus 23" – Dustin O’Halloran
7."Les barricades mystérieuses" – François Couperin / Reitzell
8."Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix)" – Bow Wow Wow
9."Aphex Twin – Avril 14th" – Richard D. James
10."K. 213" – Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
11."Tommib Help Buss" – Squarepusher
12."Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux"[4] – Jean Philippe Rameau / W. Christie
13."Opus 36" – Dustin O’Halloran
14."All Cats Are Grey" – The Cure

[hlthe2b]

4. Just about anything by John Barry:

Out of Africa, Chaplin, Cotton Club, Somewhere in Time, Body Heat, Dances with Wolves, A View to A Kill, On her Majesty's Secret Service, Midnight Cowboy, etc., etc.

Others (by other composers): The English Patient, The Prince of Tides, The Sound of Music, The Cider House Rules, The Last of the Mojicans, The Mission, Shine.

I love movie sound tracks--the escapist qualities-- and am sure I could include dozens more,but these come to mind.

[Cheap_Trick]

5. Blade Runner by Vangelis

Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk
Apollo 13 by James Horner
Oblivion by M83
Risky Business by Tangerine Dream
Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith

Those are some of my favorite film scores. As for song compilation soundtracks you can't go wrong with "Guardians of the Galaxy" currently #1 on the Billboard chart.

[cyberswede]

6. Tron: Legacy! I should have included that on my list.

Good stuff.

[LynneSin]

9. I kinda want to see Guardians of the Galaxy because of the soundtrack

Soundtrack has some amazing stuff on it!

[Cheap_Trick]

39. seen it 3 times already

The use of music in the film is prefect, integrated into the scenes.

[flying rabbit]

67. There are some good ones on this thread

but- kicking for Blade Runner.

[malthaussen]

7. Anything by Korngold.

Soundtracks just ain't what they used to be.

-- Mal

[clarice]

10. Sound track to Man on Fire...and Pulp fiction. nt

[geardaddy]

11. This is England.

Awesome ska soundtrack.

[lovemydog]

41. I'll check it out. Did Joe Strummer also do

the song This Is England for that? Maybe as The Clash?

[SwankyXomb]

43. This Is England was maybe the only good thing about

the last, and mostly disowned, Clash album, Cut the Crap, from 1985.

[lovemydog]

45. Yes indeed.

Such a great song though. And I love Joe's solo stuff like Earthquake Weather and the stuff with the Mescaleros. Rest in peace Joe.

[geardaddy]

53. I can't remember.

I just remember a lot of Toots and the Maytals.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. By Pat Metheny.

My favorite jazz guitarist.

A Map of the World (2000) with Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore and David Strathairn.

A sample:

Pat Metheny Film Scores: A Map of the World, Part 1 of 2:

Pat Metheny Film Scores: A Map of the World, Part 2 of 2:

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) with Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn.

David Bowie singing This is Not America, by David Bowie, Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, from "The Falcon and the Snowman":

[cbayer]

46. I was going to say Falcon and the Snowman.

Excellent choice.

[Brigid]

13. My favorites:

O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Blues Brothers
Godspell
Amadeus

[sharp_stick]

14. Tank Girl

Some great music on that disc.

http://www.amazon.com/Tank-Girl-Soundtrack/dp/B002GKMLLI

[OriginalGeek]

15. Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Also:

Heavy Metal

and a bunch more

[charlie and algernon]

16. My list by Composer

Jurassic Park - John Williams (1)
Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
E.T. - John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams (5)
Close Encounters - John Williams

Dragonheart - Randy Edelman (4)
Gettysburg - Randy Edelman (2)
Last of the Mohicans - Randy Edelman (3)

The Mission - Ennio Morricone

LOST - Michael Giacchino

Mr. Holland's Opus - Michael Kamen
Band of Brothers - Michael Kamen

The Rock - Hans Zimmer
Crimson Tide - Hans Zimmer
The Lion King - Hans Zimmer

[CBGLuthier]

17. John Williams channels Bernard Herrmann: The Fury

Herrmann was supposed to score the film but he died so DePalma asked Williams to try to do it in Herrman's style. I think he succeeded.

I have this on vinyl.

Tangerine Dream: Sorceror. I got the movie itself on Blu Ray just last week

The Main Theme

The entire soundtrack album

Peter Gabriel: End Titles from The Last Temptation of Christ

[gratuitous]

18. Welcome to L.A.

And no, nobody's ever heard it or heard of it.

[Avalux]

19. Lola Versus (great movie, great music).

Tracks:

1. Minor Keys (Big Troubles)
2. Alley Cat (The Ettes)
3. Would You Take It (Vex Rufflin)
4. The Crystal Cat (Dan Deacon)
5. Go Away (Seapony)
6. My Punk Is Alive (Inside) (The Fruhstucks)
7. Heaven In Stereo (Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers)
8. Careful What You Say (Class Actress)
9. Only Yesterday (Taken by Trees)
10. Both Hands (Ani DiFranco)
11. Flower Gun (Jesse Voccia and Nori Takei)
12. Saturn Returns (Kyle Forester)
13. Strip Club and Aftermath (Fall On Your Sword)

http://www.amazon.com/Versus-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B007ZULBQK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408392903&sr=8-1&keywords=lola+versus+soundtrack

[NV Whino]

20. Murder on the Orient Express

This was such a GRAND soundtrack that it totally overwhelmed the movie.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

21. "Ragtime"

Amazing movie and wonderful sound track by Randy Newman (his first, in fact).

[OrwellwasRight]

69. I had forgetten about this movie.

Also, read the book. It's terrific.

[Initech]

22. Love the "Inception" soundtrack, pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer.

Dream Theater even used the music as the introduction video on their most recent tour.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. The Last Samurai was gorgeous

Not a big fan of Tom cruise but I'd watch that movie for the music alone.

[Initech]

37. Never seen it.

Is it on Netflix? I'll add it to my queue.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. Here's a sample of the music

Gorgeous soundtrack, my favorite Hans Zimmer score. I don't have Netflix so I don't know if it's available.

[shenmue]

23. Pretty in Pink

Also, Star Trek I. The "twonnnnng" sound of the spaceship opening fire- now that's art. My Dad had the album on vinyl.

[azurnoir]

24. Strange Days soundtrack

Fall in the Light and No White Clouds

[NightWatcher]

25. The Crow, Dazed and Confused, Grosse Pointe Blank, Iron Eagle

Empire Records was good too. Lately I've been subjected to Frozen too much

[Shadowflash]

26. I'll bite

The best score -

Best songs -

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. "The Year of Living Dangerously."

It includes a performance of a Richard Strauss song, "Beim Schlafengehen," by the incomparable Kiri te Kanawa.

"Amadeus." Score by Mozart - a tough act to follow.

"Chariots of Fire."

"Koyaanisqaatsi." Weird, but I like Phillip Glass.

[kairos12]

28. Magnificent 7

[closeupready]

59. +1 - and Saturday Night Fever.

[taterguy]

29. You asked the same down question a few years ago

Maybe even a few times.

I like my Lounge to be original, not previously released material.

This is ponderous,

............................fucking ponderoujs.

[OrwellwasRight]

31. Practical Magic, Empire of the Sun, Platoon.

I also strongly agree with you picks Dazed and Confused, Boogie Nights, and Grosse Pointe Blank.

[Ryano42]

57. Growing up obsessed with flight...

This perfectly captured it:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. One of my all-time fav movie openings and my fav soundtrack

The Big Country by Jerome Moross and the entire soundtrack of El Cid composed like a piece of classical music (by a classical music composer) the greatest of the soundtrack composers, Miklos Rosza (El Cid, Ben Hur, Quo Vadis, King Of Kings, The Thief of Baghdad, The Asphalt Jungle, Double Indemnity, Spellbound, The Killers, The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad, 63 major feature film scores in all, of which he received 13 separate Academy Award nominations and three Oscars).

Edit to add the soundtrack of the film The Ninth Gate which I think was truly, truly special and added so much to set the mood of the film, by another classical composer, Wojciech Kilar.

[Brother Buzz]

33. Rockers

The film is just so-so, but the soundtrack is solid gold



Side One

"We 'A' Rockers" (Ian Lewis, Bernard Harvey) - Inner Circle
"Money Worries" (Wilson) - The Maytones
"Police and Thieves" (Junior Murvin, Lee Perry) - Junior Murvin
"Books of Rules" (Barry Llewellyn, Harry Johnson) - The Heptones
"Stepping Razor" (Joe Higgs) - Peter Tosh
"Tenement Yard" (Jacob Miller, Roger Lewis) - Jacob Miller
"Fade Away" (Earl "Chinna" Smith) - Junior Byles

Side Two

"Rockers" (Neville Livingstone) - Bunny Wailer
"Slave Master" (Gregory Isaacs) - Gregory Isaacs
"Man in the Street" (Coxsone Dodd) - Rockers All Stars
"Graduation in Zion" (Frank Dowding) - Kiddus I
"Jah No Dead" (Winston Rodney) - Burning Spear
"Satta Massagana" (L. Manning, D. Manning, B. Collins) - Third World
"Natty Take Over" (Justin Hines, Michael Roper) - Justin Hines & the Dominoes

[lovemydog]

42. Oh yeah baby! I forgot to mention

Rockers!

[bluesbassman]

34. "A Knight's Tale"

These are all good tunes and most are Classic Rock radio staples so everybody's heard them a million times, but director Brian Helgeland used them in this film in very appealing way, and I think it worked well.


1. We Will Rock You - Queen
2. Low Rider - War
3. Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
4. Golden Years - David Bowie
5. Crazy On You - Heart
6. Further On Up The Road - Eric Clapton
7. Get Ready - Rare Earth
8. I Want To Take you Higher - Sly & The Family Stone
9. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
10. One Of Your Own - Carter Burwell
11. We Are The Champions - Robbie Williams & Queen
12. Pieces - Dan Powell
13. Eye Conqueror - Third Eye Blind

[oregonjen]

35. The Fugitive with Harrison Ford music by James Newton Howard

Love the acting and LOVE the soundtrack.
Somewhere in Time is another favorite.

[bettyellen]

36. I bet you'd like Grace of My Heart, a little known pic loosely based on Carol King's career...

It goes from sixties girl group to folk rockish baladeering. Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach worked on it.
Great movie too!

[hibbing]

38. Garden State

Good movie and good soundtrack, kind of varied.

Peace

[lovemydog]

40. The Mission, all Nina Rotta,

all Morricone for that matter, all Bernard Herrman (Hitchock stuff), Bird (Charlie Parker baby!), the Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead soundtrack of There Be Blood, the Hepburn movie that has Moon River in it, all of Tarantino's movies, The Harder They Come (one of the best reggae compilations ever), The Exorcist (Tubular Bells), anything Duke Ellington did, all Jim Jarmusch movies, all Sofia Coppola movies, Rock N Roll High School, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and everything by that composer, all Wim Wenders movies. Many more.

Interestingly, I can't stand that composer who works with Spielberg. He's a big shot & big name. But I think most of his music is grandiose and overwhelms the movies.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. omg, so many...no way I can think of all my faves, but many were mentioned already

Also

Road to Perdition
Vision (life of Hildegard von Binghen)
Passion Fish
Jaws
The Exorcist
White Oleander
Paris, Texas
The General's Daughter
Open Water
Into the Wild
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Tombstone
Koyanisqaatsi
Pirates of the Caribbean (whole series)
The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, economy.
Water
Elizabeth
Amadeus
Dances With Wolves
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Mongol: the Rise of Genghis Khan.
American Beauty
The Beach
The Matrix


More......

[pinboy3niner]

47. Lots already mentioned, I'll just add Giorgio Moroder for Scarface

(He also did Flashdance.)

[sarge43]

48. Bernard Hermann

Citizen Kane to Taxi Driver, not to mention Psycho, among others

[Mira]

49. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

first soundtrack I have bought in years.

[WinkyDink]

50. "SNF"! Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet." "West Side Story." "Dr. Zhivago." "The Full Monty."

[GoCubsGo]

51. Good Morning Vietnam

It's the only soundtrack I ever purchased. I love a lot of the songs from that era.

I also like the ones from "Dazed and Confused" and "Grosse Pointe Blank."

[TuxedoKat]

52. Witness

Is always the first one that comes to mind. It sounds Copelandesque to me.

[Ryano42]

55. Original Orchestral Only: I found this quite moving from V for Vendetta

The Dominoes Fall; builds and builds...

Valerie...I get something in my eye every time (sniff)

[mainer]

56. Legends of the Fall.

Absolutely beautiful.

[raccoon]

58. The Great Escape. nt

[Callmecrazy]

60. Fast Times at Ridgemont High...

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[begin_within]

61. I'm sure I'll be criticized...

...but "Mary Poppins" has some great songs in it. In fact I would say that if you could steal "My Favorite Things" from 'The Sound of Music' and insert it into "Mary Poppins," you'd pretty much have the ultimate family musical.

[cemaphonic]

62. Paris, Texas deserves its own post

I've seen it in a couple lists already, but that doesn't do it justice. Imitated in countless movies, tv shows and video games that seek to evoke the open, lonely feel of the American West.

A good one I haven't seen mentioned yet is Carter Burwell's score for "Miller's Crossing," built upon some traditional Irish tunes:

And yeah, Morricone is pretty much the greatest movie composer ever. I like "The Mission," "Battle of Algiers" and especially "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," for its crazy blend of Romantic era orchestral music and 60s surf rock.

[progressoid]

65. Carter Burwell has done some great stuff for the Coen brothers.

Here they are (Joel & Ethan Coen, Carter Burwell) talking about the Art of the Score.

[cemaphonic]

68. Yeah, he's a great collaborator for them

So many film composers do their twist on 19th century classical music, and it's the same stuff from film to film, but there's no way that you would confuse the "Raising Arizona" score with "Fargo." Even the soundtrack dominated movies like "The Big Lebowski" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou" has some nice incidental music that fits the movie perfectly.

[progressoid]

63. Pollock (Jeff Beal)

Rumble Fish - Stewart Copeland

[mucifer]

64. I don't think anyone mentioned "The Conversation" with Gene Hackman

The music and actually pretty much all of the audio is so damn lonely and disconnected.

Music by David Shire. Film directed by Coppola .

Definitely my favorite sound tract.

[narnian60]

66. Mullholland Falls.

Nick Nolte stars. Haunting soundtrack.

[hifiguy]

70. 1. ANY soundtrack written by Angelo Badalamenti

(Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, anything else).

Casino Royale (1960s) for its impossibly good sonics and Dusty's "The Look of Love"
Gladiator
Lawrence of Arabia
The Thin Red Line
Any and all John Barry Bond soundtracks.

[Bosonic]

71. Two immediate ones

Natural Born Killers

Jackie Brown