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Title says it all. Mine used to be The star wars saga with John Williams, but Now I think i found a new fav. soundtrack with 300 by Tyler Bates. Its so fricking awesome. :)

SW ep 5: The Empire strikes back

the imperial march rawks, it's my unofficial anthem!

Whilst the imperial march does rock, I think the best theme from the SW movies was either the Battle of Heroes in Ep 3, or the Duel of the Fates..


Wait, I also really like in ESB where Han is flying through the Asteroid Field, that music is kick butt too.

Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella circa 1965 TV version.

Resevoir Dogs

SW ep 5: The Empire strikes back

the imperial march rawks, it's my unofficial anthem!

Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella circa 1965 TV version.

And now that damn song is stuck in my head!

Vanishing Point... Easy Rider is good too.

Judgment Night (http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Night-Music-Motion-Picture/dp/B00000297O)
Woodstock (http://www.woodstock69.com/cd-soundtrack.htm)
*needs a "Peanuts" lil' yellow bird smiley*
Does Woodstock count? If so, then add that, Monterey Pop, and Message to Love: IoW '70 to my count.

Whilst the imperial march does rock, I think the best theme from the SW movies was either the Battle of Heroes in Ep 3, or the Duel of the Fates..


Wait, I also really like in ESB where Han is flying through the Asteroid Field, that music is kick butt too.

there are so many variations on the imperial march (and some are very subtle) its really good.

But SW series has many more, I agree.

amongst others:
Binary sunset (both in the original SW and in ROTS at the end)
Light of the force/victory celebration (ROTJ)

Die Hard, Beethoven's 9th is just too cool.

Judgment Night (http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Night-Music-Motion-Picture/dp/B00000297O)
Woodstock (http://www.woodstock69.com/cd-soundtrack.htm)
*needs a "Peanuts" lil' yellow bird smiley*

*sings*
I'm a huntress on an African safari....it's a dangerous sort of sport and yet it's fun.....every night I sally forth to seek my quarry and I realize that I forgot my gun :eek: I am lost in the forest all alone and unarmed when I meet a lioness in her lair, then I'm glad to be back in my own little corner.....all alone in my own, little chair.

So you're singing it, too? :p

Definitely the 300 soundtrack.

And now that damn song is stuck in my head!

*sings*
I'm a huntress on an African safari....it's a dangerous sort of sport and yet it's fun.....every night I sally forth to seek my quarry and I realize that I forgot my gun :eek: I am lost in the forest all alone and unarmed when I meet a lioness in her lair, then I'm glad to be back in my own little corner.....all alone in my own, little chair.

Star Wars might have had a sucky story, but it had some damned good music, as did Jurassic Park and every other movie John Williams did the score to.

Star Trek: First Contact and Insurrection are also among my favorites for Jerry Goldsmith's wonderful work.

But by far my true favorite is the Back to the Future movie scores. Alan Silvestri is better than anyone.

Mission Impossible II has a nice one.

Kill Bill

Lord of the Rings

Star Wars

The Godfather

The Rock

Pirates of the Caribbean

Crimson Tide

The peacemaker

The soundtrack (http://www.therandomorwhateverwillbewilderme.com/Arsalan/Clint%20Mansell/The%20Fountain/?C=S;O=D) for The Fountain, by Clint Mansell. He did Requiem for a Dream as well, and he's rapidly becoming one of my favorite composers.

*seconds Clint love*

Dazed and Confused (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/soundtrack). Crappy movie but great music. :)

Every time you open your mouth and speak, I lose a little respect for you. You have really bad taste. How could you not love that movie?

The soundtrack (http://www.therandomorwhateverwillbewilderme.com/Arsalan/Clint%20Mansell/The%20Fountain/?C=S;O=D) for The Fountain, by Clint Mansell. He did Requiem for a Dream as well, and he's rapidly becoming one of my favorite composers.

Dazed and Confused (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/soundtrack). Crappy movie but great music. :)

Chariots of Fire. Now I just need a slow-motion running smiley...

Every time you open your mouth and speak, I lose a little respect for you. You have really bad taste. How could you not love that movie?

QFT!

we used to spend hours in detention and that movie kept us sane

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
The Departed
The Godfather

The soundtrack of March of the Penguins is great! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émilie_Simon#La_Marche_de_l.E2.80.99empereur

Also the soundtrack to Hackers rocks!

Every time you open your mouth and speak, I lose a little respect for you. You have really bad taste. How could you not love that movie?
Every time you open your mouth and speak, I lose a little respect for you. You have really bad taste. How could you love that movie?

The Graduate

The use of contemporary music was actually groundbreaking in 1967. The music was pretty much exclusively by my favorite musical duo, Simon and Garfunkel.

The movie actually introduced me to their great music and has made me a huge fan of theirs. That movie can be credited with giving us the great song "Mrs. Robinson." THose who have seen the movie know what the song is really about and laugh when they hear it played during the "American Pie" films during scenes with Stifler's Mom.

An honorary mention goes to Forrest Gump, which features 37 great American classics from the 50s to the late 70s. It features The Byrds, Mamas and the Papas, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis, and many other groups.

Every time you open your mouth and speak, I lose a little respect for you. You have really bad taste. How could you not love that movie?

I suppose you think I should watch the movie again, maybe I'll somehow like it this time?

You didn't deny the soundtrack was awesome though. :)

Bend it like Beckham - Where else can you hear Nessun Dorma and Bollywood pop on the same disc?

Chicago - Jazz! And a lawyer controlling the press like puppets! What's not fun about that?

Rent - tho I liked the Broadway sdtk better. Rosario Dawson just isn't as convincing a Mimi as... What'sherface was.

Titan AE - Some really rockin tunes there. Plus, it was a great movie.

The Crow
The Crow: City of Angels
Escape From L.A.

Gettysburg's score by Randy Edelman

Gettysburg's score by Randy Edelman

I'll second that one...and throw in Lord of the Rings, Kingdom of Heaven, and A Clockwork Orange.

Immortal Beloved

Every time you open your mouth and speak, I lose a little respect for you. You have really bad taste. How could you love that movie?

The soundtrack though has everything from Aerosmith to Alice Cooper to Deep Purple, Skynyrd, Black Sabbath on and on. Can't deny THAT is great.

Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella circa 1965 TV version.

I had to play the pit orchestra for the Rogers and Hammerstein version of Cinderella. At one point I enjoyed it. Now it haunts my nightmares.

Worst. Pit Music. Ever. :(

SW ep 5: The Empire strikes back

the imperial march rawks, it's my unofficial anthem!

SW FTW!!!

My faves are:
All SW
LOTR:TT
HALO
Collateral

The 300 soundtrack is going to rock my socks off...given I play it loud enough and don't rupture my eardrums in the process.

The soundtrack though has everything from Aerosmith to Alice Cooper to Deep Purple, Skynyrd, Black Sabbath on and on. Can't deny THAT is great.

And the Nuge. Anything even remotely associated with the Nuge is great.*

Great soundtrack. Loved the movie, too.

*with the exception of Michigan

Overall? Hands down, Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for That Last Temptation of Christ.

The Good,The Bad & The Ugly
The Last of The Mohicans
Braveheart

Solid State Society

The soundtrack (http://www.therandomorwhateverwillbewilderme.com/Arsalan/Clint%20Mansell/The%20Fountain/?C=S;O=D) for The Fountain, by Clint Mansell. He did Requiem for a Dream as well, and he's rapidly becoming one of my favorite composers.
Hey, that soundtrack's really good.

Star Wars [/bandwagon]
LOTR
Schindler's List

Jarhead.

T-Rex, Public Enemy, Tom Waits, Bobby McFerrin...

Plus the music scored for the film is cool as well.

anyone made mention of 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' yet?
go on, admit it: as soon as you read that title, you heard THAT whistle in your head.

Judgement Night soundtrack is pretty good. Movie shit, but soundtrack good.
Also Trainspotting (but unlike JN, movie was good)

Rabbit-Proof Fence, FTW.

The Da Vinci Code soundtrack is pretty awesome. It has a nice, eerie yet epic feel to it.

I'm surprised no one mentioned it.
that's cause the movie, like the book, was shit and most ppl would prefer to forget both.

Another one:
Dogs in Space.

The Da Vinci Code soundtrack is pretty awesome. It has a nice, eerie yet epic feel to it.

I'm surprised no one mentioned it.

...People actually watched The Da Vinci Code?

Wow...

If you want what I believe to be one of the most evocative soundtracks I've ever heard, you're going to have to listen to the soundtrack to Schindler's List. John Williams teamed up with Itzhak Perlman gives a rich emotional overtone to the film.

Title says it all. Mine used to be The star wars saga with John Williams, but Now I think i found a new fav. soundtrack with 300 by Tyler Bates. Its so fricking awesome. :)

Back to the Future. Johnny B Goode ROCKS. And the James Bond soundtracks are great too.

I had to play the pit orchestra for the Rogers and Hammerstein version of Cinderella. At one point I enjoyed it. Now it haunts my nightmares.

Worst. Pit Music. Ever. :(

R&H don't write great music, they write great songs.....there is a difference. *nod*

The use of Barber's Adagio for Strings during Platoon is inspired. John Williams SW and Schindler's List. Ennio Morricone in the western trilogy. Philip Glass's music to The Hours.

Basil Poledouros' arrangement to Conan the Barbarian. Just barely better than his music to The Hunt for Red October.

The Matrix series, and The Animatrix shorts.
Juno Reactor and Rob Dougan are phukkin amazing.

Gotta love SW soundtracks especially Anakin's Dark Deeds, fell in love with it went it fitted perfectly with Kashykk in BF2- really doing it there.

As for 300 only seen the trailer but love that it's got Just like you imagined by the NIN- never heard it elsewhere except when I'd downloaded it like 5 months ago and was gonna use it for my A-level short. I actually have a different view of the flick now and wanna check it out.

Other that that LOTR, FMJ and Sin City spring to mind.

Gotta be score-wise:

Gladiator
Road To Perdition

and also a coupla themes:
The Bourne theme from Supremacy
The opening titles from Catch Me If You Can
The opening titles/hero's theme from Spider-Man 2
The Neo/Trinity theme from Revolutions

and in terms of soundtrack:

The Matrix - LOVE that album
Jarhead's is very good also
American Beauty gets a look-in

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
The Departed
The Godfather

I wholeheartedly agree with your first three picks. I would also like to add:

"More" - by Pink Floyd 1969
"Obscured by Clouds" - by Pink Floyd 1972

Additionally:
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
A Clockwork Orange

My top 2 would be Star Wars and The Lord Of The Rings. The epic feel of the music fits the films well. From Star Wars, the Imperial March and Duel of the Fates are the two main ones that come to my mind. From LOTR, Evenstar, the Bridge of Khazad Dum, and the White Tree are my favourites.
Other films that I liked the main themes of:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Schindler's List (which I haven't actually seen)
Stargate
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones

Favourite movie ST? Either X/1999, Utena, Spirited Away or Neko no Onaegashi...

i don't listen to a lot of soundtracks, but my favourite would be 'requiem for a dream'. Kronos Quartet FTW

i also think that AM180 by grandaddy, wich i like a lot, was on the soundtrack of 28 days later.

The Silent Hill sountrack was great.

I almost made my roomate shit himself when I blared that siren over my labtop while he was asleep :p.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! :D

2001: A Space Oddyssey.

Thus Spake Zarathustra FTW. *monolith smiley*

The Royal Tenenbaums

Lawrence of Arabia is my favourite. I'm not going to try to describe it.

I'd like to toss in Tron.

Probably most of John Williams' stuff.

Oh, and the theme from "Halloween". :)

Probably most of John Williams' stuff.

Oh, and the theme from "Halloween". :)

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Star Wars

The Lord of The Rings

Batman

Samurai X

Titanic

Spider-Man

Title Themes I Really Like:

Catch Me If You Can

Spider-Man 2

Charlie and the Choclate Factory

Back to the Future

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! :D

Two heads are better than one, man. It's double the pleasure, triple the fun!

Why no love for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and For a Few Dollars More? Do none of you know your Morricone?

Behind them I would put the soundtracks to Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Grease (I don't even like musicals, but you're a fool if you don't cite this movie in the annals of great soundtracks), and rounding out the top five, the soundtrack from Bubba Ho-Tep.

I am trying to get back into Nation States..posting is sometimes a good thing...

I used to be keen on John Williams' Star Wars as most of you here stated but now I think it's John Williams' Harry Potter soundtrack. I mean have you ever watched Harry Potter WITHOUT the music? I think the movies stick becuase of the soundtrack..but then on the other hand, maybe it's really Harry Potter I like and John Williams' soundtrack is part of that..I mean would I sit around and listen to Harry Potter soundtracks without watching the movies?
hmmmm..
I DO have a special place in my heart for The Sound of Music and that was BEFORE Gwen went and did her lousy tribute to it with "Wind it Up". Yes, I like the movie but you can catch me on any given day singing the "yodelling song" or "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" or even better "Do Re Me"

Corny? Maybe. But such is the nature of HARU.

Ooo! I almost forgot!

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Crazy techno pop, FTW! :p

Title says it all. Mine used to be The star wars saga with John Williams, but Now I think i found a new fav. soundtrack with 300 by Tyler Bates. Its so fricking awesome. :)

I have more than one, a surprise to no one, i'm sure.

The Fifth Element
American Beauty
Little Shop of Horrors
Star Trek II / III
Braveheart
Donnie Darko
Gladiator
Lost Highway
Hideaway

I'm sure there's a few others as well.

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Dammit! Now i'm gonna have that stuck in my head all day! :(

anyone made mention of 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' yet?
go on, admit it: as soon as you read that title, you heard THAT whistle in your head.


Yes-I did just 4 posts ago.

But the way things haven been recently, you could have made your post before me.

Guys, Gals, go rent -- better yet, buy -- "The Magnificent Seven" That is the best scored movie ever.

"The Blues Brothers" comes in pretty close at second.

Guys, Gals, go rent -- better yet, buy -- "The Magnificent Seven" That is the best scored movie ever.

"The Blues Brothers" comes in pretty close at second.

I had totally forgotten about the Blues Brothers-I actually still have that LP.

Once Upon a Time in the West - In a reversal of the usual sequence of movie scoring, Ennio Morricone wrote the score first, and Sergio Leone filmed scenes to go with the score. It's "Horse Opera" at its most literal.

I'm also quite fond of the score of The Two Towers - the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy had fantastic music, but the middle part had the best, in my opinion.

Lost HighwayThis one could've made my list, if not for all the jazz interludes.

some of John Williams stuff is good. but for Favorite Soundtracks...

"Streets of Fire"
"FootLoose"
"Project A-ko"
"Sound of Music"

technically not Movies... but...
"Megazone 23"
"BubbleGum Crisis"
"Vandred"
"Full Metal Panic / Fumuffo / Second Strike"

I don't know why, but I really like the instrumentals on the Mulan soundtrack. Oh, and Amadeus as well, even though it's better with the movie than in standalone disc format.

Once Upon a Time in The West by Ennio Morricone is the pinnacle of soundtrack perfection.

Since most of my CD collection is film sound tracks, this should be fun...

In terms of actual OSTs, my top six at the moment have to be:


Children of Dune (Brian Tyler): Regardless of your opinion of the series, the sheer volume of music and the incorporation of an entire fictional language freely throughout the soundtrack, along with some very lively Middle Eastern melodies to really drive the mood of the movie, make this one a seriously great soundtrack.

300 (Tyler Bates): A great blend of traditional Mediterranean and Persian melodies with orchestration that, quite honestly, makes you want to get up and hit something... hard.

Passion of the Christ (John Debney): Now before you go postal on me for this one, hear me out. Yeah, the movie itself amounts to little more than Mel Gibson's wet dream come true, but the score is quite moving and incorporates nicely the various languages and cultures portrayed in the film without coming across as simply glued in.

Hellboy (Marco Beltrami): Again, this may come as a shock, but the sheer "quirkiness" of the score to this movie, plus its use of the haunting theme that makes up the totality of the song "Father's Funeral" makes it quite enjoyable.

Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman): I really can't explain this one, except to say that I tear up every time I hear it...

Superman Returns (John Ottman): The big surprise here was not that it was good, but rather that Ottman was able to take John Williams' amazing score from the original movies and expand on it enough to make it sound like something that, in my humble opinion, could have easily been written by Williams himself.


In terms of general soundtracks, my list is, in no particular order:


Kill Bill, Volumes 1 & 2
Sin City
The Matrix
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction (noticing a trend yet...?)