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This is a fairly simple thread, just post you favourite movie soundtracks. I'm curious not only as to what they are but also why you like them and why you think they suit the movie they are in.

At the moment mine is from Sunshine (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rWlXU2DeYkQ&feature=related).

The song just seems to perfectly encapsulate the final hope for mankind that is the main storyline of the film as well as the isolation of the main characters.

the soundtrack from "the graduate"

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Nixon.

Pirates of the Caribbean.

Barry Lyndon (adapted).

The Duellists.

Soundtracks from Movies...
"Pirate Move" is my Fav. I love the songs.
"Zapped" When I can find it.
"Fame" is my third favorite Movie Soundtrack.

Followed by "Transformers" the 1986 movie
and "Xanadu".

the soundtrack from "the graduate"

One of the guys in my class at high school had the surname Robinson and we had a music teacher who sang Mrs. Robinson every time he saw him.

I think it gave him a complex in the end.

Naked Lunch, Alfie (original), Mickey One...Ennio Morriconne

Incomplete list.

One of the guys in my class at high school had the surname Robinson and we had a music teacher who sang Mrs. Robinson every time he saw him.

I think it gave him a complex in the end.
i loved that song in '68 (when i was 11) but damn thats one mean teacher.

The Sting

A Fistful of Dollars}
-------------------------}ever notice that these two movies are the same story?
Last Man Standing}

House of 1000 Corpses

Heavy Metal

i loved that song in '68 (when i was 11) but damn thats one mean teacher.

What can I say, he has a miniature railway in his back garden. He's that type of person.

Heavy Metal

Hell yes. But it is almost the other way around, a collection of classic heavy metal songs with a movie attached. :hail:

Repo Man is a favourite of mine.

Ned Kelly, although a good movie, would be better without the soundtrack.

'nother vote for 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'Repo Man'
Also:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Midnight Cowboy
2001
Full Metal Jacket
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill

Ennio Morriconne is God. And Burt Bacharach is Jesus.

My favorite, of all time is Interview With the Vampire´s OST. Elliot Goldenthal really captured the essence of the book, IMO, for the film with his music.

Many soundtracks that Ennio Morricone and John Williams have made.

Those are great pieces of music.

And when it comes to soundtrack compilations, you can't really go wrong with the soundtracks that come along the Quentin Tarantino movies. Those are awesome.

And I'd also own soundtracks made by Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, Batman, The Thin Red Line) if they weren't so freaking expensive to buy.

Though I don't own any of his soundtracks, the music in the Kevin Smith movies is pretty good, too.

ever notice that these two movies are the same story?
I have. However, you forgot the original: Yojimbo. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/)

As for Heavy Metal, wonderful. The longest music video ever.

Blues Brothers, to cheat
Kill Bill was also good

I have. However, you forgot the original: Yojimbo. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/)

Oh Thank you! Thank you! I knew it was from a Japanese story but didn't know the name of it.
:)

Oh Thank you! Thank you! I knew it was from a Japanese story but didn't know the name of it.
:)
Oh, you're welcome!

It's a great movie. A little vintaged, sure, B/W 1961. But the storytelling is good. And you can tell how much Dollar copied from it.

I have all three movies on DVD. Come to think of it, I should really watch them in a row one day.

Terminator.

Pirates of the Carribean

Lord of the Rings

Star Wars.

The entire series of all of those?

This is a fairly simple thread, just post you favourite movie soundtracks.

At the moment mine is from Sunshine (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rWlXU2DeYkQ&feature=related)

I'll gladly second Sunshine...that movie rocked my socks, including the soundtrack.

I'll say that Dark City, Gettysburg, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are all amongst my favorites, but my all-time favorite score is from Kingdom of Heaven.

Oh Thank you! Thank you! I knew it was from a Japanese story but didn't know the name of it.
:)

And Yojimbo was based on "Red Harvest". So detective story becomes samurai story becomes western. Just goes to show that a good plot goes a long way.

Footloose -- the movie/music-video hybrid just before it was overdone.
Gothic -- Thomas Dolby, 'nuff said.
The Power of One -- some of Hans Zimmer's best work.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- with the gem cover of The Smiths ("Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want") by Dream Academy.
Spellbound -- Miklos Rosza's masterpiece.
Grease -- I was eight, of course I loved it.

Hackers and March of the Penguins! Great soundtracks! I love them!

Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- with the gem cover of The Smiths ("Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want") by Dream Academy.

^ This one

Grease -- I was eight, of course I loved it.

I'm 22 I still love it (well most of it)

I will also say Blues Brothers

and

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. *points for people who can tell me why*

Silent movies have the best soundtracks.

...actually, that sounds like an excellent name for a steampunk band:p

Silent movies have the best soundtracks.

...actually, that sounds like an excellent name for a steampunk band:p
So does Steampowered Jet

Hans Zimmer for me. Did he do the Van Helsing soundtrack?


However, most iconic has to be Apocalypse Now.

Hans Zimmer for me. Did he do the Van Helsing soundtrack?
Not listed as his on imdb.com
However, most iconic has to be Apocalypse Now.
I own that soundtrack, too - but to be honest, aside from the Ride of the Valkyries it's pretty lame. Platoon has a much better soundtrack.

I forgot Easy Rider somehow. Anyways, put that at the top of my list next to Repo Man.

The soundtracks to American Beauty and The Motorcycle Diaries. They both express the mood of the respective film just perfectly.

Not listed as his on imdb.com

I own that soundtrack, too - but to be honest, aside from the Ride of the Valkyries it's pretty lame. Platoon has a much better soundtrack.

Hmmm. Damn you.

Don't make me chooose!

Easy Rider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7tuUG6dLv4

Midnight Cowboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBemzu1Fchk

Forrest Gump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmrkY-EZy74

I like the soundtrack from "Queen of the Damned". They give me peace of mind, and gives me many reasons to want to be a vampire.

I like the soundtrack from "Queen of the Damned". They give me peace of mind, and gives me many reasons to want to be a vampire.

That movie was crap! It didn't made any justice to the awesome book it's based upon. The OST is passable, but the moview was shitty.

I couldn't really choose... I like quite a few movie tracks.

And yes, Queen of the Dammed was crap, but I couldn't help but like the music. :)

Gladiator is one of my favorite movies, it has an awesome soundtrack. Atleast in my opinion.

Braveheart I am a sucker for bagpipes so this is an obvious choice for me, i kinda like the movie aswell. Besides the mullets :p

Pirates of the Caribbean Liked it.

Gladiator is one of my favorite movies, it has an awesome soundtrack. Atleast in my opinion.

I like Enya's piece, Now We're Free. I was very surprised to find out the lyrics were in Hebrew.

When i watch a movie, I don't really think about the soundtrack very much.

The same was for Gladiator, but one day i got a the soundtrack in my hand and started listening to it, Wooooow, is all i can say!

It seems Basil Poledouris isn't here yet. Also theme from "Escape from New York". Also many, many more which I do not remember at the moment.

The Band! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5N4KrZ0pw)

And

There are two kinds of people in this world. . . (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awskKWzjlhk)

Edit: Warning! Don't watch the second one unless you've seen The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly before. It reveals the ending.

Pretty much all of Guy Ritchie's movies, even the awful ones, have amazing soundtracks.

Most Ennio Morricone stuff captures the mood really well. The Coen Brothers make great use of music, particularly the banjo fills in Raising Arizona and the whole of O Brother, Where Are Thou?. Tin Men has the Fine Young Cannibals at their grooviest. I guess I like quite a lot of the songs off Lost in Translation, Garden State, Juno. Aimee Mann's Magnolia stuff is fantastic.

If I had to pick one, I guess I might go for Dazed and Confused. Now, I don't really go for hair rock, and most of the music from the film I wouldn't ordinarily listen to. My reason for picking it, though, is that it does what a soundtrack should really aspire to: capture the overall mood of the film in a way that can shift from unobtrusive backdrop to attention-grabbing foreground as the story dictates.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
and
Pirates of the Caribbean

I'd agree with Sunshine, not because I specifically remember the music, but because the film was very enjoyable and the music would have played a large part in my enjoyment of it.

I find the best soundtracks are the kind that's not noticeable most of the time, but that sits in the background highlighting the specific moods and undercurrents of the plot. Prominent motifs can then be used as a kind of leitmotif to show connections between characters/events, but are not a requirement.

So, examples are:
Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell
Fistful of Dollars/Few dollars more/G-B-U - Ennio Morricone
The Hours - Philip Glass
Star Wars (original trilogy) - John Williams (though I loathe the Special Edition additions to RotJ's ending)
Schlinder's List - John Williams

Other films in a similar place (for me) as Sunshine:
Children of Men
The Fountain
Gladiator
Edward Scissorhands
Pan's Labyrinth

Hmmm. Damn you.

Don't make me chooose!
Don't damn me for your own lack of will to choose!
Gladiator is one of my favorite movies, it has an awesome soundtrack. Atleast in my opinion.

Braveheart I am a sucker for bagpipes so this is an obvious choice for me, i kinda like the movie aswell. Besides the mullets :p

Pirates of the Caribbean Liked it.
Solid choices!!!
Most Ennio Morricone stuff captures the mood really well.
Agree.
[...]and the whole of O Brother, Where Are Thou?.
Oooh, I totally forgot that one. "Man of constant sorrow" is just great!
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
and
Pirates of the Caribbean
Nothing screams "Empire" more than the Imperial March.

Nothing screams "Empire" more than the Imperial March.

Exactly why I picked it.

Zulu,Gettysburg,El Cid, She Wore Yellow Ribbon, Adventures of Robin Hood

I second the vote for Poledouris - his work on Conan the Barbarian and The Hunt for Red October was brilliant.

I second the vote for Poledouris - his work on Conan the Barbarian and The Hunt for Red October was brilliant.

...another good one.

I've always been partial to Bill Conti...Masters of the Universe had a somewhat cheesy but totally enjoyable score.

Schindlers List
Fiddler on the Roof
August Rush
The Red Violin

I forgot. This one is never mentioned except by people who've seen it, who are few, but it's an outstanding soundtrack: Bubba Ho-Tep. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10FiO8dNCY) Best B-movie in history.

Edit: Crap. Wasn't really watching; that video may not be entirely sfw.

I forgot. This one is never mentioned except by people who've seen it, who are few, but it's an outstanding soundtrack: Bubba Ho-Tep. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10FiO8dNCY) Best B-movie in history.

A truely awesome film.

Sleeping Beauty
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
The Adolescence of Utena
LoTR
Grave of Fireflies

Run Lola, Run! OST.

I forgot. This one is never mentioned except by people who've seen it, who are few, but it's an outstanding soundtrack: Bubba Ho-Tep. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10FiO8dNCY) Best B-movie in history.

Edit: Crap. Wasn't really watching; that video may not be entirely sfw.

I've seen it, I own it actually. I don't remember the soundtrack though. Great concept and great film but I enjoyed Man With The Screaming Brain more. That may or may not have a soundtrack, I dunno, I don't often remember.

'Casablanca'

it's the best movie of all time, so of course it has the best soundtrack... ;)

Run Lola, Run! OST.
Sweet!


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