Favorite Movie Soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith - 'The Omen'-trilogy

 

Pinocchio
Dumbo
The Conversation
The good parts of Godfather 2
Paris Texas
American Beauty
Opening theme for 6 Feet Under

The Searchers score works well within the movie

 

Triple ditto on "The Mission"
Ditto on "2001" and "The Last Picture Show"
I also enjoy "Out of Africa" and Tan Dun's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

 

Blade Runner
Local Hero
Saturday Night Fever

 

Changed the rules.

 

I usually don't like collections of already released songs. They usually are just the director/producer telling you how good their taste is. I'm looking at you, Wes Anderson. The Harder They come is a exception. It was most likely just about everybody in the US's first exposure to those songs, and Jimmy Cliff played the role of a recording artist in the film, so it wasn't as contrived as trying to express the feeling of dispair with a Velvet Underground or Laffin' Lenny Cohen song. Another exception is the early John Waters films that featured sleazy rock & roll and R& b songs to compliment the low budget grimness of the films themselves.

I like original scores. Super Fly is my favorite. I also like Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, and That's the Way Of the World, though in the latter's case, I haven't seen the film. the Popol Vuh soundtracks to Herzog films are great as well.

 

My favorite is Saturday Night Fever.

 

Streets of Fire
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Heavy Metal
Vision Quest

 

Moon


This Is Barry »

 

John Williams - Star Wars (1997 Special Edition)
John Williams - Empire Strikes Back (1997 Special Edition)
John Williams - E.T. (original album)
John Williams - Home Alone
John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha
Ennio Morricone - The Mission
Dany Elfman - Batman

 

Anything by Ennio Morricone released in 1971! Such an amazing year for him artistically.

After that "Once Upon A Time In America" and "The Best Offer". Morricone is really the greatest film music composer of all time. With over 500 film soundtracks to his name, he's also the most prolific composer alive.

 

'fast times at ridgemont high'

when it came out it had so much new material on it by so many of the artists that i liked. and i still like it.

 

BATMAN RETURNS
HOOK
THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY
BACK TO THE FUTURE
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
MOULIN ROUGE!
SCHINDLERS LIST
STAR TREK: WRATH OF KHAN
THE LION KING

Guilty pleasure:
Labyrinth

Special mention:
Soundtracks compiled by Quentin Tarantino such as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction etcetera. He always seems to be able to pick songs that enhance his movies.

Same for Baz Luhrman films

 

Steiner's King Kong....the godfather of all soundtracks!

 

Defending Your Life. And, it's a pretty good movie, too!

 

Local Hero
Guardians of the Galaxies
Inception (Hans Zimmers material)

 

Here's a few left-field entries:

Wild Things - George S. Clinton
Out of Sight - David Holmes
Paranorman - Jon Brion
Wag the Dog - Mark Knopfler

 

Probably my all-time favorite movie soundtrack is actually a Bernard Herrmann compilation album called "The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann that is Herrmann conducting genre score cues from a handful of his sci-fi/fantasy films. However, I'm going to threadcrapimus maximus and list a whole slew of my favorite *released* complete film scores (thus no favorites like a few Hammer horror film scores like Horror Of Dracula, etc).....

Movie Score Soundtracks:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Excalibur
Clockwork Orange
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Mysterious Island
Jason And The Argonauts
Conan The Barbarian
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Jaws
Interview With A Vampire
Amadeus
A.I.
The Fountain
The Machinist (El Maquinista)
The Prestige
Eyes Wide Shut
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Ed Wood
The Ghost And Mrs Muir
Atragon
Godzilla (1954 original)
Mothra Vs Godzilla (1964 version)


Pop Music Soundtrack Compilations:

Purple Rain
Spinal Tap
Pulp Fiction
Tommy
Return Of The Living Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
Heavy Metal
Repo Man
Desperado
The Crow
Trainspotting
Saturday Night Fever

 

rashomon
nights of cabiria
la strada
juliet of the spirits
if ….
lawrence of arabia
fistful of dollars
the good the bad and the ugly
the red shoes
vertigo
psycho
knife in the water
rosemary's baby
planet of the apes (1968)
the conversation
aguirre: wrath of god
taxi driver
jaws
star wars
star trek :the motion picture
apocalypse now
excalibur
blade runner
alien
paris, texas
wings of desire
the english patient
punch drunk love
eyes wide shut
ride with the devil
the double life of veronique
three colors : red
se7en
batman begins




amadeus
2001: a space oddysey
a clockwork orange
barry lyndon
the shining
full metal jacket


beyond the valley of the dolls
american graffiti
more american graffiti
dazed and confused
boogie nights
pulp fiction
jackie brown
goodfellas



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