great soundtracks

my wife and i watcher "moonlight mile" over the weekend and it has a wonderful soundtrack. made me think of movies with great soundtracks.

of course "easy rider' came immediately to mind, but there are many others.

comments.....

 

Psycho - Bernard Herrmann.

Wonderful music.

mud-

 

Every great movie has a great soundtrack(with the possible exception of THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, but hey, happens...)

Great soundtracks you can't help but remember:

GONE WITH THE WIND(Max Steiner)
CITIZEN KANE(Bernard Herrmann)
CASABLANCA(Max Steiner)
THE THIRD MAN(Anton Karas)
SUNSET BOULEVARD(Franz Waxman)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL(Herrmann)
SHANE(Victor Young)
ON THE WATERFRONT(Leonard Bernstein)
REAR WINDOW(Waxman)
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM(Elmer Bernstein)
THE SEARCHERS(Steiner)
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI(Malcolm Arnold)
VERTIGO(Herrmann)
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS(Masaru Soto)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST(Herrmann)
TOUCH OF EVIL(Henry Mancini)
LA DOLCE VITA(Nino Rota)
PSYCHO(Herrmann)
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER andJULES ET JIM(Georges Delerue)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE(David Amram)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA(Maurice Jarre)
CONTEMPT(Delerue)
8 1/2(Rota)
TOM JONES(John Addison)
DR. STRANGELOVE(Laurie Johnson; also did THE AVENGERS TV show)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT(Beatles & George Martin)
ZORBA ThE GREEK(Mikis Theodorakis)
DR. ZHIVAGO(Jarre)
FAHRENHEIT 451(Herrmann)
BLOW-UP(Herbie Hancock)
BATTLE OF ALGIERS(Ennio Morricone)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST(Morricone)
DIRTY HARRY(Lalo Schifrin)
THE WILD BUNCH(Jerry Fielding; also did HOGAN'S HEROES TV series)
THE GODFATHER 1 & 2(Rota)
JAWS(John Williams)
TAXI DRIVER(Herrmann; his last)
STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK(Williams)
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND(Williams)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS(Giorgio Moroder)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE and BLADE RUNNER(Vangelis)
MANHUNTER(Jan Hammer)
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD(Michael Convertino)
BLUE VELVET(Angelo Badalamenti)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS(Howard Shore)
BATMAN and ED WOOD(Danny Elfman)

To name a few...

ED

 

ED's list is pretty comprehensive, but here's a few:

The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Local Hero
The Family Way

 

DEAD MAN WALKING

 

The Idolmaker

 

Ennio Morricone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

 

THE MATRIX

 

My favorite soundtracks of all time:

Wonderwall Music
The Magic Christian
200 Motels
The Wall (not officially released as soundtrack)
The Kids Are Alright
Quadrophenia
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Magical Mystery Tour
Yellow Submarine
The Sorcerer (aka Wages of Fear)
Zabriski Point
Easy Rider
Shaft
Superfly
Woodstock
Blue Velvet

 

Agree with Ken, Ghost and Mrs. Muir is one of my favorites. Two other great Herrman scores that no one mentioned yet are Journey To The Center Of The Earth, and Mysterious Island.
In a more "modern" vein, I loved the sountrack to Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY.
Really liked HIGH FIDELITY too, all record collectors should identify with that film.

 

Forgot to mention Randy Newman, who has written a great number of excellent film scores: Avalon, The Natural, Toy Story, Ragtime, etc. etc.

 

Geeeze. You two didn't leave anything for the rest of us. This is going to be a short thread.

Jamie said it nicely in the British Invasion thread the other day.

You too Vex.

 

My all-time favorite sountrack is "One From The Heart". All songs composed by Tom Waits and performed by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle. Absolutely great music! Waits earned an Academy Award nomination for the score in 1982.

 

For my list, I avoided the compilation soundtracks; lotsa great ones, but too easy. I was thinking of the score as a work specifically written for a film. And I know I've missed some good ones, but others are picking up the slack

Wish I'd remembered HEAD; "Circle Sky" is probably the strangest, most rocking thing they ever cut(though "Pleasant Valley" and "Valleri" are pretty hot, too), and it still sounds pretty neat(they rerecorded it for that TV special from years back).

ED

 

Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Say what you will about the movie itself (but then, I'm one of the few who's always liked it), but the music is always considered some of his best work. I love it.

Every so often, I pop in that 20th anniversary CD and crank it up - those low blaster beam hits give my sub quite a workout.

And then there's Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams

Joel

 

Over the Edge-1978

 

Oh Yea!, Star Trek The Motion Picture...Great Jerry Goldsmith!

 

Meet Joe Black...

 

Braveheart! One fine soundtrack...and I don't care what they say...a fine flick!
The Music is perfect for the mood...I Play that often...

 

Mahogany -- probably wins the award for "best soundtrack to worst movie"
Bladerunner -- Vangelis (actually, any of Vangelis' soundtracks...)

 

Eddie and the Cruisers!!!

 

Soundtracks to Roger Hammerstein musicals, many which have been made into movies.