What are your 4 favorite film soundtracks?

Lalo Schifrin, Che! (1969)
Jerry Goldsmith, The Chairman (1969)
Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfa, Black Orpheus (1959)
Alex North, Cleopatra (1963)
Jerry Goldsmith, Patton (1970)
Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

. . . sorry for the overcount, couldn't leave out any of them . . .

 

1. Half a Sixpence (unjustly obscure '60s musical starring Tommy Steele)
2. The Music Man
3. Hope Floats
4. Grease

 

American Beauty - my absolute favorite. The fantastic score is almost like another character.
The Fountain
Singles
Magnolia

 

Excellent!

 

Not counting albums about music

THE BIG CHILL
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
NOW AND THEN

 

A Hard Day's Night
The Harder They Come
Superfly
Repo Man

 

A Clockwork Orange (above all others)
Yellow Submarine
Head
The Rutles

 

Star Wars (1977) tied with The Empire Strikes Back (1980), John Williams, among selections from the other Star Wars films.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), John Williams.
Almost Famous (2000) tied w/ Easy Rider (1969), Various.
Magical Mystery Tour (1967 UK double-EP/or US Capitol LP), The Beatles, tied with More (1969), Pink Floyd.
Planet of the Apes (1968), Jerry Goldsmith, tied with Conan the Barbarian (1982), Basil Poledouris.

I'm sure there are many others, perhaps more deserving, but I'm neither a film nor film soundtrack 'buff'. It's mostly John Williams and the mainstream lot for me...

 

Cold Mountain (primarily the Jack White stuff; that dude's a genius [as if y'all didn't already know that])
Bubble (Robert Pollard)
Kids (various indie stuff, highlighted by Folk Implosion's "Natural One")
Jawbone (Paul Weller)
The Pick of Destiny (Tenacious D)

 

The Blues Brothers
Good Morning, Vietnam
Top Gun
My Girl
BONUS: The Bodyguard

For strictly instrumental scores:

The Russia House
Dances With Wolves
Schindler's List (The violin work speaks as a human voice with sadness and brings tears...)
Saving Private Ryan (Hymn to the Fallen....so strikingly beautiful....)

 

Star Wars - John Williams
The Godfather - Nino Rota
Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone

So many other wonderful scores. Hard to pick.

 

The Graduate
Last Action Hero
Wayne's World
Forrest Gump

 

Blade Runner-Vangelis
Conan the Barbarian-Basil Poledouris
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)-Brian May
Sorcerer-Tangerine Dream

Honorable mentions:
Heavy Metal
Saturday Night Fever
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

 

Blade Runner

Runaway Train (1985)

Harder They Come

2001 A Space Odyssey

 

Star Trek:TMP - Jerry Goldsmith



The Omega Man - Ron Grainer



The Final Countdown - John Scott


The Rocketeer - James Horner

 

You have excellent taste!

To add to my list from last year:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Bernard Herrmann)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (James Horner)
Rush Hour (Lalo Schifrin)
Godzilla (Akira Ifukube)

I could go on and there are also many TV series and composers that I could mention, but that's another thread.

 

Diva - Vladimir Cosma
The Best Offer - Ennio Morricone
Blade Runner - Vangelis
Vertigo - Bernard Hermann

 

When I'm in a certain mood another score that pushes toward the top is Jerry Goldsmith's The Edge. If anyone can capture scenic grandeur and awe, isolation, fear, horror, and hope in one score it's Goldsmith.

 

Thanks....obviously I am a dire straits fan....and ry cooder.....who doesn't love ry cooder?!!!there are more faves but these 4 are my d.i.d's!!!

 

all John Barry

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forver
Deadfall
Golfinger

 

Clash of the Titans - Laurence Rosenthal (my favourite movie soundtrack)
Krull - James Horner (not exactly a good movie, but the soundtrack is brilliant)
The Secret of NIMH - Jerry Goldsmith
King Kong - Max Steiner

 

Out of Africa - John Barry
A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre
Star Trek - the search for spock - James Horner (not a fan of Mr Horner as I do find he tends to regurgitate themes and motifs from one movie to the next, but stealing the enterprise is a classic piece of visual music)
Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman - probably just as guilty as Mr Horner but I do love this score)

TBF I could probably pick a completely different 4 on any other day - but these have been played recently

 

Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
Star Wars - John Williams
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Richard O'Brien
Maximum Overdrive - AC/DC

 

Agreed! every time I listen to that track, I picture everything that was happening during that scene in the movie.

 

Oh! And Casino Royale (1967)!