What is your top 3 soundtrack albums?

G0odfellas
Bottle Rocket
Less Than Zero

 

The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
Hairspray
Childhood memories/nostalgia is playing a huge role here.

 

Soundtrack recordings from the film Jimi Hendrix
Vanilla Sky
Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Bullitt, Good the Bad and the Ugly; Taxi Driver

 

The Taking of Pelham 123 is a favorite too

 

I don't have many but a few favorites with good sound to boot are

Psycho - Herrmann (Unicorn UK)
Quo Vadis - Rosza (London Phase 4)
Peter Gunn - Mancini (RCA Victor)

Also not soundtracks per se, but the RCA Film Score series by Gerhardt / Wilkinson are great.

 

Off the top of my head:

Jesus Christ Superstar-Original Broadway Cast
Falcon and the Snowman-Pat Metheny
Local Hero,The Princess Bride-Mark Knopfler

 

Bladerunner
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
The Night of the Hunter

 

West Side Story
The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins

 

Repo Man
Deadwood
Little Mermaid

Yes, I have children.

 

I'm going to separate this into two categories:
MOVIES ABOUT MUSIC:
1. A HARD DAYS NIGHT
2. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
3. SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

OTHER MOVIES:
1. AMERICAN GRAFFITI
2. FORREST GUMP
3. THE BIG CHILL

 

Without a doubt my favorite is Cal by Mark Knopfler. Local Hero is good and gets a lot of mention but Cal is deeper,wider Celtic Soul.

The Last Waltz
The Secret Of Roan Innish

 

Thief
Blade Runner
Pretty In Pink

Two honorable mentions from posts above that barely missed my top three:

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Falcon And The Snowman

 

I've never even seen that movie and I've had the soundtrack since it was new. Slayer's version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" should be legendary. Also, it was the first exposure I ever had to Glenn Danzig and the "To Sir with Love"-like song made me think he was a macho balladeer along the lines of the then-emerging Michael Bolton.

 

For me its got to be One From The Heart. The music serves as the movie's narrative. Crystal Gayle's voice is the perfect foil to Tom Waits rasp.

 

Great thread! And awesome avatar!

 

A Hard Day's Night
Baby Snakes
Who Made Who (Maximum Overdrive)

 

The Harder They Come
The Last Waltz
The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle

 

Singles
Into the Wild
Easy Rider

 

I can't choose just three.

Alan Price -O Lucky Man!
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks; Fire Walk With Me
Wendy Carlos -A Clockwork Orange
Repo Man
Kids

 

a hard days night
help
assault on precinct 13

 

Passion of Christ
Purple Rain
Natural Born Killers

 

"Yellow Submarine Songtrack"- preferred over old soundtrack version
"Let It Be"- love all variations of the "Get Back" project film albums, the original, "Naked" etc.
"Magical Mystery Tour"- a shorter film with one side of film songs & another side of non-film songs.
"Help"- U.K. version with one side of film songs & another side of non-film songs preferred over U.S. actual film soundtrack
"A Hard Day's Night"- U.K. version with one side of film songs & another side of non-film songs preferred over U.S. actual film soundtrack

 

A Clockwork Orange
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
The Concert for Bangladesh

honorable mention: The Monkees Head

 

Pulp Fiction
American Graffiti
Psych-Out - This one is short due to being a 60s single-vinyl album (now available on cd as well). The main reason that I picked it is because it introduced me many years ago to Strawberry Alarm Clock & The Seeds - both great 60s psych bands. I went nuts on collecting 60s psych thereafter.