| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/8/2008 5:39:50 PM | In MY opinion...
The greatest film score of all time is Bernard Herrmann's score for the 1076 film OBSESSION.
Others I consider "the best":
Rudy - Jerry Goldsmith
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Bernard Herrmann
Jaw 2 - John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - John Williams
Hoosiers - Jerry Goldsmith
Cocoon - James Horner
Cast Away - Alan Silvestri
Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri
Logan's Run - Jerry Goldsmith
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef - Bernard Herrmann
Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
...to name a few of MY favorites! | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/8/2008 6:25:33 PM | Ummmm... make that the 1976 film OBSESSION... I don't think that celluloid was around in 1076! roll: | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/8/2008 6:31:19 PM | | The Rock (with Shawn Connery) Instrumental. Turn that one on full blast, amazing music. I've had to buy it 3 times. | |
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Posted: 7/8/2008 7:06:20 PM | | Don't know if I think this one's the best one or not but I remember being stone broke for a wee while down in the maritimes in the early 80's and working out in my little flat since i could afford little else to do at the time but workout. I'd stack up a couple of albums and end the workout with my roommates album from Chariots of Fire. Good album. | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/9/2008 6:27:24 AM | Some great ones on here, most of mine have already been covered but if you haven't, you MUST check out these ones:
Black Snake Moan
The Crow
Romeo & Juliet (new version)
The Lost Highway
The Matrix
A friend in the room just mentioned that the Spawn soundtrack is pretty good too...
I have to agree with a poster a few comments back about the obvious and common use of music on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, you could almost predict what was going to come next, it was totally over saturated with contrived meaning, meh. | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/9/2008 7:25:29 AM | not in any order
Forest gump
Goodfellas
Star Wars films
Gladiator
James Bond 
waynes world
Zulu
Aliens
snatch
to name a few | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/9/2008 7:30:40 AM | ...The Mission
...Edward Scissorhands
...Across the Universe | |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:53:34 AM | titanic
ghost
thornbirds
north and south
saturday night fever
dirty dancing
top gun
godfather
fiddler on the roof | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/9/2008 12:41:29 PM | well it depends on what u mean by soundtrack.
if your talking about the background music themes composed for a movie wich doesnt mean songs by popular singers a few comes to mind.
titanic is a good soundtrack that captures well the feel of the movie.im not talking about the celine dion song there.im talking about the music by james horner.the irish instruments and stuff.
the soundtrack score for the first alien movie by jerry goldsmith is quite effective for the movie.its actually one of the things that makes the movie good.its very unique.
the score for the action movie total recall by jerry goldsmith is quite underated.the sound of the score goes well with the violence in the movie.i know its a weird thing to say but its true.
the first die hard movie had a terrific score by micheal kamen(who died).it was another thing that made this movie perfect.
the rocky movies another great score by bill conti(who did also good work on the karate kid series)
other movies comes to mind but... | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/9/2008 1:58:54 PM | Bathurst..
You sound like my type of person! Kamen was only 55(I think) when he died a few years ago.
And you're correct; ALIEN wouldn't have been NEARLY as scary if Goldsmith hadn't composed the score! FYI... the Intrada label released the COMPLETE score for the film, as it was intended to be used! Scott monkeyed with Goldsmith's score so much that it became nearly a jumbled mess.
And Total Recall is yet another fine example of Goldsmith's genius! "End of a Dream" is just an incredible adrenaline-pumping piece of scoring!!
Oh... another score I consider to be "the best" is Goldsmith's score for The Wind and the Lion, which Intrada also released in it's complete form!
And while you're talking about Horner, I'll also mention his delicate score for The Spitfire Grill... a prime example of what Horner CAN do, when he's not constantly plagiarizing other composer's work! | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/9/2008 2:39:48 PM | | my #1 favorite movie soundtrack is............FLASHDANCE!!!! | |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 12:41:24 AM | | Well, theres Trainspotting, Fear and Loathing, Pulp Fiction, Almost Famous, Easy Rider, and Dazed and Confused on my list. The only one I didn't see before was I Am Sam, I love the Beatles. | |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 12:55:32 AM | | Have to agree with bathurstman also; I really like the score for Schindler's List and it's a hard choice between that and Alien for which I prefer more. | |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 10:58:50 AM | TWISTER - basically all Van Halen
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
A Walk to Remember - it's a lot more than Mandy Moore | |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 11:31:14 AM | | Gotta admit I'm looking forward to the soundtrack from Momma Mia | |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 3:17:05 PM | Walk the Line.
Beverly Hills Cop (the first one).
Top Gun.
Sleepless in Seattle.
Dirty Dancing. | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/11/2008 8:12:49 AM | -hackers
-payback
-matrix
-trainspotting
I'm more of an electronica fan | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 10:47:24 AM | Personally i prefer music rather than songs in a film,
my favs are ROBIN AND MARION, THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY,ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. all have neck tingling music. | |
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| Best Movie Soundtrack
Posted: 7/11/2008 12:00:29 PM | WOW! I NEVER expected ANYone to mention Barry's beautiful score for Robin and Marion!
BTW... the Silva label rerecorded this score a few years ago, and I think it's still readily available. Wonderful music!
I'll also recommend Barry's score for The Lion in Winter... HIS best score! | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 5:00:33 PM | | John Williams is the soundtrack king. My favorite would be Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. I also have CDs for many of the '90s Disney films, the best being Lion King. And I have to give props to Weird Al's soundtrack to UHF. | |
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Posted: 7/11/2008 10:29:04 PM | Requiem For A Dream Soundtrack. Although it is very sad and depressing.
For musicals: Wicked.   | |
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Posted: 7/12/2008 6:21:15 AM | Best movie soundtracks
Queen of the Damned, Heavy Metal and Fear an Loathing in Las Vegas.
For me the mark of a good soundtrack album is one that you like pretty much all of. Actually that applies to any album. | |
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Posted: 7/12/2008 7:39:31 AM | Mant years ago at a former employers I used to play the sountrack to the movie Patton. Over and over!
It was inspirational and helped me focus. I still love the soundtrack. | |
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