Great Movie Soundtracks

[Son_of_Atropos]

Sometimes the soundtrack makes the movie. This thread is dedicated to great movie soundtracks/ instrumentals.

Ennio Morricone -- Ecstasy of Gold -- scene from the movie Good, the bad, the Ugly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNh9f2Wwm0

Clint Mansell -- Movie:The Fountain -- Song title:"Last Man"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRYynBvzuE

Clint Mansell -- Movie: The Fountain -- Song: Xibalba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hUlHXQF57w

Maurice Jarre -- Movie: Lawrence of Arabia -- Overture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxHLzwlDY4

James Horner -- Movie: Legends of the Fall -- The Ludlows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BSNU2ZLyKM

John Williams -- Star Wars -- Binary Sunset
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcuLVOF__I


Add your favorites.

 

[Sefton]

"Sorcerer" music by Tangerine Dream.

"Once Upon A Time In The West" music by Ennio Moriricone

"Hanabi" music by Jo Hisashi

"Blade Runner" music by Vangelis

"Gojira" (U.S. "Godzilla King of The Monsters") music by Akira Ifukube

"Dirty Harry" and "Enter The Dragon" music by Lalo Schifferin

 

[Dixon Cannon]

'Curdled' with that great jazz solo "Obsession Confession" by Slash.

-dixon cannon

....also, 'Duets' with great songs sung by Gwyneth Paltrow and the cast. :eusa_clap

 

[Naphtali]

Maurice Jarre's music for "The Professionals" (1966), especially the beginning few minutes.

Music for "The Flim Flam Man" (1967).

Who receives credit for "The Sting" (1973) -- Scott Joplin, J.P Sousa, or Marvin Hamlish?

Does John Williams' score for "Jaws" (1975) count as music? Ditto for Bernard Hermann's score for "Psycho" (1960)?

James Horner's score for "Field of Dreams" (1989).

Max Steiner for "Casablanca" (1942). Here is a cheat: essentially any score by Max Steiner or Erich W. Korngold.

 

[Tomasso]

Vangelis - Chariots of Fire

Listen

 

[carter]

Miklos Rosa - Ben Hur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt5C9EruZ94
(Anything by Miklos Rosa, especially the theme song from "The White Room" which I have been unable to locate)

Maurice Jarre - "Lawrence of Arabia"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQMApVqU2AA

John Sturges - "The Great Escape"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsuAbTTsV8

Malcolm Arnold - "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r03GGpKedY

John Barry - "ZULU"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQD5zhS045o

Ryuichi Sakamoto - The theme of "The Last Emperor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcGY0dStHuA&NR=1

 

[WH1]

Last of the Mohicans entire soundtrack don't know who composed but it is great music

The Legend of 1900

 

[WH1]

Thief-music by Tangerine Dream Hmm I've listed 2 Michael Mann movies, must be a theme there

Glory-Soundtrack was a huge part of the movies impact

 

[Pduck]

The Big Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifxqOVt_YE8

Magnificent Seven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA

I think "Jaws" is probably the best soundtrack for enhancing the movie. "Psycho" also.

 

[Lincsong]

Patton

Rawhide isn't a movie soundtrack but it was a good theme song.

 

[Jerekson]

James Horner - The Machine Age from Bicentennial Man

Lalo Schrifin - Bullitt (skip hthrough a bit)

James Newton Howard - The Gravel Road from The Village

Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles

John Williams - Jurassic Park

Other great scores are Coccoon (James Horner), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (James Newton Howard), the Harry Potter scores (John Williams and Nicholas Hooper in particular), and Lady In The Water (James Newton Howard).

Star Wars, Legends of the Fall, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly have already been mentioned

If you guys want some more reccomendations, let me know. I consider myself a bit of a score expert; I've got about 30 gigs of soundtracks to movies (many of which I haven't even seen) on my hard drive, and I listen to the blasted things all day.

 

[Diamondback]

Anything by John Williams is a "Can't Go Wrong", as are most of John Barry's 007 scores. (We'll overlook Dr. No, aside from the opening theme...)

Jerry Goldsmith (Patton, MacArthur, The Shadow[1994], too many others to list) was another prolific and highly-skilled scorer, and Basil Poledouris did good work with The Hunt for Red October and Flight of the Intruder.

If the orchestral version of the music from Top Gun's "Maverick's Reengaging" scene were available, I'd add Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens.

Definitely James Horner. The Pelican Brief, Clear and Present Danger, Apollo 13--particularly "All Systems Go - The Launch".

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Just Some Personal Favorites...

Papillon-Jerry Goldsmith
The Swimmer- Marvin Hamlisch
Dances with Wolves- John Barry
Thirteen Days- Trevor Jones
Some Came Running- Elmer Bernstein
Farewell My Lovely- David Shire
Chinatown- Jerry Goldsmith
Mutiny on the Bounty- Bronislau Kaper
Lust for Life- Miklos Rozsa


and...

Lady in Cement- Hugo Montenegro

 

[HadleyH]

Two words: Max Steiner. "Gone With the Wind","Laura", "Casablanca" "A Summer Place".... and hundred of others. The man was a genius when it comes to great soundtracks! :eusa_clap

A lot of talent has been mentioned above. I really like Ennio Morricone and my favorite of his is from the 1973 movie "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" gorgeous music! :eusa_clap

Also i love Henry Mancini, who wrote the music for "The Pink Panther" and the song "Moon River" for the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's " plus many others :eusa_clap OMG!!!!!!!

 

[Son_of_Atropos]

Dark City; The Night Has A thousand Eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25e9ni85d_w

Dark City: Sway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fga2KSFrNp8


Conan the Barbarian's soundtrack added much to that movie.

Conan the Barbarian -- Main Theme - Basil Pouledoris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtNWljbF84

Conan the Barbarian -- Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom - Basil Pouledoris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGWF8mz1Zw

Batman -- Danny Elfman -- Main theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls

A few Dollars More -- The Vice of Killing by Ennio Morricone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJopL220kuE

A majority of the Lord of the Rings Movies

Bram Stokers Dracula: Mina's Photo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T4HU4TrBk

 

[thunderw21]

I posted this on another forum:


'Cold Case' theme song. It's something you'd expect to find on the Halo 3 soundtrack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5UjqRme9EU&feature=channel_page

'The Thin Red Line' had excellent music as well. I especially like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7wRZZ-4cTk&feature=related

'Unforgiven- Claudia's Theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16bxEtZhIE

'Road to Perdition- Road to Chicago':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddDOqw13h1w

'The Village'. A truly marvelous soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btEv8rb0eTA&feature=related

'Last of the Mohicans'. The whole movie is spectacular, but the music really made it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SoeDAPj6gg

 

[HadleyH]

Audrey Hepburn singing Henry Mancini's "Moon River'

sorry for being such a pest but.... does it get better than this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOByH_iOn88&feature=related

 

[The Wolf]

Two of my favorite golden age composers have already been mentioned: Miklos Rozsa and Max Steiner.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Spitfire]

Just love this classic piece from Battle of Britain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e7SG5u3jWI

 

[Carlisle Blues]

sorry for being such a pest but.... does it get better than this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOByH_iOn88&feature=related

No it doesn't.

Every so often I perform for US Veteran's Hospitals and retirement home, gratis. When I sing "Moon River" with my acoustic guitar, I look into the eyes of those for whom I am performing I can truly see right into their souls. It is as if I am seeing a lifetime of dreams, hopes and smiles of loves won and lost.

Mancini truly captured very soul of the "heart" .