Great Movie Soundtracks

[Ghostsoldier]

Thomas Newman is one of the few composers working today who has their very own style, his score for ROAD TO PERDITION is a masterwork. I love the silence between the notes (as Miles Davis might have said) of his piano work.

I couldn't have said it better....definitely, anything by Newman...just about anything by Danny Elfman....
Rob

 

[Kermez]

 

[Ethan Bentley]

"Once Upon A Time In America" music by Ennio Moriricone

One of the best there is.

 

[campy]

James Horner: The Rocketeer
E. W. Korngold: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
F. Waxman: Taras Bulba
J. Goldsmith: The Blue Max
E. Bernstein: The Ten Commandments

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Another vote for the soundtrack of Lawrence of Arabia.


Composer Maurice Jarre hit that one out of the ballpark!


I also loved the soundtracks of Alien, Gandhi, Monsoon Wedding and Slumdog Millionaire.


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[barra063]

A couple of my favourites.

Dambusters theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0aVMrsodbc&feature=related

Man from Snowy river theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoZfSxUDB80&feature=related

And Oxygene Pt 2 used in Gallipoli particular when Mel Gibson is acting as a runner to get a message through to avert another wave going over the top to certain slaughter. Kinda weird choice of music but it really fits.

 

[astrang1]

Hello,
One of my favourites is the score to 'The Shadow' by Jerry Goldsmith.
Plus the Indiana Jones movies try imagining the film without that theme.
Best wishes,
Al

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Not so much a soundtrack but a " Pot Puri" of a swag of bette davis film music

" Fasten your seat belts its going to be a bumpy ride" Individual Track Details:

1. Now, Voyager: Fanfare and It Can't Be Wrong by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA



2. Dark Victory: Blindness by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; USA


Notes: This selection also includes the themes "Winter" and "Resignation."


3. A Stolen Life: Main Theme by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; USA



4. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Queen Elizabeth by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; USA



5. Mr. Skeffington: Forsaken by Franz Waxman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944



6. In This Our Life: Main Theme by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942


Notes: This selection also includes the themes "Stanley and Roy" and "Finale."


7. All About Eve: Main Theme by Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950



8. Jezebel: Waltz by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938; USA



9. Beyond the Forest: Main Theme by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949


Notes: This seection also includes the themes "Rosa Moline," "The Train," and "Rosa's Death."


10. Juarez: Carlotta by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939



11. The Letter: Main Theme by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century



12. All This, and Heaven Too: Suite by Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1940

 

[WH1]

A very interesting article from the July 10th Wall Street Journal, about a movie score previously mentioned in this thread, the movie Chinatown, score by Jerry Goldsmith.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204261704574274152752739772.html

 

[Naphtali]

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Spain-Italy (1966): Western
Ennio Morricone's wonderful score and Eli Wallach are the only redemming features to the movie. And they improve it to "adequate." I'm not enthusiastic about senseless violence and explosions replacing character development and plot. The director who is near the top of the "avoid" list, for me is John Woo.

And once again, Ennio Morricone's wonderful score for "The Untouchables"
US (1987): Crime

 

[Diamondback]

Basil Poledouris's unreleased-except-bootleg score from Flight of the Intruder. Wonderfully patriotic, brassy, if you're into war-movie music the "Intruder March" should put a smile on your face at the speed of a screaming A-6 going off the catapult.

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[RP McMurphy]

While not really at all a part of the golden age...

Eddie Vedder's soundtrack for the film "Into The Wild". Beautiful solo acoustic guitar work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHcZ1wPsJYY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvYLZ-aLSXE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlFhbUCk5kw&feature=related

Great stuff, and an awesome story... to say nothing of Sean Penn's direction

 

[KY Gentleman]

Several sequences in "Sling Blade" had great music I thought.

 

[Jerekson]

A Beautiful Mind

Sounds ALOT like the Bicentennial Man song I linked to earlier. I would have sworn the two were from the same film.
As much as I truly adore James Horner, I can't help but notice his self-plagarism.

 

[Diamondback]

Most composers, IIRC, have a certain "signature" they like to insert into the score somewhere. Maybe Horner's just more aggressive about it... Poledouris used a lot of his US Navy "themes" from The Hunt for Red October again in Flight of the Intruder for example, although that may have been out of wanting to create an "institutional" feel.

 

[Story]

THE BOUNTY (mostly) by Vangelis
http://www.discogs.com/release/1002626

 

[Marzipan]

Preisner's soundtracks for Kieslowski's Red, White, and Blue Trilogy are amazing. Ethereal, dramatic, and poignant, they never fail to rouse intense emotion. Also, I adore the "Pan's Labyrinth" soundtrack. It's moody without being too dark and great as background music while writing.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Les Miserable

On My Own
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWoTYJqZkpI

Come To Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxPp...7186C686&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=23

 

[Alex Oviatt]

I love the soundtrack to "The Moderns" by Mark Isham and the classic "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" by Michel le Grand.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Richard Rodney Bennett's score for "Murder on the Orient Express." Very elegant and majestic - like the train itself.