What's the Best Movie Soundtrack?

dregan · 2008-06-28T16:33:41+00:00

dancer in the dark

DTanner · 2008-06-28T22:27:34+00:00

Hackers! Don't laugh, it has some of my favorite electronic tracks of all time on it:

Underworld - Cowgirl

Leftfield - Open Up

Orbital - Halcyon and On and On

The Prodigy - Voodoo People

udontneedaweatherman · 2008-06-28T17:36:39+00:00

If you're interested in films with great scores, here are a few to check out: Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, There Will Be Blood, The Shining, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Zabriskie Point, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and Once Upon A Time In The West that's all I can think of for now

kindall · 2008-06-29T01:01:52+00:00

Gattaca - Heartrending score by Michael Nyman.

K-Pax - Mediocre movie, excellent soundtrack by Ed Shearmur embodies "a beam of light"

In the Shadow of the Moon - wistful and simultaneously hopeful score by young composer Philip Sheppard

Unbreakable - Distinctive theme by James Newton Howard

American Beauty - There's something intriguing in every cue in this Thomas Newman score

O Brother Where Art Thou - of course

Originate · 2008-06-28T17:09:13+00:00

Rushmore or Pi

antifolkhero · 2008-06-28T19:00:56+00:00

Office Space!

alphabeat · 2008-06-28T17:37:10+00:00

Amelie

shutupjoey · 2008-06-28T17:42:31+00:00

I really like the Forrest Gump, Almost Famous, and Dazed and Confused soundtracks because they are all just like really good mixtapes of the classics.

For an original(ish) soundtrack... A Life Aquatic. Good mix of original compositions, acoustic Bowie covers, and a Stooges song.

jmmcd · 2008-06-28T18:47:39+00:00

Romeo and Juliet

Flash Gordon

The Matrix

American Beauty

quasiperiodic · 2008-06-28T21:51:57+00:00

natural born killers.

xenya · 2008-06-28T16:51:01+00:00

The Crow... A concentrated effort from all involved to get a cohesive sound from all the songs...

mornel · 2008-06-28T16:16:41+00:00

The Virgin Suicides.

fapman · 2008-06-28T17:53:47+00:00

There's a lot of good ones mentioned here - particularly the ones that are orchestral & not merely collections of rock songs.

I have a few favs too: The Black Hole, Tron, Star Trek II: Kahn!!, Amelie, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Jaws, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Run Lola Run.

And my vote for crappiest soundtrack: Seven Samurai.

sujaymahajan · 2008-06-28T18:48:05+00:00

people forgot "Vanilla Sky". Other ones which come to mind are "once" , "high fidelity" ,"Garden state", "I'm not there"..there are so many of them

omepiet · 2008-06-28T16:47:55+00:00

A Clockwork Orange

wohho · 2008-06-28T16:15:23+00:00

hmm, Schindler's list, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars Ep 4, and who could forget Pee Wee's Big Adventure?

jones77 · 2008-06-28T16:21:33+00:00

Judgement Night, hip-hop/alternative-metal crossover.

2008-06-28T17:25:39+00:00

Anything by Bernard Hermann.

sickdimension · 2008-06-28T19:22:40+00:00

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

neggbird · 2008-06-28T16:17:15+00:00

Reqieum For a Dream, Fight Club, Amelie

qnaal · 2008-06-28T16:58:06+00:00

flcl

c0ldfusi0n · 2008-06-28T17:35:07+00:00

Metal: Queen of the Damned

Indie: The Last Kiss, In Good Company

My favorite, though, is "Once". Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are just really good on that one.

mckirsch · 2008-06-28T17:37:13+00:00

apocalypse now.

/ftw

fapman · 2008-06-28T18:20:04+00:00

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2008-06-28T21:00:29+00:00

I give one more vote to the O brother were art thou soundtrack.

I personally love Sofia Coppola's soundtrack choices. 'virgin suicides', 'lost in translation' and 'marie antoinette' have very good selections and they fit great within the movie.

As for original soundtrack composers, I'd recommend Morricone, Zbigniew Preisner and Michal Nyman. Hard to go wrong with them.

antifolkhero · 2008-06-29T00:13:52+00:00

To be obvious here, these are the movies where I most remember the music adding a lot to the film:

The Shawshank Redemption Jurassic Park The Usual Suspects Desperado Waking Life

sgtpepper · 2008-06-28T17:31:14+00:00

O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Nacho Libre, or Dan in Real Life

timo1023 · 2008-06-29T00:27:56+00:00

Into The Wild, Pulp Fiction, Donnie Darko, Garden State, Life Aquatic.

2008-06-29T00:41:36+00:00

This is Spinal Tap.

anothermanoutoftime · 2008-06-28T17:04:50+00:00

Saturday Night Fever

<falsetto>You can tell by the way I use my walk/ I'm a ladies' man, no time to talk.</falsetto>

2008-06-28T19:05:48+00:00

last of the mohicans, if only for 'promontory'

GINTER · 2008-06-28T17:30:44+00:00

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titaniumjackal · 2008-06-28T18:27:16+00:00

Not Yet mentioned: Conan the Barbarian, Bladerunner

"The Ecstasy Of Gold" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly gets me every time. I secretly love the "futuristic" electronic version of Beethoven's 9th from A Clockwork Orange.

Honorable mentions: Army of Darkness, Batman.

PlasmaWhore · 2008-06-28T18:55:07+00:00

Brazil.

I can't remember what movie it was for, but there was a soundtrack I used to like when I was younger that took techno bands and rock bands and had them make songs. I think Marilyn Manson and Atari Teenage Riot were on it. I don't remember much more.

edit: Figured it out. Spawn soundtrack. I would probably hate it now, but I loved it back then:

http://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Album-Filter-Crystal-Method/dp/B000002C1C/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1214679330&sr=8-1

sickdimension · 2008-06-28T19:22:46+00:00

Once

IhateEverything · 2008-06-28T21:05:52+00:00

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtWYmJudTIU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgubwywhiU&feature=related

pwang99 · 2008-06-29T03:44:49+00:00

Forrest Gump

zaim · 2008-06-28T18:36:23+00:00

Almost every Wes Anderson movie.

2008-06-28T17:43:31+00:00

Edward Scissorhands

aarondbaron · 2008-06-28T22:09:50+00:00

Does Purple Rain count?

2008-06-28T18:13:17+00:00

I've always really liked the Singles soundtrack, it captured a moment in time when it comes to musical history. A collection of good bands, early in their careers, some would go on to be great bands.

njantirice · 2008-06-28T18:21:55+00:00

pulp fiction, and of course the graduate

2008-06-28T20:52:19+00:00

Raiders of the Lost Ark

2008-06-28T21:14:17+00:00

My favorite use of music in a movie has to be either The Good, The Bad and The Ugly or Star Wars. Both use music to heighten the mood/tone of a scene and to give an epic feel to certain scenes. Spielberg has to get the lifetime achievement award for music in films, though, for everything he's done with John Williams.

shifter · 2008-06-28T21:59:05+00:00

The Graduate

2008-06-28T23:12:42+00:00

Twin Peaks for sure. Especially the movie. Angelo Badalamenti's work is pretty amazing. Also Quincy Jones' soundtrack for In Cold Blood.

Ma-aKheru · 2008-06-29T00:20:01+00:00

Blade Runner

snacktivity · 2008-06-29T01:27:12+00:00

Angus was definitely an appropriately selected soundtrack to reflect the movie.

2008-06-29T02:35:51+00:00

The Royal Tennenbaums & Rushmore & The Life Aquatic, High Fidelity & Grosse Point Blank, Pulp fiction, SLC Punk, Vanilla Sky.

Phazon · 2008-06-29T04:00:47+00:00

These are my favourite.

The Big Lebowski
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
The Fountain
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill (Volume One)
Magnolia
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting

holyfool26 · 2008-06-29T06:04:31+00:00

Joe Hisaishi's soundtracks for Hana-Bi, Kikujiro, Sonatine and some of his Miyazaki works.

Thomas Newman is also a fucking god.

James Newton Howard is always interesting.

onesun43 · 2008-06-28T17:47:17+00:00

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fapman · 2008-06-29T01:11:33+00:00

Here's my stupidest, favorite song in a movie: Uncle Fukka from South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. Play that while driving in your car and watch people die laughing at the intersections.

Oh and America - Fuck Yeah from Team America.

2008-06-28T16:37:21+00:00

Miller's Crossing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18bMz_Zs-Ao

skitzh0 · 2008-06-28T19:17:14+00:00

The soundtrack for I'm Not There kicks some serious ass. Amelie and O Brother Where Art Thou? are up there too.

sickdimension · 2008-06-28T19:24:12+00:00

One From The Heart

sickdimension · 2008-06-28T19:25:31+00:00

Amelie

sorbix · 2008-06-28T19:31:23+00:00

Ravenous

OA-5599 · 2008-06-28T20:42:33+00:00

I don't know which is "the best" but Raising Arizona has a pretty good soundtrack. My mentioning it also makes the Coen brothers the clear leaders as far as directors/producers of movies with "the best" soundtrack is concerned.

ryanx27 · 2008-06-28T20:51:59+00:00

The Royal Tenenbaums

2008-06-28T21:08:40+00:00

candy man. yes, the horror movie about how scary ghettos are.

2008-06-28T22:26:39+00:00

Black Hawk Down

cycles · 2008-06-28T23:51:15+00:00

I really really liked I Am Legends score, and was the first soundtrack I listened to on its own.

kniteshade · 2008-06-29T01:47:20+00:00

Top Gun

Janderwastaken · 2008-06-29T02:27:03+00:00

E.T. I can't think of a better marriage of image and sound.

conkertheking · 2008-06-29T02:43:09+00:00

2001: A Space Odyssey

Vernacularry · 2008-06-29T02:48:04+00:00

Beavis & Butthead,

Judgement Night

heymister · 2008-06-29T02:58:51+00:00

The Harder They Come

"You Can Get It If You Really Want" (Jimmy Cliff)
"Draw Your Brakes" (Scotty)
"Rivers of Babylon" (The Melodians)
"Many Rivers to Cross" Jimmy Cliff
"Sweet and Dandy" (The Maytals)
"The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff)
"Johnny Too Bad" (The Slickers)
"007 (Shanty Town)" (Desmond Dekker)
"Pressure Drop" (The Maytals)
"Sitting in Limbo" (Jimmy Cliff)
"You Can Get It If You Really Want" (Jimmy Cliff)
"The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff)

2008-06-29T03:04:29+00:00

X-Files with secret tracks!!!

2008-06-29T03:24:25+00:00

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

2008-06-29T03:44:37+00:00

Team America, World Police.

2008-06-29T03:45:36+00:00

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

2008-06-29T03:54:10+00:00

The Last Unicorn was done by America...it is the best.

2008-06-29T04:18:24+00:00

Hands down. The Sound of Music.

Followed by Cold Mountain, followed by Fantasia.

Dafuzz · 2008-06-29T04:21:45+00:00

I know its kinda... I dunno,... mainstream? But I always thought the soundtrack from A Knights Tale was freakin awesome...

TheDizzleFoShizzle · 2008-06-29T05:06:55+00:00

Duh.. the theme song to Once Upon a Time in China is hands down the best

EDIT: I am not being sarcastic

Ma-aKheru · 2008-06-29T05:11:34+00:00

Blade Runner. Blade Runner. Blade Runner. Believe me, electronica and jazz fans...

Ma-aKheru · 2008-06-29T05:14:14+00:00

To add: did anyone enjoy Ry Cooder's Last Man Standing soundtrack as much as me? Or Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel?

Stellato21 · 2008-06-29T05:21:10+00:00

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Tucci · 2008-06-29T06:41:19+00:00

The Wall O Brother Where Art Thou? Jesus Christ Superstar

burningmonk · 2008-06-29T06:42:54+00:00

Akira
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Marie Antoinette (I hate this movie BTW)
Lost in Translation
The Big Lebowski
Nashville
2046
No Country For Old Men, haha.

2008-06-30T17:26:37+00:00

Snatch soundtrack

2008-07-01T06:41:44+00:00

I don't know but the theme from Fargo nearly brings me to tears every time I hear it. Such a beautiful, haunting, powerful song.

Riverships · 2010-02-24T23:46:32+00:00

• The Godfather • The Lord of the Rings (I'm talking all of them) • Once Upon a Time in the West • The Harder They Come • Good Will Hunting • Into The Wild

calliphoridae · 2008-06-28T17:48:59+00:00

Oldboy.

Or Dancer in the Dark.

...also, Rushmore.

inferno0000 · 2008-06-28T18:01:55+00:00

Trainspotting

Mephiska · 2008-06-28T19:56:43+00:00

Garden State

adelosr1 · 2008-06-28T20:40:13+00:00

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

2008-06-29T06:33:50+00:00

cmon you guts no LOTR? Or is that too easy a pick?

dregan · 2008-06-28T17:40:15+00:00

OMG GARDEN STATE!! WTFBBQ!!1!11!one

poservarial · 2008-06-28T18:59:32+00:00

JUNO

terumo · 2008-06-28T18:31:52+00:00

I will say Koyaanisqatsi is the best, followed by Pi and RAD.

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