Greatest Soundtracks of All Time?

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I would throw Bedazzled (Dudley Moore) and Planet of the Apes (original) into the hat.

― shaun k, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Forbidden Planet (Louis & Bebe Barron). Midnight Express (Giorgio Moroder). I love the theme from "Caddyshack", what a weird production!

― tarden, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Midnight Cowboy Mrs Robinson Blow Up Pump up the Volume Romeo and Juliet (1996) One Trick Pony Nashville

― anthony, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

read the graduate. sleepy i am

― anthony, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Psycho theme, Taxi Driver theme, The Terminator theme, Halloween theme,Thunderball theme,Betty Blue theme, any Sergio Leone movie, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, O brother where art thou?,Saturday night fever

― Michael Bourke, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the good the bad and the ugly, breakfast at tiffanys, american beauty, invisible circus.

― ty@hotmail.com, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

what about claude bolling's borsalino (circa 1970?). mechanical piano action in belmondo&delon 1920s period french gangster flick...

― gareth, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Repo Man and Pretty In Pink are the only ones that spring to mind, but that's probably cause I stopped watching movies in the 80s.

Best soundtrack to a movie that was never made: Give Daddy The Knife, Cindy by Naz Nomad and the Nightmares (also known as the Damned). Now THERE is a movie I would have LOVED to have seen.

Worst soundtrack ever: The Lost Boys. AAARRRRGGGHGHGHGHGHGHGH!!!

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ah, but kate, while the lost boys soundtrack may not be much, you should get gold of dj force & evolution's 'lost it' which samples those kids going "thou shall not fall" (or whatever) from lost boys. an *extremely* late period olskool/breakbeat hardcore record (late 93, maybe 94)...

― gareth, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Gareth - great track that. Thanks for reminding me about it.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Are we counting 'A Hard Day's Night' / 'Help!'?

Anyways: Clint Mansell's 'Pi' and 'Requiem For A Dream' soundtracks (imagine that talent repressed for years under PWEI - oh it makes you weep!) 'Alien'; 'Rushmore'; Maurice Jarre's 'Lawrence Of Arabia' (final proof, if it were needed, that talent ISN'T genetic).

― DavidM, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

NEVERENDING STORY

Limahl is awesome.

― -- Mike Hanley, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe that no one mentioned "The Clockwork Orange"...

― Simone, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Come on people, Blade Runner! The end title music is the best thing done on synthesisers ever. Possibly. Like DavidM, I'm fond of the Alien soundtrack, it's nice and understated, unlike the score for the other two*1 films - though Alien3's score is suitably over the top.

*1 - Alien Resurrection was never made. You imagined it.

― DG, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Labrinyth, obviously. All threads combined, all harmonious life.

― Ally, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bunch of goddamn liars, all of you. You know damn well you can all hum just about everything from the original _Star Wars_ and _Empire Strikes Back_ soundtracks in your sleep. Though if you don't know the original Ewok song, that's probably a good thing.

Favorites soundtracks? _Gigi_, probably, _Pretty in Pink_ had something too, though I never owned it or saw the movie (heard the music enough, though). Actually, the _Ferris Bueller_ soundtrack would have been great if they had ever actually *released* it. _Apocalypse Now_ made pretty effective use of the Doors' "The End," though that's not original soundtrack material.

_The Lost Boys_ had some idiocy but also some goodness (Echo doing the Doors, for instance). A bit like _The Crow_.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, _Blade Runner_, duh, thank you. I knew Vangelis was coming to mind but it was bugging me that I couldn't pin down what I wanted to say!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Um...hey, anybody ever hear of a movie called PURPLE RAIN?! That soundtrack was pretty good.

― Mark, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The theme from 'Get Carter' as well. Obviously. Unless it's that remix I've heard. The Human League version isn't too bad either, come to think of it.

― DG, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

...and I think Top Gun probably blows away Lost Boys for worst soundtrack; though that Berlin song is good.

― Mark, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The soundtracks that John Carpenter scored, esp. Assault on Precinct 13. Oh, and The Thief soundtrack (Tangerine Dream).

― sandy o., Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

_Purple Rain_ isn't a movie, Mark, it's an extended goddamn video. An entertaining one, sure, but I think _Under the Cherry Moon_ tops it for sheer nuttiness. As it is, not a complete soundtrack anyway, because *where* is the Time doing "Jungle Love" on the album, I ask you? One of the bitterest disappointments when my 1984 self got the record.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The "Ghost Dog" soundtrack that should have been. That would have been great. Radiohead fans would have loved it - all spooky and barely there. Instead we got a bunch of half-ass radio versions with weak raps.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think you can get that version of the Ghost Dog soundtrack as a Japanese import or something.

As for best soundtrack: SUPERFLY !!! Why isn't anyone mentioning this ?!?

― Patrick, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This brings up a question: anyone know of a place online that sells japanese cds and ships internationally? I sometimes find things on ebay but don't have much luck otherwise.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Gotta agree with Kate on the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack, as well as the suggestions "Blade Runner", "Star Wars", "Purple Rain", and "Under The Cherry Moon". The soundtracks for "The Saint" and "The Jackal" were also very good, though not quite up to Greatest Of All Time stature.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have two words for ya'all:

SPICE.

WORLD.

― Ally, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have two words for you, Ally.

TOO.
MUCH.

No soundtrack with that on it gets past the gatekeeper, sorry.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Off the top of my head - any of the Goblin/Argento S/Ts, esp. 'Suspiria'; 'The Big Lebowski' - Townes Van Zandt doing the Stones' 'Dead Flowers', Dylan's 'The Man in Me' - much better than the overrated 'O Brother...' S/T; 'Once Upon A Time in the West' (Morricone's music recorded before the movie was made, then played on-set during the shooting!); Godard's 'Nouvelle Vague' (available on ECM complete with all the French dialogue!), or any of his other extraordinary '80s/'90s sound/image montages; Kenneth Anger's 'Scorpio Rising' (first use of contemporary pop music as non-diagetic(sp) sound?); 'Hairspray' (not the usual 'oldies'); 'Barbarella' (beyond kitsch); 'Casino' ; the collaborations between Maya Deren and Teiji Ito; 'Dead Man' by Neil Young (best thing he's done in years); the use of Naked City in Michael Haneke's 'Funny Games'; etc. etc.

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Funny Games" could have been one of the most disturbing movies ever made. I fully endorse the use of Naked City in that one.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The soundtrack to Kubrick's version of Lolita. Come to think of it, I like Penderecki's soundtrack for The Shining, too.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Kinks' Arthur was supposed to be a soundtrack for a British TV movie that was never filmed. And Zappa's Uncle Meat did have an accompanying film, though it was released decades after the soundtrack. So I guess neither one really counts.

Come to think of it, I guess I'll vote for the soundtrack for Zappa's 200 Motels. Gotta keep the legion of ILM Frank-haters happy round here, ya know!

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

my favorite is big night

― ernest, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

NBK, Morricone, All Over Me, Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, Pat Garret & Billie The Kid, Walker, and of course the Rocky Horror Picture Show!

― Geoff, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd just like to pipe up here for John Barry's soundtrack to "Dances With Wolves" Said movie isn't that great IMO, but the music is truly beautiful...

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― Norman Fay, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pulp Fiction, because the little girls, they all dance to it. The Tomb Raider soundtrack looks to be surprisingly excellent. But the greatest of all time? Romeo Must Die is up there, as is He Got Game (or possibly Crooklyn, if I had to pick one Spike soundtrack). Pretty In Pink is also magnificent. Finally, the soundtrack to Hal Hartley's Amateur, which is, granted, indie-rock, but some of the best indie rock around, put together perfectly. The American Pyscho soundtrack, incidentally, is also quite good. As for original scores, John Cale's music for The Unknown is the piano equiv. to Neil Young's guitar work for Dead Man.

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure, for The Grduate and Pretty In Pink; plus The Breakfast Club. I mean, blimey, maybe even the Some Kind of Wonderful and Sixteen Candles soundtracks were good. Were they?

― the pinefox, Friday, 8 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

Soundtrack or Score? Anyways, I'd put Bernard Herrmann 'Psycho' as my choice for Score. And...for my Soundtrack choice, I'd say 'Dead Man Walking' (with Waits, Lovett, Earle, Mary Chapin, etc).

― michael g. breece, Thursday, 5 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Mancini - cos it's an instant party the moment I turn it on.

― Jason, Thursday, 5 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't have the soundtrack, but I remember liking the music from <>. The pieces she plays in the drawing room and in the recording studio are really nice. Also, this film - I think by Louis Malle - which opens with a boy buying a jazz record and the music all around...

― youn, Friday, 6 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That was supposed to be Un Coeur en Hiver.

― youn, Friday, 6 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

four months pass...

how could no one mention a david lynch film? twin peaks: fire walk with me sounds so scary it throbs.

― karmik guy, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Off the top of my head: Suspiria.

― David, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

― Curt, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe I didn't already post "Until the End of the World" - s'got an eerie vibe to it...

Also, "Dark Days", which I recently saw, had great music by DJ Shadow (who I never gave squaat about before I saw the film.)

― Dave225, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Definitely Pretty In Pink.

But I wish it were Ice Castles.

― Mandee, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

anything by angelo badalamenti: the city of lost children, twin peaks (fwwm and series), mulholland drive, the beach (ruined by the awful remix and the rest of the crap on the soundtrack) and the other Lynch scores.

also: Neil Young's Dead Man improvised score. hate Neil Young but that soundtrack's class. just a shame the CD is ruined by Depp's po- faced Blake recitals.

― Wyndham Earl, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

The Harder They Come
jimmy cliff and others
all the original songs all those cheesy white boys covered later

― Michael Burke, Thursday, 13 May 2004 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Original Score: Bernard Herrmann, Psycho
Original Score for documentary: Miles Davis, Jack Johnson
Soundtrack (collection of songs): Mean Streets
Soundtrack II (collection of songs written specifically for the movie): Superfly
And, Soundtrack III, documentary (in a class by itself): Woodstock

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 13 May 2004 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Bedazzled is without a doubt the best match of original music and film ever...avoid the Harkit reissue, it's a lousy mastering job. I found an original LP of the ST and it sounds great.

Black Orpheus.

Vertigo.

Once Upon a Time in the West.

Touch of Evil.

Jackie Brown.

Cool Breeze (Solomon Burke).

Bunny Lake Is Missing.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Wings of Desire OST

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Dream with the Fishes: a soundtrack so good it makes David Arquette less annoying in the actual movie, no small feat

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 13 May 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was greatest soundchecks of all time.

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 13 May 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Brazil
Spirited Away
Triplets of Belleville

The Kill Bills have got pretty good soundtracks but I find I start hating a track as soon as it hits a Tarantino movie. Don't know why this is, I guess it's down to over exposure.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 13 May 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Quickly glanced through this and didn't see 'Over the Edge', the ultimate 70's teen angst movie. It has a great soundtrack that works really well with the movie. I also liked the 'Dog Town & Z-boys' soundtrack, or at least what they played along with the actual documentary. THe actual one in the stores appears to be seriously trimmed down from the one in the movie.

The score for'Apocolypse Now' is pretty curious also and plays a huge role.

Has anyone seen 'Rancho Deluxe', about cattle rustlers in Montana during the 70's, it has a pretty complimenatry soundtrack done by Jimmy Buffett?

And 'Platoon', just for having the scene where they play "White Rabbit" while getting loaded and segue into "Tracks of My Tears" for when they are loaded. I thought it was perfect.

― Trever Booth (xjzico), Thursday, 13 May 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

TRAINFUCKINGSPOTTING

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 13 May 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I just saw "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and thought the soundtrack was quite good.

― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 13 May 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Grrrr... If anyone else says Pulp Fiction I swear to god I'll stab them in the face.

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 13 May 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, blimey, maybe even the Some Kind of Wonderful and Sixteen Candles soundtracks were good. Were they?

yes and no. objectively they're pretty terrible, but nostalgia makes me cherish them. i still have the some kind of wonderful cassette, and perhaps i listen to the lick the tins version of i can't help falling in love with you from time to time.
my favorites are valley girl and beyond the valley of the dolls (yay carrie nations!).

Grrrr... If anyone else says Pulp Fiction I swear to god I'll stab them in the face.

i feel the same way about trainspotting.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 13 May 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Second 'Dead Man' & 'Repo Man'. 'Donnie Darko' was pretty good, except for Gary Jules.

The Cowboy Bebop movie had a pretty cool soundtrack.

"Grrrr... If anyone else says Pulp Fiction I swear to god I'll stab them in the face.

i feel the same way about trainspotting.

-- lauren (jaguarrid...), May 13th, 2004."

This was one of the only soundtracks I've bought even though I had most of the tracks anyway - I like the way it's put together, and they're mostly all solid songs. It's like a decent mix CD.

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 14 May 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there a pact of silence around 'Lost in Translation'?

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Friday, 14 May 2004 06:08 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

I just posted a 1 hour mix of oddball international theme music from tv and film here.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I gotta add Coal Miner's daughter here. I'm not even sure I would have seen this film, but it's one of my wife's favorites. Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo are fantastic singing Loretta's and Patsy's material. There's no other way to put it. For years I've been confusing their versions with the originals.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. But it's never been released. Madness.

― brettino's bounce, Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

Where is teh love 4 O Lucky Man?

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

Cannabis, Fellini Casanova and Blade Runner are up there in the "all time greats" category for me.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

The Cool World soundtrack was a watershed for me, as it had the best of Moby's early rave-oriented material (a killer version of "Next Is The E" especially) and FSOL's "Papua New Guinea," which completely changed my life. Also great tracks by Electronic, Thompson Twins (yes!), David Bowie, and Brian Eno, among others.

I second Until The End of the World and Wings of Desire. Wim Wenders' two finest soundtrack moments, I think. (Although I did enjoy The End of Violence, I didn't LOVE it.)

I also liked The Book of Life (Hal Hartley). Interesting mix of things on there, although I suspect its idiosyncrasy takes after Wenders rather deliberately.

Also, Across 110th Street. Great soul tracks.

Massive Attack's score for Danny the Dog is, I think, their best album by some distance.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Neil Young - Dead Man

― blunt (blunt), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:34 (nineteen years ago)

No Dirty Dancing?? Is there some rule I missed where it wasn't allowed to be mentioned or what?

― musically (musically), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:58 (nineteen years ago)

wong kar wai's 'in the mood for love', though the composer is a good friend of mine, which i'd like to think doesn't affect my opinion . . .

― Tate (Tate), Thursday, 15 December 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago)

Which version of Holy Mountain? The Apple version (which is fake) shows up on eBay fairly often, but it's supposed to be shit. The real soundtrack was put out by Dagored on vinyl a couple of years ago and is still available.

― myopic_void (myopic_void), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:04 (nineteen years ago)

Epic Soundtracks.

(come on, did it really take four and a half years for someone to think of this?) (or is it such a bad joke?) (don't answer that)

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:05 (nineteen years ago)

My punt for this thread (I'll probably think of loads more through the day): Fabio Frizzi, The Beyond is an absolute masterpiece. Spectacular mellotron-heavy grimness from the underrated Italian master.

― myopic_void (myopic_void), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:08 (nineteen years ago)

The Harder They Come
jimmy cliff and others
all the original songs all those cheesy white boys covered later

otfm

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago)

I just watched The Dish and not only is the score de-lovely but the actual sound of the movie, the way the score, dialogue and sound are combined is amazing. Just thought I'd say.

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:18 (nineteen years ago)

I kinda like the soundtracks you did for those Hal Hartley movies, Ned, esp. Trust and Simple Men.

― myopic_void (myopic_void), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

why didn't nik kershaw sing his original on pretty in pink.
dogs in space featuring michael hutchence - four songs by michael.i'm trying to find it ebcause i have rooms fir the memory and the brilliant bsdie - golfcourse.these two songs appear in the soundtrack.
"sweet and sour" rocks because of sharon oneill,don walker,mental as anything,etc,
young einstein - mental as anything,paul kelly,the saints,the models..

and the wiz - michael jackson , diana ross.

― retrogurl, Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Lost in Translation

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Myopic: are you sure you're not mixing up El Topo and Holy Mountain releases? I can't find any reference to a Holy Mountain Dagored release. And I don't think there ever was an Apple LP of Holy Mountain. My MP3s sound like they've just been sourced from the film a la Danger: Diabolik.

― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 15 December 2005 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

Shit. I'm hung over and working in a record shop and therefore posting rather distractedly. You're so totally right and I'm very much Off The Money! But at least we've put the notion out there! Maybe one day...

― myopic_void (myopic_void), Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

i have a friend who used to only buy soundtracks. it was odd.

― Surmounter, Monday, 7 July 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago)

good times

― and what, Monday, 7 July 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago)

she also talks a LOT i think she has a problem with silence

― Surmounter, Monday, 7 July 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago)

JUICE

― Lolpez, Monday, 7 July 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago)

The Harder They Come
jimmy cliff and others
all the original songs all those cheesy white boys covered later
________________________________
otfm

otmfm.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 7 July 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago)

THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

It's not a soundtrack, but still is awesome.

― sandwiches, Monday, 7 July 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/images/local/250/65FC6E7775574EEA97E58374AFCAA19A.jpg
http://static.boomkat.com/images/120547/333.jpg

― Eazy, Monday, 7 July 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago)

Fantastic Planet.

Not the official soundtrack album (which is very good), but the actual soundtrack from the VHS tape with English dubbing. It fits on a 90 minute cassette (side break right after the 'beasts of combat' fight scene).

― drench, Monday, 7 July 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago)

The guy who did The Fifth Element soundtrack Eric Serra, has a great theme song for The Big Blue called The Big Blue Overture. Beautiful stuff. It's on a pure moods collection so it has to be beautiful.

― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 00:29 (sixteen years ago)

Nobody but me like Shaft then?

― Bill E, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 00:30 (sixteen years ago)

Other than Bernard Herrmann, obviously, some dark horse candidates are Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence and Mark Isham for Alan Rudolph's The Moderns

― iago g., Tuesday, 8 July 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago)

That was supposed to be Un Coeur en Hiver.
-- youn, Friday, July 6, 2001 12:00 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Link

Maurice Ravel chamber music, gorgeous and yes the performances are good on the soundtrack and the movie is good too!

― iago g., Tuesday, 8 July 2008 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

Coincidentally, while browsing around on eMusic yesterday, I stumbled on a soundtrack to a 1960 Swiss film called Mental Cruelty. The AMG review says the disc's 18 tracks are "all . . . in the prevailing hard bop style of the day with some cool and noir-ish elements thrown in." Sound interesting, and the samples are intriguing. If anyone's heard it, please pass along your thoughts. Thanks.

― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:20 (sixteen years ago)

Pola X (soundtrack by Scott Walker with contributions from Sonic Youth and Bill Callahan).

Not that I've ever actually seen the film....

― Stewart Osborne, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:26 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

Bernard Herrmann, born 100 years ago today

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/06/29/137495742/bernard-herrmann-at-100-master-of-the-movie-score

― joyless shithead (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago)

Happy Birthday!
(one of the choices i missed for Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—VOTING THREAD)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbHpXca7U0

― meisenfek, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago)

Lost In Translation
-shoegaze wins. marie antoinette & somewhere just don't touch this.

Once Upon A Time In The West
- (Good, Bad & Ugly has prolly always been heralded as THE Morricone soundtrack but it's been driven to such incessant cliche that I can't bear it any longer. The harmonica-man themes in Once.. however are absolutely haunting, and it's got a good slew of fairly mournful songs)

Blade Runner
-obv

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago)

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