Favourite film music scores.

[jimbob]

I also forgot,

Zulu,
Brilliant film but not true to history.
For anyone interested in the Zulu wars try reading 'the washing of the spears'.

 

[papercorn2000]

Lost Highway
Once Upon a Time in the West - is almost a character of itself...
The Third Man

 

[nickb]

The Godfather

 

[Blackandblue]

The Blues Brothers
Betty Blue
The Godfather
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

 

[bobbyp]

2001
The Third Man

I am against most current soundtracks. Poeple seem to have forgotten how to mix them and just go for enormous peaks of volume. I blame home cinema systems, people just want loud now, not well produced. Anyway, strayed a bit off topic there.

 

[just jim]

"The Thin Red Line"

There's a good soundtrack, especially the opener.

 

[4F]

Gladiator
The Blues Brothers
Quadrophenia

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I am against most current soundtracks. Poeple seem to have forgotten how to mix them and just go for enormous peaks of volume. I blame home cinema systems, people just want loud now, not well produced. Anyway, strayed a bit off topic there.

I totally agree.

 

[Kirstie]

Dead Man's Shoes.
Little Miss Sunshine.

But those are 'soundtracks' made up of individual tracks from different bands. The CDs are genuinely really good compilations of excellent music.

What I really dislike is where a film soundtrack is transformed into a stand alone orchestral piece which is performed at concerts. The music is frequently empty and feels like it's missing something, which of course is moving pictures to go with it. If I don't know a piece of music I can usually tell if it's been a film score because it just doesn't work as stand alone music.

 

[Greedo]

The Mission.

End of thread

NEXT!

 

[Dayvo]

The Mission.

End of thread

NEXT!

Not quite, my eager friend!

There are a lot of very good recommendations here, but Gladiator stands out for me.

 

[bikie]

too many to list but here's a few
shawshank
starwars
matrix (not so much part 2 and 3)
L.A. confidentcial
jaws (not sure why)
Blade Runner
lord of the rings trilogy

 

[TVC]

Paris Texas - excellent work by Ry Cooder

 

[Dayvo]

Paris Texas - excellent work by Ry Cooder

As indeed was Southern Comfort by Ry Cooder.

 

[dragon72]

I'd have thought that someone, especially Dayvo, would have already mentioned one of my faves: The Big Lebowski
It's a cracking soundtrack.

However the released soundtrack curiously doesn't feature some of the best tracks including the great intro-piece "Tumbling Tumbleweed"