One of the more perfect marriage of film and music I can recall was from a movie called "Sorcerer" (1977). An ambitious William Freidkin film that was overshadowed at the time of release by a little thing called Star Wars.
The score is by Tangerine Dream and the edited sequences, particularly of the men determined to resurrect old delapidated trucks into something that might reliably get them through 200 miles of jungle roads, is something special to witness. The music was recorded first, before the scenes had been finished. Freidkin was so impressed by the music itself, that he recomposed and reshot many of the scenes around it. The result is mesmerizing.
The score is by Tangerine Dream and the edited sequences, particularly of the men determined to resurrect old delapidated trucks into something that might reliably get them through 200 miles of jungle roads, is something special to witness. The music was recorded first, before the scenes had been finished. Freidkin was so impressed by the music itself, that he recomposed and reshot many of the scenes around it. The result is mesmerizing.