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Not sure it has been cited, but, Fantasia!!!!!
And Hard Days Night, as already mentioned lots -- revolutionary,. And hosts of Nat Fleisher cartoons from the 30s.
Lots of other good stuff mentioned that I noticed. But these are genuinely music focused, not just musically valuable for some reason.
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One of my favorites is "A Knight's Tale" (2001) which is a fun mash up of a feel good medieval knight tale with a classic rock sound track. |
1. The Deer Hunter
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
3. Master and Commander |
Shaft hands down. A B movie but boy was the music outstanding! Isaac Hayes won the Oscar for best song in shaft. There’s not one song on the double album that isn’t listenable. It’s truly an absolute gem of an album that I still listen to today, 50 years later. Talk about timeless.
The songs Cafe Regio and Ellie’s Love Theme have a jazz feel. Most of the album has an R&B feel. It’s over an hour of great music.
Lady Sings The Blues is a very close second. Diana Ross killed it on this album. The French Jazz Musician Michel Legrand wrote the orchestration. Superbly done! |
I love the Blues Brothers. All of it. Belushi was a genius.
And the music of course.
But I wonder if the ’documentary’ aspects of the movie are under appreciated. In other words, Cab Calloway, Aretha, James Brown, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker. These folks are gone now and those performances were great.
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For me The day remains the same.Great movie and Soundtrack. |
Home Alone. My Dad got me listening to this and I just love it. Fun flick too.
Not a movie but A Charlie Brown Christmas on vinyl! Oooh ya!
Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Can you really forget the charisma of Robin Zander? |
both crossroads, yes the ralph macchio flick, and black snake moan. the crossroads soundtrack was disappointing because it was so different from the movie. another good music movie, from all the great tunes in it was when harry met sally, but again the soundtrack was not music from the flick but all harry connick jr. There was a jazz movie a while back with dexter gordon as the lead but i do not remember the name of it. and yes the previously mentioned graduate. |
Difficult...again, there are so many, but I think I'll stick to Blow-Up, Clockwork Orange and for something completely different School of Rock which is kind of sweet, but it rocks! And I have to put The Lord Of The Rings here as well. The combination of all the brilliant shots and the music is amazing! |
As no one else seems to be supporting it, I'm going to give another vote (remember: vote early, vote often) to "Death in Venice". |
"Tous les matins du monde" the story of the French composer Marin Marais. By the way, many of you seem proud that you are die-hard philistines. |
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Detroit Rock City!
when they slipped the pizza w/ extra mushrooms to the catholic priest teacher, i lost it.
what a classic rock & roll movie! |
Blues Brothers all star show band and review, on a mission from God.
James Bond movie soundtracks love the sounds and productions of those lps.
A fine group above all,
there have been some very good sound tracks through the years. |
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BLOWUP !!! Score by Herbie Hancock, but that Yardbirds' performance really took the cake. |
Forgot completely about this one...
"Joe Dirt".
A comedy with David Spade, and a lot of classic rock, from Argent, Joe Walsh, Eddie Money, Cheap trick... etc. Worth viewing for sure, in spite of Dennis Miller being part of the cast.
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Oh Brother Where art thou? |
Of recent films:
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)-- Great movie!
The Tic Code w/ Gregory Hines as a jazz musician taking a talented child under his wing
Once -- about a migrant street musician, and a love story |
Oh yeah- The Committments.
The Last Waltz |
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not exactly about music but the soundtrack of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is probably my favorite. It helps set the plot of a great western
"Lady Sings the Blues" was also great. "Ray" good but not as "Lady..." |
The tops for my list is also "A Hard Days Night" 2nd would be "Cotton Club". Bio flicks like "The Benny Goodman Story" and "The Glenn Miller Story" were my introduction to Big Band music. |
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Gotta put a vote in for "A Hard Days Night". |
Two for the Road. Mancini never was better. |
an exquisitely well-done movie from the pov of sound (if not music) is the 1964 japanese film "the woman in the dunes." the director became the first japanese director nominated for an academy award. he studied existentialism in france in the 1950's, made this 1 film in the sixties, and then retired to cultivate and tend to japanese flower gardens for the rest of his life. the meshing of the visual with the aural in this film actually lives up to the well-worn description "hauntingly beautiful." |
Bird...Charlie Parker, Whittaker should have gotten an Oscar...Eastwood is a great director. |
Hard Days Night
Help
Rust Never Sleeps |
A couple off the top of my head. Another vote for Clockwork Orange, more contemporary, Lost In Translation. On the cornball side, the musical Oklahoma. |
I forgot Death In Venice: fabulous film, superlative music. |
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Regarding Bond films, "You Only Live Twice" is my favorite overall musically.
I also like "All Time High" specifically from Octopussy. |
"Songcatcher" is also a great film, with a wonderful soundtrack. |
"Don't Look Back","Harder They Come" deseve mention. |
Lightning in a Bottle
Louis Primas efforts on Disney's Jungle Book
Toy Story
Lion King (Elton John's efforts)
The Commitments
PBS documentary on Atlantic
PBS The Blues
Flash Gordon and Highlander (Queen)
Star Wars (original trilogy) - classic themed music by John Williams
Theme music to Thunderbirds and Stingray
James Bond theme - andmost of John Barry's work
Hans Zimmer (esp his effort with Bryan Adams in "Spirit", Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, and coutless other soundtracks to many to mention them all)
and of course, Barbarella |
Most of my absolute favorites already named, but how about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid |
A second vote for "Tous Les Matins du Monde" (Jordi Savall can do no wrong). "The Commitments" was great. Numerous concert films would fall into "non-fiction" but I'm guessing that was not the OP's intended target. Marginally in that realm I'd mention "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" which is a combination documentary concert film. |
Gods and Monsters. Loved the movie and the sound track. |
Gotta add "High Society". Sinatra, Crosby and Armstrong all performing in the same 50's era musical. My favorite that I know of from that era. |
Wot? No one mentioned yet "Tous les matins du monde"!
Or, come to that, High Fidelity? |
Shine (though the soundtrack Disc lacks the reason to be of the movie)
The Committments (best movie soundtrack I own)
Eddie and the Cruisers (haven't seen in years, but loved this movie in college for its music) |
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The Hunger - Bach, Schubert, Delibes, Bauhaus. A Love and Death - Prokofiev. A Clockwork Orange - Beethoven. |
A Clockwork Orange.
On vinyl.
Oh yeah! |
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rock and roll high school |
