what are your favorite movie soundtracks.


I am looking to get into more movie soundtracks that sound that survive musically without the movie. I am not interested in soundtracks a that take a bunch of pop offerings a that are basically a collection of pop hits/songs but are origional soundtrack recordings that can be listened to all by themselves.

Some that I have tried with various amounts of successs are Glory, Schindler's List, Dances with Wolves, and Murder in the First.

I do not care for opera, rap or country but everything else is an open book.
bianchi27
I only have two. Gladiator and the Illusionist. Gladiator on 45rpm LP which sounds awesome. Illusionist on CD.
My favourites are

Blade Runner
Trainspotting #1 & #2
Until the End of the World
The Mission
Immortal Beloved
The Saint
Good Morning Vietnam
Stand By Me
Empire of the Sun
1492 Conquest of Paradise
The Living Sea featuring music of Sting
Monster soundtrack by BT
Not sure if these have been mentioned, but these are some of my favorites (although I just re-read the OP, and I guess #s 3& 5 below would fit the bill).
1.Blue in the Face (Various artists, including David Byrne)
2.Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (K.D. Lang)
3.Passion: Music fot the Last Temptation of Christ (Peter Gabriel)
4.The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Various, but mostly for Seu Jorge's renditions of classic David Bowie songs)
5.Amelie (Yann Tiersen)