"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"- my introduction to Leos Janacek, Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche. "Dogfight"- 60's folk music. "Bernard Hermann-The Film Scores" Esa Pekka Salonen/LA Philharmonic- the selections from Fahrenheit 451 are my favorites. |
few more:
"Black Cat White Cat"
"Spirited Away"
"Fallen Angels"
"Emmanuelle" |
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Audiofeil is the governor of "Gonville" and he has removed the threads of people he doesn't like. People like me for example. |
Hans Zimmer soundtracks..so much epicness. |
mmm Perhaps Audiofeil has nothing else to do but being governor here? |
Here are some of mine from the 80s in no particular order.
Transformers The Movie
Rocky IV
Top Gun |
Don't Mess with BILL
The Marvelettes |
Anyone have an opinion on Monty Alexander? esp with Steel Drums. |
Where's Bianchi27? He's the OP. Been gone since 03. As a matter of fact he never came back; that's one of my pet peeves. |
Rok2id, this is movie soundtracks. You say the name of that movie was "Don't Mess With Bill", and it starred The Marvelettes. I wonder how come I never saw it. |
1492 Conquest of Paradise soundtrack is excellent to my taste. Composed by Vangelis. Gerard Depardieu as Columbus. Quite a film, at times difficult to watch. |
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few with Jazz music:
Kansas City
St.Louis Blues
Ascenseur pour l'echafaud
Radio Days
Round Midnight |
Hakuchosan, that was a very good list. I especially liked the movie "Round Midnight", as well as the soundtrack.
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Braveheart
The Mission (Ennio Morricone) - also arguably the best cinematography in the history of cinema
Insider
Vanilla Sky |
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The Secret of Roan Inish, I Am Sam (All Beatles Covers), Performance. |
John Williams is great:
Star wars, Indiana Jones, Clone Encounters, etc.
John Barry has been mentioned, my fav being Dances with Wolves
Vangelis has some great ones with Blade Runner being my top choice.
For some more modern and subdued ambient works, almost anything by Philip Glass works or Cliff Martinez. Martinez has modern classics with Solaris, Traffic and the recent Drive soundtracks at the top of the pops.
Some sleepers are the Crow composed by Graham Ravel, Waterworld, Signs and the recent Game of Thrones.
I can list more if desired. |
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Another vote for "Bladerunner". Also like the track from "The Godfather". The original Bond films too; a tad (?!) cheesy but fun.
See if you can find one from the film, "Mike's Murder"; good Joe Jackson track from that.
Not necessarily a favorite of mine but worth considering, "2001: A Space Odyssey" (funny how time flies). |
I watched Hangover 2 on a flight after a lot of wine and thought is was a brilliant movie with a great soundtrack. I saw about 5 minutes of the very same movie a few months later and all i can say is you need a LOT of wine. |
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
Doctor Zhivago
High Noon
My favorites.
Peace |
Rok -
LofA..great suggestion.
Fantastic story, cinematography and soundtrack.
Surprisingly relevant after all these years. |
"The Decendants" if you like Hawaiian music or just want a nice intro to it. So accessible and pretty sounding I almost feel guilty like I should put on something screechy and hard to get in to but I usually listen to the whole album. This soundtrack made me go out and buy more Hawaiian music. |
The David Aram recording for "The Manchurian Candidate" |
Some great selections so far. I also like
1) The Hot Spot on 45rpm vinyl
2) Emerald Forest - on vinyl
3) Gladiator |
Brideshead Revisited. The film was mediocre (compared to the BBC TV production) but the score is brilliant and moving.
Also, of course, The Piano. Michael Nyman is an illustrious contemporary composer of sophisticated but listenable quasi-classical music.
Last, The Mission. Very exciting. Great audio audition CD as well.
Neal |
Mo' Better Blues! Great movie AND soundtrack! |
"The Pawnbroker", great Quincy Jones jazz score.
"On The Waterfront", Leonard Bernstein score. What else need be said? |
Bladerunner -- I bought it and the music is great but the recording is flat. What a pity. |
For me, the right score can make a movie, and the "Basic Instinct" score fits like a glove. ItÂs beautiful and chilling at the same time. |
"Nashville" by assorted cast members
"The Third Man" by Anton Karas
"North By Northwest" by Bernard Hermann
"Sweet Smell of Success" by Elmer Bernstein
"Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass
"Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" by Bob Dylan |
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) |
