Great Spooky &/or Melancholic Soundtrack/Classical


Hi,

Spooky/Scary music:
I just bought the soundtrack to Phillip Glass's "Candyman I & II," and have been loving it ever since. Are there any other composer/movie soundtracks you recommend? I prefer those to be in instrumental, but if it has some vocals (such as Candyman I/II), I don't mind.

Melancholic/Soaring Music:
I watched "Possession" and totally fell in love with the score, then I realized it was done Gabriel Yared--who did the score to "English Patient." Do you, ladies and gentlemen, have any others to recommend?
I have Richard Robbin's "The Remains of the Day," which is wonderful too. I bought Jerry Figure's "Sleeping with the Enemy" just for its core theme track. "Dances with Wolves" is also another gem.

Thank you in advance for sharing your expertise.

benny
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2 "melancholy" soundtracks: Things Change & Once Upon a Time in America
A second vote for "Once Upon a Time in America". Not easy to find in either CD or LP but if you have a choice, go for the LP...I have both and the LP is significantly better sounding. Another soundtrack that I like for the mood is from "True Confessions".
Good Luck!
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" on The Fantasy World of Bernard Herrmann is just one of four great soundtracks on this compilation. Also, Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti, Bladerunner by Vangelis and Music for a Darkened Theatre by Danny Elfman. Vangelis' "Voices", while not a soundtrack, is a real tearjerker. Had you enough wine, of course.
The soundtrack for "Nosferatu" (Werner Herzog, 1978 I believe)
done by Popol Vuh should bring some serious laid-back tingles
and chills.
for the narrow genre you describe, you must listen to peter gabriel's "music for the last temptation of christ." i find it difficult yet spellbinding. much like much of phillip glass' works.