these are, but they are my favorites...

"Only The Strong"
"Woodstock"
"The Song Remains The Same"
"Bad Boys II"
"Grease"

That's probably one of Ennio Morricone's best scores ever!

2nd place would go to the soundtrack from "Inception" by Hans Zimmer. I think he was ripped off back in 2010 - his soundtrack was way better than the one Trent Reznor had done for "The Social Network". Don't get me wrong, Trent wrote a great soundtrack but the one that Zimmer wrote actually became a part of the movie. The main theme of the soundtrack was based on Edith Piaf's "La Vie En Rose". Because time slowed down as they went deeper into the dreams he was using the main notes from "La Vie En Rose" to create this massive instrumental score with this deep rich horn. "The Social Network" was more about background noise. Probably why I also love the soundtrack from "The Mission" since the music was such a huge part of the plotline (the simple 'Oboe' theme that Jeremy Iron's priest used to 'calm the savage beast' so to speak).

Other great sound track was the one from "Il Postino" done by Luis Enríquez Bacalov which also included the poetry of Pablo Neruda. Ennio Morricone had another great soundtrack and favorite of mine from "Cinema Paradiso"

as well... I think I need to go back and listen to Inception... I saw the movie in a rather noisy environment and was focused on trying to follow the storyline. I have always liked il Postino as well.

There are some really great soundtrack composers... Morricone, Williams, Zimmer, Goldsmith, Doyle, Steiner, Howard, LeGrand, Bernstein and others... But my favorite for a very long time--only heightened by his recent death-- has to be John Barry. From James Bond to all the very emotional, tragic, and romantic scores, he was really amazing. I know it is tough in that incredibly talented company, but he'd have to be my choice.

It will have a real good soundtrack.

One soundtrack I really enjoyed was "Welcome to LA." No, you've never heard of the movie or the soundtrack. My roommate in college had the soundtrack, which features Richard Baskin's words, music and vocals, as well as Keith Carradine (if you remember "I'm Easy" from the "Nashville" soundtrack, you'll get the idea) on the title track. It was a very mellow, mid-1970s vibe, delightful to listen to and sing along with. I believe the soundtrack was available only as a promotional item, and my roommate had gotten it by attending a sneak preview of the film.

The movie? Pass. Absolute schlock, badly dated and practically unwatchable.

of mediocre or simply bad movies saved by an excellent soundtrack. Increasingly, I would put the Star Wars movies in that batch.

Up and coming composer: Michael Giacchino: Lost, Star Trek and John Carter.

Thing John Williams.

Office Space, Titanic, French Kiss, Edward ScissorHands, Braveheart, StarWars, An American Quilt, Little Women, Schindler's List, the list goes on and on. I have a big selection in my house. No on sweetens a film track like Americans. Small wonder my daughter is going to school in LA to become a sound engineer. My fav composer....her of course. She is so good she makes it seem easy. My next fav...Danny Elfman, John Williams. Yes I watch the credits to the music and have been known to just buy the soundtrack and not the movie.

speaking of Eddie.

I don't have anything to add to what you just said, just that I'm in full agreement.

Speaking of Sorcerer, does the music on this official trailer for the movie "The Warriors" sound familiar?

Considering how few people saw Sorcerer when it came out (the same weekend as Star Wars), I'm not surprised someone got the bright idea of recycling the music.

The misleading title didn't do the film any favours any more than the release. I'm probably one of the few people who thought Sorcerer a far better movie than Star Wars, actually. I saw it again last year. It holds up quite well, I think.

It is a great soundtrack that probably warped my tastes in music forever.

I also remember contemplating the purchase of an IMPORT record of the soundtrack at a RECORD store. It was about ten bucks or so back when most albums were 6 or 7. I cheaped out and got The Fury soundtrack instead.

was 1975's Ricochet. A fellow dorky teen had a cassette copy. I had already been plumbing the depths of my parents' collection of records they used to listen to when they were single, but stopped when married. Some of those gems:

1. My Goals Beyond -- Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
2. Strange Days -- The Doors
3. Animals -- Pink Floyd
4. A Day In The Life -- Wes Montgomery
5. Snowflakes Are Dancing -- Isao Tomita

... and so on. It was up to me to discover TD, The Mothers of Invention and Miles Davis.

If my musical exposure had been limited to the stuff my parents could agree upon (Gordon Lightfoot, Side 2 (only) of The Dark Side Of The Moon, Brian Jones-era Stones, The Beatles) and the stuff that most of my peers listened to (The Cars, The Go-Gos, The Cure), I probably would never have picked up a musical instrument.

just for "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" alone.

I love the "lost classics" they used...

It's a bummer.

get your own fucking cab!!!!!!

But I was extremely disappointed with how Desplat handled Twilight's New Moon. I think the problem was that the director, Chris Weiss, was not right for the indie feeling set by the first movie. He wanted an old fashioned romance and Desplat gave him what he asked for. It almost ruined it for me, because the Twilight movies are at their best with current, young, edgy music.

Less Than Zero, Empire Records, The Lost Boys...so many to choose from.
Love the Crimson Tide soundtrack too.

(ok, Downton isn't a movie but, still ...)

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Pulp Fiction
Gross Pointe Blank
West Side Story
Ocean's Twelve
Spinal Tap
Tommy
The Good, the Bad & The Ugly
Public Enemies


...the list always changes.

It's pretty tough to beat a movie score by Mozart.

for his score to A Passage to India, he remarked that he was very glad that Mozart was not eligible for the category.

Some great Motown, there, plus other classics.

Peter Garbriel's Passion: Music from The Last Temptation of Christ...the movie was so-so, but there's alot of great music on that soundtrack.

Here's just a taste:

I try to see any production of it that comes through my town.

Love it!!!

I still like his (the movie soundtrack) better than the broadway.

It went by so fast.

I managed to download a collection of 25 cuts some time ago, that I don't think were supposed to be made available. Supposedly, there's a collection out there somewhere of 40 cuts, but I never found that one.

I listen to it every one and then, and it's good driving music, too

Great film from 1993 with a very accurate depiction of teens partying in the 70's. Soundtrack is one of the best parts of the movie.

As The World Falls Down

It's just a jump to the left...

Hi,
Interesting thread to read, thanks for posting. I loved the Garden State soundtrack and it fit so well into the movie too.

Peace

Who wants to live forever

Blade Runner. Vangelis' best soundtrack. The first time I saw and heard the balcony scene I was blown away. The stifling, suffocating feeling of loneliness in that big city...

It even made it into the video game:

It was Vangelis' best!

...if not the most iconic.

It's hard to think of Kubrick as being that naïve, but there it is...

He did, however, do many things without permission. The version of 2001 shown to his corporate financiers was radically different than the cut that appeared in theaters.

No race track in the US would allow him to film The Killing on their premises, so he would simply show up and do it anyway until security got hip.

The music in that film was wonderful. I liked "Greece" as a young teen. "Hair" as an older teen.

It was on sale at a local indie record shop and I couldn't resist...really gorgeous music.

America's best underground liberal talk radio show is back with another episode !

Hot new episode [link:http://​niloradio.podomatic.com/​entry/​2012-03-28T12_47_48-07_00|

a whole lot!

The Last of the Mohicans is my favorite of all my favorites.

Here is apparently why:
Director Michael Mann initially asked Trevor Jones to provide an electronic score for the film, but late in the game, it was decided an orchestral score would be more appropriate for this historic epic. Jones hurried to re-fashion the score for orchestra in the limited time left, while the constant re-cutting of the film meant music cues sometimes had to be rewritten several times to keep up with the new timings. Finally, with the release date looming, composer Randy Edelman was called-in to score some minor scenes which Jones did not have time to do. Jones and Edelman received co-credit on the film (thus making this very popular and acclaimed score ineligible for Oscar consideration).

The main theme of the movie is taken from the tune The Gael by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Mohicans_%28soundtrack%29

Rerecording in 2000

The score was re-recorded and re-released in 2000 to address some perceived problems with its original incarnation. The tracks were reordered into their onscreen chronology (the original album separated the Jones material from that composed by Edelman), some additional cues were added, and Clannad's "I Will Find You" no longer included.

Some of my favorites:
Field of Dreams
Babel
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (The Trent Reznor score)
Local Hero
Talk To Her
The Mission
(There are tons more, but those are off the top of my head)

The Godfather - Nino Rota

i love it :]

Marvin Gaye (1968): "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (extended version) (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 5:03
The Temptations (1965): "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:55
The Young Rascals (1966): "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 2:28
The Miracles (1965): "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin) – 2:53
Three Dog Night (1970): "Joy to the World" (Hoyt Axton) – 3:24
The Temptations (1966): "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Whitfield, Edward Holland Jr.) – 2:31
Aretha Franklin (1968): &quot You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler) – 2:41
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1967): "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Clevland) – 2:46
Procol Harum (1967): "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher) – 4:03
The Exciters (1963): "Tell Him" (Bert Berns) – 2:29
The Four Tops (1965): "It's the Same Old Song" (E. Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) – 2:45
Martha and The Vandellas (1964): "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:38
Marvin Gaye (1971): "What's Going On" (Gaye, Clevland, Renaldo "Obie" Benson) – 3:5

One of my favorites!

.the soundtrack of "Midnight Express" . Giorgio Moroder deservedly won an Oscar for the score in 1978. No tune has haunted me like the opening tune, "The Chase".

The Big Chill
Soul Food
Waiting To Exhale
Pulp Fiction
The Lost Boys
Love Actually

I know there are more...

Lots of old time gospel and bluegrass.

I have that

Roger McGuinn covering Dylan:

And HANNA

I'm serious. I like the music in the movie Juno a lot.

If you're talking soundtracks with various artists, I enjoyed Forest Gump and City of Angels.

The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff and friends, fundamental roots rock reggae
Full movie:

Dances with Wolves -- John Barry

Lawrence of Arabia, followed by Patton. I also like the music for Battle of Britain.

I love the movie and the sound track is perfect. Very evocative, eerie flutes, quite wonderful.

Maybe it was because I was under the influence of windowpane acid at the time, but it sure imprinted on me.

Last of the Mohicans

Gladiator

Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Rings

Braveheart

Jurassic Park

Superman the Movie

Conan the Barbarian

of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Excellent documentary on it's own but the score makes it great.

No, not one of the great scores from the movie world but a song which is instantly recognized by tens of thousands worldwide..

Theme song from the video game Halo:

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo_Theme

but didn't see "The Long Riders"
The Carradine Brothers, the Keach bros, the Quaid bros and the Guest bros.
Soundtrack by Ry Cooder, all music of the Jesse James days, and Ry and band appear in the movie.
All acoustic of course and worth a listen.