Music Appreciation

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts) Tue Apr 24, 2012, 10:11 PM Apr 2012

Favorite musical theme from a motion picture

There have been several great ones and I could list a number of my favorites. There are films I can watch just for the pleasure of listening to the musical soundtrack. But above all others, if I can only list one, this is the one that has stuck with me since childhood. It is part of an epic movie from the golden age of epic films. In my opinion, based upon his impressive body of work including this my favorite score of his, I feel that Miklos Rozsa is the greatest film composer of all time.

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The main theme doesn't really get under way until about 2/3 of the way in.

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Favorite musical theme from a motion picture (Original Post) aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2012 OP

Straight Story limpyhobbler Apr 2012 #1

It was a real toss up... Violet_Crumble Apr 2012 #2

Once Upon a Time In The West Swede Apr 2012 #3

I'll see your Once Upon a Time in the West and raise you... sweetloukillbot Apr 2012 #5

Vertigo or Alexander Nevsky sweetloukillbot Apr 2012 #4

One of the best movie soundtracks ever, has to be "Pretty in Pink" Waiting For Everyman Apr 2012 #6

CLAUDINE SOUNDTRACK 1974 frankie100 Aug 2016 #7

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

1. Straight Story

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 10:52 PM

Apr 2012

Don't know if it's my favorite, but I really like it.

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)

2. It was a real toss up...

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:18 AM

Apr 2012

The theme to the Muppet Movie, or Ghostbusters....And then I remembered Reality Bites, which edged both other contenders out...

Just came back to add the theme from The Breakfast Club, which is even better than the Knack, and is really my favourite movie theme song...

Swede

(33,257 posts)

3. Once Upon a Time In The West

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 08:08 PM

Apr 2012

sweetloukillbot

(11,029 posts)

5. I'll see your Once Upon a Time in the West and raise you...

Reply to Swede (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 12:13 AM

Apr 2012

Once Upon a Time in America.

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Morricone is amazing - be it his more experimental stuff from the 60s or his lush work from the 80s. The Mission is incredible as well.