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i'm making a list of all the best movie soundtracks and i need some outside input. i've kind of hit a block. so, what are some of your favorites?

Alamo Bay and Johnny Handsome. Both have some righteous Ry Cooder tracks.

Great topic!

Mean Streets, without a doubt... Don't know if they ever even pressed it, but the songs are just incredible...

Also, anything by Herrmann, Mancini, Rota and most of Morricone

For something a little different...

Los Vampyros Lesbos sountrack is brilliant! Well chilled and fun(c)ked!

Clockwork orange definitely my favourite. Badlands was class too

I was always a big fan of the Lost Boys Soundtrack

Manhunter: Micheal Mann film

Soundtrack even if a little dated worked so well with the film which in itself is outstanding

lost in translation

some of mine...

trouble man
performance
road to perdition
sling blade
paris texas

lebowski

Whats the name of that David Holmes tune at the end of oceans 11. Its great. Like a great swirly carousel on acid.

Holmes has done some good soundtracks I like the Ocean's 11 and also the Out of Sight soundtrack he did.

Midnight Cowboy - loads of lovely orchestral and cowboy-y John Barry stuff plus a few cracking soul numbers and some cool psychedelic stuff too
Performance - Great Mick Jagger track, Last Poets and Ry Cooder, very cool
Bladerunner - Mmmm, great to fall asleep to

First post - yay! Hello.

This will date me and cause me to cash in some of my credibility chips, BUT:

Harold & Maude (all Cat Stevens)

and

The Rose

Has anyone every listened to the entire "Rose" soundtrack by Bette Midler, barring the actual title track? Made quite an impression on me when I was 10 yrs old and still does and I still adore Janis Joplin. Perhaps I should have posted this under guilty pleasures. Sorry.

Repo Man is excellent. As is Trainspotting and The Wicker Man.

That short and sweet 30 minute reservior dogs sountrack is great, even if it has now become over familiar.

[And welcome Mr T Angle. Good use of the word Yay. I argued with my friend about it sometime ago. He thought it was a bit girly. I thought it was all good. I won. Yay! ]

John T Angle wrote:Bladerunner - Mmmm, great to fall asleep to

First post - yay! Hello.

Hi - Blade Runner is excellent, and if you can, find one of the bootleg editions of the soundtrack. The Esper Bootleg 2CD soundtrack is very very nice. If you're lucky, you might be able to download it from this site.

I'm also going to vote for the Hedwig & The Angry Inch soundtrack, and the Italian Job soundtrack. In a more ambient mode, Donnie Darko and Solaris are nice to listen to.

I think the Donnie Darko soundtrack works so well with the film. Love 'THe Killing Moon' by Echo and the Bunnymen. Tremendous. Caught a bit of their T in the Park Gig on TV last week. The sounded good think. A band I was never into but could listen to.

I've always really enjoyed the "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" soundtrack quite a lot. Especially the opening and closing themes - some very nice bowed saw sounds in there.

Requiem For A Dream is another good one...

At the other end of the spectrum, Blow Up and The Graduate are both fun soundtracks!

Finally, even though I don't actually own the soundtrack, watching Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey" is a treat, in part due to the music.

Agree about Blade Runner. Also Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, and Batman Returns.

pi & eraserhead are good mindfucks.

....Second 'Performance' and '...Cuckoo's nest', in fact, any soundtrack by Jack Nitzsche is a winner.
He also was responsible for 'The Hot Spot' - which featured Miles Davis (trumpet) AND John Lee Hooker (moans and guitar).

Speaking of Miles, the 'Jack Johnson' soundtrack is exceptionally good.

And also 'Dead Man' by Neil Young is amazing.

dead man! right on. i forgot about that one.

Aimee Mann's songs from Magnolia which actually inspired the film as well as featuring in it.

original soundtracks..

gattaca by michael nyman
1984 by the Eurythmics
ghost dog by RZA

all great choices, must say that PI is an excellent pick. didn't massive attack have something to do with that?????

as far as my picks go, tops would defo have to be "sweet and lowdown" absolutely a fantastic movie with a brilliant soundtrack.

second choice would have to "basqiuat". it has a mesmerizing song from gavin friday on it amongst others.

third would have to be "wings of desire". for anybody that has never seen that film, GO NOW RENT.


xxxshonnxxx

Solaris - amazing soundtrack, mesmerizing
Flash Gordon - Queen is awesome, and their music in this soundtrack is very cool.
Suspiria - Goblin
Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) - Goblin

check out

the Thin Red Line-Hans Zimmer
Passion-soundtrack to the Last Temptation of Christ-Peter Gabriel
the Mission-Ennio Morricone

a beautiful noise wrote:all great choices, must say that PI is an excellent pick. didn't massive attack have something to do with that?????

xxxshonnxxx

yes. angel, off of mezzanine. there's loads of good stuff on it... autechre, spacetime, etc. i need to subject myself to the film again now.

wings of desire was a good call. its been making the rounds on cable. i forgot how great it was.

and passion was a good one as well, jess.

jess farr wrote: Passion-soundtrack to the Last Temptation of Christ-Peter Gabriel

forgot about that one.. great record
outtakes here:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=52618

BzaInSpace wrote:....Second 'Performance' and '...Cuckoo's nest', in fact, any soundtrack by Jack Nitzsche is a winner.
He also was responsible for 'The Hot Spot' - which featured Miles Davis (trumpet) AND John Lee Hooker (moans and guitar).

Speaking of Miles, the 'Jack Johnson' soundtrack is exceptionally good.

And also 'Dead Man' by Neil Young is amazing.

Jack Nitzsche gives me pause, primarily because of "Broken Arrow", but for other reasons too.

Believe it or not, Bza, I didn't realize A Tribute To Jack Johnson was a soundtrack.

the blues brothers tops it for me .

i quite like the lock stock and two smoking barrells soundtrack

also high fidelity sound track isnt bad too

zabriskie point is a funny soundtrack

I really like the soundtrack to the movie 'Bullitt' Steve McQueen was the man

26$, from the liner notes

"How well a soundtrack album initially fares in the marketplace is generally tied in to how well the movie with which it is associated fares.

Director William Cayton's 1970 documentary, Jack Johnson, while critically acclaimed, was not a big success...and consequently Miles Davis sondtrack album quickly got lost in the shuffle. Davis complained at the time that the album deserved a better reception. He was right..."

He was right. It only has two tracks, but it is still very indulgent in all the right ways. Miles trumpet playing has reached some kind a peak, and the streamlined [for that era] one-off band are incredible - Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Steve Grossman, Bill Cobham, Michael Henderson.

A box set is out there that comprises of four discs of music.

Not so much as a favourite soundtrack as much as probably my favourite Miles Davis album. The opening five minutes or so are the most rock style Davis ever went. Somewhere on 'Yesternow' a part of 'In a Silent Way' is looped through it unexpectedly, and beautifully.

The Vanishing Point soundtrack is brillant, especially when you are driving west from Denver into the mountains and the sun. http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/vanishingpoint.htm I love the scene through 1970 Glenwood Canyon when it was just a two lane highway. That was before they built the $500 million highway through it now ending the last stretch of two lane interstate in the country in 1992.

Laz69 wrote:For something a little different...

Los Vampyros Lesbos sountrack is brilliant! Well chilled and fun(c)ked!

I'll second that. The film ain't half bad either...

I'll also second the Lock Stock disc - the only soundtrack with dialogue excerpts that isn't extremely irritating.

"...you don't look like yer average hortifuckingculturalist..."

28 days later


p.s. more and more i think you are all a bunch of old farts , no offence

I’m really digging the murderball soundtrack. There’s a tracklist here:
http://www.arecordcommotion.com/releases_murderball.htm
Two ministry tracks! so good.

qoyanisquatsi

Are we talking soundtracks with music specially recorded for the film, or a compilation tape with tracs selected to go with scenes?

If it's the former, i'd recommend The Trip and Bubba Ho-Tep.
Not forgetting the Morricone spaghetti western masterpieces.


As for the latter, has anyone mentioned Dazed & Confused yet? Great opening with Aerosmith and - one of my favourite track selections for a scene - Skynyrd's Tuesday's Gone.

What about Superfly?

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Crumb or Ghost World. Great old blues compilations. I also like the Pink Flamingos soundtrack. Great mix of '50s rock.

And even though I don't own any of the Wes Anderson soundtracks, he always fills his movies with great tracks. The Stones' 2000 Man in Bottle Rocket, Elliott Smith's Needle In The Hay in Royal Tenenbaums, The Creation's Making Time in Rushmore... great songs put to great use in his films.

The only movie soundtrack "scores" I ever picked up were Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and The Shining (not an official score, just the Bartok music that was used in the movie)... not counting the Star Wars double album I got for Christmas when I was 8 years old.

any soundtrack to a david lynch project is swell (straight story in particular). after a long while of watching from the shadows i had to join the board for this thread, god damn good one kids.

agree with the straight story, good call.

I like Amelie, Virgin Suicides, American werewolf in London, Donnie Darko, Star Wars...

I'd have to say Danny the Dog for a late Wednesday night listening.

Can't believe noone's yet mentioned Easy Rider, especially with Wasn't Born To Follow by The Byrds appearing twice in the film.
And then there's the menacing and haunting music from John Carpenter's Assault on Precint 13.

no particular order..

the shining
betty blue
the warriors
jesus christ superstar
vanilla sky

and probably more...

...

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ocean's Eleven Soundtrack
Out of Sight
Vanishing Point
Performance
Superfly

Not strictly a full soundtrack but its got mother Sky on so
CAN - Soundtracks

the wicker man
Wild Style
Cannabis - Serge Gainsbourg/Jean-Claude Vannier
Troubleman
psychomania - amazing album, really dirty muddy funk.
Get Carter
Live and Let Die - (Wings. Bet thats a first for this board! Pauls nothing without Linda)
Taxi Driver
Kill Bill (part one)
The Royal Tenenbaums

enjoy

My favorite soundtrack of all time is Superfly, done by Curtis Mayfield. It's perfect. Vertigo would be my second favorite. Both are really great when you are going for a drive.
ooh ooh and the original Dawn of the Dead music was fantastic.


I kind of miss the days when most movies had an original score.

Although I've only heard it a few times, five or six years ago at that, I've been thinking about grabbing the soundtrack to The Harder They Come.

I'm not really a big fan of reggae (mainly due to a lack of exposure), and I've never seen the film, but those few listens must have made an impression back then for me to want it now - and the amazing cover art.
All of this talk of soundtracks has no doubt had an influence as well.

Another great soundtrack related listen is the Mojo compilation "The Score" from about 3 years ago... Lots of great stuff on there - DJ Shadow, Mancini, Morricone, The Kinks, John Barry, Vince Guaraldi (Peanuts!!!) and Booker T. & The MG's, even the Moby track is pretty cool...

warmgun. wrote:Although I've only heard it a few times, five or six years ago at that, I've been thinking about grabbing the soundtrack to The Harder They Come.

I'm not really a big fan of reggae (mainly due to a lack of exposure), and I've never seen the film, but those few listens must have made an impression back then for me to want it now - and the amazing cover art.
All of this talk of soundtracks has no doubt had an influence as well.

Another great soundtrack related listen is the Mojo compilation "The Score" from about 3 years ago... Lots of great stuff on there - DJ Shadow, Mancini, Morricone, The Kinks, John Barry, Vince Guaraldi (Peanuts!!!) and Booker T. & The MG's, even the Moby track is pretty cool...

I'd get 'The Harder They Come' if I was you. It's great!

i am really amazed no one has said "doom generation". it was alot of shoegazer shit and other cool stuff. also gotta say fight club and twin peaks fire walk with me. at the time singles was a pretty solid soundtrack.
permanent midnight just cuz it has spiritualized on it. and the aforementioned lost in translation.

Forgive me if someone has already mentioned this, but I just rented the beautifully scored Friday Night Lights starring B.B. Thornton on the weekend and thought it was worth a mention.

The music is performed by a group called Explosions In The Sky (shades of Mogwai/GYBE!)

I'm generally not a fan of tug at the heart strings, underdog takes down the big guy-type sports movies, nevermind ones about Texas Highschool Football, but talk about a striking blend of equal parts bleak and inspirational music and visuals...

The movie probably would have been pretty good, and rather unconventional, without the addition of the music, but with it, it really manages to go to the next level, in my opinion.

It was also nice that instead of using some over-used "We Will Rock You!" type song during "the big game", those responsible chose to go with the equally rush-inducing I Wanna Be Your Dog...

pauldroneon wrote: zabriskie point is a funny soundtrack

been listening to the floyd outtakes two times today (well, 1.5 atm)..

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=55831

I have the original soundtrack too but have never seen the film so I can´t tell how poorly the rejected pinkfloyd stuff would have fitted..but it´s quite nice.

gersey mentioned Badlands - that soundtrack is the dog's bollocks.

I don't own a single soundtrack, but I can say that my favorite movie cover is Nathan Larson and Nina Persson's "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" from Boys Don't Cry.

Dead Man's Shoes - Soundtrack is nice, on Warp, not a bad movie either.

squirrel wrote:I don't own a single soundtrack, but I can say that my favorite movie cover is Nathan Larson and Nina Persson's "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" from Boys Don't Cry.

Thats beautiful and very sad listening to it watching the film... tragic.

Best soundtracks for me are

Vanilla sky, American beauty, A beautiful mind, and Donnie Darko

Shit

Dead mans shoes made me feel sick - think it was the acid section at the end that did it - Arrrghhhh, recommended for the brave - I tip Bubba Ho Tep personally!

Dead Man's Shoe's is fucking astounding. I bought the soundtrack too. Vessel In Vain is a gorgeous song.

I've almost forced some of my mates to watch it when they weren't too bothered about watching it. It blew everyone of them away too.

That acid scence made me feel so dirty and sweaty! I felt like I was in that room with them!

Some of the dialogue at the start cracks me up.

"Fancy a tit-fuck?" "No thanks."

Go see it.

Meo wrote:
.... I tip Bubba Ho Tep personally!

Fucking right! Thats a magic film!

Saw it a few months ago (an amazing unexpected gift), somehow mistakenly had the commentary on. Took a little while to realized It's in the voice of Elvis. The young Elvis.

I only have a few films but that is one of them...

Dawn Of The Dead 2004 remake.
Johnny Cash - When The Man Comes Around. Fantastic

Dead Man's Shoe's and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael are molotov coctails of cinema, modern cinema.
i'm sure that the ending of Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael comes as shocking as Andalusian Dog was in 1929.

and the soundtrack of Great Ecstasy is an ace too. blow the kingdom.

i recently saw an amazing US indie movie called "Undertow", directed by freshman David Gordon Green, that crawled under my skin and made an impact like a lightning from a clear sky. recommended celluloid.
Undertows soundtrack is done by Philip Glass and thats also remarkable.

my question is who is the drunken songster in Miike's "Izo" ? ? ?

veiko wrote:Dead Man's Shoe's and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael are molotov coctails of cinema, modern cinema.
i'm sure that the ending of Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael comes as shocking as Andalusian Dog was in 1929.

and the soundtrack of Great Ecstasy is an ace too. blow the kingdom.

i recently saw an amazing US indie movie called "Undertow", directed by freshman David Gordon Green, that crawled under my skin and made an impact like a lightning from a clear sky. recommended celluloid.
Undertows soundtrack is done by Philip Glass and thats also remarkable.

my question is who is the drunken songster in Miike's "Izo" ? ? ?

You went to the Love and Anarchy festival in Helsinki?


Izo was fucking fantastic, and Dead Man's Shoes is one of modern cinemas classics. Has anyone seen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou? Belongs on the same list, that one...


Veiko: Did you see the London Sinfonietta w/ Mira Calix @ NYYD2005?
Surely the gig of the year...

Juzba wrote:

veiko wrote:Dead Man's Shoe's and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael are molotov coctails of cinema, modern cinema.
i'm sure that the ending of Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael comes as shocking as Andalusian Dog was in 1929.

and the soundtrack of Great Ecstasy is an ace too. blow the kingdom.

i recently saw an amazing US indie movie called "Undertow", directed by freshman David Gordon Green, that crawled under my skin and made an impact like a lightning from a clear sky. recommended celluloid.
Undertows soundtrack is done by Philip Glass and thats also remarkable.

my question is who is the drunken songster in Miike's "Izo" ? ? ?

You went to the Love and Anarchy festival in Helsinki?

Veiko: Did you see the London Sinfonietta w/ Mira Calix @ NYYD2005?
Surely the gig of the year...

yes i was at the Love and Anarchy fest. my fifth time. i love that festival, very much my cup of tea. i'm much into japanese films, so it ain't getting better easily for me!

and yes London Sinfonietta was astonishing.
it was solemnal competition between classical music and intellectual dance music. feels like a reborn music lover after that experience.
(during the concert i recognized the Boards of Canada tune and that guided me to thinking that it's SO different from the original, so i was wondering how on earth those players are capable of digging so diverse music? i mean that BoC track is absolutly different on their album, so how many players from Sinfonietta are actually understanding the Warp Rec output?)


Juzba, did you see "Late Bloomer"?

here is a link to this extraordinary movie:

http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/latebloomer.shtml