MOST ORIGINAL SCORES!

[the humble narrator]

As I watched the greatness that is THERE WILL BE BLOOD, I noticed this peculiar score. Since then, I've read reviews and every single one singles out the score and calls it either daring or original. Or at least different. So what are some of the most original scores out there?

One that I really liked, that a lot didn't, was THE WEATHER MAN. It's a great movie, with an amazing score my Hans Zimmer. The other one is from another PTA film, Punch Drunk Love. Both of these scores are unlike any other ones ever done.

[dannywalker17]

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Village

[Powerslave]

Akira (seriously, go listen to it)
Paprika (anything by Susumu Hirasawa, really)
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God
Eyes Wide Shut
A Clockwork Orange
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Blade Runner
Requiem For A Dream

Ennio Morricone's scores have always struck me as pretty original, also.

[Le_Big_Mac]

King Kong (1933)
The Third Man
Star Wars
A Fistful of Dollars
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Duel
The Sea Hawk
Pi
Requiem For A Dream
The Fountain
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Psycho
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Gladiator
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Godfather
Sunset Blvd.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Fly (1986)

[Briare Rabbit]

Gone With the Wind
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Halloween
To Kill a Mockingbird
Days of Heaven
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Sunshine
Breakfast at Tiffany's

[dannywalker17]

How could I forget Blade Runner?

also Crash

[MidnightAngel]

Suspiria
Speed
Phantasm
Candyman
Deep Red
The Terminator
Robocop
Hellraiser

[acorvey]

Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman's score for the 1999 film Ravenous is wildly unconventional. Check it out if you're not familiar with it.

[WhatsInaName]

Props to anyone who mentioned REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.

It's astonishing how the same piece of music was able to suit different situations in the film. When the scene meant to be shocking, the music established that. When it was meant to be romantic, it succeeded too. And when it wanted to be sad and melancholic, it helped break my heart.

Spectacular.