Your Favorite Movie Soundtracks

[Film Fan BeAm2k]

Music is an essential part of quality filmmaking. It sets the mood for the scene, assists in building suspense, and it even has the power to make you jump in your seat. So who uses it best?

First of all, I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino's use of music in his films. I own every soundtrack to them and they are constantly playing in my car. That being said, here are my favorites.

Pulp Fiction - I love just about every song on this soundtrack, particularly the old school surfing tunes played throughout.
Reservoir Dogs - To me, this soundtrack defines "cool", and the excerpts from Steven Wright as the K-BILLY Super Sounds of the 70's D.J. are golden.
Death Proof - Again (mostly) a great soundtrack. Tunes to kick back to.
I also enjoyed select songs from both Kill Bill soundtracks.

Another soundtrack I could never live without would have to be The Pick of Destiny by Tenacious D. A hilariously great soundtrack (IMO) ripped straight from the underrated (IMO) film.

Sometimes I also enjoy listening to instrumental film tracks such as the 28 Weeks Later (John Murphy) and 28 Days Later (Various Artists) soundtracks, as well as the Donnie Darko score by Michael Andrews. I also enjoy the gritty, saxophone-driven sounds of the Sin City soundtrack by Robert Rodriguez and various other artists. Even some of the Planet Terror tracks I find enjoyable. And then there's the Mac-Daddy of them all - the Halloween (1978) soundtrack by John Carpenter.

And lastly, for some "good-time" feels I enjoy The Big Chill soundtrack and I recently picked up the soundtrack for The Hangover which is so-so.

So, what are your favorite film soundtracks? And, in your opinion, who uses music the best in their films?

[John Galt]

Immortal Beloved
The Last American Virgin
Last Action Hero(Dislike the movie though)
Judgement Night
The Breakfast Club
Interview With A Vampire
The Devil's Rejects
The Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Halloween

[Natty]

Scores and Soundtracks?

Soundtracks

Goodfellas (the best one)
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Graduate
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon (the music in this film is great, very moving)
The Departed
South Park

Score

The Godfather Part II (the best one)
The Godfather
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (all Sergio Leone movies I guess)
There Will Be Blood
Lord of the Rings
Taxi Driver
The Assassination of Jesse James
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Braveheart
The Dark Knight


As for who uses music the best, I find that the top three are my three favourite directors (but I guess that's just because I've seen all their movies ). Quentin Tarantino has a great knowledge of music and always seems to pick a track that perfectly fits the scene, only problem is maybe the repetition/rewinding of the soundtracks. Stanley Kubrick is similar but focuses on classical music rather than pop. Martin Scorsese is the best though, the songs he chooses not only 'fit the scene' well but can sometimes lend it a unique atmosphere that enhances the scene in a way that only he can.

[Antonio141]

SOUNDTRACKS
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
PURPLE RAIN
THE BIG CHILL
DAZED & CONFUSED
JACKIE BROWN


SCORES
PSYCHO
JAWS
THE OMEN
HALLOWEEN
SIGNS
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

[Reigh Kaufman]

Current favourite:

The Painted Veil.

[MidnightAngel]

Blade Runner
A Clockwork Orange
Flash Gordon
Robocop
Halloween(1978)
Piranha(1978)
Suspiria
Inferno
Speed
First Blood
The Shining
Jaws
Batman Begins
Batman(1989)
The Poseidon Adventure
The Towering Inferno
Airport

[Le_Big_Mac]

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Pulp Fiction
Dazed and Confused
The Harder They Come
Saturday Night Fever
Goodfellas
The Departed

Kubrick uses music the best.

[Film Fan BeAm2k]

Originally Posted by Le_Big_Mac

Kubrick uses music the best.

No argument here! Kubrick is a master.

[Reigh Kaufman]

Originally Posted by Film Fan BeAm2k

Kubrick is a master.

Was.

[Film Fan BeAm2k]

Originally Posted by Reigh Kaufman

Was.

Touche...

[ilovemovies]

That Thing You Do!

Best. Soundtrack. Ever!


Scores are a different matter.

Some of my favorite scores:

Glory
Unbreakable
The Lord of the Rings
Mission to Mars
Gladiator
Superman
Indiana Jones
Back to the Future
Batman
Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
Daredevil
Speed

[Bahs]

this discussion is over

[Smiert Spionam]

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels has a fantastic soundtrack.

[Frosty_86]

As I do have a hard on for Scorsese and Tarantino I must say Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Casino, Goodfellas, and the Deaprted are among my favorites.

Also
Dazed and Confused
Armageddon
Garden State
Across the Universe (some new takes on some classic Beatles songs)
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Jaws
The Lord of the Rings
Braveheart
Platoon
The Big Lebowski
Batman Begins/ The Dark Knight
The Big Chill
Forrest Gump
Batman (89)
Superman
28 Days Later

[EZM22]

Pretty much all of Tarantino's films have awesome soundtracks, from Pulp Fiction all the way to Death Proof.

Others:

Snatch - Fits the movie perfectly.
The Matrix - I can't listen to Rage Against the Machine's "Wake Up" without thinking of the final scene.
Singles - A fine selection of early 90s grunge and alternative rock
The Crow - Again, more grunge
Spawn - Don't laugh... I actually think the soundtrack is the only good thing to come out of that wretched film. Collaborations between electronica and rock/metal acts. There's a song in there featuring Prodigy and Tom Morello which sounds so awesome you can't tell when it's guitar or machine making the sounds.

[JawsGodfather]

Jaws, Psycho, Lotr and the classic that is The Snowman are my favourite scores,

Just seen that new horror film Triangle though and the score's amazing in that - really builds suspense! Knew Christian Henson was pretty great but had never heard of Dot Allison before, turns out her music's really cool and she's done quite a bit of work with Pete Doherty before - http://www.myspace.com/dotallison

[athf1980]

scores
lotr
jaws
star wars saga
american beatuy

soundtracks
south park
grease
hairspray
forrest gump

[ProgWizardry]

The Empire Strikes Back
Last Of The Mohicans
Rob Roy
Immortal Beloved
Lord Of The Rings
Blade Runner
Halloween
Suspiria
Phenomena
Better Off Dead
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Once Upon A Time In The West

[bigred760]

Pulp Fiction . . . that's probably about it. I also own Batman Forever's soundtrack but haven't listened to it in years.

[Sgizzy316]

Goodfellas

I think Scorsese puts together the best soundtracks overall

[Dr.Frankenstein]

James Bond film "For Your eyes Only" 1981 gr8 soundtrack - great for bass guitar practice! thanks to session bassist-Mo Foster! One of my favorite 007 films too!

[cloneofkelso]

Nacho Libre-very bubbly and fun soundtrack fits the movie perfectly

[rossjohnson2806]

Royal Tenenbaums, Into the Wild and South Park spring immediatley to mind.

[Danger^Cart]

Originally Posted by Bahs

this discussion is over

Definetely the best film score ever composed.

Recently watched Adventureland. AWESOMELY 80's soundtrack.

[Frosty_86]

Originally Posted by Sgizzy316

Goodfellas

I think Scorsese puts together the best soundtracks overall

Couldn't have said it better. The music he puts in his movies are among my favorites ever especially the Stones. He also has places the music perfectly in the movies.

[KillerKlown]

Some of my faves (in no particular order):

Near Dark
Manhunter
The Empire Strikes Back
Bubba Ho-Tep
The Bourne Supremacy

[ebrock]

Original Soundtracks:
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
SUPERMAN-THE MOVIE
LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Compilation Soundtrack:
HEAVY METAL-THE MOVIE

[Dirtyfrog]

Bladerunner (by Vangelis)
Underworld
Hideaway
Lost Highway

[Freddy Krueger]

Garden State
Donnie Darko
The Devil's Rejects