Bilbo Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Soundtrack albums. An acquired taste but what are your favourites? The rule is it must be a work put together for a film soundtrack and not a compilation of hits to act as a backdrop to a 'set piece'. Personally I regularly revisit: Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Trilogy Navarettes score for 'Pan's Labyrinth' (a recent acquisition) Pat Metheny's 'A Map of the World' John Williams' 'Schindler's List' 'Finding Forester' - some great work by Bill Frissel and the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version of 'Over The Rainbow' is deeply moving - actually, this technically breaks the rule but no-one would have ever heard the 'hits' compiled for this soundtrack so I let it in! Any great soundtracks out there that stand up for themselves as pieces of music? Quote
alexclaber Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Superfly and Shaft, obviously! And more recently, O Brother Where Art Thou Alex Quote
clauster Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 STAR WARS is the only one I can think of....... In terms of "greatest hits" ones (which I know we're not doing, sorry Bilbo), having had my teenage years in the 80's I really like the soundtracks to John Hughes' films . Quote
Mikey D Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Taxi Driver Fifth Element The Spook Who Sat By The Door Coffy and generally anything by Quincy! Quote
Bilbo Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 I've got Fifth Element somewhere, I'll have another listen... Quote
NJE Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Does August Rush count? I think that was all put together for the film, lovely music. Quote
bnt Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 I don't buy many actual soundtrack albums, but one was for the 1995 movie [url="http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/heat"]Heat[/url], which is pretty avant-garde stuff. The original soundtrack pieces are by Elliot Goldenthal and the "Dead Elk Guitar Orchestra", plus it has tracks by the likes of Terje Rypdal, Moby, and Michael Brook. One I didn't buy, but was impressed by, was Trevor Rabin's soundtrack to the thriller [url="http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/sixthday"]The 6th Day[/url]. Unlike most of Trevor's soundtrack work (Armageddon, Con Air, etc.), it actually sounds like him, and you can tell the film makers liked it: the DVD has a soundtrack-only channel. For sheer mind-blowing power, I have to mention the soundtrack to [url="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0113568/"]Ghost In The Shell[/url]: mostly original pieces by Kenji Kawai. The opening credits has a vocal piece in an ancient Japanese dialect, that sounds like nothing I've ever heard before. The animation may be slightly NSFW: Quote
Pikefloyd Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 A recent one i like is Eddie Vedder - music from 'Into The Wild' Quote
Dubs Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) The [b]Pulp Fiction[/b] soundtrack is fantastic. It was the first soundtrack i bought and the only one I ever listen to. Some great tunes on there. Tarantino soundtracks are nearly always great though IMO. EDIT: Doesn't fit into Bilbo's rule that "it must be a work put together for a film soundtrack and not a compilation of hits to act as a backdrop to a 'set piece'"...but f*** it, it's a great soundtrack I do have one that does fit into the rule though - Moguai's [i]Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait[/i]. Awesome soundtrack, totally epic in places. [i]Black Spider [/i]is my #1 moody chill out track. Edited July 11, 2008 by benwhiteuk Quote
chris_b Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Do The Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers 2000 and American Graffiti count? While not being a film, the soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar, featuring the wonderful Alan Spenner, is pretty good. Quote
Bilbo Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='237258' date='Jul 11 2008, 12:55 PM']Doesn't fit into Bilbo's rule ...but f*** it, it's a great soundtrack [/quote] Libertine!! Quote
chris_b Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 The soundtrack to my life. Blackboard Jungle, Hard Days Night, Help, Woodstock, Mad Dogs And Englishmen, Stop Making Sense.... Quote
NinetyNineProblems Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Grizzly Man - great soundtrack, great film. Quote
Kirky Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 One from The Heart - Tom Waits and Crystal Gale. The Cotton Club. Both Copolla films. Kirky. Quote
tayste_2000 Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Ocean's 12 and 13 loads of bass by Justin Meldal-Johnsen Awesome old style grooves Quote
endorka Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='237247' date='Jul 11 2008, 12:46 PM']I've got Fifth Element somewhere, I'll have another listen...[/quote] It's a great soundtrack, unfortunately one of the cool reggae numbers in the film is not on it. "Diva Dance" with its vocal trickery is an incredible track IMO. The opening track is a really well constructed soft riffy rock number. Michael Nyman has composed some good film soundtracks, e.g. "Gattaca" Jennifer Quote
Faithless Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 [i][b]Once[/b][/i] ... Glen Hansard and The Frames; Marketa Irglova ... Quote
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