Which films have stunning soundtracks

[Aurasauras]

I was catching up on The Hunger Games this weekend (new film next week!) but as I was also crocheting (gotta keep the hands busy!) wasn’t watching but just listening with my headphones and glancing at it now and then. I had always known that HG was visually stunning but I was really amazed that it also has an amazing soundtrack. Not necessarily songs but lots of unique HG sounds- the sound of the knives for example or the tracker jacks, the host etc which make it absolutely unique to HG. Similarly the James Bond music is so uniquely JB that you can identify it in milliseconds.

Which other films have soundtracks that are as strong or stronger than the visuals?

The original score from Conan the barbarian by Basil Poledouris is on of my favourites. Well worth a listen.

Dances with wolves
Broken circle breakdown
Into the wild
Oh brothers where art thou

Forest gump.. had to add that one when I read it above.

Top gun
I also love Walk the line.

What? Has no one mentioned Max Richter and Shutter Island?

Also try out Bryce / Aaron Dessner soundtracks - I think The Revenant was one?

Ooh yes and Near Dark soundtrack also Tangerine Dream

The Wanderers. Love the music from that era.

Good one! Agree 100%

Cold mountain is quite good - fits the film.

Watchmen is a really underrated film and I adore the soundtrack. It's just perfect!

There's another that's on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember. If I do, I'll be back.

Anything by John Williams but especially ET, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Schindlers List and Jurassic

Anything Hans Zimmer but especially Interstellar, Dune, The Dark Knight, Gladiator and Inception

Sunshine
28 Days/Weeks Later

The Cider House Rules
Black Beauty
The Secret Garden

Last of the Mohicans has an amazing soundtrack as others have said.

Also a bit niche but I'm a big fan of Turkish TV dramas and they all have brilliant scores, unique for the show and can convey comedy, sadness etc. It's definitely part of what makes them so great.

love this music so much

Carrie for me, hands down best

Pulp fiction as already mentioned, Train Spotting, The full monty, Four Weddings.

Great year for films.

The Prince of Egypt - best animation music

City of Angels, Trainspotting, Romeo and Juliet

1492

Jaws
Hannibal
Cruel Intentions

And the Lost Boys.

In Bruges. Superb.

The Blues Brothers films. Just masses and masses of great musicians. James Brown, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddly, Isacc Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, Chaka Khan, etc.

Not a film but the original TV series of Twin Peaks. I have the CD. Brilliant!

I love the soundtrack for David Lynch's Dune too which was (amazingly) written and performed by Toto.
I recently listened to some 80's soundtracks when I fell down a Spotify rabbit hole while making a new soundtrack playlist.
I spent a lovely afternoon reliving the brilliance and beauty of Labyrinth, Legend (the Tom Cruise one), The Mosquito Coast and 1984 - the Eurythmics one that didn't get used.

Some crackers here. I just watched The Killer (new David Fincher). Mediocre film, but great soundtrack from The Smiths

I'm pretty sure I have that on vinyl - I can picture the sleeve - but my vinyl is in boxes in the garage ATM - I bought so many albums by the Tangs - it got ridiculous!

Another great synth soundtrack (used at the birth of my first) is:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_sauvage