Film / screen soundtrack recommendations

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Mumsnet has helped me put together some brilliant, varied playlists in the past and helped me find songs/ artists I’ve not heard of or had forgotten about. Really enjoying soundtrack pieces like Tennessee by Hans Zimmer, Theme from Schindler’s list, The Mission, Amelie - I know there are so, so many but please hit me with your favourites - I’m loving classical at the minute but open to anything!

Soundtrack to Romeo + Juliet is a classic

Out of Africa
and any piece composed by Danny Elfman

Hardware (post apocalypse sci fi film)

Passion - Peter Gabriel (soundtrack to The Last Temptation Of Christ)

Streets of Fire - 70s style, lots of great tracks (as someone who isn't into that sound at all.)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - amazing classical soundtrack. Same guy who scored The Piano.

Gattaca - another Michael Nyman one.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - can't go wrong with Nick Cave.

These are great starting points, thank you so much!

Sophie Choice
The Piano
Thelma and Louise

The Long Good Friday

Another vote for Zimmer - this time the soundtrack to Vertigo. It’s a masterpiece. And when you’ve listened watch the YouTube video analysing it by Neil Brand.

I’ve enjoyed listening to some of these this morning - can’t believe I’d forgotten the piano and good to have some non classical suggestions too (though love a good orchestra!)

Arggghhhh. Vertigo’s not by Zimmer it’s Bernard Herrmann!! Blame menopause brain 😳

Last of the Mohicans- absolutely beautiful music.

The Buccaneers soundtrack

Into the Wild is gorgeous, by the musician from Pearl Jam.
The soundtrack to Baby Driver is good. I can't watch the film again though, because Kevin Spacey is in it...

Quadrophenia..The who.
5.15.

He sleeps from Pretty Woman…
Chariots of Fire…

Lord of the Rings

Invictus

The lost boys
Purple rain

Peter Rabbit has a brilliant soundtrack.

Also- (it may seem a little obvious, but never mind) Amadeus.

The Piano
Braveheart
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Once Upon A Time In America

If you like rock then the Queen of the Damned soundtrack is brilliant

Elysium from the Gladiator soundtrack - Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt

Ryuichi Sakamoto (Wuthering Heights, The Last Emperor, The Revenant, Proxima)
Max Richter
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk in particular).

The Man from Nowy River had a brill soundtrack. The theme opened the Sydney Olympics.

I also love the Dawn Mantra.

Snowy River, that is.