Favourite Movie Soundtracks

[suzywong]

and I don't mean Dirty Dancing and Grease

They can turn up some real gems and be very evocative without being obvious.

What are you favourites?

a few of mine include:

suspiria - goblin
the straight story - angelo badalamenti
planet of the apes - jerry goldsmith
danger: diabolik - ennio morricone
the wicker man - paul giovanni
cannibal holocaust - riz ortolani
zombie flesh eaters - fabio frizzi
inferno - keith emerson
the sorcerer - tangerine dream
the italian job - quincy jones
get carter - roy budd

haveta mention the stunning use of library music in romero's dawn of the dead....finally available on cd it's a musy own for any film fan (tho the goblin score used mainly on the european version is great too).

I absolutely love film music and have just got the music from Pride and Prejudice off Amazon - now trying to play the title piece "Dawn" is alot harder than it looks. The composer - Dario Marienelli was robbed of an Oscar for it last year.
Also loved Gustavo Santaolalla (?sp) music for Brokeback which won the Oscar. I agree the Morricone theme from the Mission has been miss-used over the years - what about his music from the spagetti westerns? fantastic.
Hans Zimmer can do no wrong too - his music for the Gladiator was very effective.
I have the soundtrack to the film Chocolat - primarily to hear the lush Mr Depp play the guitar - but it is all excellent - composer is Rachel Portman.
And Thomas Newman had a very haunting string composition in Road to Perdition. I could go on but I fear my anorak will become visible.....

I used to love the Diva soundtrack when I was a pretentious teenager and the Betty Blue one too and Paris Texas - they all really take me back

big morricone fan - once upon a time in the west probably my favourite, but they are all epic.

Powaqqatsi, Koyaanisqatsi - phillip glass soundtracks superb.

Diva got a mention - love that too.

Blade Runner
apocalypse now has some great tracks in it in memorable scenes (although a manfilm that one)

Kronos quartet soundtracks: Dracula and Requiem for a Dream

When I was a teenager I loved the soundtrack to The Big Blue and also love Out Of Africa which was John Barry was it not

Lots of great stuff on here, my absolute favourite is Cool Hand Luke - Lalo Schifrin.