Soundtrack

[DJ Doena]

IMHO there are two kinds of sound tracks: The scores and the songs.

Personally I like the first ones better. I really like orchestral music with violins, drums, trumpets and fanfares.

I think they transport the emotions way better than some pop song.

My favourite soundtrack is "The Lord of the Rings".

But I also like these very much:

Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Master and Commander
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star TreK VI: The Undiscovered Country

[xyrano]

There are some special sections in Gladiator where the score produce such emotions within me that I will never forget it.
I can even sit quietly and listen to the music in the "menu" (I forget the word "option list?") over and over.

[Najemikon]

My favourite composer is Ennio Morricone. Karsten, if you are interested in scores you should look him up. Especially big-sound orchestral affairs. I know you've said before you aren't interested in older films and I would assume Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns count, but the themes can be enjoyed separately anyway. His "The Ecstasy of Gold" from near the end of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" is wonderful.

I love Bond themes too. David Arnold has done a fantastic job after the rubbish that was "Goldeneye". But "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is my favourite. A classic case of the music being better than the film!  That said, my favourite John Barry is not Bond at all, but "Dances With Wolves". It pretty much tells the story of the film through the music.

[Lithurge]

I'll second the Morricone recommendation, normally I fast forward through the opening of a film, but I never do films he's scored as it sets the tone so well.

Not a film score, but I'm glad I went for the collector's edition of The Witcher (PC game) as it came with the soundtrack, which is rather stunning for a game.

[RossRoy]

Ah soundtracks. To me, it can make of break a movie experience sometimes.

Can imagine Star Wars having the success it had without Williams' score? Or the sheer terror brought forth by those two simple notes from Jaws? Or the grandeur of Gladiator without what's-his-name Hans Zimmer's music?


Yes, soundtracks can be a whole experience on their own. Off the top of of my head, here's a few I really like:

- Star Wars (John Williams)
- Jaws (John Williams)
- Gladiator (Hans Zimmer)
- Frank Herbert's Dune (the Sci-Fi miniseries) (Bryan Tyler)
- The Incredibles (Michael Giacchino)
- Star Trek Theme (don't remember his name)
- etc. etc. etc.

[Kathy]

Ah soundtracks. To me, it can make of break a movie experience sometimes.

I couldn't agree more.

[Achim]

His "The Ecstasy of Gold" from near the end of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" is wonderful.

Indeed!

Didn't they record that earlier and then Leone played it back while they were filming...?

[Najemikon]

I think so. They did that with pretty much the whole of Once Upon A Time In The West I hear.

[Rogmeister]

I just came across this thread.  I also love film scores and I probably have over 200 movie soundtracks.  Of course, I love western music though those only take up maybe about 10-15% of my movie score collection.  Some of my favorite scores:

Superman by John Williams
The Cowboys by John Williams (his only score for a John Wayne film)
The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein
Batman by Danny Elfman
Out of Africa by John Barry
The Red Tent by Ennio Morricone
Silverado by Bruce Broughton

[Rogmeister]

I just ordered my first soundtracks in quite awhile.  I found out that a 2-disc limited edition soundtrack to TV's The Flash had been released so I ordered that.  Danny Elfman did the series theme and Shirley Walker (who had composed much of the music for "Batman: The Animated Series") had done the rest of the music.  I also ordered the soundtrack to a super-hero animated feature, Justice League: The New Frontier.  My others ordered were westerns, a 4-disc release of music from various movies and TV series, a 2-disc release of Silverado and a limited release of the soundtrack to The War Wagon.

[Dragonfire]

I have a lot of soundtracks too.  I like some scores...I also like some of the ones that have other songs too.

I have to look for sure, but I have most of the Harry Potter soundtracks.  I may still need the 6th one.  I have the ones for Pirates of the Caribbean movies..Lord of the Rings...I really like those.

[Rogmeister]

I think I have the first 3 Harry Potter soundtracks...those were the ones by John Williams, then someone else took over. I was looking at that site and they have a huge set of 8 discs featuring music from the 4 Superman movies that starred Christopher Reeve.  I'm surprised they'd have that much music...I thought Superman 2-4 just reused music from the first movie?