Movies With Great Soundtracks?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[Siwsan]

1. The Big Chill

Packed with Motown. One of the best soundtracks ever, IMHO.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Hell yes!

[wnylib]

34. American Graffiti is good for that, too.

[hlthe2b]

3. There are many, but a favorite: 'Last of the Mohicans'.

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Also: Just about any movie scored by the late John Barry... (e.g., 'Out of Africa," "Midnight Cowboy," "Body Heat," "Somewhere in Time," "Dances With Woves," "Chaplin," "The Cotton Club," etc. )

[LakeArenal]

22. Love love that one.

[pressbox69]

38. Don't forget "Goldfinger."

[hlthe2b]

39. Oh, yes. Barry scored Bond and "Born Free" as well. I have a lot of favorites there.

[Duppers]

63. My fav! And...

All other movies John Barry scored!

😁

[electric_blue68]

80. Wow, how did I miss that JB scored DWW?! I loved ....

Born Free. Put on my vinyl record.....

[Sneederbunk]

4. Zulu

[PJMcK]

5. This could take a while!

I'll go with John Corigliano's Academy Award winning score for "The Red Violin."

There are scores of scores I could cite, however.




ETA:

[genxlib]

6. Garden State

Is a great soundtrack

The Breakfast Club is a classic from my generation

Something about movies that define generations tend to have pretty good soundtracks.

[IcyPeas]

71. yes, Garden State.

[woodsprite]

7. Forrest Gump, Practical Magic, and Guardians of the Galaxy! nt

[BootinUp]

8. Conan The Barbarian

[Niagara]

9. Footloose (1984)

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087277/soundtrack





Edit: Adding soundtrack.

[csziggy]

55. It's better with with the movies' opening titles

[Niagara]

57. I thought I had posted the complete soundtrack to Footloose.

It turns out that I didn't, so I fixed it.



Anytime the song Footloose comes on the radio while I'm driving no matter how old I am, the radio volume gets cranked up.

[csziggy]

58. I once stopped on the way home to buy the sound track to Footloose

When I bought a truck. All the way from Gainesville to Tallahassee, I played that music at full volume. I need to see if I still have that CD - that truck was the first vehicle I ever owned with a CD player in it, so that's what I got - it also had a cassette player - both in the dash!

[Niagara]

67. Nice.

Even though I don't know what you actually look like, I can see a silhouette of a person singing and dancing in the drivers seat to the music. I hope that you still have that CD.

[csziggy]

68. I think I wore out that CD - I should get another

I also wore out the first CD I ever bought - Tangerine Dream's Encore. I'd heard they had a new album out, went to buy it (on Christmas Eve, no less ), and it was only in CD format - which was brand new. So after Christmas, I had to go buy a CD player to listen to it. That was an agonizing few days - I had the new album but couldn't listen to it!

Eventually it just wouldn't play - in the CD player, the computer CD (which I had by then), or the car CD player (ditto). It would skip and play static. So I had to get another copy.

Yeah, I just checked - I don't have Footloose anymore. I just got out all my CDs and ripped them so I could put them on thumb drives to play in the cars. No Footloose or Kenny Loggins in the list. Heck, maybe I should just download the soundtrack you linked to!

[Archae]

10. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan soundtrack

Everything that could be done right with this movie, was done right.

[Earth-shine]

60. Absolutely. Truly the best Trek music.

James Horner was 27 when wrote that music.

Also, Horner wrote Star Trek III, which has equally amazing music. It's a very majestic and moody soundtrack.

And the worst, for music, was ST:IV.

[Blue Owl]

11. Fire Walk With Me

The prequel to Twin Peaks. Killer soundtrack.

[El Supremo]

12. The first one that I thought of is The Third Man.

I think the movie wouldn't have been that great without it.

[Goonch]

13. The Mission. Ennio Morricone

[mdelaguna]

41. ❤️

[Patterson]

14. Local Hero (Mark Knoffler)

[Dave in VA]

15. For my generation:

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[applegrove]

16. Hair

[smirkymonkey]

50. Yes!

Love that music!

[Cracklin Charlie]

17. Kicking to take notes later.

Thanks for the movie recs, ya’ll!

[Doc_Technical]

18. Doctor Zhivago

[Goonch]

19. Twin Peaks Soundtrack ANGELO BADALAMENTI

[Raven123]

20. Back to the Future.

[Raven123]

21. High Noon

[gainesvillenole]

23. The Sting!

[LakeArenal]

24. This is my first... before A Hard Day's Night

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[El Supremo]

46. That was a TV series, not a movie.

But one song was used in South Pacific - a musical.

[LakeArenal]

47. Say what?

https://www.google.com/search?q=movie+victory+at+sea&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[Goonch]

25. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Ennio Morricone

[Ahpook]

84. There it is

I was waiting on that post

Good shit!

[ironflange]

26. 2001

[Ocelot II]

27. The Year of Living Dangerously

Kiri Te Kanawa sings one of Strauss' Four Last Songs. Glorious.

[VarryOn]

28. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) & True Grit (2010) nt

[El Supremo]

43. I bought True Grit's.

Was it that long ago?

[VarryOn]

59. Yes, 2010! Can you believe it?

I had to Bing it for my original post. I would have guessed 2015.

It was a great soundtrack. I loved the old-timed gospel melodies sprinkled throughout.

[thucythucy]

29. Yellow Submarine

and 2001:

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[Brother Buzz]

30. Get Shorty

Stink by John Lurie is some incredible walking jazz infusion shit, or whatever it's called.

[ms liberty]

31. How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980) w/Earl Klugh and Hubert Laws. Also...

Almost Famous.
Help.
Hard Days Night.

[Corgigal]

32. This one..

Always.

[Boomerproud]

33. American Graffiti.

Plus so many others already mentioned. Love music threads. Great stress relievers.

[First Speaker]

35. A few at random...The Big Sleep, Where Eagles Dare, Vertigo...

...North By Northwest, Psycho--the last three Bernard Herrmann's trifecta of perfection for Hitchcock--musicals--of course!--like Singin' in the Rain, The Bandwagon, and Meet Me in St Louis. John Williams' early effort for the 1970 TV version of Jane Eyre. Citizen Kane. Chinatown. And a zillion others...

[El Supremo]

45. Herrmann stole this from Wagners' Tristand und Isolde.

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[wnylib]

36. For old songs that I still love,

Fiddler on the Roof, and West Side Story.

The scene in West Side Story when everyone is anticipating the upcoming evening for various reasons (romance for some, a rumble for others) is a fantastic blend of tunes that builds up the tension and sets the tone for what follows.

[rownesheck]

37. Uh, hello?! The movie with the greatest soundtrack?

Singles!

[mdelaguna]

40. Last of the Mohicans

[Upthevibe]

44. I have quite a few that I love but this is for sure is one of my

favorites:

[Yavin4]

48. Guardians of the Galaxy, vols. 1 and 2 n/t

[Aristus]

49. Kevin Reynold's "The Beast Of War", music by Mark Isham.

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An eerie electronic score for a grim look at tank warfare during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

[smirkymonkey]

51. I know a lot of people hate Woody Allen, but I love the old Jazz soundtracks of many of his

films. In fact they introduced me to some of my now favorite jazz artists.

[jrandom421]

52. Midnight Express

Giorgio Moroder won 1978 best score for it. "Chase" was a song that defined the late 70s & early 80s

[pressbox69]

53. Let's say,

Vertigo, King Kong(1933), The Bride of Frankenstein, All About Eve and Goldfinger are all great.

[csziggy]

54. FM - great cross section of 1970s music

The movie is not that memorable, but the soundtrack is fantastic!

Soundtrack:

Side One

"FM (No Static at All)" - Steely Dan – 4:52
"Night Moves" - Bob Seger – 3:27
"Fly Like an Eagle" - Steve Miller Band – 3:04
"Cold as Ice" - Foreigner – 3:20
"Breakdown" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 2:44
"Bad Man" - Randy Meisner – 2:38

Side Two (Order of songs on inside jacket show side three songs before side two songs)

"Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles – 4:46
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan – 5:54
"Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs – 3:42
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston – 4:45

Side Three

"Tumbling Dice" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:51 (Live Version)
"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:15 (Live Version)
"Livingston Saturday Night" - Jimmy Buffett – 3:10
"There's a Place in the World for a Gambler" - Dan Fogelberg – 5:41
"Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel – 4:49

Side Four

It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers – 4:13
"Your Smiling Face" - James Taylor – 2:43
"Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh – 8:05
"We Will Rock You" - Queen – 2:04
"FM - Reprise" - Steely Dan – 2:54

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_(soundtrack)

Another one I like is Sorcerer (1977) with sound track by Tangerine Dream. Here's an example:

[radicalleft]

56. A couple come to mind

Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven

[Earth-shine]

61. Man of Steel and Batman v Superman.

Hans Zimmer at his very best.

[DFW]

62. The Graduate

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Woodstock
Inside Man
The Illusionist

[Paladin]

64. Silverado. (nt)

[Mad_Dem_X]

65. Xanadu

Bad movie, terrific soundtrack.

[lillypaddle]

66. Hands down

City of Angels

[Glorfindel]

69. Lawrence of Arabia comes to mind...

Also "Samson and Delilah" (yes, I am older than dirt!)

[7wo7rees]

70. Mean Streets

Casino
Goodfellas
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
The Big Easy
Crooklyn
Harold and Maude
Good Morning Vietnam
The Saint
The Help
The Big Easy
Dazed and Confused
Natural Born Killers
Pump Up the Volume
Smoke
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Batman Forever
The Fisher King
Boogie Nights
Stealing Beauty
Repo Man
Desperado
From Dusk Til Dawn
Jackie Brown

[Upthevibe]

78. 7wo7rees...

Great list! I posted Jackie Brown but I love some of the ones you posted
Casino
Goodfellas
Dazed and Confused
And several others you listed...

[7wo7rees]

86. Thank you very much!

Don't sing with popcorn in your mouth! Back to the show!

[IcyPeas]

72. Quadrophenia - track listing:

[lindysalsagal]

73. Rocketman

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[TuxedoKat]

74. Witness

Soundtrack by Maurice Jarre. It sounds Copelandesque to me. Two others: Somewhere in Time and Goodbye Again.

[TexasBushwhacker]

75. Braveheart n/t

[Hotler]

76. The Sand Pebbles.

[lpbk2713]

77. Unforgiven and Cool Hand Luke

I like acoustic guitars.

[electric_blue68]

79. Shawshank, LOTR Trilogy, ST:The Motion Picture, Dances W Wolves, Field of Dreams, Independence Day

Before I was able to get the DVDs let alone a DVD player - I'd bought most of these as CD Soundtracks - I've loved the music so much!

[mucifer]

81. The Conversation

Such an amazing beautifully sad song playing throughout the sad lonely movie.

[lame54]

82. On Any Sunday

[Martin Eden]

83. The Third Man

Nothing quite like the zither music in this film noir classic with Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles, Alida Valli, and Trevor Howard:

[sarge43]

85. The Magificent Seven

Taxi Driver
Ben Hur
The Mask of Zorro
Conan the Barbarian
Forbidden Planet
Star Trek: First Contact
Black Panther
How To Train Your Dragon