Favorite Movies Soundtracks??

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28. The Ninth Gate

Wojciech Kilar who wrote the soundtrack for the film The Ninth Gate is considered a major Polish classical composer. He may not be the greatest, as I think I mentioned Miklos Rozsa above, who is generally considered the all-time greatest film composer in the music world (nominated an astonishing 13 times for the Academy Award for best musical score for films like El Cid, Ben Hur, Double Indemnity, Lost Week-End, King of Kings, The Thief of Baghdad, Quo Vadis, Spellbound, nearly 100 in all), and actually receiving 3 Oscars.

Kilar's score for the film The Ninth Gate is a master work, for its incredible variety that I have never experienced in any other film. The music is key to the atmosphere of the story and functions like a character. This one hour clip gives some idea of the many themes developed for the film. Listen to the haunting melody at approximately the 29:20 mark. The demonic sounding theme at the 42:30 mark is positively grandiose. And the opening piece with harpsichord and piano that repeats at the 50:15 mark is of breathtaking beauty. Kilar also composed the beautiful score for Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula.