Best and Favorite Soundtracks

[DirkAB]

I really like listening to movie soundtracks, there are a lot of bad ones out there, but some really good ones also. I like them for a number of reasons. You can find songs that are unreleased and unaby some of your favorite artists on soundtracks. I've also discovered bands that I really like that I wouldn't have otherwise found if not for movie soundtracks. Plus, I've noticed that I sometimes like a soundtrack more after having seen the movie, almost like some of that charm from a movie carries over into the soundtrack and you begin to associate it with the music.

Here are my top 5 and a few other notables off the top of my head, which is subject to change. This excludes Purple Rain, A Hard Day's Night, The Wall, ect.... Because I never exactly considered those soundtracks, more like albums turned into soundtracks. Don't know if that makes any sense, but I guess they don't fit the stereotype of a soundtrack for me.



1. Singles (Don't think this one will ever be topped, listened to this album so much during high school, great songs that you can't find anywhere else by Pearl Jam, Pumpkins, Cornell, ect... Really definitive of music during the early and mid 90's. Cameron Crowe movies have great soundtracks.)

2. Garden State (Actually thought at one time that this might be better than Singles, but it just can't quite top it. Some really good songs by mostly bands I had never heard of before this soundtrack.)

3. Pulp Fiction (This is one of those that I associate so strongly with parts of a movie, it really inheritted a lot of the movies charm and coolness. Probably wouldn't like this one nearly as much as I do if I hadn't seen or liked the movie so much.)

4. Forrest Gump (Maybe the best collection of music of all of them and is 2 discs, but still isn't as much of a favorite, maybe because the songs aren't from my era. Can defenitely see how somebody would put this at the top of the list though.)

5. Resevior Dogs (Super hip and fun soundtrack of all 70's songs that carries a lot of the movies attitude, Steven Wright as the DJ in between songs is classic.)

Other favorites:

Vanilla Sky (Another Cameron Crowe movie, others include Elizibethtown, Fast Times at...., Almost Famous, Say Anything, and Jerry Maguire)

Natural Born Killers (wide variety between rap, rock, and old country)

The Big Chill (Great album of oldies and classic rock)

Virgin Suicides (It has a soundtrack that is good and a seperate album with the Scores, which were done by a band that I really dig called Air. The soundtrack is alright but the album with the original scores is kick ass.)

Amongst Friends (Very unknown movie and soundtrack, but has some really good music from Mick Jones, Lemonheads, Chili Pepers, Pharcyde, and BAD II. Another favorite from high school.)


What are your favorites, or what soundtracks do you think are the best?

[jman3000]

I know the soundtrack for Heavy Metal 2000 had a lot of well known bands ... but I know it has a track by Insane Clown Posse ... which gives it a lot of suck points right off the bat.

[DirkAB]

I know the soundtrack for Heavy Metal 2000 had a lot of well known bands ... but I know it has a track by Insane Clown Posse ... which gives it a lot of suck points right off the bat.


ICP is a joke, but I've never heard that soundtrack nor seen the movie.

[atxrocker]

I really like listening to movie soundtracks, there are a lot of bad ones out there, but some really good ones also. I like them for a number of reasons. You can find songs that are unreleased and unaby some of your favorite artists on soundtracks. I've also discovered bands that I really like that I wouldn't have otherwise found if not for movie soundtracks. Plus, I've noticed that I sometimes like a soundtrack more after having seen the movie, almost like some of that charm from a movie carries over into the soundtrack and you begin to associate it with the music.

Here are my top 5 and a few other notables off the top of my head, which is subject to change. This excludes Purple Rain, A Hard Day's Night, The Wall, ect.... Because I never exactly considered those soundtracks, more like albums turned into soundtracks. Don't know if that makes any sense, but I guess they don't fit the stereotype of a soundtrack for me.



1. Singles (Don't think this one will ever be topped, listened to this album so much during high school, great songs that you can't find anywhere else by Pearl Jam, Pumpkins, Cornell, ect... Really definitive of music during the early and mid 90's. Cameron Crowe movies have great soundtracks.)

2. Garden State (Actually thought at one time that this might be better than Singles, but it just can't quite top it. Some really good songs by mostly bands I had never heard of before this soundtrack.)

3. Pulp Fiction (This is one of those that I associate so strongly with parts of a movie, it really inheritted a lot of the movies charm and coolness. Probably wouldn't like this one nearly as much as I do if I hadn't seen or liked the movie so much.)

4. Forrest Gump (Maybe the best collection of music of all of them and is 2 discs, but still isn't as much of a favorite, maybe because the songs aren't from my era. Can defenitely see how somebody would put this at the top of the list though.)

5. Resevior Dogs (Super hip and fun soundtrack of all 70's songs that carries a lot of the movies attitude, Steven Wright as the DJ in between songs is classic.)

Other favorites:

Vanilla Sky (Another Cameron Crowe movie, others include Elizibethtown, Fast Times at...., Almost Famous, Say Anything, and Jerry Maguire)

Natural Born Killers (wide variety between rap, rock, and old country)

The Big Chill (Great album of oldies and classic rock)

Virgin Suicides (It has a soundtrack that is good and a seperate album with the Scores, which were done by a band that I really dig called Air. The soundtrack is alright but the album with the original scores is kick ass.)

Amongst Friends (Very unknown movie and soundtrack, but has some really good music from Mick Jones, Lemonheads, Chili Pepers, Pharcyde, and BAD II. Another favorite from high school.)


What are your favorites, or what soundtracks do you think are the best?

air kicks ass... i dig em too. i agree with most of your choices in general. forrest gump has a stellar soundtrack for sure. i would have to add the rules of attraction soundtrack to my list. pretty good stuff.

[DirkAB]

air kicks ass... i dig em too. i agree with most of your choices in general. forrest gump has a stellar soundtrack for sure. i would have to add the rules of attraction soundtrack to my list. pretty good stuff.

I really only started listening to them like 18 months ago, but I got into them really quickly and have listened to all their albums extensively. Premiers Symptomes is my favorite, but they are all good.

[jman3000]

Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys has a decent one ... 5 songs ... 4 instrumentals and 1 with vocals... but the 1 song is extremely beautiful.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

That's a pretty solid list.

Singles was definitely the shit in the early 90s.

[CuckingFunt]

Mafia movies tend to have good soundtracks -- A Bronx Tale, Casino and Goodfellas are all great.

Agree on Natural Born Killers.

Tarantino uses music very well -- Pulp Fiction, Reservior Dogs and the Kill Bills are all just a great collection of very diverse tracks.

Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are good. Four Rooms, The Crow, The Matrix, O Brother Where Art Thou? and the first half of the Batman Forever soundtrack are also good.

That's all I can think of off the cuff. I used to listen to soundtracks like crazy, though.

[atxrocker]

a friend of mine had the wicker park soundtrack and it turned out to be pretty decent. while not my favorite, it included snow patrol, broken social scene, the stills, mazzy star, the shins, postal service and aqualung songs to make its case. i know i am neglecting alot of soundtracks, and i own plenty, but best and favorite are hard to list at the moment.

[DirkAB]

Mafia movies tend to have good soundtracks -- A Bronx Tale, Casino and Goodfellas are all great.

Agree on Natural Born Killers.

Tarantino uses music very well -- Pulp Fiction, Reservior Dogs and the Kill Bills are all just a great collection of very diverse tracks.

Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are good. Four Rooms, The Crow, The Matrix, O Brother Where Art Thou? and the first half of the Batman Forever soundtrack are also good.

That's all I can think of off the cuff. I used to listen to soundtracks like crazy, though.


Yeah that Batman Forever Soundtrack was pretty solid, I used to listen to that a lot. There is a kick ass Flaming Lipps' song and a good Micheal Hutchin's song on there.

I forgot about O Brother Where Art Thou? That is a really great soundtrack, I'm a huge Alison Krauss fan, so it really opened me up to the other great blue grass tunes on there.

And I also forgot about Guy Ritchie's soundtracks, I've neve owned them but enjoyed the music on them when I watched the movies. Really hip soundtracks.

[DirkAB]

a friend of mine had the wicker park soundtrack and it turned out to be pretty decent. while not my favorite, it included snow patrol, broken social scene, the stills, mazzy star, the shins, postal service and aqualung songs to make its case. i know i am neglecting alot of soundtracks, and i own plenty, but best and favorite are hard to list at the moment.


That Postal Service cover of Phil Collins' Against All Odds is so cool. I've been searching for that on irc to download, but I haven't had any luck finding it. I believe that Shins song is unreleased too, they are a great band. If you like the Shins, check out a song by them on The Spongebob Squarepants Soundtrack, it's called They'll Soon Discover, it might be my favorite song by the Shins. Actually that Spongebob soundtrack isn't bad, Wilco and Ween have songs on there too.

[CuckingFunt]

Snatch soundtrack has the only Oasis song I've ever liked -- "Fuckin' in the Bushes."

[jman3000]

Snatch soundtrack has the only Oasis song I've ever liked -- "Fuckin' in the Bushes."

why doesn't anything in that entire sentence surprise me?

[CuckingFunt]

why doesn't anything in that entire sentence surprise me?
'Cause I have impeccable taste?

[TDMVPDPOY]

i like to listen to korean drama osts which rocks even though i dont understand wtf they are sayin, but the instrumental songs are very good.

[atxrocker]

I believe that Shins song is unreleased too, they are a great band.


that is correct.

also to be mentioned is rushmore... cat stevens, the who and the kinks make this a solid sountrack also. along with momento.....

[jman3000]

'Cause I have impeccable taste?

I was gonna go with the fact that both "Snatch" and "Fuckin in the Bushes" were in there ... but to each his/her own.

[atxrocker]

Bronx Tale



I really liked this soundtrack a good deal

[CuckingFunt]

that is correct.

also to be mentioned is rushmore... cat stevens, the who and the kinks make this a solid sountrack also
Now you've reminded me of a soundtrack I've been meaning to buy for years but never got around to. Same with The Royal Tenenbaums.

[CuckingFunt]

I was gonna go with the fact that both "Snatch" and "Fuckin in the Bushes" were in there ... but to each his/her own.
Well, sure.

I was just fooling myself with the notion that I wasn't quite so transparent.

[atxrocker]

Now you've reminded me of a soundtrack I've been meaning to buy for years but never got around to. Same with The Royal Tenenbaums.


i had forgotten how good it was (though i hated the movie). momento had a decent one too...

[DirkAB]

I left a big one off the list that might even squeeze in at the 4 or 5 spot, I Am Sam. Nothing but Beatles covers, and really solid ones at that. Can't believe that I left that one off my list.

That Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack is good, there is a song on there by Elliot Smith, I dig his music. There are some strange covers by Niko, one is a Jackson Browne song. Solid soundtrack.

[atxrocker]

i like to listen to korean drama osts which rocks even though i dont understand wtf they are sayin, but the instrumental songs are very good.


on a similar note, i dig the soundtrack to amores perros

[CuckingFunt]

Just remembered Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn. Both very solid.

[DirkAB]

Cold Mountain Soundtrack is great, Jack White is unbelievable on that album. Has anybody ever seen the mini-concert on the Bonus Featurs of the Special Edition of Cold Mountain? Jack White, Alison Krauss, and some other blue grass and mountain music artists I've never heard, very cool.

[NZ Spurs]

Punch Drunk Love
Magnolia
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I Heart Huckabees

Anything Jon Brion... Look him up.

[NZ Spurs]

Anything Jon Brion... Look him up.

And if you like him BUY the fucking record don't download it.

[DirkAB]

And if you like him BUY the fucking record don't download it.

Just curious, but why?

[JoeChalupa]

Saturday Night Fever
Tommy
The Wall

[leemajors]

big lewbowski soundtrack, rockers soundtrack, the harder they come soundtrack, last action hero soundtrack has 2 excellent AIC songs. the ghost dog score by the RZA is also excellent. and, of course, anything by ennio morricone. man with a harmonica on the once upon a time in the west gives me the chills.

[1369]

Repo Man
Rancho Deluxe
The Craft
Get Shorty
Charlie Brown Christmas

[CharlieMac]

I really like listening to movie soundtracks, there are a lot of bad ones out there, but some really good ones also. I like them for a number of reasons. You can find songs that are unreleased and unaby some of your favorite artists on soundtracks. I've also discovered bands that I really like that I wouldn't have otherwise found if not for movie soundtracks. Plus, I've noticed that I sometimes like a soundtrack more after having seen the movie, almost like some of that charm from a movie carries over into the soundtrack and you begin to associate it with the music.

Here are my top 5 and a few other notables off the top of my head, which is subject to change. This excludes Purple Rain, A Hard Day's Night, The Wall, ect.... Because I never exactly considered those soundtracks, more like albums turned into soundtracks. Don't know if that makes any sense, but I guess they don't fit the stereotype of a soundtrack for me.



1. Singles (Don't think this one will ever be topped, listened to this album so much during high school, great songs that you can't find anywhere else by Pearl Jam, Pumpkins, Cornell, ect... Really definitive of music during the early and mid 90's. Cameron Crowe movies have great soundtracks.)

2. Garden State (Actually thought at one time that this might be better than Singles, but it just can't quite top it. Some really good songs by mostly bands I had never heard of before this soundtrack.)

3. Pulp Fiction (This is one of those that I associate so strongly with parts of a movie, it really inheritted a lot of the movies charm and coolness. Probably wouldn't like this one nearly as much as I do if I hadn't seen or liked the movie so much.)

4. Forrest Gump (Maybe the best collection of music of all of them and is 2 discs, but still isn't as much of a favorite, maybe because the songs aren't from my era. Can defenitely see how somebody would put this at the top of the list though.)

5. Resevior Dogs (Super hip and fun soundtrack of all 70's songs that carries a lot of the movies attitude, Steven Wright as the DJ in between songs is classic.)

Other favorites:

Vanilla Sky (Another Cameron Crowe movie, others include Elizibethtown, Fast Times at...., Almost Famous, Say Anything, and Jerry Maguire)

Natural Born Killers (wide variety between rap, rock, and old country)

The Big Chill (Great album of oldies and classic rock)

Virgin Suicides (It has a soundtrack that is good and a seperate album with the Scores, which were done by a band that I really dig called Air. The soundtrack is alright but the album with the original scores is kick ass.)

Amongst Friends (Very unknown movie and soundtrack, but has some really good music from Mick Jones, Lemonheads, Chili Pepers, Pharcyde, and BAD II. Another favorite from high school.)


What are your favorites, or what soundtracks do you think are the best?

That's a great list there. That Singles Soundtrack was great. The Hendrix track, Drown by SP, and Seasons are all worth listening to repeatedly even today.

However, much like the movie itself, the Garden State Soundtrack was way overrated.

Vanilla Sky Sountrack is worth it alone for the Paul song. That's one of his best songs IMO.

I really liked the Crow Soundtrack and Wayne's World. They were both pretty mainstream at the time, but 10 years later, I'll still listen to both every now and then. I hate the Cure, but I loved that song Burn.

[katyon6th]

I'm going to add Empire Records.

[pache100]

Does "Woodstock:Three Days of Peace and Music" count? It is the soundtrack of an actual event, not a movie.

If it doesn't count, I guess I'd have to say the soundtrack to the movie "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (Dolly Parton's version of "I'll Always Love You" kicks Whitney Houston's version's ass).

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Top Gun-There's some generic but otherwise pretty good 80's rock, along with "You've Lost that Loving Feeling", "Take My Breath Away," and the Kenny Loggins' classic "Danger Zone." Any soundtrack with Loggins on it is gold.

Batman-I couldn't tell you a single title of any of the songs, I just remember that the music worked seamlessly with the film. Danny Elfman rocks and there's some Prince in there as well.

[pache100]

Top Gun-There's some generic but otherwise pretty good 80's rock, along with "You've Lost that Loving Feeling", "Take My Breath Away," and the Kenny Loggins' classic "Danger Zone." Any soundtrack with Loggins on it is gold.

Batman-I couldn't tell you a single title of any of the songs, I just remember that the music worked seamlessly with the film. Danny Elfman rocks and there's some Prince in there as well.

:tu Excellent music!

[Spurminator]

You guys listen to some pussy-ass music. The best soundtrack is Footloose. "Let's Hear It For the Boy" has yet to not rock a skull.

Bitches.

[leemajors]

You guys listen to some pussy-ass music. The best soundtrack is Footloose. "Let's Hear It For the Boy" has yet to not rock a skull.

Bitches.

how about the iron eagle soundtrack then!

[LuvBones]

I just saw A lot Like Love and really liked the soundtrack. :tu

Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

[LuvBones]

^That's "Look What You've Done" by Jet

One more.. "Brighter Than Sunshine" by Aqualung

I never understood before
I never knew what love was for
My heart was broke, my head was sore
What a feeling

Tied up in ancient history
I didnt believe in destiny
I look up you're standing next to me
What a feeling

What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
Brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, i don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine
and it's brighter than sunshine

I never saw it happening
I'd given up and given in
I just couldn't take the hurt again
What a feeling

I didn't have the strength to fight
suddenly you seemed so right
Me and you
What a feeling

What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
It's brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, I don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine

It's brighter than the sun
It's brighter than the sun
It's brighter than the sun, sun, shine.

Love will remain a mystery
But give me your hand and you will see
Your heart is keeping time with me

What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
It's brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, I don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine

I got a feeling in my soul ...


Both beautiful songs. :)

[TheSanityAnnex]

Top Gun
Finally a mention of Top Gun. This soundtrack kicked some serious ass. The instrumentals in this movie are classic.



I saw LeeMajors mentioned Rockers and Harder they Come, both excellent reggae soundtracks and movies.


I'll throw in one from my younger days....................Mortal Kombat (movie soundtrack)

[Phenomanul]

Of the instrumental music soundtracks....

In no particular order:

Batman
Superman
Jaws
Back to the Future 1-3
Indiana Jones 1-3
Empire of the Sun
Last of the Mohicans
Independence Day
Star Wars 1-6
The Last Samurai
Jurassic Park
The Rock
Face/Off
2001 Odessey
Armaggedon
The Passion of the Christ
Top Gun
Rocky 1-4 (especially Rocky IV)

[pache100]

Of the instrumental music soundtracks....

In no particular order:

Jaws
Indiana Jones 1-3
Independence Day
2001 Odessey


:tu to those!

And, I also forgot..."Jesus Christ Superstar". Excellent soundtrack. As is the soundtrack from "Westside Story".

[TheSanityAnnex]

Rent.

[leemajors]

Of the instrumental music soundtracks....

In no particular order:

Batman
Superman
Jaws
Back to the Future 1-3
Indiana Jones 1-3
Empire of the Sun
Last of the Mohicans
Independence Day
Star Wars 1-6
The Last Samurai
Jurassic Park
The Rock
Face/Off
2001 Odessey
Armaggedon
The Passion of the Christ
Top Gun
Rocky 1-4 (especially Rocky IV)


instrumental, all my top ones are by morricone: good, bad and the ugly, billy gets his gun, once upon a time in the west, fistful, for a few dollars more, etc. other than that i really like most of carter burwell's score work for the cohen brothers. technopop on the lebowski soundtrack is a masterpiece, and the barton fink score captured the feeling of writer's block perfectly.

[Phenomanul]

:tu to those!

And, I also forgot..."Jesus Christ Superstar". Excellent soundtrack. As is the soundtrack from "Westside Story".


True....

[Notorious H.O.P.]

Just remembered Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn. Both very solid.

Beat me to it. Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez make excellent use of music in all of their films.

With Rodriguez, I particularly like his use of Tito and Tarantula in his soundtracks. They were the band that was playing at the Titty Twister in Dust Til Dawn.

The Crow soundtrack was one of the first soundtracks credited with being an integral part of the movie instead of simply placing music in scenes.

Otherwise, I'm agreeing with most of the choices already presented.

[Marhq]

Gattaca / LA Confidential / Batman for ever / Vanilla Sky / Lost in translation

Saludos.

[Winnipeg_Spur]

I love the soundtrack to "Fargo" personally.

You can almost feel the freezing cold in that movie, even in summer, just listening to that.

[spurs=bling]

I just saw A lot Like Love and really liked the soundtrack. :tu

Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

LuvBones, you just gave me an idea..............

[leemajors]

The Crow soundtrack was one of the first soundtracks credited with being an integral part of the movie instead of simply placing music in scenes.

you mean putting a non-score song in a movie right? morricone and leone were way ahead of that, but i see what you mean. oftentimes leone would have the music morricone composed playing when the scene it was intended for was shot, which is way cool.

[ATX Spur]

My favorite all-time is the Amelie soundtrack. It lived in my car's cd player for months straight. has anyone heard this one, or the goodbye lenin soundtrack?

[strangeweather]

Lots of good ones so far. A few more that come to mind:

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover -- Michael Nyman's best contemporary classical soundtrack, IMO
Go -- mostly electronica, with some interesting stuff
Out of Sight -- David Holmes was doing cool soundtrack-style work before this, and someone finally let him cut loose with an actual movie; Ocean's Eleven is good as well
Great Expectations -- mostly low key adult alternative stuff, really listenable on a slow day
Brokedown Palace -- all over the map, from lilith fair to ska to a drum and bass cover of "Rock the Casbah"

[DirkAB]

American Psycho has a pretty good soundtrack if you like 80's music.

[SCdac]

Lots of good soundtracks named...

Didnt see these ones:

Fifth Element (1997)
Jackie Brown (1997) - another good soundtrack from a Tarantino flick
12 Monkeys (1996)
Friday (1995) - good soundtrack for kicking back :smokin
Hackers (1995) - was a big favorite when I was younger
Do the Right Thing (1989)

[cherylsteele]

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[DirkAB]

WOW

no one has said these 2 soundtracks? The best of all time, no questions asked?

The Village
Friday Night Lights

Best of all time no questions asked? Just like you were a great pick no questions asked at #20.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Lost Boys - good 80s generic rock

Transformers - Same Reason + Stan Bush + Weird Al "Dare to be Stupid" lol

Mortal Kombat - had a bad ass Fear FActory song from Demanufacture, and the best Techno song of ALL TIME "Halcyon + on + on" by Orbital.

Spawn - Surprised noone mentioned this. Mixed Techno beats with generic metal songs, end result was a soundtrack with 75% good songs. "Trip Like I do" by Filter is probably my favorite.

Tales From The Hood - Spice 1 "Born II Die". 'Nuff said.

Lost Highway - Full of this bad ass Italian composer, trent reznor, marilyn manson, and of course Eye by Smashing Pumpkins. Best Soundtrack of jr high.

[CharlieMac]

Man, how did I forget the Lost Boys and Lost Highway? Especially that Lost Boys.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Lost Boys has a bad ass lineup. Tim Capello "I Still Believe" is one hell of an 80's song that gets you hyped up, without being too hard. The dude rocks it out on a freaking Saxophone!

[CharlieMac]

That dude dude rocks the sax with out his shirt. That's talent.

[slayermin]

My favorite all-time is the Amelie soundtrack. It lived in my car's cd player for months straight. has anyone heard this one, or the goodbye lenin soundtrack?

Yes. I loved the Amelie soundtrack.

Conan the Barbarian is probably my favorite.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Yes. I loved the Amelie soundtrack.

Conan the Barbarian is probably my favorite.


Basil Poledouris has a bad ass soundtrack for Conan 1 and 2. I have both fully downloaded. They're cool to listen to when you're reading fantasy novels etc. I was going to mention those but I figured noone would agree :lol

[CuckingFunt]

Lost Highway - Full of this bad ass Italian composer, trent reznor, marilyn manson, and of course Eye by Smashing Pumpkins. Best Soundtrack of jr high.
That's a good one.

I'm not a huge Marilyn Manson fan, but his cover of "I Put A Spell On You" is quite good.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I remember scrounging up money for a week and a half so I could buy it at the store for 17 bucks. I had to do some playground hustling. The next day they had it on sale for 9.99.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Dancer in the Dark was also a cool soundtrack.

[Guru of Nothing]

3. Pulp Fiction (This is one of those that I associate so strongly with parts of a movie, it really inheritted a lot of the movies charm and coolness. Probably wouldn't like this one nearly as much as I do if I hadn't seen or liked the movie so much.)


Have you ever watched Harold and Maude?

Cat Steven's Trouble is simply astounding within the context of the screenplay.

[JMarkJohns]

The Crow, both soundtrack and score
The Dreamers
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Whoever said Spawn and "Can't you trip like I do" is dead on. That song was brilliant. Never liked techno and hardly acknowledged crap like Filter, but that song and the soundtrack just effin' worked!

[JMarkJohns]

Great Expectations -- mostly low key adult alternative stuff, really listenable on a slow day
Brokedown Palace -- all over the map, from lilith fair to ska to a drum and bass cover of "Rock the Casbah"

Two more great ones.

Didn't Unfaithful have piano covers of various Radiohead songs? Even if not, that piano play was haunting and sit the mood perfectly.

[CharlieMac]

Did anyone mention Good Will Hunting yet?

[LaMarcus Bryant]

The Crow, both soundtrack and score
The Dreamers
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Whoever said Spawn and "Can't you trip like I do" is dead on. That song was brilliant. Never liked techno and hardly acknowledged crap like Filter, but that song and the soundtrack just effin' worked!


:lol This thread made me want to listen to it again, the CD also has "Long Hard Road out of Hell" by Manson and Sneaker Pimps

Torn Apart by Stabbing Westward and Wink

One Man Army by Tom Morello and Prodigy, another great one

Last but not least is Atari Teenage Riot and Slayer for "No Remorse" which is ANOTHER great techno+metal song. Spawn soundtrack totally owns.

[mardigan]

and, of course, anything by ennio morricone.

The Mission is one of my favorite pieces of music ever.
It's been really weird, the last 6 months, all I have been listening to is soundtracks.
Right now I've been playing Shawshank Redemption, Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, 28 Days Later, The Assassination Of Jesse James, and a movie called Waterborne that Dredg did. Anyone got any suggestions for other good original soundtracks?

[Xylus]

I don't know if it's your cup of tea, Mardigan, but I've been listening to the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack pretty frequently since the movie's release. "Jai Ho" and M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" are two of my favorite songs released in the last couple of years.

[DieMrBond]

One of my favourite soundtrack albums is easily from 'Requiem for a Dream'.

No songs, but a greaty moody score composed by Clint Mansell and performed by the Kronos Quartet. Amazing soundtrack, to an awesome movie.

I'd also agree with the Crow Soundtrack, but i believe it was Nine Inch Nails who did a cover of the cure song on that album - not the original? ETA: My mistake, NIN did a cover of Joy Division... also an awesome song.

Also, the soundtrack to Fight Club is pretty good quality. Dust Brothers, i believe?

[LnGrrrR]

I came onto this page just to make sure the Crow album was on here. Some other good ones mentioned, such as Req for a Dream, Mortal Kombat, Conan, and Forrest Gump.

Also, not sure if it's been mentioned, but I enjoyed the Blade II soundtrack. Techno/rap mixes. Some of them were pretty fun and interesting.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Last but not least is Atari Teenage Riot and Slayer for "No Remorse" which is ANOTHER great techno+metal song. Spawn soundtrack totally owns.

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It's a fucking shame ATR will never get back together. They put together some great songs. Their aggression is unparalleled.