Great film themes...?

[happygoron]

Goes without saying that John Williams is the daddy.

+1 to Blade Runner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMMAQbJeG8E - Blackhawk Down has a pretty good soundtrack.

Edited by happygoron on Monday 16th August 08:37

[tonym911]

Amazed nobody's mentioned John Barry yet.

Also the theme from Chinatown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM-7o9zwJ_M

[tonym911]

And of course this, Taxi Driver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVP9dgZhddc&feature=re...

Edited by tonym911 on Sunday 15th August 22:59

[Famous Graham]

theironduke said:

Requiem for a dream.

Awesome piece of music...the volume HAS to be cranked up.

Famous Graham said:

Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna is a corker, too.

That's that. Also reorchestrated for the trailer of LOTR : The Two Towers (was gutted to find it wasn't in the film)

[Dixie68]

tonym911 said:

And of course this, Taxi Driver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVP9dgZhddc&feature=re...

Edited by tonym911 on Sunday 15th August 22:59

There are a few DeNiro films with good soundtracks - the Deer Hunter is another cracking one.

[moribund]

How about another from Clint Mansell? - Moon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCpttsZiys

On a similar them, Solaris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDuWBUs4FBw

Can't beat classic Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwnwq8v4DU

[Northern Munkee]

Spooky very nearly the very same subject is discussed at length, with David Arnold

on http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tcpzl/Kerm...

Loads of great soundtracks, but two that are both very recent I enjoyed when I heard them, the film Sherlock Holmes, and Arnold's music to the tv Sherlock.

Thomas Newman Scent of Woman, American Beauty. Really liked The International, done by the director Tom ... ? Quite liked Shutter Island's OST as well.

[635djimmy]

I think that Eric Serra's sound track for 'The Fifth Element' is fantastic.

Heres one piece i like in particular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOh7gjbR-qU&fea...

[rufusruffcutt]

Loads of good suggestions above. Some of these are tricky to get hold of but worth the effort:

Back to the Future, Alan Silvestri (the score, not the soundtrack)
Wargames, Arthur Rubinstein
The Insider, Lisa Garrard
Aliens, James Horner
Babel, Gustavo Santaolalla
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, James Horner
Local Hero, Mark Knopfler
Gladiator, Hans Zimmer
North by Northwest, Bernard Herrman
Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl
Inception, Hans Zimmer
Raiders of the Lost Ark, specifically for the track "The Map Room: Dawn" which is one of the best pieces John Williams has ever written.

And anything by Ennio Morricone

Oh and Smokey and the Bandit, Jerry Reed for "The Legend" and "East Bound and Down"

[Pesty]

rufusruffcutt said:

Raiders of the Lost Ark, specifically for the track "The Map Room: Dawn" which is one of the best pieces John Williams has ever written.

And anything by Ennio Morricone

The map room fantastic. This question has been asked quite a lot on here I don't think I haveever seen anybody mention raiders.

Of course Ennio goes without saying Extasy of gold being my favourite

[onomatopoeia]

Assault on precinct 13 - John Carpenter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7k3G_6IjE
Risky business - Tangerine Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KuNH3C36QE
Amelie - Yann Tiersen (this is a bit of the incidental music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCRJmerW1Q

[goldblum]

Various(feat J Walsh etc) The Warriors

Baseball Furies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPiIuKBiVA

[Golden fleece]

'Rain Man' 1989 - composed by Hans Zimmer. I absolutely love this film and theme music!!

I think a lot ha to do with me having just graduated in the same year and feeling on a high - the world was my oyster!! 2.1 Microbiology degree from UCL - nothing was gonna stop me!!

How quickly reality hit!!

[KrazyIvan]

For me it has to be The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the music suited the films and complimented each scene without detracting from it, and is memory invoking to a "T" when listened to on their own.

As a bit of a guilty secret I really like the Music for the Harry Potter and Jurassic park movies as well.

[happygoron]

KrazyIvan said:

As a bit of a guilty secret I really like the Music for the Harry Potter and Jurassic park movies as well.

why does that has to be guilty? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLOsM-kF4sI is one of my favourite film scenes ever and I'm proud of it!

[Northern Munkee]

I'll say it cos I'm amazes no one else has movie theme music bigger and perhaps more memorable than the film itself.

Bernard Hermann - Psycho...

[Legend83]

635djimmy said:

I think that Eric Serra's sound track for 'The Fifth Element' is fantastic.

Heres one piece i like in particular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOh7gjbR-qU&fea...

Eric Serra also write the score for Leon, which is in my opinion, one of the best.

The sniper scene in particular is just superb.

Most of Thomas Newman's work I love - American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, Shawshank etc.

[andy400]

Tombstone

[dudleybloke]

the original star wars trilogy.

[flat-planedCrank]

onomatopoeia said:

Amelie - Yann Tiersen (this is a bit of the incidental music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCRJmerW1Q

The whole Amelie score album is quite, quite terrific