without regarding the kind of film.
2006-12-04 09:45:05 · 34 answers · asked by marc 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
@ barry s:
jep...Blues Brothers and the Commitments are real alltime favorits.
@ all the others:
cool...great britain's knowing a lot about cool music. Thanxs for many ideas i catched here ;0)
2006-12-04 10:21:31 · update #1
STAR WARS
TITANIC
FORREST GUMP
2006-12-04 20:39:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to choose just one, but one that certainly leaps to mind immediately is the magnificent score to _The Agony and the Ecstasy_, a combination of the efforts of Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, and Franco Potenza (choral).
And, even though it's neither my favorite movie nor soundtrack, I think mention should be made of the score to _Jaws_, which really was a character unto itself.
Other great musical scores:
The Ten Commandments - Elmer Bernstein
Gone With The Wind - Max Steiner
The Mission - Ennio Morricone
Planet of the Apes (original) - Jerry Goldsmith
The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
The Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein
2006-12-04 09:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I second A Clockwork Orange! So cheesy sometimes, but when I hear it I'm immediately picturing the movie in my mind.
Plus, it's classical music. And snythesizers. How much funkier could you get?
Also, Apocalypse Now has an awesome soundtrack--perhaps solely for The Doors playing "This is the End" over the bombs in the beginning, and the "Ride of The Valkyries" when the hellicopters are about to go in on the charlies.
2006-12-04 09:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Multi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Loved the music in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. Very emotional.
The commitments soundtrack was great and suited the film brilliantly.
All the late 80's early 90's John Hughes films had great songs in them, and the Wedding Singer was great too - you cant help but sing along.
Good question - makes me want to look up some of my old favourite films!!
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2006-12-04 10:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by mojorainbow1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" has a fantastic soundtrack. It makes great use of classic pieces like Krzysztof Penderecki's eerie "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". Overall, I think John Williams is the best film composer. He may not always be the most brilliantly original, but he's the best at what film composers are supposed to do, which is to underscore the emotion of a scene. Few composers can tug at viewers' heartstrings like he does. His music for the climactic scenes of movies like E.T. and Cocoon can bring tears to your eyes, and the way he transitioned smoothly from Anakin's theme to Darth Vader's theme at a crucial point in Star Wars Episode II was simply brilliant.
2006-12-04 10:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by ConcernedCitizen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably the original version of the Wickerman. The whole film is filled with creepy folk songs and all of them were written for the film. I actually enjoy the sountrack as a stand-alone album.
Other contenders are Star Wars, Jaws, Labyrinth (almost my first choice - mmm... Bowie), and the Rock Horror Show.
Oh and Flash Gordon and the Highlander - you gotta love Queen. The Godfather is another good one.
Tommy is another great one but as a rock opera by the Who it really has to have a good soundtrack.
Still I'll stick with my original choice. I love soundtracks.
2006-12-04 09:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Devil's Rejects Soundtrack
2006-12-04 09:49:02 · answer #7 · answered by thpsguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shawshank Redemption.
2006-12-04 10:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by b97st 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schindler's List- John Williams
2006-12-04 10:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by James S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Devils Rejects
Queen of The Damned
2006-12-04 10:02:22 · answer #10 · answered by ruthiebaby75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a great question. So many good soundtracks. I'll pick two:
"The Fearless Vampire Killers" by Krzysztof Komeda
"The Conversation" by David Shire
Both of these enhance their respective movies immeasurably.
2006-12-04 18:58:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋