Great Movie Soundtracks

[FSUTribe76]

Another quasi-score to add to Legend, Maximum Overdrive and Tron Legacy is the fantastic Queen soundtrack used on the Highlander. I believe unlike Maximum Overdrive it was all entirely new music and there are some great ones like Princes of the Universe, Gimme the Prize, Who Wants to Live Forever, and A Kind of Magic.

 

[Nole Daddy]

Yep
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[Nole Daddy]

Originally posted by TexSkills:

Yep
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[Squirrel J.]

Originally posted by NolaNole9:
Into the Wild
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This.

 

[hatsbo]

You can't go wrong with pretty much any soundtrack by Thomas Newman, he's part of the dynasty of Newman soundtrack writers{i.e. Randy}. Among his higher profile are Scent of a Woman, Shawshank, American Beauty, Green Mile, Cinderella Man and Skyfall to name a few. Also TV show, Six Feet Under. My favorite soundtrack of his is scored on a quirky, little film called "The Player" by Robert Altman.

 

[kj9127]

To Kill a Mockingbird. The Year of Living Dangerously by Maurice Jarre. Jeremiah Johnson by the actor John Rubinstein. Agree that just about anything written by Thomas Newman belongs. The Milagro Beanfield Wars by Dave Grusin was terrific, won the Oscar, but never released as an album.

 

[fsu1jreed]

Originally posted by hatsbo:

My favorite soundtrack of his is scored on a quirky, little film called "The Player" by Robert Altman.

Is that where that movie producer kills a guy?

 

[NoleGrad83]

Remember the Titans
That Thing You Do
Goodfellas

 

[hatsbo]

Originally posted by fsu1jreed:

Originally posted by hatsbo:

My favorite soundtrack of his is scored on a quirky, little film called "The Player" by Robert Altman.

Is that where that movie producer kills a guy?

Yep, Tim Robbins plays the producer, who kills an aspiring screenwriter on the belief that he's trying to kill HIM. Has a bunch of cameos of actors playing themselves, including our boy Burt, also Cher, Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis. Jack Lemmon even plays a jazzed up version of Silent Night on piano. Great flick with an equally great soundtrack.

 

[fsu1jreed]

Originally posted by hatsbo:

Originally posted by fsu1jreed:

Originally posted by hatsbo:

My favorite soundtrack of his is scored on a quirky, little film called "The Player" by Robert Altman.

Is that where that movie producer kills a guy?

Yep, Tim Robbins plays the producer, who kills an aspiring screenwriter on the belief that he's trying to kill HIM. Has a bunch of cameos of actors playing themselves, including our boy Burt, also Cher, Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis. Jack Lemmon even plays a jazzed up version of Silent Night on piano. Great flick with an equally great soundtrack.

Then I completely agree..........it's on one of the movies channels and I caught the last half or so last week, will be looking for it tto play again.

 

[Bobcat07]

The Phantom

 

[tarheelinfl]

some good choices;
Two I didn't see

1 American Graffiti

2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Also
Buddy Holly Story
Walk The Line
Coal Miner's Daughter

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Almost Famous

 

[grady327]

Dazed and Confused
American Graffiti
Lost in Translation
Into the Wild
Walk the Line
Coal Miners Daughter
Purple Rain
Pulp Fiction
Easy Rider
A Clock Work Orange
Sound of Music

 

[FSUTribe76]

Really in my mind there's four separate categories. 1) Is the true soundtrack which is where already existing music is used to set the tone of the movie as a whole and/or individual scenes with examples like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Crow. Here the music is already created and hands elected by someone (maybe director maybe the score composer) to fit the filmed scene. 2) True Scores where composers create just for the movie music that fits the movie and its scenes. There are tons of great examples like Last of the Mohicans, Star Wars, LOTR etc... 3) Hybrid soundtrack/scores where one musical act is brought in to create new songs and/or utilize their old catalogue to be inserted into already existing scenes. Examples are Maximum Overdrive with AC/DC and Highlander with Queen. It gets even more blurred with movies like Tron Legacy by Daft Punk and Legend with Tangerine Dream where the artist is also contributing directly and fully writing the score for incidental music not just set pieces as well. 4) Movies intended as musicals are a fourth and separate category as far as I'm concerns. Examples like Hard Days Night and every other movie by the Beatles, Tommy with the Who, every Elvis movie, Spinal Tap, Pick of Destiny with Tenacious D, etc... Plus true musicals that were on stage first like Grease, Across the Universe, Moulin Rouge etc...

 

[fsu1jreed]

Originally posted by FSUTribe76:

2) True Scores where composers create just for the movie music that fits the movie and its scenes. There are tons of great examples like Last of the Mohicans, Star Wars, LOTR etc...

I meant this.

 

[FSUTribe76]

Originally posted by fsu1jreed:

Originally posted by FSUTribe76:

2) True Scores where composers create just for the movie music that fits the movie and its scenes. There are tons of great examples like Last of the Mohicans, Star Wars, LOTR etc...

I meant this.

Ah, there's almost too many amazing scores to count. Other than the usual John Williams standards like Star Wars and Indiana Jones and big budget blockbusters like the LOTR/Hobbit and Harry Potter series, I'd say my personal favorites include lesser appreciated scores like Last of the Mohicans, Last Samurai, Star Trek 2 the Wrath of Khan (where STNG theme song was plucked from) and Prince of Thieves. As far as truly obscure movies with great soundtracks I'd include Elevator to the Gallows/Ascenseur pour L'achefaud, Under the Skin, Battle Beyond the Stars, Laura and the Mission.

 

[NY_22_Nole]

Legend - a few have mentioned (at which I am presently surprised a few people know of the incredibly great Tangerine Dream) - this was a BITCH to find on CD.

When The Wind Blows - this is an animated feature from the late 80's produced by David Bowie. Has an incredible track from Roger Waters that is 18 minutes long. The lyrical content is astonishing - dealing with the middle east, arabs, jews - the world trade center - almost like looking into the future at the time of the recording. This is another tough disc to find.

Leaving Las Vegas - movie with Nic Cage and Elizabeth Shue - soundtrack really enhances the experience.

Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - decent movie with another soundtrack which enhances the movie.


I will be back when I clear the cobwebs between my ears and remember a few more....

 

[TexSkills]

Originally posted by NY_22_Nole:

Legend - a few have mentioned (at which I am presently surprised a few people know of the incredibly great Tangerine Dream) - this was a BITCH to find on CD.



Holy crap. I remember that movie. The music in it was different for the time it was made.

 

[NY_22_Nole]

Funny People - great tunes on this one.

Just Go With It - ok - the soundtrack is not available - if you watch the movie you will hear some amazing mash-ups, so perhaps this should not count. There are a few of the mashups on soundcloud.

 

[tuoctrolley]

Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack..... great stuff from many years ago (1962)

 

[FSUTribe76]

Originally posted by TexSkills:

Originally posted by NY_22_Nole:

Legend - a few have mentioned (at which I am presently surprised a few people know of the incredibly great Tangerine Dream) - this was a BITCH to find on CD.



Holy crap. I remember that movie. The music in it was different for the time it was made.

What's really amazing about the great Tangerine Dream score/Soundtrack hybrid is that it was written in only three weeks total. Legend was made with a traditional symphonic score (which isn't that bad, it's actually really good imo and you can watch Legend with it in the directors and ultimate versions of the bluray). After the initial reviews and test audiences came in, the producers decided it was "too old" and wouldn't bring in the youth audience. So the ordered up a completely new soundtrack/score and Tangerine Dream was given only three weeks to do it. Legend would have been perfectly find with the original traditional symphonic score but with the Tangerine Dream soundtrack/score it really holds up even to this day.

 

[NY_22_Nole]

Tangerine Dream was an amazing band. Founding member (the only original member) Edgar Froese died recently. The band is credited along with Kraftwerk (who I find horrible) as originators of electronic music. I saw the band a few times and the shows were incredible. They continued releasing new music until recently. I believe Froese's son was in the latest lineup so perhaps they will continue. It is amazing that the band lasted this long - I believe they formed in 1967.

If you want to give them a listen try: Optical Race, Dream Sequence (best of), Underwater Sunlight. Be warned: some of the older music (prior to around '75) requires massive amounts of LSD to comprehend the music!!!

 

[Annatha]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

 

[wdnole]

Tommy.... terrible movie, great soundtrack.

 

[FSU&WFU Grad]

To Sir With Love

 

[Manch.]

Originally posted by BelemNole:
The Crow

Yes! I can't stand comic book movies, but I have always loved The Crow and the soundtrack! NIN, The Cure, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage..., Pantera, some great stuff there.

I haven't read the entire thread yet, but does The Doors soundtrack count? There is an actual soundtrack, and being a Doors fan, I love it!

Just saw Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs listed in the thread, great tracks to those movies, also. Gotta agree with Maximum Overdrive, "Who Made Who" has been one of my favorite AC/DC songs.

As I did a quick tour of Comcast's screen guide, I came across these:

Grosse Pointe Blank
Boogie Nights (great 80's tunes)
Pretty in Pink (more great 80's stuff)
Goodfellas
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (little known fact {in my best Cliff Clavin voice}, Sammy Hagar wrote and sang the title track)

And this did not make it onto Better Off Dead's soundtrack, but who can forget the hamburger jamming to Van Halen's "Everybody Wants Some".

Also, Adam Sandler movies generally hit the spot for some good 80's music, although the movies should be named Happy Gilmore II, Happy Gilmore the 3rd, Happy Gilmore on the 4th, Happy Gilmore drinks a Fifth........., the sound tracks cover a variety of songs that I grew up with.

Not for me, but Purple Rain?

And what soundtrack doesn't feature "The Saints are Coming"?
This post was edited on 2/27 12:36 PM by Manch.

hamburger jam from Better Off Dead

 

[fsu1jreed]

How about 'Layer Cake' and oh so smoking Hot Sienna Miller!

This post was edited on 2/27 1:09 PM by fsu1jreed

 

[skramer100]

Vision Quest. Can't believe nobody mentioned this yet. Singles is a close number 2.

 

[Manch.]

Originally posted by skramer100:
Vision Quest

I mentioned in another post, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (someone else posted this movie), in part because I like that Sammy Hagar wrote and sang the tittle track.

For Vision Quest, Hagar lent (or at least Geffen Records lent) "I'll Fall in Love Again" to the movie, off of Hagar's Standing Hampton album, easily my favorite Hagar solo album (I am a big Hagar fan). Vision Quest also had Hagar's "Two Sides of Love" off of the VOA album, that did not make the actual movie soundtrack.

Over the Top, that cheesy Sylvester Stallone movie about arm wrestling, had Hagar singing "Winner Takes It All", with Eddie Van Halen playing bass guitar on the song. The soundtrack overall was pretty cheesy too, and featured a song from Frank Stallone, and of course a song from that 80's soundtrack icon, Kenny Loggins...

Of course, several other Hagar/VH with Hagar tunes made their way to soundtracks, but Winner Takes It All and FT@RH are obscure songs and I'll Fall in Love Again is on an obscure movie.

Before posting this, I actually found a list of Hagar songs that were on soundtracks (or in an actual movie but did not make the actual soundtrack), not that anyone cares and sorry if moving off topic here!

SAMMY HAGAR:[/B]
Rock Candy (Ronnie Montrose) - A Star Is Born (1976)
Keep on Rockin' - (Bette Midler) The Rose (1979)
Bad Reputation - Up the Academy (1980)
Heavy Metal - Heavy Metal (1981)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
The Girl Gets Around - Footloose (1983)
I'll Fall in Love Again - Vision Quest (1985)
I Can't Drive 55 - Moving Violations (1985)
Two Sides of Love - The Sure Thing (1985)
Two Sides of Love - Vision Quest (1985)
Burnin' Down the City - Out of Bounds (1986)
Winner Takes It All - Over the Top (1987)
I Can't Drive 55 - Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Rock Candy (by The Bulletboys) - Wayne's World (1992)-I love this version by the Bulletboys!!!
Rock Candy - The Stoned Age (1993)
Stand Up (by Steel Dragon) - Rock Star (2001)




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[sumnernole]

Things to do in Denver when you're dead
The harder they come
The Mission
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[fsubrian98]

Singles and the Crow are both good calls
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[NY_22_Nole]

Manch:

Rock Candy!!!

One of the first riffs I learned on the guitar.

The rest of that Montrose album was ahead of its time to some extent - great music.

"you're rock candy baby - your hard, sweet and sticky!"

 

[EconSean]

The Blues Brothers.
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[FSUTribe76]

Originally posted by EconSean:
The Blues Brothers.
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Very true. As a Universal annual pass holder I should have thought of this. I still swing by and watch the impersonators at Universal about every third trip.

 

[BransonFSU71]

Originally posted by skramer100:
Vision Quest. Can't believe nobody mentioned this yet. Singles is a close number 2.

Also,

The Magnificient Seven
Once Upon A Time In The West

 

[cmanole]

 

[ericram]

Good Morning Vietnam
Forest Gump
The Commitments
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[ericram]

Good Morning Vietnam
Forest Gump
The Commitments
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[ericram]

Good Morning Vietnam
Forest Gump
The Commitments
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