Movie Soundtracks

[job]

Which ones have you guys found particularly good/inspiring?

Personally I thought that the Saving Private Ryan and Gladiator soundtracks were fine examples of modern instrumental music..

[King Cobra]

I only have the Soundtrack for The Beach. Voices by Dario G, Pure Shores and Lonely Soul are pretty cool, and the others are background, I guess. I haven't listened to them in a while.

[wdlove]

Any of John Williams work an Academy Award winner! :)

[DrGrip84]

My two favorites are American Beauty (very unique) and Braveheart...
Gladiator was awesome too

[3rdpath]

i'm a huge ennio morricone fan...he's amazing. my fav's of his are "cinema paradiso", "melena" and "the untouchables". gabriel yared's work is also inspiring...his "talented mr ripley" score is fantastic.

bernard herrman is legendary for good reason...every scarey movie score is a "psycho" rip-off. his "taxi driver" was great also. in fact, all his hitchcock scores rocked.

danny elfman, thomas newman, randy newman..all good.

john williams is wonderful..star wars, indiana jones..most writers never hit a score that well. though he is getting a little predictable...

and whoever did the 5th element...perfect.( edit: eric serra)

thanks hitman, finally an interesting thread :D :D :D

[medea]

The soundtracks to:
-Englar Alheimsins (Angels of the Universe) by Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson & Sigur Ros

-Storytelling by Belle and Sebastian

-Eban & Charley by Sephen Merritt

[job]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
and whoever did the 5th element...perfect.( edit: eric serra)


That was some good stuff..

I also liked the music in Lord of the Rings. (Enya kicks ass. ;) )

I don't think movies would be the same without a powerful soundtrack...

Does anyone know who composed the soundtrack to A Beautiful Mind?

[mac15]

I'm loving the 8 Mile soundtrack, but the Forest gump soundtrack rocks

[Stike]

While we are at it, dont forget Christopher Youngs work, his score for Hellbound - Hellraiser 2 is a milestone for horror film music!

[irmongoose]

The Ventures all the way.. they did the James Bond themes and the Peter Gunn themes... awesome stuff.




irmongoose

[BenderBot1138]

The above credits are bang on, and there are many other talented composers of musical scores out there, some of which I'm sure will be listed here soon.

But I think it needs to be mentioned however, that the role Apple Computer Inc. has played in bringing the tools to life for the absolutely overwhelming majority of creative professionals, is what has even given us the opportunity to enjoy these brilliant men and women's work.

Apple's clear and respected system of Specifications bring uncomprising quality not found elsewhere in our technology driven world, breathing life into our modern Entertainment Industry.

We of course find inspiration in these musical works of art, and I for one would like to thank Apple Computer Inc. for making possible the impossible when no one else could or wanted to.

[eyelikeart]

I've always been fond of "The Lost Highway" soundtrack...got lots of darkness, jazziness, etc...

another favorite of mine is the "Swingers" soundtrack...jazz baby...it's so money!! :D

and another I keep at my beck & call is the "Go" soundtrack...which was produced by BT....awesome electronica...

[MacBandit]

XXX!! The music just makes you, just makes you, just makes you want to run into a wall head first. :D

[job]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
jazz baby...it's so money!! :D

Two words:

Miles Davis ;) :D

Also, have any good electronica recommendations?

[scem0]

The Queen of the Damned soundtrack, and the Matrix soundtrack are both very good. The Scorpion king has a pretty good soundtrack but not as good as those other two.

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by hitman

[b]

Also, have any good electronica recommendations?

the crystal method
dj shadow
norman cook( fatboy slim)
alex gopher
underworld

overated( let the flames begin...)
theivery corporation
moby

[job]

I've got some Crystal Method remixes..

Orbital sounds pretty good.

I especially like Barber's Adagio For Strings (and the many mixes).

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by hitman


Two words:

Miles Davis ;) :D

Also, have any good electronica recommendations?

dude....hell yeah....John Coltrane is a favorite of mine too... :D

as for electronica...
BT, Paul Oakenfold, Depeche Mode, Hooverphonic, Portishead, Stereolab, Thievery Corporation, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Hybrid, William Orbit...I could go on... ;)

[Rower_CPU]

My favorites:
Gladiator, Thin Red Line, Crouching Tiger...

Hans Zimmer has done some amazing work lately, same goes for Danny Elfman and Graeme Revell.

[3rdpath]

probably the most twistedly bizarre movie theme ever...

danny elfman's main title from "To Die For". seems pretty normal until the speed metal kicks in...don't know what he was smokin when he wrote that but man i wish i could get some.

and morricone's " the good, the bad and the ugly" title theme...just as adventurous for it's time period. and i love the way it was " homaged" in the movie "election".

[irmongoose]

Originally posted by hitman
Also, have any good electronica recommendations?

Infected Mushrooms




irmongoose

[jelloshotsrule]

thought you elfman fans might enjoy this:

http://www.apple.com/pro/music/elfman/

[3rdpath]

nice link jello...thanks.

elfman's so freakin talented. so many of the old school film guys just don't understand him...call him a "hummer"--which is derogative composing slang.

screw 'em, his body of work speaks for itself.

[barkmonster]

Also, have any good electronica recommendations?

BT : IMA / ESCM / Movement In Still Life / Fibonacci Sequence (White label Mix)*
Massive Attack : Protection / Mezanine
NIN : Halo 14 "the fragile" (sort of electronica)
Carl Craig : Land Cruising (detroit techno god)
Dave Angel : Globetrotting / 39 flavours of techfunk
Roni Size/Reprezent : New Forms
Square pusher : Hard Normal Daddy
Peshay : Fuzion
Paul Van Dyk : 7 ways / Vorsprung Dyk Technik
Hybrid : Wide Angle / Remix and Additional Production By...
Chemical Brothers : Everything, I've lost track of how much of their stuff I have.
Sasha : any DJ set he's ever done / Ibiza Global Underground / Air Drawn Daggar

* if you can find it :D

Don't bother with any of those "Ibiza Anthems", "Euphoria", "Pure Trance", "Ministry of sound" or any other compilation albums they advertise on TV, it's all boy racer cheese and not actually trance or progressive house. It's noisy, formulaeic, emotionless, unoriginal crap anyone over about 15 should be ashamed of listening to. most of it's just rebranded happy hardcore. Scooter for example are the worst electronic artists in history but they still sell lots of records to townie kids 'cos they'll listen to anything as long as it's WAY fast.

Hans Zimmer has done some amazing work lately, same goes for Danny Elfman and Graeme Revell.

There was a fascinating interview with him in last months sound on sound magazine. You should see the guy's protools/logic rig. 3 22" Cinema Displays and this huge plasma screen behind the desk that must be about 60" just for displaying the protools mixer window. He's got 10 rack mount PCs just for his massive gigasampler based orchestral library and the most shocking thing, he's only had 2 weeks of piano lessons in his life, no formal training and learned everything by ear!

[3rdpath]

hans has always been a major gearslut...from his huge moog modular to his fully restored yamaha cs-1(i think thats the model...oh well...).

i've done some work over at media ventures( his sprawling complex in santa monica) and have been truly blown away by the amount of equipment in all those rooms-theres a half dozen or more composers working there. before the gigastudios he had close to 30 roland 760's and i can't remember how many emu e4's...seems like every day there was more unboxed gear in the hallway. he also keeps an identical set-up at his home in malibu-must be nice...and his biz partner has a record label there so they've also got all the great stuff from neve, api, neumann...etc.

and he's a very nice guy...i've gotta see that sound on sound.

[Chaszmyr]

I am not real big on movie sound tracks, but my favorite that i know about is the soundtrack from Batman Forever

[scem0]

What is up with all the electronica stuff. Ewwww, not very good music. I can't stand music unless there is someone singing, and if the person singing has a decent or unique voice. But it doesn't mean I will like you if you have a decent/unique voice. You have to be cool in general too. Nelly Furtado fits all those descriptions, but I'm not to wild about her music. I just think she would be cool to know. ;)

[job]

Originally posted by scem0
What is up with all the electronica stuff. Ewwww, not very good music.

It's an aquired taste. ;)

I'll have to agree with Rower, Thin Red Line had a fantastic sound track.

[scem0]

so it grows on ya huh? So does system of a down. Everyone likes Toxicity more after they have heardit 4 times then when they hear is the 1st time. I didn't like it the 1st time i heard it. I love it now.

[barkmonster]

But it doesn't mean I will like you if you have a decent/unique voice. You have to be cool in general too. Nelly Furtado fits all those descriptions, but I'm not to wild about her music. I just think she would be cool to know. ;)

I agree there, she sort of reminds of Dharma out of "Dharma and Greg" for some reason. I think it's the whole hyperactive personality thing.

[job]

Originally posted by scem0
So does system of a down.

Yeah, no kidding.

I did not like Chop Suey, but then I listened to it a couple of times and it grew on me.

I'm listening to some Chemical Brothers right now. Great Stuff.

[brogers]

Theif, c. 1981. Starring James Caan. Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. Awesome.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by scem0
What is up with all the electronica stuff. Ewwww, not very good music. I can't stand music unless there is someone singing, and if the person singing has a decent or unique voice. But it doesn't mean I will like you if you have a decent/unique voice. You have to be cool in general too. Nelly Furtado fits all those descriptions, but I'm not to wild about her music. I just think she would be cool to know. ;)

In someways you would be too young to really appreciate electronica. My love of electronica and techno stems from when I was a kid and the first completely computer generated songs came out. Everyone (people that were into computers) was totally amazed and intranced by the stuff. I feel that electronic an techno is just the evolution of that.

[solvs]

Almost forgot about the "Lost Highway" Soundtrack. Definitely up there. Good music to, um... be intimate to (good times, good times). Not much of a Marilyn Manson fan, but he was pretty decent (so to speak) on it, actually. NIN had a good song on there too, but the music does it for me.

Of course, the movie didn't make any sense.

I know it sounds weird, but I loved the "Moulin Rouge" Soundtracks (Volumes 1 & 2). The actors sounded really into it. The instrumental version of "Come What May" almost brings a tear to my eye.

"Lady Marmalade" not withstanding.

[iGav]

hmmmmmmmmm.....

'Dirty Harry' by Lalo Schifrin
'Pi' by Clint Mansell and other assorted artists
'Sleepless In Seattle' also had a cool soundtrack album....

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by iGAV
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'Sleepless In Seattle' also had a cool soundtrack album....

That's Harry Connick Jr. for you...

He's really stepped up as a crooner/arranger/band leader, very reminiscent of the old "Big Band" days.

He's got a smooth voice and is great on the piano, too.

[wsteineker]

I dig a more rock oriented soundtrack, and I personally feel that the best soundtracks frame the movie well AND stand as good albums. Take Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, for example. Tarantino sets music to the movie, but it's also like he almost sets the movie to the music. Really great stuff there. I also dig the hell out of Wes Anderson's movie soundtracks. He picks all of the music that ends up accompanying his films himself. Think about how important the soundtracks of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums were to the overall feel of the movie. Not to mention the fact that the bands on those albums (The Kinks, Nick Cave, The Velvet Underground, The Who)all ROCK!

As for purely orchestral soundtracks, though, my money would be on The Last Of The Mohicans soundtrack. Absolutely beautiful.

[cb911]

some of the soundtracks that i really like:

•Fifth Element
•Spawn
•Little Nicky
•The Matrix

i listen to the Matrix soundtrack just about every day, and songs from Little Nicky and Spawn nearly every week.

i also like some of the songs form Moulin Rouge (hope i spelled that right).


urgent edit!!! i almost forgot!! the Fight Club soundtrack ROCKS!!:D that's just an awesome soundtrack, but i still don't have it. damn i've got to get that...

[JupiterZen]

Some I really like:

- Bladerunner :cool:
- ROTR
- Gladiator
- Star Wars
- Pi
- Moulin Rouge (I really like the Roxanne deviation ;-)
- ...

I'm not at home to refresh my memory by looking at my collection ... but there is definately more ;)

I also want to mention that as much as I love the Star Trek series (TNG/DS9/Voyager) I really hate the theme music at the opening titles of every episode.

Reaching an all time low with the Happy American Rock Theme on Enterprise. Who made that up?

[wdlove]

"Black Hawk Down" for Patriotism & a strong military!

[job]

Originally posted by wdlove
"Black Hawk Down" for Patriotism & a strong military!

Yeah, that's some good instrumental.

We Were Soldiers had some haunting tunes as well.

cb911: The Matrix soundtrack is pretty good; a nice collection of rock tracks.

Did you guys hear that Rob Zombie is directing a movie. Gee, I wonder what the soundtrack is going to sound like.... :rolleyes:

[Mr. Anderson]

The last sound track CD I bought was Snatch, very cool stuff, and another movie that had a ton of songs, but most of them were left out of the CD was High Fidelity.

[scem0]

I forgot about the little nicky soundtrack, which has 'Nothing' by one of my favorite bands (local to Austin, Texas) - unloco. Go download some Unloco songs. Very good band.

They are metal, just to let y'all know.

[guifa]

Pale 3 did the soundtrack to both Run Lola Run and the Princess and the Warrior. Amazing work.

What's really quite cool about the PatW soundtrack is that the very score used in the movie is used to create the soundtrack album. The director, who is part of the group that did the musical score, took the themes and actually was able to extend the movie into the soundtrack.

For example: ***SEMISPOILER***
When Sissi and Bodo are about to jump off a roof, the music that's playing is redone in a song called "Fly With Me" voiced over by Franka Potente, Sissi's actress. While in the movie they say nothing, the emotions and words that they could have said, and were probably thinking, are in the song.
***END SPOILER***

Also, they hired some amazing vocalists to sing, for example, Allison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp, Skin of Skunk Anansie, Franke Potente of...um...the movie, Louise Rhodes of Lamb, Beth Hirsch, etc.

And, why is every liking Gladiator's soundtrack so much? All it is is one big rehash of Mars slightly editted to better fit the movie. Some of the songs should have been called "Mars [Editted by Hans Zimmer]"

[guifa]

Originally posted by hitman

cb911: The Matrix soundtrack is pretty good; a nice collection of rock tracks.

EXcept that not all of it was rock. Rob Dougan is classified as electronica/trip-hop most of the time, and if not he's classified under classical (on the Matrix soundtrack he goes by the name Rob D. For his album Furious Angels he went with the full name)

And to scem0: You'd be surprised what can be seen in electronica from a music theory point of view. It has a lot more chord changes and variations on a theme (within the same mix, eg, excluding remixes) than most rock has (I stop short of saying all, since some forms of heavy metal have a surprisingly great deal of musical worth as well). And I take it you don't enjoy some of the best songs in the history of music, such as Barber's Adagio for Strings or some Jazz style songs, since it has no lyrics, but find Gregorian chants your favorite since they are all lyrics?

[job]

Originally posted by guifa
EXcept that not all of it was rock. Rob Dougan is classified as electronica/trip-hop most of the time, and if not he's classified under classical (on the Matrix soundtrack he goes by the name Rob D. For his album Furious Angels he went with the full name)

I stand corrected.

I assume Prodigy falls under the same conditions...

But then personally, I liked the Deftones and RATM.

[SPG]

Originally posted by wdlove
"Black Hawk Down" for Patriotism & a strong military!

The irony is that the last song in the movie is by Joe Strummer (remember the Clash?) who is extremely political and by that I mean very liberal lefty.

Too many of the soundtracks you guys have pointed out are actually "scores", which is all well and good, but if you want soundtracks...

Rushmore
Snatch

That's actually what I was listening to right now.

[dreamlance]

John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Jerry Goldsmith get my votes for composers for Jurassic Park, Lion King and Star Trek First Contact. The soundtracks to "The Rock," "Forrest Gump," "Black Hawk Down," and "LOTR" are also on my list as goodies. My roommate listens to Moulin Rouge once or twice a week. Gets somewhat old after a while.

Scem, I hear you on the Toxicity thing. Hated the song first time I heard and then it grew on me. Must be subliminal messaging. ;)

[scem0]

What kind of music is on the LOTR soundtrack? I only know Enya is on there. I also like Enya a lot. Especially when I am stressed out or mad. I have 3 enya albums that I can't say I listen to enya, but I guess that is a good thing because it means I'm not stressed out or mad that often.

[job]

The LOTR score is mostly instrumental with only two Enya tracks.

It's some good pseudo-medieval stuff though...

[iGav]

Originally posted by hitman


I stand corrected.

I assume Prodigy falls under the same conditions...

But then personally, I liked the Deftones and RATM.

It's funny but in the UK we don't really use the term 'Electronica'......... it kind of fit's under the 'Dance' banner, and then under that you have your sub genres.... such as house, Garage, trance, techno, D&B, breaks etc etc and then there can be sub-sub-genres....... etc etc!!

The Prodigy are hard to classify....... in the early 90's there were very much part of the rave scene, but with the 'Music For The Jilted Generation' album in 94, they destroyed that underground link and mixed many different genres of music, and furthered that with 'Fat Of The Land'............

'Trip-hop' in the UK kind of contains some of the following bands, Portishead, Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, Mandalay, Hooverphonic etc etc...... although most of them hate the 'trip-hop' label...........

Anyways... Rae And Christian are currently rocking my sonic world.......

[guifa]

Originally posted by iGAV


It's funny but in the UK we don't really use the term 'Electronica'......... it kind of fit's under the 'Dance' banner, and then under that you have your sub genres.... such as house, Garage, trance, techno, D&B, breaks etc etc and then there can be sub-sub-genres....... etc etc!!

[snip]

'Trip-hop' in the UK kind of contains some of the following bands, Portishead, Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, Mandalay, Hooverphonic etc etc...... although most of them hate the 'trip-hop' label...........

In the US, "dance" could refer to R&B, rap, hip hop, or any of the variants you just mentioned. That's I (and others in the States) use "electronia" to clarify which area exactly ... yesyesyes, "stupid Americans"

And by the way, what is Goldfrapp considered over there? I haven't figured it out yet...

[scem0]

I can't wait for 'The Matrix Reloaded' soundtrack to come out.
I can't wait for the movie to come out too :p ...

[Spike Spiegel]

has anyone seen One Hour Photo? awsome music in that. besides that
-Blackhawk Down(not for the patriotic stuff at the end, but the haunting stuff during the movie)
-The Talented Mr. Ripley
-The Insider(awesome)
-Gladiator(similar to Insider)
-Braveheart
-Silent Hill(Playstation game, but the music is scary as hell)
-LOTR:FOTR
-Pi
-Memento(and Insomnia;same director)
More as memory warrants...:D

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Spike Spiegel
has anyone seen One Hour Photo? awsome music in that. besides that
-Blackhawk Down(not for the patriotic stuff at the end, but the haunting stuff during the movie)
-The Talented Mr. Ripley
-The Insider(awesome)
-Gladiator(similar to Insider)
-Braveheart
-Silent Hill(Playstation game, but the music is scary as hell)
-LOTR:FOTR
-Pi
-Memento(and Insomnia;same director)
More as memory warrants...:D

Have you checked out Silent Hill2? More good stuff...

SH3 will be coming soon, with a female lead character this time...damn I hate this series...you want to play it, and yet you fear it at the same time. :eek:

[job]

The only games I've played before that have really good music is the Myth Series and Undying.


Check out the main theme for Undying here: http://billbrownmusic.com/musicG4.htm#Undying

[Spike Spiegel]

im really looking forward to silent hill 3, the second one was great looking, and pyramid head was the freakiest villain ever, but i think the first had a better atmosphere. Also, the ending i got was a bit lame, i hope they improve on control for the 3rd one, that would be awesome