Man this place has been deader than...dead lately. Here's a topic. Discuss.

I'm an uber-geek, so I have to toss John Williams' work on all three "Star Wars" films. Soundtrack wise, I think that "Rushmore" used the songs on its soundtrack very well in the film. I also totally dig the original "Planet of the Apes'" score.

On a slightly different topic, my favorite music movie that has a horrible soundtrack would have to be "Empire Records." Aside from 'Til I Hear It From You' and 'A Girl Like You' no other songs were featured prominently in the movie, and the ones actually in the movie aren't on the soundtrack. Weird.

virgin suicides

yes. and i'll add "donnie darko."

I still like Reservoir Dogs.

I really like Thomas Newman's score of American Beauty, pretty much anything Danny Elfman has done, and of course Air's Virgin Suicides is amazing.

Any Wes Anderson movie has an amazing soundtrack.

My pick is gonna have to be Royal Tenenbaums.

I'm a sucker for the dramatic scores: Braveheart, Gladiator, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and I'm gonna get stoned for saying this... Titanic is a really good soundtrack.

For rock compilations, I gotta go with the obvious: Singles and The Crow.

Oooh... that is a really good, rousing soundtrack. I'm not ashamed to say that I tear up when i watch that movie.

Also, The Fellowship of The Ring had an amazing soundtrack as well... I didn't pay too much attention to Two Towers' soundtrack (i was too busy picking away at the problems)

(Edited by deathscythe257 at 10:14 am on Jul. 28, 2003)

Trainspotting
Rushmore
CQ
Any 60's Spy Film that has a car chase scene

(Edited by ray davies at 10:43 am on Jul. 28, 2003)

I love Ennio Morricone's film work.

Also, you cannot argue with the genius of Wes Anderson's use of music in Rushmore.

Also, the part of Donnie Darko that uses Tears for Fears' "Head Over Heels" is amazing.

Just wait till Roadie sees this topic...

I love movie scores. Jon Brion's Punch Drunk Love score is awesome, as well as Jack Nietzsche's for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Danny Elfman's for Edward Scissorhands.

Angelo Badalmenti's stuff for David Lynch gives me nightmares, which I guess means it's good.

Even though it's a TV soundtrack, Twin Peaks is a great one. I assume the one for Fire walk With Me is pretty similar.

The former message was not written by me, but was instead a post by my plebian girlfriend etcetera. Sorry for the confusion. However, I completely agree with the above choices, many of which she turned me on to.

Krzysztof Komeda's score for "Rosemary's Baby" is excellent as is the majority of his catalog.
Anything by Bernard Herrmann is great. He did all of Hitchcock's stuff.
All of John Barry's stuff is excellent. He did all of the Bond flicks as well as some Bruce Lee films and is credited with inventing "spy jazz."
Lalo Schifrin also did some great work. "Bullitt" starring the incomparable Steve McQueen is a standout.
My all-time fave is definitely Ennio Morricone. My mission in life is to own the breadth of his catalog at least through the mid-'70s. He's most famous for the Spaghetti Western's that Serio Leone and Clint Eastwood collaborated on but most of what he's done is gold.

i second wes anderson's choices as well as mark mothersbaugh's own creations. virgin suicides and the mission are also incredible.

my contribution would have to be the Pi soundtrack and Requiem for a Dream's soundtrack (didn't they use that on the Two Towers preview???), as well. Clint Mansell is awesome.

yes, they did use that one although it was an orchestral version. It made me happy.

I'm gonna get stoned for saying this... Half Baked is a really good soundtrack.

Well played. Well played indeed.

That's what I was going to say.

I found Rosemary's Baby on vinyl not long ago and was ecstatic.

Other good ones:

Edward Scissorhands
Rushmore
Angelo Badalaminti scores
White Christmas (musicals probably shouldn't be included, but I have to)
The Omen
Harold and Maude
Vanilla Sky
Pillow Talk
Sabrina

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 12:08 am on Jul. 29, 2003)

it has all been covered.

angelo
morricone
elfman
air

but i must add neil young on jim j's dead man

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Tone Loc is da bomb.

Cabaret
Any of the Muppet Movies
City of Angels
Armageddon (Orchestral)
Gummo
I also thought the music for 28 Days Later was carefully thought out and placed, but it may just be that I hadn't watched a movie in a while before that.

i think 28 days later has a good soundtrack

I thought the same.

Blue (or Bleu) has a really good soundtrack.
So does Sneakers.
Dancer in the Dark
Terminator 2.

Most played to death soundtrack ever by highschool bands and background pianists: The Jurassic Park Soundtrack

i forgot about muppet movies. damn they are good!

Your picks are superb. Sneakers is a favorite of mine (music and otherwise). Bleu is also rivetting.

I'd broaden the "played to death" distinction to include all John Williams, at least from Star Wars until Minority Report. I love Catch Me If You Can.

Will

I knew i forgot one......damn.......

WELL I JUST MADE A FUNNY "STONING POST" THAT IS NOW LOST FOREVER. and i din't mean to put my computer on caps lock but im an idiot.

ok i'll condesne, bc im lazy.

cameron crowe always incorporates good music into his film.
i recall the waynes world soundtrack being ideal for its time of release.
ditto for the bill and ted's bogus journey soundtrack.
TOMMY THE CAT!

plus, the muppet movie as well as mupper treasure island have great soundtracks.

yeah and the soundtrack for the bodyguard. ok, just kidding.

We went to MGM Studios yesterday, and I enjoyed seeing Muppet Vision 3D again. I especially like how they play the songs from the classic movies in the gift shop and around the front of the theater.

Highlights were "Ms. Piggy, It's You" and "You Can't Take No for an Answer."

Basically I have to agree with everything Neuboy already said. Bullit is Lalo Shifrin in top form. I believe he also did Dirty Harry, another great one. I gotta give a shout out to Fellini's "8 1/2" and "La Dulce Vida" soundtracks. I'm still trying to get character to cover some of that stuff. Altman usually has good soundtracks, "Nashville" was great. How bout Episode IV for chrissakes?

Most of those are original scores. In terms of canned music, you gotta admit that "Easy Rider" used music pretty masterfully, the best example is the shots of the desert at sundown to The Band's "The Weight". And of course, Wes Anderson, being my favorite contemporary filmmaker, is a genius. PTA did a great job with "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia", I think I prefer the latter. Its one of those films that you see and immediately think, damn thats a great soundtrack.

Above all, though, I gotta go with Scorcese's "Mean Streets". In my soundtrack design class, we had to pick one movie and deconstruct its soundtrack, and "Mean Streets" was my easy choice. Opening with "Be My Baby"...perhaps the greatest opening in film history. lots of traditional Italian music, 50's doo wop stuff, and some classic Stones. My favorite is when Scorcese drops out all of the sound in the bar and cuts to a guy walking in the door in slow-mo, and on comes Jumpin Jack Flash...a great scene that is now a bit of a cliche in filmmaking but was unique back then, and still breathtaking.



p.s.....what about Purple Rain?????:-)

(Edited by roadie at 10:41 am on Aug. 1, 2003)

I believe that it's actually 4D if I remember correctly... I am so jealous. I'm hoping to go there again for my 21st birthday. I haven't been since 8th grade when my great-grandma died, my house burnt, and my grandpa died all in the same year.

It's 3D, and it's great fun! We did the beach this morning while here at the in-laws.

To create the ideal setting for Muppet*Vision 3-D, Imagineers designed a theater that brings the show directly into the audience, causing some to call the experience 4D, or 4 Dimensional. Guests are squirted with water, blasted with air, and real soap bubbles float through the air throughout the show.

That's where I was coming from, so you don't think I was cuhrazy.

And there are also puppets and one guy in a character in costume that runs into the audience. It is definitely a wonderful experience.

Do you mean time?

Or do you mean the 4th dimension as the center of the universe's expansion?

Or are we talking about string theory?

I didn't say it, but I was thinking it.

Carter Burwell's score to the Coen's Blood Simple
Horner's Glory
Hans Zimmer's Rain Man
the music used during the entire ending (plane crash especially) of Fearless
the music in the Truman Show
the entire soundtrack to Slingblade

Utter bullshit. You've never suggested this to the band.

I've suggested it to you (several times) which is the same thing since you're "the leader" of the band.

Brian, man i didn't care for the blood simple soundtrack. It only leadens the pace of an already ridiculously slow film. i know its blasphemy but its my least favorite coen brothers film. I loved the Man who wasn't There soundrack.

Damn you Roadie, you're bustin' on my favorite movie! Wait until my leg mends and I'm coming after you!

P.S. You should watch the "Director's Cut" if you haven't already. The Coens actually trimmed the movie and as they put it, "cut out the boring parts."

What's even better is being married to an accomplished pianist who can sit and play the whole thing. Every time she sits down and plays the first part of it, I want to say, "Still I cut the hair."

seeing those puppets is seriously like seeing a movie star for me. i love that place.

It makes me cry every time. I love almost anything by Elfman, including some Oingo Boingo. The rest of your post is a-ok too.


They have a stage interpretation of this film called "Nine" on Broadway right now. Did we already talk about this? It stars Antonio Banderas. Sounds like a terrible idea to me.