best movie soundtrack album

[cdxx]

i searched for soundtrack but didn't find any previous threads on this. what's the best film soundtrack in your opinion?

btw, no fair using Dark Side of the Moon as the soundtrack for wizzard of oz, as it wasn't the original.

for me, it's soundtrack to Reservoir Dogs and Queen's soundtrack for the Highlander.

edit : also probably should stick to movies, rather than tv series.

[lucas9000]

do movie scores count?

[WillMagic]

Garden State.

Easy.

Will

[cdxx]

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do movie scores count?

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yes, i think they should

[bort411]

Magnolia
Batman - Double bonus points if both the Elfman score and the Prince songs count.
Pulp Fiction

[slickpoppa]

The Big Chill soundtrack is a classic

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack and the Dust Brother's Fight Club.

[Hal 2000]

Forrest Gump (double disc)

[cdxx]

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Dust Brother's Fight Club.

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oooo... good call. i forgot about it. i'll have to amend my choices to include that and soundtrack to Snatch

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[istewart]

Garden State
Casino
Blow

[lucas9000]

i don't own many soundtracks, but the life aquatic soundtrack is excellent.

[Soul Daddy]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000004ZY.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[swede123]

As far as original scores I really like The Last of the Mohicans. It's awesome.

Swede

[lucas9000]

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As far as original scores I really like The Last of the Mohicans. It's awesome.

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how about requiem for a dream?

[Phoenix1010]

Kill Bill.

[nothumb]

Grosse Point Blank is very good.

I always like the soundtracks to Jim Jarmusch movies, although they are often bizarre. They work very well in the context of the movie.

But my favorite has got to be Six String Samurai (with music by the Red Elvises).

NT

[coffeecrazy1]

My number 1:Score from The Crow

Soundtrack from Crow is good, too
Lost in Translation
City of Angels
Dazed and Confused
Star Wars...especially Episode IV b/c of binary sunset music
Wedding Crashers is actually pretty good
Cruel Intentions
Magnolia
all Tarantino movies, since Tarantino is the pop culture master
Almost Famous
High Fidelity

Daredevil might have appeared here, if not being completed made redundant by the Evanescence album...which would be in my top five albums list.

And lastly...
The Big Lebowski
(See them tumblin' down...pledging their love to the ground)

[James Boston]

Several I enjoy...

1) Goodfellas
2) Office Space
3) Pulp Fiction
4) Reservior Dogs
5) Dazed and Confused
6) Swingers
7) High Fidelity
8) The Big Lebowski

Honorable Mention to Old School and Wonderland. I don't think either were released to CD, but both had very good soundtracks that complemented the film.

[RRRRICK]

Snatch

[smokingrobot]

being john malcovich score is excellent.

[Soul Daddy]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002L68.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[James Boston]

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Almost Famous

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I forgot that one in my other post. Good call.

[smokingrobot]

all wes anderson movie soundtracks, although i havent heard the one for bottle rocket, but all the others are great.

amelie (yann tierson is awesome)

eternal sunshine for the spotless mind

[shant]

Boiler Room

[Hamish McBagpipe]

You've missed one of the best:

http://www.cinema.vrn.ru/images/soundtracks/Trainspotting.jpg

And say what you will about the flick, this one has a great soundtrack:

http://members.aol.com/ilovel7/Natural_Born_Killers.jpg

[nothumb]

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I feel owned... can't believe I forgot this one...

nh

NT

[rohjoh]

Lord's of Dog Town
Suburbia

[MEbenhoe]

Garden State and really this time, its not even close.

[smokingrobot]

yah it is.

[Tron]

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Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack

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This is me agreeing.

[ptmusic]

I just saw Saturday Night Fever for the first time in years. Awesomely funny disco, and not just because of the BeeGees.

As far as non-song instrumental soundtracks, some good ones have been mentioned already. Off the top of my head, I would add Superman (1), Jaws, Out of Africa, Cape Fear, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Slingblade, the Matrix, the Godfather, and 2001: a Space Odyssey.

-ptmusic

[tonypaladino]

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Garden State.

Easy.

Will

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Overrated

[daveymck]

Judgement Night

[PokerBob]

but Purple Rain takes the cake.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/078322804X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[mike4bmp]

The soundtrack and score for Gladiator and Lion King.

[Dirk1963]

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Moulin Rouge
The Godfather
Pulp Fiction

some of my best

[IndieMatty]

It's been done. And the correct answer is Last of The Mohicans.

[IndieMatty]

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As far as original scores I really like The Last of the Mohicans. It's awesome.

Swede

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Correct. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[jakethebake]

A very good answer.

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[DasLeben]

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[lucas9000]

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Dazed and Confused

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i think this one got messed up by being split into two cds.

[jakethebake]

Pulp Fiction?

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

[Vavavoom]

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9380/grease13gx.png (http://imageshack.us)

[CCass]

The Highlander with Queen is a good call.

Also, Flash Gordon with Queen is pretty good.

[lucas9000]

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are you a girl?

[WDC]

I have only purchased three movie soundtracks so I will have to go with them.

Big Chill
Dazed and Confused
The Commitments

[Vavavoom]

Quite clearly....its the biggest selling musical of all time...

The movie is very popular and has been for the last 25 years...

No - Not a girl.....

[DukeSucks]

I always liked this one

http://okladki-divx.neostrada.pl/covers/l/lost_boys.jpg

[thatpfunk]

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i don't own many soundtracks, but the life aquatic soundtrack is excellent.

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Yes. Not the best, but damn good. I can listen to Bowie in Portuguese (sp?) endlessly.

[kitaristi0]

Garden State
Trainspotting
Blues Brothers (the original of course)

If memory serves me correct, Almost Famous has a decent one as well.

[imported_The Vibesman]

The Committments and The Blues Brothers are good answers. Also, Eddie and The Cruisers.

The soundtracks from "Streets of Fire" and "Crossroads" are really good, as well as the Ry Cooder scores from the same movies. Other great Ry Cooder scores include "Paris, Texas", "The Long Riders", and "Last Man Standing."

My favorite is probably "Crossroads." Cooder's slide guitar and Amy Madigan's voice on "He Made A Woman Out Of Me."

[tbach24]

All of my other favorites have been mentioned, so I'll throw out Good Will Hunting.

Sid And Nancy

[Slow Play Ray]

Outside Providence

[dhaimon]

Resident Evil.

[2planka]

Has it been a month already?

Nice call with the Miles Davis record.

My favorite is still Curtis Mayfield's Superfly.

[smokingrobot]

i think i have it somewhere too.

[samjjones]

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As far as original scores I really like The Last of the Mohicans. It's awesome.

Swede

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Once again, I must agree with Swede. What's interesting about the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack is that it was actually composed by two guys after the first was kicked off/left the project.

Glad to see that other heterosexual males actually dig this one. The Trevor Jones work far exceeds the Randy Edelman on this, too.

Some other fine soundtracks of note include Rocky IV, Flash Gordon, The Empire Strikes Back, and more recently, Revenge of the Sith.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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It's been done. And the correct answer is Last of The Mohicans.

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Agree but this belongs on the "Over 50" forum /images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, "Unfaithful" also has a very good soundtrack.

~ Rick

[STLantny]

From dusk till dawn.

[Lumpy]

Not the best, but very good.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000W4X.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[jakethebake]

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The Committments and The Blues Brothers are good answers. Also, Eddie and The Cruisers.

The soundtracks from "Streets of Fire" and "Crossroads" are really good, as well as the Ry Cooder scores from the same movies. Other great Ry Cooder scores include "Paris, Texas", "The Long Riders", and "Last Man Standing."

My favorite is probably "Crossroads." Cooder's slide guitar and Amy Madigan's voice on "He Made A Woman Out Of Me."

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We have very similar tastes in music. I actually have this one in my car CD player right now. /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[WEASEL45]

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[lucas9000]

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My favorite is still Curtis Mayfield's Superfly.

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damnit good call.

[HtotheNootch]

24 Hour Party People

[ptmusic]

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The Committments and The Blues Brothers are good answers. Also, Eddie and The Cruisers.

The soundtracks from "Streets of Fire" and "Crossroads" are really good, as well as the Ry Cooder scores from the same movies. Other great Ry Cooder scores include "Paris, Texas", "The Long Riders", and "Last Man Standing."

My favorite is probably "Crossroads." Cooder's slide guitar and Amy Madigan's voice on "He Made A Woman Out Of Me."

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Though Ry Cooder is great, Steve Vai/the devil blew away Ralph Macchio/Ry Cooder. The devil was robbed I tells ya!

-ptmusic

[TheBlueMonster]

Pulp Fiction or The Big Lebowski

[imported_The Vibesman]

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The Committments and The Blues Brothers are good answers. Also, Eddie and The Cruisers.

The soundtracks from "Streets of Fire" and "Crossroads" are really good, as well as the Ry Cooder scores from the same movies. Other great Ry Cooder scores include "Paris, Texas", "The Long Riders", and "Last Man Standing."

My favorite is probably "Crossroads." Cooder's slide guitar and Amy Madigan's voice on "He Made A Woman Out Of Me."

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Though Ry Cooder is great, Steve Vai/the devil blew away Ralph Macchio/Ry Cooder. The devil was robbed I tells ya!

-ptmusic

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Eh. Fast does not = good. Cooder's playing sounded like real music you could dance to. Vai's was a bunch of showing off. Fast fingertaps w/o much melody doesn't impress me. I thought Vai had his ass handed to him even before the classical bit. I'd take Ry Cooder over Steve Vai any day and twice on Sunday, though, so I'm probably a bit biased. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[imported_The Vibesman]

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From dusk till dawn.

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This is definitely a huge candidate. Stevie Ray, Jimmie, Tito + Tarantula, ooooohhhhhh, good stuff.

Can't stand that "Texas - Whiskey - Funeral" tune, tho.

[imported_The Vibesman]

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My favorite is still Curtis Mayfield's Superfly.

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damnit good call.

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This may just well be the correct answer.

[wayabvpar]

No love for Seattle?

http://www.thatguyproductions.com/weblog/archives/bloggeriffic_files/singles_soundtrack.jpg

[TylerD]

I own to Soundtrack albums, both are good but Garden State is the better.

Garden State
Resevoir Dogs.

[TRWIII]

These havent been mentioned yet, and admittedly they're off beat choices but my two votes go to:

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder film) and

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Just my 2 cents,
TRWIII

[tbach24]

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Outside Providence

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This is correct. I liked the mention of Life Aquatic though, that's a good one.

[ptmusic]

Hair
The Sound of Music
Hudson Hawk (just kidding)

-ptmusic

[swede123]

If you like some mellow jazz check out the soundtrack to Bridges of Madison County. Good stuff there.

Swede

Pulp Fiction
Singles

[LetYouDown]

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No love for Seattle?

http://www.thatguyproductions.com/weblog/archives/bloggeriffic_files/singles_soundtrack.jpg

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You've missed one of the best:

http://www.cinema.vrn.ru/images/soundtracks/Trainspotting.jpg

And say what you will about the flick, this one has a great soundtrack:

http://members.aol.com/ilovel7/Natural_Born_Killers.jpg

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[LetYouDown]

Forgot this one

http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~mstsm/topgun2.jpg

[rohjoh]

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I always liked this one

http://okladki-divx.neostrada.pl/covers/l/lost_boys.jpg

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I always liked this version of the Doors classic, Peoples Are Strange by Echo and the Bunnymen

[HtotheNootch]

I can't believe I forgot:




http://www.criterionco.com/content/images/full_boxshot/83_box_348x490.jpg

[rohjoh]

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[Rick Nebiolo]

Saw Broken Flowers with Bill Murry today. Liked the movie and loved the soundtrack (http://tinyurl.com/9bol5) featuring Mulatu Astatke, The Greenhornes, and Holly Golightly.

~ Rick

[smokingrobot]

what, no Superfly?

(and not just for the title track either, but because Curtis Mayfield is the man - ghetto child, freddy's dead.. et al)