Favorite Soundtracks

[DanielBenoit]

I also loved the soundtrack to "The Graduate" and a lot of other films from around that era. I will watch the Youtube clips later; cooking dinner now.

Ohh yeah, beautifully melancholic stuff there.

[Janine]

Ohh yeah, beautifully melancholic stuff there.

Which one, "The Graduate"....Simon and Garfunkel? I just saw their old concert in the park on DVD - wowy, they were amazing! I still love their beautiful blending of voices - very melancholic and lovely and melodic, it that how you spell it - melodic?

The 'sweeping' score to "Lawrence of Arabia" married to the 'sweeping' wide-angle shots of the desert, absolutely 'sweep' one away to another time and place..it's a magic carpet ride indeed! I am still viewing the movie and loving every minute. It makes one see how Lawrence could love the desert in his real life experience. If I recall correctly in the film, when asked why he loved the desert so, he answers "it's clean"...interesting reply. The desert scenes are very pure looking. I will have to be sure to review the movie in the movie thread.

[metamorphoser]

Do you guys like Clint Mansell's ones?

[Janine]

metamorphoser, welcome to the forum. I am sorry, but I don't know who that composer is. I just found an extensive list of composers on Wikipedia. Your composer, most likely, is on this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...core_composers

An inovative composer of soundtracks who I have always liked a lot is: Jean Michael Jarre. I know he wrote the score for a little known film back in the 70's called "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud". I've wanted to buy that film for sometime since a friend, years ago told me it was a fascinating film. I think I may have seen it back then and the parts of the soundtrack I owned on other Jarre records (at the time CD's were non-existent!). I have seen his name crop up often in other films of a more recent time, so I guess the composer is still going strong. Interesting New Age sound. I think he was a major pioneer of the genre.

Another interesting composer is Peter Gabriel. He did the soundtrack for the film "Rabbit Proof Fence"...excellent film about 3 children walking 'the fence' to free themselves from tyranny by the British government; back in the 50's (I think); they walk thousands of miles to return to their native mothers in the remote regions of the country...set entirely in Australia, the film and his creative score really captures the awesome, remote, and fascinating aspects of the Australian outback and deserts...amazing film and great score!

I love the soundtracks of Tarantino movies... I think he is a genius when it comes to picking music.

I agree - the scores to Tarantino movies have been great. Do you know if he picks the same composer each time?

I absolutely adore "My Fair Lady"... Know all the songs more or less by heart.

Scher, I love that soundtrack as well and know all the songs, too. The film is so stunning. Unfortunately, I only own it on VHS, but it's a good print. I should re-watch that one soon. I love Audrey Hepburn...she is so stunning in that evening gown scene. One of my all time favorite songs has been since high school days - "On the Street Where You Live"....

[DanielBenoit]

The music selection in the film Killer of Sheep perfectly fits the mood of the picture. See this movie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nXw-8MXhVE

An interesting story behind the music in the film: Director Charles Burnett was shooting this film on a super-tight budget for his Masters Thesis in college using gritty black-and-white and non-professional actors. In fact, most of the films budget came out of buying rights to the music, which in fact prevented the film from being widely released for thirty years.

[papayahed]

My favorites are:

Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Pulp Fiction
Trick or Treat
Cabaret
The Commitments
The Lost Boys
Rent
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[subterranean]

One of my favs currently playing in VH1: 'When You Say Nothing at All' from Notting Hill.

[*Classic*Charm*]

The opera aria "Vide Cor Meum" from Hannibal. The first time Dante was put to music. It's beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Wv5AvqzfE

[Dirtbag]

Just saw V for Vendetta for the first time. The 1812 Overture was used rather powerfully. It was a good passionate movie.

[shortstoryfan]

I love the soundtrack to Birth and The Hours. And even though everyone says his soundtracks are all so similar, I like the things from Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams. The Piano just makes me...feel so much. Oh, and I love this old film Aleksandr Nevsky. The music has been turned into a cantata for choir and orchestra. Beautiful mezzo-soprano movement.

[Mrig]

some of my Absolute favourites are....'Four Strong Winds' by John Denver
'come away with me' by Norah JOnes
'Samson' by Regina SPector
almost all songs by AR Rehman

[crystalmoonshin]

I'm not a fan of Fushigi Yuugi but the anime series' OST's (including the OAV) really blew me away. I especially love the songs by Satou Akemi.

[Gadget Girl]

Disney's Enchanted

The songs are so lovely that the film got disqualified from the category of best songs at the Oscars.

[marcolfo]

anithing by Ennio Morrione
specially once upon a time in the west, just brilliant

[andave_ya]

Goodness, people. Where's Howard Shore's entire score for LOTR?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1WpJ-yx26s