Favorite Movie Score/Soundtrack

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Name your favorite movie scores.

I love Thomas Newman, so The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, and Meet Joe Black are some of my favs.

Here are some others:
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
Crash & October Sky - Mark Isham
Atonement - Dario Marianelli
Apollo 13 & Titanic - James Horner
Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, and Minority Report - John Williams
Friday Night Lights - Explosions in the Sky
The Fountain - Clint Mansell
Rudy - Jerry Goldsmith
Babel
The Pursuit of Happyness - Andrea Guerra

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Another one:

The Village - James Newton Howard

[aminorthreat55]

The Battle of Algiers - Ennio Morricone

[nhoium]

FNL - EITS
Space Jam - Various ... ha, seriously. One of my first CDs
The Fountain - Clint Mansell

all I can think of off the top of my head

[Mitch]

The Fountain
American Beauty
Magnolia

[WordzandDreamz]

Another one:

The Village - James Newton Howard

Amen. Best Score Ever. Hands Down.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I thought more people here were interested in movie scores. I'd like to find more to check out.

I can't think of any great ones this year.

[reductiondesign]

Another one:

The Village - James Newton Howard

Hahaha. I looked through your list thinking, "He skipped the best score I've ever heard!"

Then I looked down and saw it. This is my answer.

[Jessooker]

Another one:

The Village - James Newton Howard

I can't remember this one for my life.

[Ailite]

I have all three Lord of The Rings soundtracks

[Anne.Frank]

What's eating Gilbert Grape

[anamericangod]

Lost In Translation

[ForlrnPerplxity]

The Fountain
American Beauty
Magnolia
I love some of the pieces Jon Brion did for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

[elenar011]

clint mansell, hans zimmer, howard shore, and jon brion, especially in punch drunk love

[Broken Parachute]

The Lord of the Rings soundtrack.

The song played during the closing credits of The Two Towers ("Gollum's Song") is honestly now like one of my favorite songs ever. I think it's beautiful for some reason.

Emiliana Torrini - Gollum's Song

I don't know why but every time I hear this song I want to cry, haha.

[Momo32T]

The score from Men of Honor is great, easily my favorite. The composer's name is Mark Isham. My favorite tracks are A Son Never Forgets, The Navy Diver, and Men of Honor.

[drudo182]

Clint Mansell - The Fountain
Rachel Portman - The Cider House Rules
Danny Elfman - Edward Scissorhands
James Newton Howard - Signs, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, The Village
Explosions in the Sky - Friday Night Lights. They are amazing either way but their music fit perfectly into that film.

[SureAsRain]

number 1: godzilla soundtrack! (that ben folds track was too good)
number 2: walk hard (those dewy cox tracks are too good)

[bowl of oranges]

Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums

[bowl of oranges]

oh, and Juno

[Jessooker]

The music in Atonement is a perfect match for the film's visual beauty.

[brentkid]

Lars and the Real Girl.

If only for the music during the scene at the lake towards the end. Holy shit that blew me away.

[airik625]

My favorite soundtrack (not score) is the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

[bowl of oranges]

My favorite soundtrack (not score) is the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.i watched that twice yesterday haha

[airik625]

i watched that twice yesterday haha

Wow, in one day? I love that movie too, but I would have feel like I wasted my whole day if I watched a two and a half hour movie twice in one day.

[bowl of oranges]

Wow, in one day? I love that movie too, but I would have feel like I wasted my whole day if I watched a two and a half hour movie twice in one day.the first time i started around noon, finishing around 2:30

the 2nd time, i started around 9:30pm cause my friend Ryan was sleeping over and he hadn't seen it yet.
i pissed him off by reciting all of the lines

[Ailite]

The soundtrack for Garden State is spectacular

[Jessooker]

I love the music in Punch Drunk Love.

[DickfaceChillah]

Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Jon Brion - Punch-Drunk Love
Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate
John Williams - Jurassic Park

[ShimmerAndSpill]

I enjoyed the music in The Life Aquatic.

[bhs1158]

Wedding Crashers soundtrack is awesome.

[nivek87]

A lot of good ones were already named, but some favorites I didn't see are,

Yann Tiersen - Amelie
Wim Mertins - The Belly of an Architect
Clint Mansell - Requiem For a Dream
V/A - I Am Sam

[Broken Parachute]

Apollo 13
Lord of the Rings
Friday Night Lights
The Pursuit of Happyness
Harry Potter
Jurassic Park

[SandManTEND13]

Jurassic Park
Friday Night Lights
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Nightmare Before Christmas
Harry Potter
There Will Be Blood
Reqiuem For a Dream

[Kid B]

There Will Be Blood - Johnny Greenwood

[_jonas]

Anything involving Jon Brion is spectacular.
Especially Punch-Drunk Love & Eternal Sunshine.

But the score by Angelo Badalamenti for The Straight Story was absolutely jaw dropping.
Also TDK's is classic.

[_jonas]

Oh and they aren't movies but the soundtracks for Silent Hill 2 & 4 are definitely great.

[limi44]

Dan In Real Life - Sondre Lerche

[elenar011]

Oh and they aren't movies but the soundtracks for Silent Hill 2 & 4 are definitely great.

i liked the 3rd one a lot too

[pinklipgloss]

First thing that comes to mind for ost's are rushmore and harold & maude.

[notoaststereo]

Jon Brion - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jon Brion - I <3 Huckabees
Jon Brion - Punch-Drunk Love
Aimee Mann - Magnolia
Explosions In The Sky - Friday Night Lights
I'm Not There OST
Little Miss Sunshine OST

[elenar011]

Jon Brion - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jon Brion - I <3 Huckabees
Jon Brion - Punch-Drunk Love
Aimee Mann - Magnolia
Explosions In The Sky - Friday Night Lights
I'm Not There OST
Little Miss Sunshine OST

perfection

[doyouhas?]

i just watched The Lookout the other day and the music for that was absolutely perfect. i forget the guys name that did it, but it was wonderful.

[eraserhead]

Little Miss Sunshine
The Village
Lord of the Rings
Requiem for a Dream

[matt_k]

the spiderman 2 soundtrack was really good :]

[fluke182]

A lot of good ones were already named, but some favorites I didn't see are,

Yann Tiersen - Amelie
Wim Mertins - The Belly of an Architect
Clint Mansell - Requiem For a Dream
V/A - I Am Sam
When I watched this movie, I never really thought about the music. Then the other day I was in a coffee shop and it was playing, and now I'm horribly addicted to it. Amazing, amazing score by Tiersen. Love it to pieces, and it makes me want to watch the movie itself again.

[eraserhead]

the spiderman 2 soundtrack was really good :]
...

[2 fly and shy]

The soundtrack to Everything is Illuminated is better than the movie itself.

[eHaMpToN]

Requiem For A Dream

[forget_december]

john williams ftw. i need to get one of those cds with all of his movie theme songs.
and i really love the "a knight's tale" soundtrack.

[Robb]

Score: The Virgin Suicides

Soundtrack: Swingers

[TSLROCKS]

The Spiderman 2 soundtrack

[airik625]

The score for There Will Be Blood by Johnny Greenwood is fucking brilliant; one of my favorites for sure.

[_jonas]

I prefer Greenwood's score for Bodysong.
But that mostly because it puts me in a more creative state.

[poppa Q]

First thing that comes to mind for ost's are rushmore and harold & maude.

Wes always picks great stuff.

[_jonas]

i liked the 3rd one a lot too
End of Small Sanctuary is pure awesome

[elenar011]

End of Small Sanctuary is pure awesome

it really really is. so is sickness unto foolish death, and please love me once more is gorgeous. oh and clockwork little happiness is one of the most terrifying things ever. man i love yamaoka.

[SkyHeldUpByStar]

Home Alone

[xerovision1]

cruel intentions

[Freud]

requiem for a dream
lotr
star wars

love those


oh and for what it was worth back in the day, i really enjoyed the queen of the damned soundtrack

[sweetforever]

Batman Begins
The Dark Knight


Both so well done

[buysoap]

Max Richter - Valse Avec Bashir

[Bob Payne]

Nick Cave - The Assassination of Jesse James
OST - O Brother Where Art Thou?

[screamoutmyname]

american psycho

[elenar011]

as incredible as in bruges is as a whole, the soundtrack is one of the finest points of the film

[Ailite]

The soundtrack to Kill Bill, Vol. 1/2 is absolutely perfect.

[3eb23]

Edward Scissorhands
Requiem For A Dream
Dazed And Confused
Home Alone
Harry Potter
The Sandlot

[screamoutmyname]

oh and the ending to Fight Club is fantastic.

[Jessooker]

my favorite soundtracks are (off the top of my head)

Trainspotting
That Thing You Do!
Atonement
Forrest Gump
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Pulp Fiction
Moulin Rouge!
Reservoir Dogs

[Jared Kaufman]

Nick Cave - The Assassination of Jesse James
OST - O Brother Where Art Thou?
Both are so good.

[heartbeatdrop]

the ludlows- legends of the fall- composed by james horner

braveheart soundtrack which i think is also composed my james horner or it could be hans zimmer one of the two.

narnia chronicles soundtracks are really good.


empire records is my favorite soundtracks

[Deanis]

Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean
Wes Anderson movies.

[OldJersey]

it begins and ends with Rudy - Jerry Goldsmith

[_jonas]

Donnie Darko's was sweet

[drudo182]

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[nonamesleft]

Alice in Wonderland

[a speedo model]

Pan's Labyrinth's was simply beautiful.

[Jessooker]

I got the Into The Wild Soundtrack. It's a good way to mellow me out.

[PleasureRyland]

"star wars" and "pride and prejudice"

[Sweep_the_Leg]

i just bought the dark knight score and thought it was awesome.

also, star wars, superman (the 1970s one), and the lion king

[TJ Wells]

Recent favorites:

The Fountain
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Pan's Labyrinth
Atonement
There Will Be Blood

[swt_catastrophe]

Recent favorites:

The Fountain
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Pan's Labyrinth
Atonement
There Will Be Blood
great soundtracks.

and of course, american beauty.
oh, and wall-e's cute

[TJ Wells]

I gotta say, after all the uproar of There Will Be Blood not being nominated for Best Score, in my opinion it still should've gone to Atonement (if TWBB had been nominated). One of the most original and beautiful scores i've ever heard.

[dandal1on]

i'm surprised more people haven't said Dark Knght.

Dark Knight
The Life Aquatic
Royal Tenebaums
Snakes on a Plane (!!!)

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I cannot wait to hear Thomas Newman's score to Revolutionary Road.

I also have to add:
Mark Isham - A River Runs Through It
James Newton Howard - The Sixth Sense
Rachel Portman - The Cider House Rules


Have there been any good scores out this year? Most of the great ones don't come out until Oscar season in the winter.

[WordzandDreamz]

I got the Into The Wild Soundtrack. It's a good way to mellow me out.

I saw Eddie Vedder play a solo show about 2 weeks ago. He played the whole soundtrack and it was incredible. What an amazing song writer.

[WordzandDreamz]

I cannot wait to hear Thomas Newman's score to Revolutionary Road.

I also have to add:
Mark Isham - A River Runs Through It
James Newton Howard - The Sixth Sense
Rachel Portman - The Cider House Rules


Have there been any good scores out this year? Most of the great ones don't come out until Oscar season in the winter.

Everyone's opinions of the movie aside, the score to for the Happening was fucking great, but then again... when isn't a James Newton Howard score.

[swt_catastrophe]

I cannot wait to hear Thomas Newman's score to Revolutionary Road.

I also have to add:
Mark Isham - A River Runs Through It
James Newton Howard - The Sixth Sense
Rachel Portman - The Cider House Rules


Have there been any good scores out this year? Most of the great ones don't come out until Oscar season in the winter.
me too.
he's such an incredible composer.
never ceases to amaze me.

[Jessooker]

So, I need some help...

If you know any, can you please list some great movie scores that primarily use violin?

Thank you so much.

[domotime2]

Gozilla soundtrack will forever be the greatest soundtrack of all time, serioso

[ForlrnPerplxity]

just to add a couple more:

John Williams - Munich

Mark Isham - Life as a House

I'm trying to find some more that I've looked over and don't have on my iTunes.

[williek311]

Star Wars
The Last of the Mohicans

[stayillogical]

just to add a couple more:

John Williams - Munich

Mark Isham - Life as a House

I'm trying to find some more that I've looked over and don't have on my iTunes.

Good call. This was actually the first time I heard Radiohead's How To Disappear Completely and it was heartbreaking. Love all the Guster tracks too.

[wtfmates]

BT - Monster

[ShimmerAndSpill]

The Life Aquatic had David Bowie, Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Seu Jorge. They also had Starálfur by Sigur Rós, but it wasn't on the soundtrack.

[Anderson]

I have all three Lord of The Rings soundtracksThey are some of my favourite scores along with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Star Wars.

As far as soundtracks go I don't pick up a lot. I like the Judgement night soundtrack and the Singles soundtrack has State Of Love And Trust, the best Pearl Jam song ever on it so that's preety cool as well.

[xBITCHxPLEASEx]

Schindler's List and Requiem For A Dream.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

The score to Schindler's List is great, but I just can't listen to it on its own. Way too sad.

[chokeychicken]

requiem for a dream

[just.Starla.]

Thumbsucker

[Chancetobe]

I love the Walk to Remember soundtrack.

[just.Starla.]

I just thought of these, Garden State and Juno. They both have great soundtracks too

[screamoutmyname]

cloverfield's score, roar!, my michael giacchino is pretty super-dooper.

[crushlustcrash]

juno and across the universe :)

[just.Starla.]

I almost forgot about Across the Universe, yeah I loved mostly all the songs in that one

[screamoutmyname]

i'm not there.

[andrewa5]

if your a meatl/hardcore fan, The Underworld Evolution soundtrack is stacked!

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I gotta say, the Superman score by John Williams has to be one of the best of all time.

I really like his score to War of the Worlds too. The piece where the tripods first come out of the ground sets the tone perfectly.

[_jonas]

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[Ailite]

They are some of my favourite scores along with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Star Wars.

As far as soundtracks go I don't pick up a lot. I like the Judgement night soundtrack and the Singles soundtrack has State Of Love And Trust, the best Pearl Jam song ever on it so that's preety cool as well.
Star Wars will also be classic. The LOTR music is beautiful.

[_jonas]

Wall-E's was brilliant.

[Ailite]

Wall-E's was brilliant.
Indeed it was, as was everything else to do with that movie

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I have to add:

Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

One of the most incredible scores I've ever heard.

[Brooklyn2010]

A lot of good ones were already named, but some favorites I didn't see are:
Yann Tiersen - Amelie
Wim Mertins - The Belly of an Architect
Clint Mansell - Requiem For a Dream
V/A - I Am Sam
Incredible work. Also good from Teirsen is Tabably.
Dan In Real Life - Sondre Lerche
Good one, I was definitely surprised to not see this in here until your post.
Jon Brion - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jon Brion - I <3 Huckabees
Jon Brion - Punch-Drunk Love
Aimee Mann - Magnolia
Explosions In The Sky - Friday Night Lights
I'm Not There OST
Little Miss Sunshine OST
All three of these. I forgot about Magnolia for a while... good stuff though.
i just watched The Lookout the other day and the music for that was absolutely perfect. i forget the guys name that did it, but it was wonderful.
Yes! I saw it a while ago and thought the same thing. And it's James Newton Howard.
Donnie Darko's was sweet
Obvious choice, but of course it is. Beautiful work!
Pan's Labyrinth's was simply beautiful.
This.
I almost forgot about Across the Universe, yeah I loved mostly all the songs in that one
Agreed, Starla!


I'm surprised to not see some of these:

Danny Elfman - Big Fish & Edward Scissorhands
Yann Tiersen - Amelie & Tabably
Explosions in the Sky - Friday Night Lights
Javier Navarrete- Pan's Labyrinth
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko
Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Hans Zimmer - King Kong, The Holiday
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Finding Neverland
Michael Giacchino - Lost (tv)
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia
Rachel Portman - Chocolat
Dustin O'Halloran - Marie Antionette
I'm not sure of the guy who did this but The Pianist is beautiful too.
A new and gorgeous score is Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and also Cassanova

Soundtracks
Chicago
P.S. I Love You
The Last Kiss
Little Miss Sunshine
10 Things I Hate About You
Uptown Girls
Dan In Real Life
Across the Universe
And I guess you could count Marie Antionette, here too.
Moulin Rouge!
A Night's Tale
School of Rock

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I have to add 2 more to my list:

James Horner - The Land Before Time
Danny Elfman - Edward Scissorhands

[Deadwomb88]

probably anything Jon Brion

[vicki_van]

Incredible work. Also good from Teirsen is Tabably.

Good one, I was definitely surprised to not see this in here until your post.

All three of these. I forgot about Magnolia for a while... good stuff though.

Yes! I saw it a while ago and thought the same thing. And it's James Newton Howard.

Obvious choice, but of course it is. Beautiful work!

This.

Agreed, Starla!


I'm surprised to not see some of these:

Danny Elfman - Big Fish & Edward Scissorhands
Yann Tiersen - Amelie & Tabably
Explosions in the Sky - Friday Night Lights
Javier Navarrete- Pan's Labyrinth
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko
Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Hans Zimmer - King Kong, The Holiday
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Finding Neverland
Michael Giacchino - Lost (tv)
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia
Rachel Portman - Chocolat
Dustin O'Halloran - Marie Antionette
I'm not sure of the guy who did this but The Pianist is beautiful too.
A new and gorgeous score is Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and also Cassanova

Soundtracks
Chicago
P.S. I Love You
The Last Kiss
Little Miss Sunshine
10 Things I Hate About You
Uptown Girls
Dan In Real Life
Across the Universe
And I guess you could count Marie Antionette, here too.
Moulin Rouge!
A Night's Tale
School of Rock


anything by hans zimmer basically. i love his work especially on the holiday. i know alot of people like john williams, but im not really a big fan. i guess its because in high school, we(the band) played alot of pieces
by him and it didnt thrill me to play them.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I'm starting to realize Alexandre Desplat is one of the best composers performing right now.

[sheslostcontrol]

Yann Tiersen's Amelie for scores.
The Boat that Rocked had a pretty good soundtrack. Some good The Who and The Kinks tracks, a lot of good sixites/seventies tracks on there. Across the Universe is really good, lots of great Beatles covers. Walk the Line is good too, Joaquin Pheonix sounds quite like Johnny Cash.

[MKEcasey]

I'm too lazy to browse the pages to see if these have been mentioned or not but some of my favorites include: Boogie Nights, Forrest Gump, and Almost Famous.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Anybody have any favorite movie scores from 2009?

Avatar is probably #1 for me.

[Thomas Balkcom]

big fan of the scores for Up and Moon.

[Thomas Balkcom]

and also 35 shots of Rum and I really enjoyed the music for The Limits of Control.

[Wake Up]

Observe and Report - OST

[wall e]

Anything by Michael Giacchino.

[3eb23]

Major bumpage. I just watched Crooklyn by Spike Lee earlier. Amazing music supervision. Lots of 70s R&B. It was perfect.

[lovely864md]

Crash
Lord of the Rings
Requiem for a Dream

[Indoor Living]

I want to bump this, because I'd really like to have some good discussions about movie scores. Anybody a big fan of them, just in general?