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[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

The Crow (1994)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

There are so many great ones, but the one I think would be irreplaceable is dances with wolves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Paris, Texas. Pure desolate vastness, pain and longing and loneliness. The whole soundtrack is out of this world. Absolute pitch-perfect genius by Ry Cooder setting the tone for what is also a phenomenal film in its own right.

[–] zaphodb2002 2 points 1 day ago

Transformers: The Movie (1986).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Reservoir Dogs

Tarantino has a good feel for scores in general, but this one is perfect.

[–] weariedfae 1 points 1 day ago

Not my favorite because I don't really pick favorites but I remember that forgettable vampire movie, the one with Aaliyah, had a pretty good soundtrack. If you like early 2000s rock.

[–] vulgarcynic 4 points 2 days ago

Moon by Clint Mansell this soundtrack guided me through hundreds of hours of log reading from support tech days through sysadmin days.

It just falls to the background after a few minutes and becomes trance like.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

That Daft Punk Tron: Legacy soundtrack.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Natural born killers OST

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Gladiator is definitely up there. That or LOTR

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Super Fly, by Curtis Mayfield

When it comes to Blaxploitation soundtracks, Isaac Hayes's Shaft title track get all the attention, but it's basically just Ike reading out the elevator pitch for the film over a riff (admittedly, one of the greatest riffs of all time), and the rest of the soundtrack doesn't hold up nearly as well.

But Super Fly is a whole album's worth of delving into and exposing the underbelly of life in the big city. A concept album with moving lyrics, great melodies and driving rhythms throughout.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Choosing is too difficult, it all depends on your mood in a given moment.

Some favourite OSTs:

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Blade Runner
  • Ghost in the Shell 1/2
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Scarface
  • Trainspotting
  • Six-String Samurai
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
  • The Matrix
  • The Terminator
  • City of God / Cidade de Deus
  • StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops / Keruberosu: Jigoku no Banken
  • Guest from the Future / Gostya iz budushchego (technically a mini-series)
  • The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! / Ironiya Sudbi, ili si Lehkim Parom
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

It follows. Disasterpeace did an amazing job on it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't answer what my favorite is per se, but two of the most memorable scores I can think of are for Swiss Army Man and Ravenous.

I believe Daniels tapped the band Manchester Orchestra to do the music for Swiss Army Man. For whatever reason, they chose to have Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe sing on the soundtrack and the lyrics are usually just narrating what is happening on screen. case in point. It's a lot of fun.

Equally avant-garde, but substantially more "challenging", shall we say, the score for Ravenous is very striking and idiosyncratic, as befitting the film it's accompanying. Also written by a popular musician, in part at any rate. Michael Nyman, the second composer, said Damon Albarn (of Blur and, later, The Gorillaz) wrote about 60% of the tracks and he composed the remainder. Several of the tracks were performed by people who had never played their assigned instruments before in their lives, to create a deliberately off-putting soundscape. Others are traditional period marching songs befitting the frontier America setting. Some are based around electronic loops and samples. And others are very traditional, pleasant (if ominous) orchestra pieces. It's really a wild listen. Check it out for yourself.

[–] vulgarcynic 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll throw another vote for Ravenous. That movie has been a huge part of my life and in no small part thanks to the soundtrack.

It was the last movie I saw with my dad before he passed and it was a great one to discuss over a cup of coffee after.

The recently highdef releases we're great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man, I literally wound up listening to that entire playlist last night after I posted the comment. I've only seen the film once, probably a decade or more in the past at this point, so I really only had the overall impression of the score in my head. It's even better than I remember it.

Also, I put together that Nyman also composed the score to Gattaca, which is another very stirring soundtrack. I can hear elements it in the more traditional portions of Ravenous.

[–] vulgarcynic 1 points 1 day ago

I'll have to dig in to that Gattaca soundtrack. Sounds right in my wheelhouse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Hand covered bruises - The Social Network.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Snatch is a fun one.

Ο€ is also very good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Once (2007)

Once movie poster: a man and a woman holding hands while along a walk down a street which has been edited to be along the fretboard of a guitar

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Judgment Night - definitely wins in a debate about the biggest disparity between the quality of a film and it's soundtrack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, the hip-hop & rock collaboration!

My memory of the film is not so negative, but then:

  1. I was a sucker for 90s action, especially with a hip-hop angle.
  2. It's been three decades since I've seen it (but been listening to the soundtrack pretty much ever since).

My favourite mid-90s US heist movie soundtrack was Dead Presidents, a film that didn't get a sequel but whose soundtrack album was so successful it did!

Admittedly not original compositions, more a "greatest soul hits of the 70s" compilation.

[–] southsamurai 4 points 3 days ago

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Second place is Man of la Mancha

Kinda partial to the Spawn soundtrack too, just because orf was pretty unique at the time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It's a close call between Highlander Batman (with Michael Keating) And the blues brothers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Picking just one is difficult. But the one soundtrack I've listened to from start to finish the most must be Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

My local symphony regularly screens movies while playing all of the score, and I would LOVE if they would do Conan. Sadly, I think it's unlikely, but I can dream! As far as I'm concerned, it is the Platonic ideal of an epic fantasy score.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

A Clockwork Orange

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Fight Club.

That Dust Brothers soundtrack stands well enough on its own.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Le Fabuleux Destin d'AmΓ©lie Poulain. Also my favourite movie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Lately, I keep coming back to JΓ³hann JΓ³hannsson's soundtrack to Arrival.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I love Bernard Herrmann's score for 'Vertigo'. It's one of the great mystery film soundtracks, filled with so much suspense and intrigue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh man it’s so hard to choose. Can I make a short list instead?

  • Any Other Name (American Beauty)
  • The Beast (Sicario)
  • End credits of (The International)
  • Joi (Blade Runner 2049)
  • Tell Me What That Is (Wind River)
  • Thesaurus Tuus (A Ghost Story)
  • The Alien (Annihilation)
  • Herald of the Change (Dune Part One)
  • Challengers (Challengers)
  • Transmutation at a Distance (Arrival)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Poor Things was soooo unique and brilliant!