# And the award for 'Best Original Soundtrack' goes to... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481 "2010-01-03T04:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/21 "2010-01-03T18:44:30Z")
Some great original (actually original) soundtracks include: **Gigi State Fair** (in both cases, the movie predated any stage version) **42nd Street Footlight Parade Bugsy Malone** ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/22 "2010-01-03T19:37:55Z")
I would have to say **Glory** just based on the soundtrack’s use elsewhere. A lot of these movies have great songs in them, but the soundtrack wasn’t made for the film. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/23 "2010-01-03T20:03:46Z")
**Akira** ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/24 "2010-01-03T22:07:52Z")
\*The High and the Mighty. \*[The main theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3WYCiWwpc) (beginning at 0:21) is one of the most gorgeous melodies every composed. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/25 "2010-01-03T22:23:56Z")
The Empire Strikes Back Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/26 "2010-01-03T22:24:11Z")
The answer is a tie between **Help!** and **A Hard Day’s Night**. Second Place: **Quadrophenia** Runners up: - Once Saturday Night Fever The Graduate O Brother, Where Art Thou? Purple Rain The Pink Panther Local Hero This is Spinal Tap \* And stretching the definition of ‘Original Sountrack’: \* The Blues Brothers. Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Easy Rider The Last Waltz \* ---
**Author:** ![25.1327\_Octopi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@25.1327\_Octopi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/25.1327_Octopi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/27 "2010-01-04T00:14:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly** Yay Ennio Morricone! May I recommend the excellent two-disc compilation [Crime and Dissonance](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5570-crime-dissonance/) compiled by Mike Patton, formerly of Faith No More. The wildest stuff from his Italian film soundtracks from '68 to '81. For single soundtracks, I would say ‘The Harder They Come’. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/28 "2010-01-04T01:38:56Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The answer is a tie between **Help!** and **A Hard Day’s Night**. and the runners up are: Woodstock Nashville Stop Making Sense ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/29 "2010-01-04T01:52:57Z")
> [@25.1327\_Octopi](#): > > Yay Ennio Morricone! > > May I recommend the excellent two-disc compilation [Crime and Dissonance](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5570-crime-dissonance/) compiled by Mike Patton, formerly of Faith No More. The wildest stuff from his Italian film soundtracks from '68 to '81. > > For single soundtracks, I would say ‘The Harder They Come’. I would also go for Morricone, there are indeed very good nominations so far, I would also add Basil Poledouris for Conan The Barbarian and in the comedy division a mention to Henry Mancini’s score for The Great Race, great main theme and creepy but unforgettable villain theme. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/30 "2010-01-04T01:57:01Z")
I’m not sure how “original soundtrack” is being defined, but considering the other choices, I nominate _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/31 "2010-01-04T03:24:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > \*The High and the Mighty. \*[The main theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3WYCiWwpc) (beginning at 0:21) is one of the most gorgeous melodies every composed. (sitting here gobsmacked) Speaking as a fan of Ernest K. Gann’s non-fiction so I thought it might be good, please, I beg of you, NEVER make me watch that movie! :eek: ETA: But it is a good theme. I base that on decades of hearing it out of association with the movie. Couldn’t listen tonight because I was in awe of how bad the movie probably was. Word to publishers: Sure, some guy can write magazine articles. That does not mean he won’t come up with the most hackneyed, overwrought fiction in the history of the universe. Unless that’s what you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/32 "2010-01-04T06:30:07Z")
“Forbidden Planet” ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/33 "2010-01-04T06:50:11Z")
Requiem for a Dream, without a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/34 "2010-01-04T07:07:31Z")
Amadeus. oh. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/35 "2010-01-04T16:57:49Z")
_Blade Runner Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Star Trek: The Motion Picture Pride & Prejudice The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Gladiator Glory Ray_ ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/36 "2010-01-05T11:02:51Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Nope! Garden State or Blade Runner. Blade Runner, yes! I came in to mention this. But we have to be choosy as there are several renditions, including a couple bootlegs, of which the “Esper Edition” is the best of them all, IMHO. But anyway, astounding music. ---
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> [@25.1327\_Octopi](#): > > Yay Ennio Morricone! And I will nominate _The Mission_. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/38 "2010-01-05T13:42:50Z")
_Silverado The Natural_ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/39 "2010-01-05T21:19:43Z")
> [@Shamozzle](#): > > Blade Runner, yes! > > I came in to mention this. But we have to be choosy as there are several renditions, including a couple bootlegs, of which the “Esper Edition” is the best of them all, IMHO. But anyway, astounding music. I have them all, and prefer the “Off World” double cd boot over the Esper, but both are vastly superior to any of the official retail releases. Which is a crime, because OW and EE would be magnificent records given decent sources and treatment. BTW, the recent new three-disc retail version only added outrage to insult, IMO. I’ll bet you agree. . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/40 "2010-01-05T21:23:40Z")
Star Trek II’s score turns a good movie into a great one. Oddly enough, the same score was chopped to pieces and used for a really bad chop-socky film afterwards. It didn’t help that film at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481.md?page=3)