# And the award for 'Best Original Soundtrack' goes to...

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**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")\
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How the West was Won  
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl  
Glory

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**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 6, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-best-original-soundtrack-goes-to/523481/42 "2010-01-06T14:32:01Z")

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> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> “Forbidden Planet”

Gah! That is what I should have posted! Fie!

One of those soundtracks that acts as a character in the film itself. Completely woven in with the experience of the film, as essential as any other aspect of the movie.

That is the way I would also describe the music for _The Third Man_.

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