# Best film soundtrack? (Or, YOUR favorite film soundtrack?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254 "2006-04-26T04:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/21 "2006-04-26T17:52:05Z")
For instrumental, **Titanic**. Beautiful music. For songs, I’ve got to go with **South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut**. A fantastic mix of musical styles, all tied together nicely and hilariously. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/22 "2006-04-26T18:11:05Z")
Wendy Carlos’s **A Clockwork Orange** soundtrack. One of the few pieces I’ve owned (in this order) on cassette-vinyl album-CD-remastered CD ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/23 "2006-04-26T18:45:00Z")
What, nobody has said **Rocky Horror Picture Show**? **RED HEADED STRANGER** is also on my list of favorite soundtracks. Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/24 "2006-04-26T19:23:08Z")
**Children of Dune**. Slightly less complex than Lord of the Rings, but of very high and consistent quality. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/25 "2006-04-26T20:39:09Z")
**O Brother, Where Art Thou?** ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/26 "2006-04-26T20:40:27Z")
The \*\*Oh Brother Where Art Thou \*\* soundtrack, besides being a pretty big shocker of a best seller, is also a pretty good sampling of traditional bluegrass and roots music. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/27 "2006-04-26T20:43:54Z")
It’s kind of cheating because the movie is a pop/rockumentary, but “Stop Making Sense”. And “Tin Cup” is a fun light soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/28 "2006-04-26T20:51:01Z")
[QUOTE=flurb] The \*\*Oh Brother Where Art Thou \*\* soundtrack, besides being a pretty big shocker of a best seller, is also a pretty good sampling of traditional bluegrass and roots music. [/QUOTE] I liked bluegrass before **O Brother** , but it really opened my eyes to the old old stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/29 "2006-04-26T21:09:07Z")
As far as scores go, you can’t get much better than Peter Gabriel’s _Passion: Music from the Last Temptation of Christ_. _Last of the Mohicans_ and _Conan the Barbarian_ are close contenders, though. Vangelis’ _1492_ is pretty good, too. The soundtrack for David Lynch’s _Dune_ is the best (if not only) argument for the exsistence of the band Kansas you’ll ever hear. For pop soundtracks, I like _High Fidelity_, _The Big Lebowski_, _Magnolia_ (which is basically Aimee Mann’s _Bachelor No. 2_ with a couple Supertramp tracks thrown in), _O Brother Where Art Thou?_, _Pulp Fiction_ (naturally), and _Grosse Point Blank_. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/30 "2006-04-26T21:17:02Z")
As a Bernard Hermann fan,I think his work in The Ghost and Mrs Muir added a sense of depth that the movie wouldn’t had otherwise had.I wish I had the soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/31 "2006-04-26T21:22:27Z")
**The Truman Show** has a wonderful score by Philip Glass and some other artists. It’s great for a rainy day… Also loooove **The Big Chill** soundtrack!! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/32 "2006-04-26T21:39:59Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] And “Tin Cup” is a fun light soundtrack. [/QUOTE] I love this one. My other favorites are Lord of the Rings, and Dracula (the Frank Langella version). ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/33 "2006-04-26T21:44:16Z")
Oh yeah…my number 2 favorite: **Lost Highway.** An amazing movie with an absolutely amazing soundtrack. David Lynch fucking knows his music. Mr. Eddie’s little jazzy theme song that would play whenever he appeared was so awesome… ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/34 "2006-04-26T22:22:44Z")
One of my favorites is the soundtrack to Something Wild, which included tracks by Celia Cruz w/David Byrne, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Jerry Harrison, UB40, Fine Young Cannibals. However I won’t say it’s my absolute fav because there was a lot more music in that movie than is on the soundtrack, esp the Laurie Anderson /John Cale music. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/35 "2006-04-27T01:39:52Z")
For the kind of soundtrack that is a bunch of songs gathered together and used in a film, I’m pretty partial to [Repo Man](http://users.erols.com/bobcan/repo/contents.htm) For music specifically composed for a film, nothing beats [The Good, The Bad and The Ugly](http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/goodbaduglycd.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/36 "2006-04-27T02:08:32Z")
I put a lot of miles on my **White Nights** soundtrack cassette. Thanks for reminding me to see if it’s out on CD. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/37 "2006-04-27T02:30:00Z")
Malcolm rollerskates to “Funkytown” by Lipps Inc. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/38 "2006-04-27T02:32:30Z")
Whoops, wrong thread. Ignore that last post. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/39 "2006-04-27T06:37:47Z")
**Un Homme et un Femme Two for the Road The Pink Panther The Sandpiper Bladerunner** ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254/40 "2006-04-27T10:06:28Z")
Any soundtrack by **Serge Gainsbourg** or **Ennio Morricone** is interesting. Then there is also **Cowboy Bebop**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-soundtrack-or-your-favorite-film-soundtrack/354254.md?page=3)