# Best Soundtracks
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922 "2002-12-11T02:51:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/1 "2002-12-11T02:51:57Z")
Hey----brand new to the Straight Dope message boards—super cool. Anyway, I wanted to post something, so here goes it:
What is the best soundtrack? It can be movies, television shows, whatever. Personally, I think the “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” soundtrack ranks right up there. Although the “Last of the Mohicans” one is pretty good, too.
Thoughts?
(and if nobody posts I’ll feel bad)🙂
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### Author:  [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/2 "2002-12-11T03:13:13Z")
We get this thread topic popping up regularly, but it doesn’t hurt to cover it again.
My #1 favorite soundtrack is _Under Fire_ composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
There are many other favorites, mostly composed by Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, Maurice Jarre and John Williams.
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### Author:  [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/3 "2002-12-11T03:18:07Z")
YES!!! Thank you!!! YOU ARE WONDERFUL!!!
The first reply to my first post! Brilliant!
Additionally: I’m sorry that this has been mentioned before. I didn’t know that.
BUT YOU STILL POSTED AND FOR THAT I AM ETERNALLY IN YOUR DEBT.🆒🆒 🆒 😃 😃 🙂 🙂 🆒 🆒 🆒
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/4 "2002-12-11T03:18:39Z")
_The Whole Nine Yards_.
Trust me. I mean it.
Tripler
Charlie Biddle’s daughter? Whatta voice!!
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### Author:  [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/5 "2002-12-11T03:20:59Z")
_Last of the Mohicans_
No question about it. Incredible soundtrack. When I first saw the movie, the music was one of the first things to stand out in my mind.
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### Author:  [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/6 "2002-12-11T03:22:03Z")
_A Beautiful Mind_, composed by James Horner. I could listen to it over and over again.
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### Author:  [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/7 "2002-12-11T03:24:57Z")
Cool. More replies. I feel special.
One more to add: “The Matrix.” Propellorheads, Prodigy, Marylin Manson, Rage Against the Machine, etc…
Quite a switch from “Last of the Mohicans,” which I absolutely LOVE, but hey, I’m eclectic.
🙂 I just love these smileys!
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### Author:  [@jenex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenex)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/8 "2002-12-11T03:25:35Z")
Braveheart was pretty swell and since none of you know me personally, Xanadu.
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### Author:  [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/9 "2002-12-11T04:06:25Z")
1. _Godfather II_, _III_ is pretty good also
2. _The Graduate_ First LP album I ever purchased
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- Star Wars: A New Hope\* the original recording
4. Ken Burns _The Civil War_
5. James Bond movie _Thunderball_ followed closely by _Goldfinger_
I guess I am showing my age. :eek:
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### Author:  [@CrazyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyDiamond)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/10 "2002-12-11T04:13:34Z")
The Crow, Almost Famous were reasonaby outstanding.
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/11 "2002-12-11T04:18:17Z")
_Singles_ made a fairly large splash when it came out, bu that was when grunge was All the Rage.
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/12 "2002-12-11T04:20:25Z")
Times Square
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### Author:  [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/13 "2002-12-11T04:24:39Z")
As far as non-scores go, I really love the _Dumb and Dumber_ soundtrack. Unlikely, but it’s really good.
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### Author:  [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/14 "2002-12-11T04:38:00Z")
Willow, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Titanic, and Little Rascals.
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### Author:  [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/15 "2002-12-11T05:19:12Z")
The Rock - listen to that when you play Counterstrike or something like it.
Dragonheart - because it has that cheesy theme that I love
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### Author:  [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/16 "2002-12-11T05:33:42Z")
The Polaris album, “Music from the Adventures of Pete and Pete” is fantastic. Almost as good as the series itself was.
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### Author:  [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/17 "2002-12-11T06:14:27Z")
Last time this popped up I went with “Elizabeth.”
I’d add “Amistad” to the list now too.
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### Author:  [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/18 "2002-12-11T06:59:28Z")
o brother where art thou?
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### Author:  [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/19 "2002-12-11T10:31:47Z")
Pulp Fiction and The Commitments are the only 2 I own so I guess they are my top soundtracks
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### Author:  [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtracks/141922/20 "2002-12-11T12:08:08Z")
Dave Grusin’s amazing piano on _The Firm_. I was so entranced every time he started up I got to the end of the film and realised I’d missed half of it. Had to go back to the cinema the next week.
(In fact, I’ve just found it and I think I’ll stick it on…)
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