Wow! There are some soundtracks I’ve never heard of, but I certainly appreciate the response!
The soundtrack to the “SouthPark” movie is one of the best movie musical scores I’ve ever heard.
Absolutely not for tender ears (especially “Uncle F*****”), but these songs not only kick butt musically, but the lyrics are witty and funny as well.
I had never seen “SouthPark” before this, but I was on a business trip, and this was the best of a bad set of pay-per-views, and it shocked me. “Blame Canada” is a great take on the culture warriors who blame everyone but themselves for how bad they raised their kids. “La Resistance” manages to be an uplifting battle song (“And blessed be the children / Who fight with all our bravery / Till only the righteous stand”) and a cold-eye look at war at the same time (“But that’s the way it goes / In war you’re shat upon / Though you die / La Resistance lives on”)
And at the end, you get Rush playing the Canadian National Anthem.
A Hard Day’s Night by the Beatles
A second vote for The Man in the Moon. I’ll add:
Cousins - Angelo Badalameti, more famous for his work with David Lynch, shows a light romantic side on this one
Endless Summer 2 - Little-known Gary Hoey on guitars, with killer covers of Low Rider and Linus & Lucy
Some Kind of Wonderful - Good collection of later-80s power-pop by lesser-know artists such as The Jesus & Mary Chain and Flesh For Lulu
West Side Story, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, The Bodyguard, Godspell
Grosse Point Blank
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump (something for almost everyone)
Pump up the volume
and my guilty pleasure… Grease
Another vote for The Harder they Come - IMHO it’s no contest. Simply the best. A grainy, independent film that became internationally known BECAUSE of its soundtrack - a distinction that may never be repeated.
Harold and Maude is tremendous for any fans of Cat Stevens.
Mark Mothersbaugh has produced outstanding soundtracks for Wes Anderson, but I’ll take Rushmore over The Royal Tennenbaums by a nose, if, for nothing else, the presence of Ooh La La by The Faces.
Sorry, I forgot, but I’ve got to second Grosse Point Blank.
Yes those songs are great, but even more than that is Jon Brion’s amazing orchestral score in Magnolia . The music insistenly helps the action on the screen move forward, especially the middle section where the same theme repeats for nearly a half hour, yet does not seem repetitive.
Phouchg
Lovable Rogue
Obscured by the Clouds
If you like music from the 70’s, listen to the Dazed and Confused Soundtrack. It’s my favorite. They came out with a second (more dazed and confused), but it wasn’t as good as the first.
“Sliver”
“Brokedown Palace”
“Mission Impossible 2”
“City of Angels”
“Labyrinth”
I’ll second James Horner’s Glory, as well as his scores for The Rocketeer and Field of Dreams. I am also partial to Randy Newman’s music for The Natural and James Newton Howard’s score for Grand Canyon.
The music and score for “Pi” by Clint Mansell is superb. Holds up very well on its own, but is superb with the film
The music and score by the dust brothers for Fight Club was excellent.
The music for Peter’s Friends was superb. The film was meant to be an eighties period piece and the soundtrack just nailed it perfectly to its moment in time.
The soundtrack for “Honeymoon in Vegas”, which features a bunch of country music artists, plus Billy Joel, covering Elvis’ tunes, is pretty good.
I’ll second (or third) all of those. I heard a snippet of Glory last night in the trailer for Gangs of New York, and remembered what a stunningly good score it was. It’s one of the reasons I got into James Horner in the first place.
The best soundtrack album ever: The Mambo Kings.
Grease
Xanadu…hey, put those rocks down…
“I Am Sam.” That one was really good. Some of my favorite musicians covering Beatles songs? Very nice.