# Favorite Movie Soundtrack \? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068 "2010-06-22T00:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/1 "2010-06-22T00:33:57Z")
Going to go with soundtrack vs. score, though there are plenty of movies with beautiful scores. So what soundtracks do you recommend, or just gets stuck in your head? Right now I’m hooked on the Hacker’s Soundtrack. The movie came out at a time when I _was_ living with crackers \ and _was_ going to raves with just this music, and that music still energizes me in a way most techno stuff just doesn’t. Fave song from there would be ‘Cowgirl’, which I now use as a mini-workout song. \ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr\_wFh46V7I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr_wFh46V7I) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/2 "2010-06-22T12:19:17Z")
It’s good to distinguish between soundtracks and scores, since it’s a rare score that has much variety. The only ones I can think of (scores, that is) that pass the test for being listenable more than once or twice were by Henry Mancini. His scores had a theme and perhaps a variation or two in different styles or tempi, but for the most part were made up of “incidental music” that might have been on the radio or record player as semi-background things. The best movie example would be _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ with _Hatari!_ being a contender. Other composers whose soundtracks/scores are memorable and worth repeated playings include: Lalo Schifrin, Edward Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein and a few others from back in the day. The only soundtrack (non-score) I can even remember well enough to comment on would be from _Pulp Fiction_. The _Easy Rider_ soundtrack may have been the first I noticed that was made up of popular songs of the day and which were just there to be heard as much as for any dramatic purpose. I tend to overlook all but the very best of those. The song I remember liking best was from _Reservoir Dogs_ with Michael Madsen dancing to it as he prepared to cut off a guy’s ear. _Stuck in the Middle_, was it? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/3 "2010-06-22T13:23:28Z")
Sister Act 1. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/4 "2010-06-22T14:32:20Z")
If you’re talking soundtracks: Besides the aforementioned **Pulp Fiction** and **Easy Rider** soundtracks, I’d have to go with **Purple Rain** , **Girl 6** (horrid movie, tho’), **Leap of Faith** , and **Rattle and Hum**. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/5 "2010-06-22T14:39:47Z")
Shit! I can’t believe I forgot to mention the **Deadwood** soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/6 "2010-06-22T16:38:00Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > Shit! I can’t believe I forgot to mention the **Deadwood** soundtrack. By the same token, _The Sopranos_ soundtrack CD’s make for some fine listening and driving music. As I understand it, David Chase was a lot like Tarantino in being right there for the music selections. Favorite tunes from the show: It’s Bad You Know (Burnside) Got to Serve Somebody (Dylan) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/7 "2010-06-22T17:31:23Z")
\*\*Local Hero. \*\* I explained why in the other thread: [Favorite movie score of all time?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568119) Because for me it’s both. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/8 "2010-06-22T17:35:42Z")
Dazed and Confused. Thread closed. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-soundtrack-of-the-moment/544068/9 "2010-06-22T19:15:53Z")
Thread back open: Vision Quest Some Kind Of Wonderful Lost Boys 80’s goodness.