# Favorite themes from movie soundtracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665 "2003-07-24T17:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/21 "2003-07-28T03:43:15Z")
**Godfather** ---
**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/22 "2003-07-28T04:25:15Z")
Casino Royale The Fellowship of the Ring My Name Is Nobody (That’s all that comes to my mind right now.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/23 "2003-07-28T04:31:19Z")
Casino Royale is terrific… as good as the original Bond theme. DJ FBI’s Red Pill, which samples Morpheus from the Matrix quite liberally, is rather special- can I count that? Stayin’ Alive, even though I can’t stand Saturday Night Fever… nothing says cool like strutting to that song (except possibly doing it with a cigarette in one hand and a pretty girl in the other) Overseer’s Supermoves has been on the soundtracks of, hell, probably a dozen movies by now, but it was used first in Snatch I think. Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta- Ghetto Boys, from the Office Space soundtrack. The opening theme from Fight Club, by the Dust Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/24 "2003-07-28T13:52:10Z")
I like: anything by Erick Korngold. Also, the theme from “Peyton Place"by Franz Waxman. Finally, the theme from 'STARWARS” . ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/25 "2003-07-28T14:03:52Z")
Hmm… The Legend of Ashitaka, from “Princess Mononoke” (Joe Hisaishi) Imperial March, by John Williams Raiders March, ditto For some reason, the theme from Apollo 13 sticks in my mind and finally, the theme from Star Trek II and III ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/26 "2003-07-28T14:49:10Z")
Jurassic Park and Star Trek 2. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/27 "2003-07-28T17:24:25Z")
“The John Dunbar Theme” from _Dances With Wolves_, by John Barry ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/28 "2003-07-28T17:47:30Z")
You know that art thief flick with Pierce brosnan and Rene Russo. i have a mental block for the title of this film. I know I could Google for it but that would take the fun out of it. Anyway , I love the tune that gets played in the scene where Brosnan is back at the gallery with all the guys in bowler hats to replace the stolen _winks_ painting. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/29 "2003-07-28T17:50:40Z")
Damn, I fprgot to mention the music from L.A. Story, you know, when it’s raining. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/30 "2003-07-28T18:15:08Z")
Watership down ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/31 "2003-07-28T18:44:26Z")
> [@](#): > > art thief flick with Pierce brosnan and Rene Russo. _The Thomas Crown Affair_. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/32 "2003-07-28T21:26:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*_The Thomas Crown Affair_. \*\* -nitpick- _The Thomas Crowne Affair_ -end nitpick- ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/33 "2003-07-29T01:50:23Z")
At the moment, I’m really in love with the music from _Pirates of the Caribbean_, but you can’t leave out Indy, Star Wars, or LOTR. ---
**Author:** ![RNWebner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@RNWebner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RNWebner)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/34 "2003-07-29T02:14:35Z")
Star Wars Theme Back to the Future Theme Beverly Hills Cop Indiana Jones Theme The Terminator Theme ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/35 "2003-07-29T03:29:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dutchboy208 \* > \*\*-nitpick- > _The Thomas Crowne Affair_ > -end nitpick- \*\* Nope. I’ve got the DVD in front of me. It’s “Crown.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/36 "2003-07-29T03:43:59Z")
**Men with Brooms:** “Land of the Silver Birch” played on the bagpipes, by a rushing stream in northern Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/37 "2003-07-29T06:31:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tangent \* > \*\*Nope. I’ve got the DVD in front of me. It’s “Crown.” \*\* Boy, is my face red. Well, it’s kinda dark tan, really, but you get the idea. I was looking at a bottle of Crowne gin 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/38 "2003-07-29T08:10:39Z")
The main theme in Third Man Legend of Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke Main theme in Godfather The theme in the high-noon montage in High Noon ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/39 "2003-07-29T11:10:17Z")
The bit in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly where Tuco is running through the graveyard and then there is the final showdown. I think the tune may be called the Ecstasy of Gold. is it just me ir is ecstacy one of them word that look funny when typed? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665/40 "2003-07-29T11:15:40Z")
The “Barn Raising” theme from **Witness**. One of Maurice Jarre’s best… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-themes-from-movie-soundtracks/190665.md?page=3)