# Greatest movie music of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531 "2020-04-10T22:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/61 "2020-04-12T19:17:55Z")
Lots of scores by Jerry Goldsmith mentioned. I think his score for _Chinatown_ ranks right up there with his score for _Patton_. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/62 "2020-04-12T21:19:21Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Lots of scores by Jerry Goldsmith mentioned. I think his score for _Chinatown_ ranks right up there with his score for _Patton_. I was going to say that no one does “Action Patriotic” better than Goldsmith…but I don’t think anyone else does it at all Here’s [Rambo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbdpdr4u2fU)…starts off like 70’s NFL highlights then kicks in. [Capricorn One](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiNHJ5TANs) One of the best themes ever And [Twilights Last Gleaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6iNXzzdNA) Now I need to look up who did Seven Days in May and Red Dawn Yup Goldsmith annnd…Basil Poledouris. Goldsmith must have been busy ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/63 "2020-04-12T21:22:57Z")
> [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](#): > > Maurice Jarre: “Building the Barn” from Witness. If we’re doing Jarre [The Life and Times of Judge Roy bean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDKzdngu33I) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/64 "2020-04-12T22:41:17Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:56, topic:851531”] Here is just about every _ **Star Trek** _ theme you can think of. Thankfully, they used the outro for \*\*\*Enterprise \*\*\* instead of that gawdawful opening theme. This perfomance really blew me away: [/QUOTE] Can’t do an hour and 22 minutes right now but I like classical music so will watch it eventually. Saved it to my music favorites. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/65 "2020-04-12T22:52:44Z")
[The theme from The Exorcist was pretty good.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1PH_Y8Xn4g) I know Mike Oldfield wrote Tubular Bells which was used in the movie but I don’t know if he did all the music. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/66 "2020-04-12T23:37:02Z")
Main titles, Cocoon/James Horner End Titles, Journey of Natty Gann/James Horner ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/67 "2020-04-13T00:38:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “On the Street Where You Live,” “Why Can’t the English?”, and “Wouldn’t It be Luverly?” from _ **My Fair Lady** _. Gotta add “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “I’m Getting Married in the Morning” here. > [@](#): > > _“Das Panzerlied” from **Battle of the Bulge** _. Sadly, they only know one verse, but Robert Shaw makes a really cool Nazi: 🆒 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8JDkdc246QQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Panzerlied (Battle of the Bulge with english intro)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDkdc246QQ) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/68 "2020-04-13T00:51:54Z")
[Whistle down the wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAA1Ux7w-qE), 1961. Score of the movie, not that ALW abomination based on the movie. Charted in the UK, even though it was just an instrumental: people liked it. By Malcolm Arnold, who also did [Bridge over the River Kwai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8F8g1-4Uw) (Best original score, 1958) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/69 "2020-04-15T10:39:22Z")
1. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 2. Sorcerer 3. Your Name ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/70 "2020-04-15T10:47:14Z")
TLTE 1. Nino Rota’s body of work. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/71 "2020-04-16T00:45:29Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > 1. Sorcerer That was the remake of **Wages of Fear,** right? I really have to see that someday. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/72 "2020-04-16T03:21:33Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That was the remake of **Wages of Fear,** right? > > I really have to see that someday. That’s it, and it’s amazing! Tangerine Dream’s score really dials up the tension. Tangerine Dream has done other great movie music as well: notably their work on Michael Mann’s fantastic _Thief_. And let’s not forget “Love on a Real Train” from _Risky Business_! > **[Love on a Real Train: the film legacy of Tangerine Dream | FOTW AUDIO...](https://www.fotwaudio.com/soundtracks/love-on-a-real-train-the-film-legacy-of-tangerine-dream/)** > > Kraftwerk are the group who get most talked about when it comes to the German influence on Western pop music. The documentary Synth Britannica explored how ... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/73 "2020-04-16T03:34:42Z")
The soundtrack for _Rock ‘n’ Roll High School_ is amazing; one of the best theme songs ever IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/74 "2020-04-27T04:52:12Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That was the remake of **Wages of Fear,** right? > > I really have to see that someday. **Sorcerer** has Roy Scheider in it, sweating. When you wanted an actor to sweat, Scheider was your man. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/75 "2020-04-28T07:23:08Z")
VICTORY AT SEA I know all you old farts have seen all the newsreel episodes.😃 Richard Rodgers did some 12 piano themes but the actual orchestration was done by Robert Russell Bennett. NBC created a feature-length (89-minute) motion picture condensation. The feature-length version was narrated by Alexander Scourby who replaced Leonard Graves, the narrator of the 26-part series. “RCA issued the Rodgers-Bennett musical score in four different album versions, released on LP and CD. The listing below is based on the 1992 remastered recordings from RCA called Victory at Sea (13 tracks) and More Victory at Sea (11 tracks). Selections from More Victory at Sea are marked by an asterisk (\*). Note that the More Victory at Sea album also includes “Special Effect Battle Sounds” as part of many of the tracks…” The Song of the High Seas – 5:02 The Pacific Boils Over – 5:43 Fire on the Waters – 5:58 Guadalcanal March – 3:07 Pelelieu\* – 3:37 Theme of the Fast Carriers – 6:44 Hard Work and Horseplay – 3:46 Mare Nostrum – 4:29 Beneath the Southern Cross – 4:04 Mediterranean Mosaic – 5:52 Allies on the March\* – 5:15 D-Day – 5:55 The Sound of Victory\* – 6:12 Victory at Sea – 6:14 Voyage Into Fate\* – 6:20 Rings Around Rabaul\* – 6:06 Full Fathom Five\* – 7:08 The Turkey Shoot\* – 5:18 Ships That Pass\* – 4:53 Two If By Sea\* – 6:27 The Turning Point\* – 5:24 Symphonic Scenario\* – 10:34 Danger Down Deep – 4:53 The Magnetic North – 5:45 ---
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Another enthusiastic vote for The Godfather. Last time I felt blown away by a soundtrack was the use of music in The Joker. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/77 "2020-04-28T12:45:14Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That was the remake of **Wages of Fear,** right? > > I really have to see that someday. Yes, with score by Tangerine Dream. I’ll also add Terry Gillliam’s “Brazil” to the list’ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531/78 "2020-04-28T13:04:52Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > VICTORY AT SEA I know all you old farts have seen all the newsreel episodes.😃 > Richard Rodgers did some 12 piano themes but the actual orchestration was done by Robert Russell Bennett. > > NBC created a feature-length (89-minute) motion picture condensation. The feature-length version was narrated by Alexander Scourby who replaced Leonard Graves, the narrator of the 26-part series. > > “RCA issued the Rodgers-Bennett musical score in four different album versions, released on LP and CD. The listing below is based on the 1992 remastered recordings from RCA called Victory at Sea (13 tracks) and More Victory at Sea (11 tracks). Selections from More Victory at Sea are marked by an asterisk (\*). Note that the More Victory at Sea album also includes “Special Effect Battle Sounds” as part of many of the tracks…” > > The Song of the High Seas – 5:02 > The Pacific Boils Over – 5:43 > Fire on the Waters – 5:58 > Guadalcanal March – 3:07 > Pelelieu\* – 3:37 > Theme of the Fast Carriers – 6:44 > Hard Work and Horseplay – 3:46 > Mare Nostrum – 4:29 > Beneath the Southern Cross – 4:04 > Mediterranean Mosaic – 5:52 > Allies on the March\* – 5:15 > D-Day – 5:55 > The Sound of Victory\* – 6:12 > Victory at Sea – 6:14 > Voyage Into Fate\* – 6:20 > Rings Around Rabaul\* – 6:06 > Full Fathom Five\* – 7:08 > The Turkey Shoot\* – 5:18 > Ships That Pass\* – 4:53 > Two If By Sea\* – 6:27 > The Turning Point\* – 5:24 > Symphonic Scenario\* – 10:34 > Danger Down Deep – 4:53 > The Magnetic North – 5:45 We played a selection from this when I was in High School band. Later I bought a recording of the _Victory at Sea Suite_, which excerpts portions from the series, re-arranged as a free-standing orchestral piece. Rogers later re-purposed “Beneath the Southern Cross” as “No Other Love” for the stage musical _Romeo and Juliet_ > **[No Other Love (1953 song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Other_Love_(1953_song))** > > "No Other Love" is a show tune from the 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Me and Juliet. > Richard Rodgers originally composed this tune (with the title "Beneath the Southern Cross") for the NBC television series Victory at Sea (1952/1953). When Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on Me and Juliet, Rodgers took his old melody and set it to new words by Hammerstein, producing the song "No Other Love". The song has a tango rhythm (referred to by Rodgers as a "languid tango" in his autob... ---
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I haven’t yet read this entire thread, but I’m going to assume the soundtrack from the movie Black Snake Moan hasn’t been listed yet. 😃 🆒 There’s a lot worse music out there than hearing Samuel L. Jackson jam out to Mississippi Blues. I love that soundtrack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-music-of-all-time/851531.md?page=3)