# Let's hear your top 3 Soundtracks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241 "2012-07-24T15:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/41 "2012-07-30T16:10:10Z")
Tron: Legacy The Transformers (1986) score Fear of a Black Hat ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/42 "2012-07-30T17:07:27Z")
[The Big Easy](http://www.amazon.com/The-Big-Easy-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000003QKO) ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/43 "2012-07-30T21:33:03Z")
The Thin Blue Line Sweet Smell of Success The Last Waltz 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/44 "2012-07-30T22:04:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Xanadu I hereby consider you a boon friend. 🙂 My three: The Empire Strikes Back Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/45 "2012-07-30T22:04:36Z")
That Thing You Do Forrest Gump Almost Famous ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/46 "2012-07-30T22:14:29Z")
Oklahoma! South Pacific West Side Story Rodgers and Hammerstein were fucking brilliant, as was Lenny Bernstein. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/47 "2012-07-31T03:21:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I hereby consider you a boon friend. 🙂 … I’ve got a bunch of _Xanadu_’s songs on my iPod. Lotta good tunes for such a crappy movie. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/48 "2012-07-31T14:28:32Z")
Twister Valley Girl Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/49 "2012-07-31T15:48:49Z")
I couldn’t shave it down to below 5… Twin Peaks (TV series) Bastion (yes, video games count :)) With Honors (movie) Lost Boys (movie) Young Einstein (movie) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/50 "2012-07-31T16:11:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve got a bunch of _Xanadu_’s songs on my iPod. Lotta good tunes for such a crappy movie. Agreed on both counts – though I’m willing to gut out watching the movie to see Miss Newton-John, looking quite fetching. I have the entire album on my iPhone, plus a re-make of the title song that Jeff Lynne did about a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/51 "2012-07-31T16:35:31Z")
Last of the Mohicans Lord of the Rings Trilogy Lonesome Dove Honorable mentions: The Mission Madonna’s Dick Tracy / I’m breathless Twin Peaks The Fountain Inception Passion of the Christ Virgin Suicides Across the Universe The Big Chill Forrest Gump The English Patient Purple Rain Pulp Fiction And in the “you learn something new every day” category: > [@Wikipedia regarding The Last of the Mohicans:](#): > > Director Michael Mann initially asked Trevor Jones to provide an electronic score for the film, but late in the game, it was decided an orchestral score would be more appropriate for this historic epic. Jones hurried to re-fashion the score for orchestra in the limited time left, while the constant re-cutting of the film meant music cues sometimes had to be rewritten several times to keep up with the new timings. Finally, with the release date looming, composer Randy Edelman was called-in to score some minor scenes which Jones did not have time to do. Jones and Edelman received co-credit on the film (thus making this very popular and acclaimed score ineligible for Oscar consideration). I don’t recall who picked up the Oscar that year, but it was one lucky sumbitch. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/52 "2012-07-31T16:35:57Z")
The Truman Show: [Philip Glass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSVP1j5dR4) Eternal Sunshine: [Jon Brion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EKwGS8dHmo) I Heart Huckabees: [Jon Brion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z500MGW-WNw) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/53 "2012-08-01T00:07:35Z")
_[ul] [li]Conan the Barbarian[/li][li]The 13th Warrior[/li][li]1492: Conquest of Paradise[/li][/ul]_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241/54 "2012-08-01T01:57:19Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Last of the Mohicans… > > I don’t recall who picked up the Oscar that year [1992], but it was one lucky sumbitch. Alan Menken won for _Aladdin_: [Academy Award for Best Original Score - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score#1990s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-your-top-3-soundtracks/629241.md?page=2)