Local Hero
All This And World War II
Xanadu
Casino Royale(the one with David Niven)
Star Wars
2001
The Rocketeer
Tin Cup
The Fabulous Baker Boys
American Grafitti
Why, yes…my musical taste is rather eclectic.
Mona Lisa Smile
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
I’m Breathless (the Madonna/Dick Tracy thing)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Phenomenon
There is no #3.
This is really hard. A lot of excellent choices in the list already. Based on number of plays I get:
1 - Tron Legacy - Daft Punk
2 - Deadman (Neil Young)
3 - The Last Temptation of Christ (Peter Gabriel)
I would put everything from the JG Thirlwell project Steroid Maximus at the top of the list but they aren’t actually used in any movies. He’s described them as soundtracks for movies that don’t exist. I guess eventually a lot of it got used for the Venture Brothers but most of the really iconic music from Venture Bros. is either straight from some of the early nineties releases or a slight variation on it.
Wow, no one said Gladiator yet? Ok, I will.
Don’t know if I could come up with top 3, so I’ll just list a few of my favorites.
Gladiator
Original Star Wars trilogy
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Buffy: Once More with Feeling
Dr. Horrible
and many more
My top three haven’t changed for 20+ years.
- Blade Runner- the complete original soundtrack. Has never been offically released, but used to be available on bootleg double-disc CD. Breathtakingly beautiful, and most people will never hear it.
- Alien- again, the complete original soundtracks. Plural, because of the score’s convoluted history. The double-disc CD from a couple of years ago has all of the music. Worth its weight in gold.
- Long Riders- after all these years, still Ry Cooder’s masterpiece. With a lot of help from David Lindley.
- Liquid Sky (abrasive yet evocative synthesizer music)
- Inland Empire (Penderecki, droning synths, sinister talking blues, and “The Locomotion” - what’s not to like?)
- Tindersticks’ score for Claire Denis’s Friday Night - tense, wistful, wonderfully optimistic. (Hear a little of it here.)
Geez, no love for Spinal Tap?
I liked the soundtracks to Spawn and The Matrix.
I remember the music, but I hated hated hated the movie, so I don’t think I’ll buy the soundtrack. Too many bad memories.
:: shudder ::
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A Hard Days Night
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The Commitments
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Once
mmm
Blues Brothers
Reservoir Dogs
The Commitments
also Tommy
Chariots of Fire
Amadeus
The King and I.
Chicago.
West Side Story.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Patton
Victory at Sea, I know it is a TV series and not a movie but still a soundtrack
Back to the Future
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Honorable mentions:
2001
Close Encounters
Moon
LotR Trilogy
The Fountain
Inception
Aliens
Tron: Legacy
Timeof the Gypsies
Amelie
Gas Food Lodging
Honourable mentions to Wings of Desire, Labyrinth and Ghosts of the Civil Dead, of movies not mentioned yet.