# Movie soundtracks that you own **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593 "2001-11-15T20:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/21 "2001-11-16T03:20:04Z")
The Mission (love the oboe piece) The Crow Say Anything Pump Up the Volume(my all time favorite) ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/22 "2001-11-16T04:10:15Z")
I own: Man In The Moon Les Miserables (The Movie - Liam Neeson et, al.) Les Miserables (The International Cast Musical) Les Miserables (Broadway Cast) Les Miserables (Original French Concept Album) Music For A Darkened Theater (Danny Elfman Compilation) The Nightmare Before Christmas Phantom of The Opera (Broadway) Rent (Broadway) Star Wars Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars : Return of the Jedi Star Wars : The Phantom Menace South Park : Bigger, Longer, Uncut Babylon 5 Babylon 5 : vol. 2, Messages from Earth Henry V (Kenneth Brannagh) Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Brannagh) Hamlet (Kenneth Brannagh) Guys And Dolls Titanic Tank Girl The Man In The Iron Mask X-Files : Fight The Future The Hunt for Red October JFK The Untouchables Gettysburg Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Gary Oldman) Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Kenneth Brannagh) Transformers : The Motion Picture Gladiator Nostradamus Final Fantasy : Symphonic Suite And a bunch more that I can’t think of right now. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/23 "2001-11-16T04:14:02Z")
200 Motels Magical Mystery Tour A Hard Days Night Help Do these count? ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/24 "2001-11-16T04:22:40Z")
The ones I can think of off the top of my head: Gladiator (Lisa Gerrard…woohoo!) The Insider (Lisa Gerrard…woohoo!) Blade The Crow The Matrix Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Terminator Terminator 2 The Jackal Mortal Kombat Medicine Man Music for a Darkened Theatre ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/25 "2001-11-16T05:52:21Z")
Trois Couleurs: Rouge Trois Couleurs: Bleu Wings of Desire Faraway, So Close Until the End of the World The Mission The Piano Carrington The Winter Guest English Patient Oscar & Lucinda Elizabeth Next Stop Wonderland The Beach Trainspotting Grosse Point Blank Reality Bites Singles Dirty Dancing (& Vol 2) Xanadu Grease (& Grease 2) BuddhaDog - I got my ex the Easy Rider soundtrack for his last birthday. I’ll look out for it and let you know if it’s still available here. ---
**Author:** ![Niobium\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/26 "2001-11-16T05:55:53Z")
Lost Highway (just for the Smashing Pumpkins track “Eye”) Stigmata (just for the score by Billy Corgan of SP and the Natalie Imbruglia song written by Billy Corgan but the rest of it isnt bad either.) Reservoir Dogs ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/27 "2001-11-16T05:58:08Z")
Ooooo, I’m so excited that I haven’t seen mine listed yet… I used to have the Purple Rain LP, but someone stole it way back when. And I have the soundtrack from Hal Hartley’s FLIRT. Oh, almost forgot Stand By Me and Urban Cowboy. I think that’s all of them (they are in my bedroom and I’m in the basement). I have GREASE, but someone already said that one. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/28 "2001-11-16T06:00:37Z")
I **knew** I’d forget some! Pretty Woman and Robin Hood (this one sucks IMO). ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/29 "2001-11-16T09:27:30Z")
I have a collection which is not unlike Archive Guy’s. At least 300. Many LPs, and CDs. These are all orchestral, instrumental scores, not pop song compilation soundtracks. I am a big Jerry Goldsmith fan, so I have almost anything I can find that he has composed. Not everything (some things I was too young to get when first released) but I’m pretty good at finding used records, scouring eBay, etc. I also have a fair share of Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, but these collections are not near as complete as my Goldsmith collection. And a smattering of just about anyone. Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, Mark Knoppfler (sp?), Thomas Newman, Vangelis, James Horner, Nino Rota, John Barry, and on and on. Some of my favorite scores are: “Under Fire” - Jerry Goldsmith “Days of Heaven” - Ennio Morricone “The Missouri Breaks” - John Williams “Marco Polo” - Ennio Morricone “The Day the Earth Stood Still” - Bernard Herrmann “The Red Pony” - Aaron Copland “The Lion in Winter” - John Barry “Dracula” - John Williams “Burn!” - Ennio Morricone “Planet of the Apes” - Jerry Goldsmith “Patton” - Jerry Goldsmith “The Shadow” - Jerry Goldsmith “The Mummy” - Jerry Goldsmith “The Wind and the Lion” - Jerry Goldsmith “Gui La Testa” - Ennio Morricone “Farenheiht 451” - Bernard Herrmann “Taxi Driver” - Bernard Herrmann “The Phantom Menace” - John Williams “Jaws II” - John Williams “Rampage” - Ennio Morricone “Frantic” - Ennio Morricone “Chinatown” - Jerry Goldsmith “L.A. Confidential” - Jerry Goldsmith “Dracula” - John Williams And on and on and on… ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/30 "2001-11-16T11:29:40Z")
Big Beatles fan here, so of course I have -Help -Magical Mystery Tour -Yellow Submarine But, I can’t believe that I haven’t seen these two ABSOLUTE all-time favorite soundtracks of mine. I still listen to these all the time! -Rocky Horror Picture Show -Animal House /slight hijack/ Funny thing… I have the song “Time Warp” on three different CD’s. The RHPS soundtrack, a Halloween songs compilation and the DR Demento 20th Anniversary collection. /here endeth the hijack/ ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/31 "2001-11-16T12:00:31Z")
**Rushmore** Most excellent. Songs of schoolboy angst,several obscure oldies (Kinks, Chad and Jeremy.) Clever incidental music by Mark Motherspaugh (both of Devo as well as Rugrats fame.) **Local Hero** Probably my all-time favorite movie, music by one of my all-time fave singer-songwriter-guitarists. I’d like ‘Goin’ Home,'the song at the very end, played at my funeral some day. Other soundtracks are from **Dazed and Confused** **Last of the Mohicans** , **Clockwork Orange** **The Lion King** **Lawrence of Arabia** **The Year of Living Dangerously** not sure why, but this CD _did not_ have that theme everyone remembers from the movie **Charlie Brown Christmas** ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/32 "2001-11-16T12:26:29Z")
After seeing _Hedwig and the Angry Inch_, I bought the original cast recording. IMHO, the best album in the last 10 years. Check it out. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/33 "2001-11-16T12:39:42Z")
I’ve got **Grosse Point Blank** , which is one of the greatest movie soundtracks ever, in my opinion. Eminently listenable. Also **Kundun** , **O Brother Where Art Thou** , and, uh, **Twister**. I wound up with the **Twister** soundtrack as the result of signing up for one of those CD clubs where you get 12 CDs to start. I was running out of selections, so I just threw that one on there. It’s not half bad, but I don’t think I would have bought it normally. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/34 "2001-11-16T13:01:08Z")
I can’t believe that no one else seems to have “The Harder They Come,” by Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytalls, etc. This is a great soundtrack. “Sitting Here in Limbo,” “Pressure Drop,” “Shanty Town,” just so much good old reggae. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/35 "2001-11-16T15:24:45Z")
Not that many, by comparison…off the top of my head: Conan the Barbarian Star Wars (the original LP) The Empire Strikes Back (also on LP) Braveheart More Music From Braveheart The Endless Summer II (very cool all guitar instrumentals - highly reccommended) The Chieftains Film Cuts Mark Knopfler: Screenplaying The Princess Bride Top Gun (it was standard issue for teenagers in the mid-'80s) Miami Vice (ditto the Top Gun notation) U2: Rattle and Hum (does this count as a soundtrack?) Demolition Man Rush …and I think that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/36 "2001-11-16T16:02:08Z")
Actually, **plnnr** , I do have **The Harder They Come** soundtrack–on vinyl. But I have so many of those songs on CDs, and the record album has now earned its rest. The Chieftains sound pretty good on the **Barry Lyndon** soundtrack but I don’t have that one. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/37 "2001-11-16T16:28:07Z")
Woohoo! I have some that aren’t listed yet! Lost Boys Batman Tenku – Kitaro The Godfather Jesus Christ Superstar Terminator The Carl Stalling Project Blade Runner Music for a Darkened Theater ---
**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:** [November 16, 2001, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/38 "2001-11-16T16:56:02Z")
I’m a big Bernard Hermann fan. I’ve got **The Film Music of Bernard Hermann** and **The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad**. I’m also a big Stanley Kubrick fan: **2001: A Space Odyssey Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon** Rick Wakeman fan: **White Rock Lisztomania** **Fantasia Star Wars The Rocketeer Patton Star Trek:TMP James Bond Themes** (from the original films) I have an old album called **Fifty Golden Years** that has original film themes from a lot of United Artists films: \*\*A Funny Think Happened on the Way to the Form, It’s a Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World,\*\*etc. In addition, of course, to a lot of movie musical records: \*\*west Side Story, Godspell, \*\*etc. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/39 "2001-11-16T16:57:57Z")
I have the soundtracks to **Sorcerer, Thief, and Risky Business,** simply because I really like the way Tangerine Dream scores a film - even a bad one like **Soldier**. For the same reason, I have the soundtrack to **The Firm** , because I liked Dave Grusin’s piano in the film, even though I didn’t care for the film at all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593/40 "2001-11-16T17:43:47Z")
I like the way ArchiveGuy differentiates between original scores and song comps. While I don’t fancy myself much of a sndtk. person, I actually do have a few, if nowhere near his 300: Waxman/Steiner/Korngold: a couple of comps, lumping them all together. Bernard Herrman: 2 comps, plus Vertigo. Alex North: Spartacus. Really good, that one. Jerry Goldsmith: Twilight Zone. Henry Mancini: a 3-disc box set, plus “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” John Barry: OHMSS [On Her Majesty’s Secret Service] Diamonds Are Forever comp. of Bond theme songs one of the “Moviola” comps Philip Glass: Mishima Vangelis: Blade Runner Michael Nyman: three comps. Batman franchise: 1960’s TV sndtk. [Nelson Riddle; great fun!]; Elfman sndtk.; Prince’s songs. Concert movies/documentaries: Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, The Wall, Stop Making Sense, Under a Blood Red Sky; tribute to Dylan concert (well, it was on TV). Mixed orig. score selections & songs: Lost Highway. Songtracks: Purple Rain; Singles, Reality Bites, Trainspotting, Sliding Doors. Theatre/TV/Misc.: Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast; a comp. of Disney songs; a box set of Broadway show tunes; a comp. of TV cartoon themes; David Byrne’s “The Catherine Wheel”; more Philip Glass; a few operas; the “Schoolhouse Rocks!” comp. And “Hedwig & the Angry Inch” rocks. Really! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-soundtracks-that-you-own/93593.md?page=3)