# movies knownmore for their soundtrack than anything else **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521 "2019-05-25T23:58:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/41 "2019-05-26T14:39:01Z")
For a while, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 was known as “the theme song from Elvira Madigan”. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/42 "2019-05-26T14:51:33Z")
Are you fucking kidding me? 42 posts before somebody mentions _Heavy Metal_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sillytom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@sillytom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sillytom)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/43 "2019-05-26T17:18:26Z")
I love the soundtrack from Requiem for a Dream, but I know the movie itself is also quite powerful. That one song though … I keep hearing it in other movies, like I think LOTR used it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/44 "2019-05-26T17:59:58Z")
_Pump Up the Volume_ was a forgettable movie but a very good soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/45 "2019-05-26T18:25:26Z")
_Evita_ ? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/46 "2019-05-26T19:44:54Z")
Almost all of Mark Knopfler’s soundtracks. I love _Local Hero,_ but have only seen it a couple of times. The soundtrack? Listened to it a couple hundred. But some of the films are pretty obscure: Local Hero (1983) Cal (1984) Comfort and Joy (1984) The Princess Bride (1987) Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Wag the Dog (1998) Metroland (1999) A Shot at Glory (2002) Altamira (2016) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/47 "2019-05-26T20:37:47Z")
2001 Flash Gordon ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/48 "2019-05-26T20:58:52Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Almost all of Mark Knopfler’s soundtracks. I love _Local Hero,_ but have only seen it a couple of times. The soundtrack? Listened to it a couple hundred. But some of the films are pretty obscure: > > Local Hero (1983) > Cal (1984) > Comfort and Joy (1984) > **The Princess Bride (1987)** > Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) > Wag the Dog (1998) > Metroland (1999) > A Shot at Glory (2002) > Altamira (2016) Bolding mine. You’re kidding about The Princess Bride, right? That has to be one of my favorite films of all-time. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/49 "2019-05-26T21:06:43Z")
Folks, I give you [The Lemon Drop Kid](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043733/). Raise your hand high if you’ve watched it. Uh uh. Thought so. Ever heard of a Christmas song called “Silver Bells” though? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/50 "2019-05-26T21:09:32Z")
I loves me some concert films! **Stop Making Sense** - Talking Heads **Under a Cherry Moon** was basically a movie of the Prince album **Parade** A fairly mainstream movie with Leo DiCaprio and Clair Danes, **Romeo + Juliet** did okay and seemed pretty well received, but that soundtrack blew me away! YMMV, of course ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/51 "2019-05-26T21:16:35Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Are you fucking kidding me? 42 posts before somebody mentions _Heavy Metal_? 😃 I remember a lot about the movie. But not the soundtrack at all. (I was an original subscriber. Den! Had like the first year or two of issues. Lost in a move. :() ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/52 "2019-05-26T22:46:21Z")
_Paris Blues_ has a fantastic Duke Ellington soundtrack. Despite a fantastic cast, it’s a dull mass of cliches and only worth watching for historic reasons. The movie _FM_ put out a double album of contemporary songs to complement the radio theme. Led by Steely Dan’s hit single of the same name, it was far more successful than the movie and went platinum. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/53 "2019-05-26T23:04:13Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > You’re kidding about The Princess Bride, right? That has to be one of my favorite films of all-time. Mine too. Come to think of it, half of what I say is quotes from the movie. That’s why I said “But **some** of the films are pretty obscure.” ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/54 "2019-05-26T23:31:26Z")
> [@sillytom](#): > > I love the soundtrack from Requiem for a Dream, but I know the movie itself is also quite powerful. That one song though … I keep hearing it in other movies, like I think LOTR used it. There was a version of the main theme called “Requiem for a Tower” that was used for the relevant LOTR film trailer. > **[Lux Aeterna (Mansell)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Tower)** > > Lux Æterna (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Classical Latin: \[ˈluːks ae̯ˈtɛrna\], Ecclesiastical Latin: \[ˈluks eˈterna\]; "eternal light") is an orchestral composition by Clint Mansell. Performed by the Kronos Quartet, it forms a leitmotif in the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream, and is the penultimate piece in the movie's soundtrack. > A ... A string quartet named Escala who got noticed on Britain’s Got Talent covered that version as the lead track on their debut album (which is one of the last physical CDs I ever was gifted/bought). > **[Escala (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escala_(album))** > > Escala is the self-titled debut album by British quartet Escala, who appeared on the ITV talent contest Britain's Got Talent. It was released on 25 May 2009 in the United Kingdom. > Escala revealed their debut album to an audience of about 400 media at Whitehall Palace, London on 23 September 2008. The album release was pushed back numerous times, to 1 June 2009. Then the album's release was brought forward by one week to 25 May 2009. > The album was produced by Trevor Horn and recorded mainly a... ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/55 "2019-05-27T00:31:17Z")
Singles and Empire Records are basically my teen years. Honestly. I owned almost every outfit. Yes, the soundtracks were amazing, but so were the movies. I agree with Pump up the Volume, but um…everyone forgot The Legend of Billie Jean? Pat Benatar’s Invicible deserved SO much better! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/56 "2019-05-27T03:50:14Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The movie _FM_ put out a double album of contemporary songs to complement the radio theme. Led by Steely Dan’s hit single of the same name, it was far more successful than the movie and went platinum. See post #5. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/57 "2019-05-27T03:57:56Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > How about _Star Wars_? Imperial March, anyone? Setting aside, for a moment, the fact that “The Imperial March” is actually from _The Empire Strikes Back_, you seriously believe that _Star Wars_ is mostly known for its soundtrack? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/58 "2019-05-27T05:24:21Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Setting aside, for a moment, the fact that “The Imperial March” is actually from _The Empire Strikes Back_, you seriously believe that _Star Wars_ is mostly known for its soundtrack? Star Wars spent a year in some theaters. I suspect it was know for EVERYTHING. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/59 "2019-05-27T07:19:32Z")
Let’s go back a few years: _Lieutenant Kijé_ is an obscure 1934 Soviet comedy (!), largely forgotten except by the most diligent students of 1930’s European cinema. However, the film’s original score is one of composer Sergei Prokofiev’s most well-known and respected works: [The Lieutenant Kije Suite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaY7p5ahZo). [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QsRDpsItq0)is probably the most well-known part. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521/60 "2019-05-27T12:41:33Z")
_Across the Universe_ is a very excellent movie. Shame on anyone who hasn’t watched it! 🙂 The soundtrack includes 33 different Beatles songs, all sung by the movies’ actors themselves. (Some weren’t professional singers but still do a splendid job.) The storyline is an excellent romance story, but was designed in part to allow scenes to be punctuated with appropriate Beatles lyrics. As just one example, [here’s a minor character in the story, telling us of her lesbian love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7WXRNQT9ko). This character is named Prudence. (Guess which song is directed at her character when’s she’s pining over another unrequited love?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-knownmore-for-their-soundtrack-than-anything-else/834521.md?page=4)