# Movies where you notice the music...in a good way **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998 "2011-08-01T02:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/21 "2011-08-01T13:55:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Whenever I think of movie soundtracks, the first two movies that always jump into my mind are Blow and Goodfellas. I thought of these two right away, and also **Boogie Nights** hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/22 "2011-08-01T14:38:22Z")
_28 Days Later_ has a great soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/23 "2011-08-01T14:41:41Z")
Eddie Vedder’s score for _Into the Wild_ is wonderful. Put that together with the cinematography, and the movie is worth watching regardless of the plot. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/24 "2011-08-01T14:44:11Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > _The Social Network_. If you like this music, I would point you to the movie [Primer](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/primer/) (link to rotten tomatoes where it gets a 72% Fresh rating). It’s an indie sci-fi thriller that was made for no money and won an award at Sundance. The writer/director/star, Shane Carruth, also scored it. Just amazing music - simple, but fits the plot beautifully and has an atmospheric, tech feel… I can’t recommend this film highly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/25 "2011-08-01T15:06:47Z")
[Lux Aeterna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLpJtvzlEI) from **Requiem for a Dream** is beautiful, slow, and mournful, perfect for the movie. It’s so awesome it’s been used in loads of other movies and trailers. Notably, in this [**Two Towers**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39oFeZ57p2g) trailer, remixed to make a driving action theme. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/26 "2011-08-01T15:18:33Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > If you like this music, I would point you to the movie [Primer](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/primer/) (link to rotten tomatoes where it gets a 72% Fresh rating). It’s an indie sci-fi thriller that was made for no money and won an award at Sundance. The writer/director/star, Shane Carruth, also scored it. Just amazing music - simple, but fits the plot beautifully and has an atmospheric, tech feel… > > I can’t recommend this film highly enough. Let me second you, since I do everything I can to let people know about this film. It’s in my Top 10. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/27 "2011-08-01T15:20:25Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > _28 Days Later_ has a great soundtrack. Well, it’s got a great couple of bars of music… that are repeated endlessly not only in this movie but in the sequel as well. Gotta admit, they do what they aim to do and do it well. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/28 "2011-08-01T15:31:55Z")
The great thing about the famous music in ROCKY is that it swells right as the champ drops him with a flurry of punches and Adrian can’t bear to look and Mickey starts telling him to stay down. I mean, sure, pairing GONNA FLY NOW with the training montage is a classic because it’s so obvious, but the reverse works equally well. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/29 "2011-08-01T15:37:59Z")
I think _Beauty and the Beast_ has the best score I’ve heard in any Disney movie. It’s one of the few, imho, that’s worth listening to in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/30 "2011-08-01T15:56:34Z")
Seconding all the _Lord of the Rings_ scores, and adding in the scores from the _Pirates of the Caribbean_, plus the music from the various Harry Potter films, particularly how they took the opening sequence from the first film and evolved it from something light and airy and wondrous to something dark and grim and foreboding. And pretty much any score by John Williams … ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/31 "2011-08-01T16:06:27Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > I recently watched ‘Die Hard’ for the first time, and when the bad guys were getting into the vault, I immediately noticed a very familiar musical theme. At first I was thinking it might be a well-known Christmas tune, given the holiday setting of the film, and then I recognized it as being from Beethoven’s ninth symphony. (The ‘Ode to Joy.’) > > It does work surprisingly well once you recover from the surprise of recognizing it. When that movie came out, I was working at a classical music store. A costumer came in and all she could articulate was that she wanted “That Christamas music from Die-Hard.” It was before the soundtrack had been released and we could not convince her it was not really “Christmas music”. My own favorites are _Quigley Down Under_ and everything by Zoltan Korba. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/32 "2011-08-01T16:47:29Z")
There Will be Blood. And I agree the whole Inception/Edith Piaf thing is cool. ---
**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, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/33 "2011-08-01T16:53:15Z")
That first crashing chord from John Williams’s original _Star Wars_ score still does the trick: [Star Wars - The Main Theme Song - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wcqRWbdHs) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/34 "2011-08-01T16:56:58Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > _Pirates of the Caribbean_ I’d agree, but I liked that score better when it was on the \*Gladiator \*soundtrack. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/35 "2011-08-01T17:03:04Z")
_[double post]_ ---
**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, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/36 "2011-08-01T17:11:24Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’d agree, but I liked that score better when it was on the \*Gladiator \*soundtrack. Similar, but not identical. I have both and love 'em both. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/37 "2011-08-01T17:13:44Z")
The music in The King’s Speech is, for the most part, a perfectly good movie score. Nothing to write home about. BUT, when he begins the crucial speech, Beethoven’s Seventh starts to play, softly at first, and becoming louder as the King gains confidence that he can actually pull this thing off. An absolutely marvelous scene, and a great use of music to underscore and define the on screen action. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/38 "2011-08-01T18:07:32Z")
Claire de Lune playing over the scene in _Ocean’s 11_ after they have successfully pulled off the heist and they’re watching the fountains before going their separate ways. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/39 "2011-08-01T19:49:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > _A Clockwork Orange_. Everything is better with the old Ludwig Van. Apart from Ode to Joy, I also love the Death March of Queen Mary play on the Moog synthesiser in that movie.. The theme from Get Carter, an English gangster movie starring Michael Caine, once heard never forgotten. And also the music to a sort of visual documentary with a name I can’t remember or pronounce but is the Navaho word for chaos. Also themes from Superman and Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998/40 "2011-08-01T19:53:36Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > And also the music to a sort of visual documentary with a name I can’t remember or pronounce but is the Navaho word for chaos. Probably you are thinking of _Koyaanisquatsi_, scored by Philip Glass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-you-notice-the-music-in-a-good-way/590998.md?page=3)