# Post your favorite "non-musical" movie themes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, music\ **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376 "2023-03-19T20:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/81 "2023-03-21T14:23:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I am **so** glad you brought up Vangelis! **This theme** is from a great but vastly underappreciated movie with a wonderful cast: A great choice as well, and of course Mel Gibson has his problems but have him or Sigourney Weaver ever looked lovelier? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/82 "2023-03-21T14:23:50Z")
Featured at the end of the film Master & Commander is Boccherini’s _Musica nocturna de las calles de Madrid_ Starts at 50 seconds here: [Master and Commander. End Titles. Boccherini - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ7kx8z5M2Y) A slightly better rendition, in my opinion, can be found here. The part featured in the movie starts at 4:15 [Boccherini- (Master and Commander) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p94DFyBBwc) ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/83 "2023-03-21T14:24:13Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jdFwhhH2x7I/hqdefault.jpg "Lawrence of Arabia - Main Theme - Maurice Jarre") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdFwhhH2x7I) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PJpb2RVNm8E/maxresdefault.jpg "John Barry: "Out of Africa" Theme (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJpb2RVNm8E) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/84 "2023-03-21T14:26:48Z")
Regardless of the missteps he may have taken, I will always be a Mel Gibson fan. He won me over long ago with _ **Gallipoli** _ and _ **The Road Warrior** _. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/85 "2023-03-21T14:30:21Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Featured at the end of the film Master & Commander is Boccherini’s _Musica nocturna de las calles de Madrid_ Ah! superb, one of my favourite films and certainly one of the great ending themes ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/86 "2023-03-21T14:35:48Z")
Why yes…yes he has… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cu1dttpkhJg/maxresdefault.jpg "Music By Vangelis-The Bounty-HD 1920X1080(vid.R.B.)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu1dttpkhJg) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/87 "2023-03-21T14:44:46Z")
As a young man he was certainly very easy on the eye. And it appears we have stumbled into period of Peter Weir appreciation, no bad place to be in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/88 "2023-03-21T14:53:50Z")
Some other memorable themes: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Kkw1OX1EkU/hqdefault.jpg "A Summer Place • Main Theme • Percy Faith & Max Steiner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kkw1OX1EkU) Luscious Sandra Dee, mmmmmmmmmmm! 🥰 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JRKKdCFiUwE/maxresdefault.jpg "Brian's Song (Theme)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRKKdCFiUwE) https://www.youtube.com/embed/or20Ovv0Mag?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLKGq0rgDytUWdK28XzZ1exrNoWc_2dcZ1 though I always associate this tune with the movie: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEQKIXmU404?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLKGq0rgDytUWdK28XzZ1exrNoWc_2dcZ1 Similarly, this is **not** the main theme to _ **Zorba the Greek** _, but it’s so inextricably linked with the film I’m posting it anyway: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Na4vpI0Eg2o/maxresdefault.jpg "Zorba's Dance (From "Zorba the Greek")") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na4vpI0Eg2o) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/89 "2023-03-21T14:57:59Z")
And we’re back to Omega Man (RE: A Summer Place) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XOIU1SGx7tY/hqdefault.jpg "Charlton Heston - Omega Man - Shooting to "Theme From A Summerplace"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOIU1SGx7tY) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/90 "2023-03-21T15:00:54Z")
Speaking of the luscious Sandra Dee [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yp2gEftAekc/hqdefault.jpg "The Dunwich Horror 1970 Complete Soundtrack") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp2gEftAekc) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/91 "2023-03-21T15:15:47Z")
Since your clip is “age restricted,” I’ll supplement it with **this one** for those who can’t or don’t want to log in to YouTube: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EdlQ1BFAg54/maxresdefault.jpg "Vangelis - Main Titles (The Bounty 1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdlQ1BFAg54) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/92 "2023-03-21T15:20:13Z")
That track fits the video better anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/93 "2023-03-21T15:20:53Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Similarly, this is **not** the main theme to _ **Zorba the Greek** _, but it’s so inextricably linked with the film I’m posting it anyway: This same song was used to brilliant effect in the British comedy _Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels_ [lock stock and two smoking barrels “Zorba’s Dance” - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLgSp9b_U3A) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/94 "2023-03-21T15:26:06Z")
The _ **Bounty** _ theme reminds me of **this one** , first heard in _ **Star Trek: The Motion Picture** _: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bIupYyn0VG4/maxresdefault.jpg "Klingon Theme | Star Trek | Jerry Goldsmith") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIupYyn0VG4) (I’m not posting the main theme to that movie because it was used later for the TV series _ **ST: TNG** _.) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/95 "2023-03-21T15:46:55Z")
I posted in the Picard thread my objection to using over and over the Goldsmith motif for Worf when Ron Jones did his own Klingon motif for TNG. Yes I know Goldsmith \>\>\>\>\> Jones, but… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/96 "2023-03-21T15:50:57Z")
The theme from _ **Breaker Morant** _: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mx7y4RjgiBc/maxresdefault.jpg "Edward Woodward - Soldiers of the Queen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7y4RjgiBc) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/97 "2023-03-21T16:26:08Z")
[The Guns of Navarone](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi1ndHVtu39AhUQJ0QIHfE-AfYQyCl6BAghEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEwi1LRld5_k&usg=AOvVaw272PaPjOC9kJPXU00A7vwy) [The Great Escape](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjEofejt-39AhU7EUQIHfiDAwUQtwJ6BAgLEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMbsuAbTTsV8&usg=AOvVaw142L5IxhsC0uM3bEvfcMvh) [“Colonel Bogey March” from The Bridge on the River Kwai](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi3lcvGt-39AhVshu4BHVYjBHwQtwJ6BAhBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D83bmsluWHZc&usg=AOvVaw1MzkmtaNFBwR0OnQa5TSD2) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/98 "2023-03-21T17:03:43Z")
“In the Heat of the Night” written by Quincy Jones, performed by Ray Charles. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1GWJ7I0UhYQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Ray Charles - In the Heat of the Night [Movie's Opening Sequence & End Credits, '67/Blu-Ray Sourced]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWJ7I0UhYQ) “The Third Man Theme” written and performed by Anton Karras. It was written years before the film, but never previously recorded or released. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2oEsWi88Qv0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHWBIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGYgZihmMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC6J1b5LUow28cwWOHE4kLFg9w9sQ "The Third Man - Anton Karas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/99 "2023-03-21T17:54:35Z")
This brings back some good memories. I wish I could go back to the '80s… ☹ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WOBHXxiZyZM/maxresdefault.jpg "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOBHXxiZyZM) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376/100 "2023-03-21T18:26:34Z")
I love all Bacharach…even this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/btYfSAcEyNs/hqdefault.jpg "Lost Horizon (1973) Opening Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYfSAcEyNs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-non-musical-movie-themes/981376.md?page=6)