# What are the most profoundly beautiful soundtracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163 "2015-07-14T18:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/1 "2015-07-14T18:58:43Z")
I need music to listen to in my reflections. I listen to a lot of Jazz. I have noticed some of the most beautiful music in the soundtracks for: Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith) Trouble Man (Marvin Gayes work just in between Whats Going on and Let’s Get it on) Elevator to the gallows (Miles Davis) Anyone know soundtracks and have opinions? It’s hard because it is dependent on the movie as much as the artist. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/2 "2015-07-14T19:08:27Z")
Once Upon a Time in the West Last of the Mohicans Exodus ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/3 "2015-07-14T20:15:35Z")
Not jazz, but I enjoy [Miller’s Crossing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2YPsfwSPGg). The theme is so good, they used it in a trailer for _The Shawshank Redemption_, although it wasn’t used in the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/4 "2015-07-14T20:19:56Z")
Local Hero has a soundtrack largely by by Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). I particularly recommend The main theme ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/5 "2015-07-14T20:51:19Z")
The English Patient The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/6 "2015-07-14T20:57:32Z")
The Red Violin has a beautiful soundtrack. I was really shocked to find out it was all original, having assumed while watching it they had just performed existing songs. ---
**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/7 "2015-07-15T01:40:43Z")
I like listening to [this compilation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHVsHvgPtP4&list=PLE81091F8DC70CA00&index=6) on YouTube when I want to contemplate and relax. Most of the artists on this compilation make BGM for movies and other dramatic productions. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/8 "2015-07-15T02:01:16Z")
Heck, _Amadeus_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/9 "2015-07-15T02:01:36Z")
**[Dingo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQEYuHuWfdk)**, Miles Davis. And that’s just the opener. I don’t know about being profoundly beautiful, but it’s Miles in top form. [Dr. Zhivago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkzQMDo6UP4&list=PL55DF42E5439444F1) has a terrific soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/10 "2015-07-15T02:02:35Z")
If Henry Mancini did it and it was a soundtrack, (movie or TV show), odds are it was great! The two the popped to mind on reading your title are: [Le château de ma mère - Vladimir Cosma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvh2C96Kuc) [La Gloire de mon Père (My Father’s Glory) - Improvised & Performed by srmusic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Qt--u-0bQ) … And of course there’s [Ragtime - Randy Newman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIyaRdYgPXI) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/11 "2015-07-15T02:05:35Z")
Peter Gabriel’s _The Last Temptation of Christ._ ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/12 "2015-07-15T03:09:22Z")
_Blade Runner_ And _Conan the Barbarian_, believe it or not. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/13 "2015-07-15T03:24:04Z")
“The Natural” has some wonderful music. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/14 "2015-07-15T03:56:38Z")
_Brokeback Mountain_ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/15 "2015-07-15T04:38:38Z")
Profoundly beautiful: Blade Runner (the complete soundtrack, available only as bootleg) Alien (the complete 2 cd set) The Thing (1982; the new re-recording of the complete score) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/16 "2015-07-15T05:40:49Z")
Barry Lyndon. (But it helps if you like older classical music.) Second **Doyle** ’s nomination of Last of the Mohicans. Beautiful! Gettysburg is also hugely inspirational and quite pretty. I am very, very fond of Georges Delerue’s soundtrack for The King of Hearts. I’m not sure if this counts, but Granuaile, an album by Shaun Davey, is truly lovely, and contains my favorite song of all I’ve ever heard, “Sailing Free and Easy.” [Here is a cut from the album, with musicological notes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pcWYKXDU38&index=4&list=RDYISyzGrP-xk) This is a fascinating little four-minute music appreciation lesson, well worth enjoying! [(Here is a link to “Sailing Free and Easy.”)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcCjS-2R6aI) ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shaggy\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaggy_Z)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/17 "2015-07-15T05:41:22Z")
I’ll second Blade Runner and add Requiem For a Dream. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/18 "2015-07-15T05:55:33Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Local Hero has a soundtrack largely by by Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Also, _[The Princess Bride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX9fdTSLI0s)_. ---
**Author:** ![bbonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bbonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbonden)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/19 "2015-07-15T06:24:11Z")
_The Mission_, especially Gabriel’s Oboe. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/20 "2015-07-15T07:09:53Z")
_Black Beauty_ (1994) by Danny Elfman, a beautiful, radiant score written in the English pastoral style. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163.md?page=2)