# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/41 "2015-07-15T19:28:00Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > I fail to see how this invalidates my statement… _one of the finest collections of American Folk music_ Normally the finest collection would be from various artists over various times throughout history of the genre. Not sourced from artists to write songs for a particular movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/42 "2015-07-15T19:59:14Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > _one of the finest collections of American Folk music_ > > Normally the finest collection would be from various artists over various times throughout history of the genre. Not sourced from artists to write songs for a particular movie. Are you serious? Let’s go over the soundtrack: 1. Po’ Lazarus - Orig by James Carter, pre-1959 2. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock, 1928 3. You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, 1939 4. Down in the River to Pray - So old no one knows the origin, first published in 1867 5. Man of Constant Sorrow - Dick Burnett, 1913 6. Keep On the Sunny Side - Ada Blenkhorn, 1899 7. I’ll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley, 1932 8. Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby - Slave song, but brought back into popularity by Emmylou Harriss 9. In the Highways - Mother Maybelle Carter from the freaking Carter family, 1920’s 10. I Am Weary Let Me Rest - Published in 1873 , popularized by the Cox family 11. O Death - Moran Lee Boggs, 1920s 12. In The Jailhouse Now - Vaudeville song from the 1920’s 13. Indian War Whoop - John Hartford, 2000 14. Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four, 2000 15. Angel Band - Very old gospel song, 1860s. While the album is a mixture of vintage tracks, modern recordings performed for the movie and a couple written recently, this is a fine collection of early american folk music. The date a song was performed does not take away from when it was written, as long as the artist is playing/singing it as intended. The soundtrack itself was produced by T-Bone Burnett who leaned heavily on the Alan Lomax collection at the Library of Congress. ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/43 "2015-07-15T22:09:56Z")
[http://revenantrecords.com/musics/products/american-primitive-vol-ii/](http://revenantrecords.com/musics/products/american-primitive-vol-ii/) Check this out for early recorded music. This stuff was collected and compiled by John Fahey. One of the records was so rare there was only one copy and it was in the shape of a bowl. They had to put a window pane over it and heat it until it flattened out enough to play. T bone did a good job but that’s really only the surface. There’s Harry Smiths collection too. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/44 "2015-07-15T22:40:33Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > Once Upon a Time in the West This is the first that jumped to my head, as well. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” would be another one (by the same composer.) It’s odd, as I’m not into westerns, but those stick out to me for their use of music and their soundtracks in general. ---
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/45 "2015-07-15T23:07:01Z")
If the OP doesn’t care whether or not it’s from a movie, there’s the [jazz sound track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSkH-p1EW1o) by Henry Mancini from the old Peter Gunn TV series. ---
**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 15, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/46 "2015-07-15T23:25:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > If the OP doesn’t care whether or not it’s from a movie, there’s the [jazz sound track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSkH-p1EW1o) by Henry Mancini from the old Peter Gunn TV series. All the suggestions are worthy. On looking and listening some more I realize I like Jazz to be in a soundtrack to make it “profound” to me. That’s the way I roll. I don’t really care if it’s a movie or not. Peter Gunn is a little too melodramatic, but I’m going to check out “touch of evil” There’s also “Knife in the water” ---
**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, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/47 "2015-07-15T23:52:11Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > All the suggestions are worthy. On looking and listening some more I realize I like Jazz to be in a soundtrack to make it “profound” to me. That’s the way I roll. I don’t really care if it’s a movie or not. Peter Gunn is a little too melodramatic, but I’m going to check out “touch of evil” There’s also “Knife in the water” The theme song for PG certainly is, but there are other tracks that are very mellow. There’s also the soundtrack from [Bird](http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B0000026KK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437004356&sr=8-1&keywords=bird+soundtrack&pebp=1437004422315&perid=1SQ89N416R1SGF8E1ZB9) and _[Bridges of Madison County](http://www.amazon.com/Bridges-Madison-County-Motion-Picture/dp/B000002MZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437004475&sr=8-1&keywords=bridges+of+madison+county+soundtrack&pebp=1437004532669&perid=08FC21KNFRG83CJV50VS)_ ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/48 "2015-07-16T00:29:01Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > 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. I got the DVD for Christmas and the opening theme was stuck in my head the next two weeks. Generally I’m not attracted to “Irish music,” but looked up the song the theme was based on and listened to several versions. No go; I needed the bastardized, grandiose movie arrangement. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/49 "2015-07-16T01:45:34Z")
Rocky soundtrack by Bill Conti The Celts soundtrack by Enya Out of Africa soundtrack by John Barry Field of Dreams soundtrack by James Horner Willow soundtrack by James Horner ---
**Author:** ![FasterThanMeerkats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@FasterThanMeerkats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FasterThanMeerkats)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/50 "2015-07-16T04:43:13Z")
Top Gun ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/51 "2015-07-16T04:52:08Z")
_Walkabout_ and _Enigma_, both composed by the great John Barry. His soundtrack for the Bond films _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_ and _The Living Daylights_, while being what is expected of a Bond film, also had elements of beautiful poignancy. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/52 "2015-07-16T12:46:28Z")
After due consideration of this topic, I nominate as my very favorite such music: [The Conversation Soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DogQt0WJJkI) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/53 "2015-07-16T15:46:28Z")
Ink, a 2009 independent film. > **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/?app=desktop)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ---
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_Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ _Princess Mononoke_ ---
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> [@pulykamell](#): > > This is the first that jumped to my head, as well. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” would be another one (by the same composer.) It’s odd, as I’m not into westerns, but those stick out to me for their use of music and their soundtracks in general. Tarantino says Ennio Morricone’s coming out of retirement for _The Hateful Eight_. So expect more along those lines. ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/56 "2015-07-16T19:45:26Z")
[The Godfather](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UO_OVQIzHY). ---
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Ry Cooder and Steve Vai in “Crossroads” from 1986. Most. Amazing. Guitar. Duel. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/58 "2015-07-17T14:15:48Z")
The soundtrack from 1993’s “Gettysburg” ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163/59 "2015-07-17T15:09:14Z")
I don’t really care for the movie but the soundtrack for _ **The Horse Whisperer** _ is lovely (Thomas Newman is responsible for many great film scores, IMO) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-profoundly-beautiful-soundtracks/725163.md?page=2)