# Your favorite soundtracks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037 "2005-09-04T11:50:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/1 "2005-09-04T11:50:23Z")
Right now I’m really grooving on the _Lost in Translation_ soundtrack. Also, _The Virgin Suicides_, _Pieces of April_ and _Remains of the Day_ … How about you? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/2 "2005-09-04T12:36:39Z")
“The Glenn Miller Story.” This album was always in my house as far back as I remember. It was one of my mother’s favorite movies. I’ve seen it a lot of times. The score was arranged by Henry Mancini when he was just a kid, and the playing is as perfect as one could hope for. I remember being disappointed when I heard the actual Glenn Miller Orchestra, that they didn’t sound as good as the orchestra playing them in the movie score. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/3 "2005-09-04T12:50:50Z")
_Phenomenon_. Not much of a movie, but a killer soundtrack – Clapton, Knopfler, Bryan Ferry, Aaron Neville… _Hedwig and the Angry Inch_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/4 "2005-09-04T13:00:03Z")
_Xanadu_ ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/5 "2005-09-04T13:15:33Z")
two come to mind: the big chill the blues brothers ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/6 "2005-09-04T13:23:49Z")
Rocky Horror Picture Show A Knight’s Tale Dukes of Hazzard (Kikker Southern rock !) ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/7 "2005-09-04T14:29:49Z")
Queen did the soundtrack for “Highlander”. “Some Kind of Magic” is their album containing this! ---
**Author:** ![rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/8 "2005-09-04T14:32:30Z")
The power of One. One of the most moving works of music I’ve ever heard. (except for track 5 which I loathe) ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/9 "2005-09-04T14:39:25Z")
Judgement Night or The Crow. I’d have to vote the Crow if it was a movie I actually liked. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/10 "2005-09-04T14:43:31Z")
Keeping it strictly to non-musicals, my five favorites are: Blade Runner Apocalypse Now A Clockwork Orange The Harder They Come Birdy ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/11 "2005-09-04T15:03:39Z")
I don’t know. I mean, there are soundtracks that are collections of previously released music. There are also sound tracks that are original songs. I think they kind of fall into different categories. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/12 "2005-09-04T15:40:22Z")
For soundtracks (and cast recordings) of musicals - too many to list. But for soundtracks, and not scores, from straight movies - I just bought the “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” soundtrack. It’s great, if you remember 80s music with love. Also, though the movie was loathsome, “Pretty Woman” had a lot of fun to listen to songs in it. (Could say the same about the Quentin Tarantino movies. I’ve never liked any of them, but he does pick good songs.) And American Graffiti. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/13 "2005-09-04T15:41:25Z")
Probably the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. The second would probably be Titanic (as much as I hate the movie). ---
**Author:** ![Shutterbug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Shutterbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shutterbug)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/14 "2005-09-04T16:02:35Z")
Moulin Rouge ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/15 "2005-09-04T16:48:29Z")
_Phantom of the Paradise_ _Allegria_ _Chess_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/16 "2005-09-04T16:50:34Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > _Phantom of the Paradise_ Yes!! \*Almost Famous \* and \*Sahara \* both have great selections of '70s rock. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/17 "2005-09-04T16:54:14Z")
_The Committments_ ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/18 "2005-09-04T17:23:31Z")
_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ The soundtrack from _The Wedding Singer_ was okay. Somebody gave me the soundtrack to _Dumb and Dumber_, which was actually pretty good. It had a rendition of XTC’s \*Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead \* performed by Crash Test Dummies that’s a nice alternate to one of my favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/19 "2005-09-04T17:31:34Z")
Lord of the Rings Mr & Mrs Smith O Brother Where Art Thou Shrek 2 Troy Angel: Live Fast, Never Die Those ones are all on steady rotation. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037/20 "2005-09-04T18:02:28Z")
I’m really liking the soundtrack to _March of the Penguins_. I sometimes get shivers listening to it, the music so much conjures the images of the desolate antarctic landscape. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-soundtracks/320037.md?page=2)