Film Soundtracks

[RamsesBringerOfWar]

Oceans Twelve - David Holmes. The next generation in forward thinking film composers. Rooted in the late 60s and early 70s, he fuzes acid jazz, with neo classical, blues, funk and electronica to make maybe the most exciting and interesting score ive heard in a LONG time.

A shame that such a soundtrack was wasted on one of the shittiest movies ever released

 

[Anarkissed]

The original Crow soundtrack rocks...except for the last track, which is just painful to listen to.

 

[zortz]

Ennio Morricone ... great stuff. I remember when Metallica used some of this stuff as walk on music. At least I think it was him, or some similarly styled 'western' music.

Heh. Whenever NFU talks about music it always sounds like some magazine review in Rolling Stone or whatever. I suspect he's some sort of music critic by trade.

 

[AFairJudgement0]

When I was young the first soundtrack i bought was the Godzilla soundtrack. It had quite a few good tunes, but of course no metal. RATM, Radiohead, etc. I also liked the XXX metal album, and of course High fidelity. Just a few of my favs.

 

[FullMetalCornflake]

The soundtrack for The Crow was ok. I dug the Pantera and Cure songs.

"The Crow: The Original Motion Picture Score: by Graeme Revell" is brilliant. I never tire of it...

 

[Kenneth R.]

Hero
House of Flying Daggers

(how could i forget these?)

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

^^^ As usual, Ken makes a good point

 

[NFU]

A shame that such a soundtrack was wasted on one of the shittiest movies ever released

i suggest you see a few more movies before making such an embarrasing statement.

 

[affinityband]

Oceans 12 was a really bad movie. Oceans 11 on the other hand......

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

I agree about David Holmes. He's always fascinated me as a musician. Very, very talented man.

 

[Kusanagi]

What about the OST to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? Really, anything featuring Yo-Yo Ma on cello is awesome.

 

[intimidatingcrustaceans]

ooo...I just thought of the soundtrack to "Monster's Ball" (the Asche & Spencer stuff). It's pretty mellow...like to listen to it when I'm relaxing.

 

[nazgulofmordor]

So far, the best soundtracks I have come across:
Lord of the Rings
Matrix I
Forest Gump
Basic Instinct
You Only Live Twice - James Bond movie
Requiem for a Dream - Theme song
Mr. Holland's Opus

 

[FUBAR]

This is a good thread.

My personal favourite movie soundtrack is, by a loooooong way:


Old Boy

Yoeng Wook Jo did such an amazing job here... Absolutely wonderful, simple music that fits the movie better than any other soundtrack I've ever seen. I reccommend you see the movie before buying the soundtrack though. Neither will disappoint, both are awesome.

There are lots of other good soundtracks, but some that spring to mind are:
American Beauty
Interview With The Vampire (minus the GnR song)
Six Feet Under (tv, obviously, but still cool)

Can't be bothered thinking of more right now... get Oldboy!

Good choice Old Boy rules and the soundtrack is very effective.

 

[porcupine_wolfff]

Nosferatu anyone?
Also: Clockwork Orange, Donnie Darko, LOTR and of course everything by Ennio Morricone, especially TGTBATU one.

 

[Fredy_Brown]

I remember watching the first Nosferatu movie (from 1928 or something) fucking impresive.

 

[porcupine_wolfff]

Yeah, this one is quite good but do yourself a pleasure and see the 1979-version with Klaus Kinski, directed by Werner Herzog and music by Krautrock legend Popol Vuh. It's great.

 

[Nomansvally]

Do yourself another pleasure and buy Werner Herzog/Klaus Kinski Box Set (6 Discs) from Anchor Bay! I believe Popol Vuh composed music for all of the featured films, inlcuding Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht. Personally, I prefer F.W Murnau's Nosferatu from 1922. I just love music in silentmovies!:Smug:

 

[porcupine_wolfff]

Thanks for the hint with the box set. I'll search ebay for it.
But I prefer the 1979 version. Murnau's movie is a classic - for sure but I think that the music doesn't fit with the scenes and for newer circumstances the movie isn't scary at all. Don't get me wrong - I love b/w movies but I prefer Phantom der Nacht to Symphonie des Grauens by far.

 

[Kenneth R.]

What about the OST to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? Really, anything featuring Yo-Yo Ma on cello is awesome.

+1.