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Best Soundtrack

KarmaPolice

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The title pretty much says its all. What is your favorite soundtrack?

I would have to say Garden State is really damn good. But films that have great scores are also up there...basically John Williams is a god
 
instrumental - star wars or anything john willams

"mixed" songs - forrest gump, mostly because i love oldies
 
Originally posted by: j00fek
forrest gump OST FTW

Definitely the best OST with non-orchestral music, but I quite enjoy the soundtrack for A Beautiful Mind by James Horner, Band Of Brothers by Michael Kamen, and Gladiator by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard.
 
Movie:

Braveheart
Dances With Wolves
Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
LOTR Trilogy
Anything by John Williams and James Horner (covers a ton)
Deep Blue Sea (end title)
Beautiful Mind
Forrest Gump


cant think of others off the top of my head.



Game:

Myst III, IV
Jade Empire
Anything else Jack Wall does
 
vocal - forrest gump

instrumental - the good, the bad and the ugly

honorable mentions:

i am sam ost
requiem for a dream
kill bill vol. 1 & 2
desperado
dave chappelle's block party
 
John Williams a god? Hmm, right. I mean, there are plenty of decent movie soundtracks, Gladiator comes readily to mind, but none that I remember are masterpieces.
 
Originally posted by: kogase
John Williams a god? Hmm, right. I mean, there are plenty of decent movie soundtracks, Gladiator comes readily to mind, but none that I remember are masterpieces.

Not an actual god...but you know what I am getting at. He has written so many soundtracks..and they are all excellent.
 
Okay, here we go again...the list to end all lists!!! All are great. Personal faves are IN BOLD!

By Hans Zimmer

Days of Thunder
Backdraft
Toys
Crimson Tide
The Rock
Broken Arrow
The Prince of Egypt
The Thin Red Line
Mission: Impossible II
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down

Hannibal


By John Williams

Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark/Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
Empire of the Sun
Hook
JFK
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
The Patriot


By Howard Shore

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


By James Horner

An American Tail
Apollo 13
Braveheart
Field of Dreams
Glory

Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sneakers
Titanic
Willow


By Jerry Goldsmith (Dead)

Air Force One
Patton
Rudy


By Vangelis

Chariots of Fire
Blade Runner
Antartica
1492: Conquest of Paradise



By Randy Edelman

The Last of the Mohicans
Gettysburg

Dragon Heart



By Alan Silvestri

Contact
Back to the Future
Cast Away
The Abyss



By Mark Knopfler

Cal
The Princess Bride
Local Hero
A Shot at Glory



Other

The Natural (Randy Newman)
Crash (Mark Isham)

October Sky (Mark Isham)
Armageddon (Trevor Rabin)
The Truman Show (Phillip Glass)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus)
Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
Amelie (Yann Tiersen)
The Great Escape (Elmer Bernstein)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Elmer Bernstein)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
Rocky (Bill Conti)
Run Lola Run (Various)
Amadeus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Immortal Beloved (Ludwig van Beethoven)
The Passion of the Christ (John Debney)
Batman (Dany Elfman)
Band of Brothers (Michael Kamen)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Various)
We Were Soldiers (Nick Glennie-Smith)
The Hunt For Red October (Basil Poledouris)
Life is Beautiful (Nicola Piovani)
The Never Ending Story (Various)
Stigmata (Billy Corgan)
Dances with Wolves (John Barry)
Blown Away (Various)
Heat (Various)




 
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