What movie has the best soundtrack?

[apac]

The Rock is by far my favorite.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Are we talking about movies with popular music as the soundtrack? Or instrumental?

Last of the Mohicans!

Oh you sweet, sweet man. I am in :heart: The best use of music in a movie I've ever seen is when they're at the end of the movie chasing down Magua after the burning at the stake.

As Fingolfin probably knows, this movie was filmed very close to where he lives - Asheville, NC at a small, privately owned park called Chimney Rock. It is beautiful country. I have walked on the very cliff where Magua bites it. At the base of Chimney Rock is Lake Lure - the place they filmed Dirty Dancing. It is a really great place to spend the weekend.

Oh good God. That's less than a five hour drive from me It's my favourite movie of all time I think. My brothers would get a huge kick out of me taking a picture up on that rock - so it's easy to get up there? I'm dead serious now that I want to do it.

Let's do a road trip, Skoorbie!

 

[Fingolfin269]

I knew that the movie was filmed there but had no idea that it was a truly accessable location. I'll have to make a trip over there some time in the fall. I'm just glad that I live so close to the mountains. There's nothing quite like looking off of your front porch and seeing them every morning.

 

[Mnementh]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: Mnementh
Probably gonna get flamed for this but I have to say it... Star Wars Ep IV

John Williams has no master when it comes to evocative music that paints a picture in you mind that matches whats on the screen.

Mnementh

No flames here. I was actually going to say The Empire Strikes Back. A New Hope started it all, but The Empire Strikes Back has such an expanded, humongous range of themes and textures that I feel it has no equal. And I own well over 200 orchestral scores.

I agree totally but the reason I chose ep IV was purely because as you mentioned it was the one that started it and the score just blew me away the first time I ever saw the film I'd heard nothing like it. If there was a god then John williams would be he...


Mnementh

 

[new2AMD]

Singles

 

[Aves]

Too tough to choose just one.

ROTJ
FOTR
The Red Violin
The Last Samurai

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: aves2k
Too tough to choose just one.

ROTJ
FOTR
The Red Violin
The Last Samurai

Agreed. Howard Shore did an amazing job with FOTR!

What about (the now deceased) Michael Kamen's score for Band of Brothers?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: bmacd
top gun

-=bmacd=-

 

[Encryptic]

American Beauty

Fellowship of the Ring

I know there's others but those are the only ones coming to me at the moment.....

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
What about (the now deceased) Michael Kamen's score for Band of Brothers?

Very good also. I liked his X-Men score but I'm confused about why he didn't do X-2.

 

[Fingolfin269]

I actually prefer Empire Strikes Back over RotJ and ANH. Oh, and Requiem for a Dream is an awesome soundtrack.

 

[z0mb13]

WOw no one mentioned this one yet?

PULP FICTION!!

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
What about (the now deceased) Michael Kamen's score for Band of Brothers?

Very good also. I liked his X-Men score but I'm confused about why he didn't do X-2.

Bryan Singer (the director of X-Men and X2) has always worked with John Ottman to do both the composing and editing on his pictures. At the time the original X-men was in post-production, Ottman wasn't available to edit or score the picture because he was busy DIRECTING (the unnecessary sequel) Urban Legends: Final Cut. Yes, the guy has a wide range of abilities. Kamen was hired to score in his place.

Ottman, as you might know, worked with Singer on X2, and did a bang-up job, IMO.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
WOw no one mentioned this one yet?

PULP FICTION!!

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
WOw no one mentioned this one yet?

PULP FICTION!!

Any all-inclusive movie thread will eventually draw out at least one Tarantino fanboi.

I have to admit that I really loved the music in KB Vol.1...

 

[kag]

The Pirates of the Carribeans

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

Originally posted by: K1052
Kill Bill Vol. 1

 

[bigdog1218]

Fistful of dollars
For a few dollars more
The Good, the bad and the ugly

Ennio Morricone rocks

 

[LOLyourFace]

WTF no one mentioned:

Forest Gump
Jurrasic Park
Braveheart
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind

 

[lozina]

Conan the Barbarian.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: bigdog1218
Fistful of dollars
For a few dollars more
The Good, the bad and the ugly

Ennio Morricone rocks

Wow. You forget Ennio's absolute best: The Mission.

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: bigdog1218
Fistful of dollars
For a few dollars more
The Good, the bad and the ugly

Ennio Morricone rocks

Wow. You forget Ennio's absolute best: The Mission.

The Mission is awesome until the last three tracks. They give me a headache. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is fantastic all the way through, and it works wonders within the film.

 

[newnameman]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[ky2pip]

At the end of Fight Club when the buildings are crashing with the Pixies' Where Is My Mind playing in the background...best song I could think of in a movie

 

[Savarak]

john william's stuff and Amelie