Favorite movie/TV show soundtrack

[Estro Felino]

Hi folks...

I started this thread about soundtracks only.
Meaning tunes without lyrics which were composed for a movie or for a TV show.

Be creative

 

[Estro Felino]

Ok...I'll start.
Sommersby main theme. Gosh....one of the best movies ever only because of the soundtrack...

 

[SomeRandom]

I quite enjoy the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. My childhood in a nutshell. And also my other childhood fave Harry Potter

 

[Estro Felino]

This is an Italian series. Its soundtracks are awesome...this is my favorite.
It is the story of a rich lady, Claudia who falls in love with a factory worker (she owns the factory) but her father forces her to marry a man of her social class. MeanWhile entrepreneurs like her husband manage to rebuild Italy devastated by WW2.

 

[Erebus]

I actually bought the SAW soundtrack a few years back as I liked it so much. The blend of orchestral and electronic music really clicks for me.

The films themselves were very hit and miss but my God the soundtrack is great!

 

[SalixIncendium]

Hmm... I can't think of a movie or TV soundtrack. What about video game?

I actually created a Pandora station exclusively for The Elder Scrolls/Jeremy Soule music.

 

[Erebus]

Hmm... I can't think of a movie or TV soundtrack. What about video game?

I actually created a Pandora station exclusively for The Elder Scrolls/Jeremy Soule music.

I love the Skyrim soundtrack.

If you haven't already, I'd highly recommend having a listen to the Guild Wars 2 soundtrack. It doesn't quite match up to Skyrim but it's still Jeremy Soule.

 

[Debater Slayer]

The Lord of the Rings soundtrack is more than music; it is an inseparable part of the atmosphere, emotion, and spirit of the trilogy. No other movie soundtrack even comes close to it in those areas, in my opinion, except perhaps for John Carpenter's equally iconic Halloween theme.

 

[SomeRandom]

Okay this is purely nostalgic and totally guilty pleasure territory. But as a little kid I watched this really insane American soap called “Passions.” And I kind of dig the theme song. When I’m drunkenly nostalgic, but whatever

It has a witch plotting to take control of this little odd town and her doll “Timmy” would randomly come to life, as her conscious I guess.
Lol and I thought our soap operas were weird

 

[Mock Turtle]

Can't remember if this was in the film or just on the Wendy Carlos album (which I have) but all the music was just brilliant - as was the film, which I did see before it got withdrawn or banned.

PS Of course I do have a version as Beethoven intended.

That isn't the original apparently (from the comments), but this should be:

I suppose Wendy Carlos' arrangements and orchestration counts as 'composed for films'.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Queen of the Damned
(Did not care for the movie, however).

 

[Daemon Sophic]

The movie Hero, with Jet Li is great, and the entire album of music for it is worthy of purchase.
Here are “At the Emperor’s Palace”

and “The Chess Court”

 

[Estro Felino]

 

[Revoltingest]

The Lord of the Rings soundtrack is more than music; it is an inseparable part of the atmosphere, emotion, and spirit of the trilogy. No other movie soundtrack even comes close to it in those areas, in my opinion...

So many movies have inseparable scores.

A couple examples....

Would Psycho even be a horror movie without
Bernard Herrmann's music? Hitchcock intended the
shower scene to be unscored. Herrmann convinced
him otherwise with the segment at 4:30.

Would Pee Wee's Big Adventure have worked without
Danny Elfman's score?

By the 1980s, Batman was a campy TV character.
Tim Burton wanted a darker version. But as I recall,
it was a tough sell to management. This opening
theme music sold the movie.

This piano version is even better (IMO)...

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[darkskies]

Sometimes I study to these.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (Spanish: ¿No oyes ladrar los perros? French: Entends-tu les chiens aboyer?). Score by Vangelis.

 

[Revoltingest]

Who can imagine The Godfather without the Nino Rota score?

Or the Dollars Trilogy without Morricone's scores?

Bob: You're a musician?
Sam: Yes.
Bob: What instrument do you play?
Sam: Winchester.

 

[metis]

My wife and our first date was when I took her to see "Dr. Zhivago" at a beautiful theater in Detroit, and this is the main tune, called "Lara's Theme".

BTW, I tricked her during intermission into going into the men's room lounge. I think this sorta set the theme for entire marriage of 54 years thus far.

 

[Revoltingest]

Great TV instrumental themes....

 

[Heyo]

Hi folks...

I started this thread about soundtracks only.
Meaning tunes without lyrics which were composed for a movie or for a TV show.

Be creative

One name comes to mind: Ennio Morricone.
No matter which film, it was always inventive and iconic.