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Aw, c'mon. It has to be "Misirlou" in Pulp Fiction. It's too perfect and one of the most famous opening title tracks ever. I even actually liked what the Black Eyed Peas did with it.
As for soundtrack in a film, Garden State's soundtrack is amazing... as is Kill Bills. I own them both on CD.
Friday Night Lights - Explosions in the Sky is a band to watch. They capture Texas high school Football like no other film score. Amazing. Look out for them.
Fast and the Furious - What can I say I like techno and hip hop.
Mortal Kombat Theme Song - Nothing more needs to be said.
Domino's opening credit theme sequence was pretty awesome.
Girlfight's theme song was pretty cool. As was Havoc's.
I'm a sucker for opening sequences. I like when filmmakers actually have a credit sequence at the beginning. That seems to be forgotten nowadays. Usually all that is shown today is the production studio, A (insert director's name here) film, and the title. I kind of hate that too, because director's are that big headed as to call a whole film their own, considering hundreds upon hundreds of people are required to make a film, let alone the writer who actually came up with the STORY. If it's anyone's film it should be the producers. They are the ones that go up on Oscar Night. Not the director.
But usually the music that accompanies a credit sequence is awesome. I love how music and the credits always match up with the background.
And for video games, nothing beats Final Fantasy or Metal Gear Solid. Both awesome soundtracks that can stand alone by themselves. God of War surprised me as well. Very good "Gladiator-esque" Roman score.
I think the Psycho score is amazing, especially the opening theme.
the forest Gump soundtrack I like.
The Pulp fiction opening theme.
Mr. Blonde torturing the cop to "Stuck in the Middle with you"
...that's all I could really think of right now.
"Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd" - George Carlin "I have to sign before you shoot me?" - Navin Johnson "It'll take time to restore chaos" - George W. Bush "Harry, I love you!" - Ben Affleck "What are you looking at, sugar t*ts?" - The man without a face "Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." - Exodus 31:15 "No one ever expects The Spanish Inquisition!" - The Spanish Inquisition "Matt Damon" - Matt Damon
I'll just throw some out I've been hooked on lately, No Escape - Graeme Revell The Incredibles - Michael Giachinno Spirited Away - Joe Hisaishi PSO III (Let the Winds Blow)
Goodfellas. Unfortunately the soundtrack on the CD is not the same as the movie. The CD just has all the classical tunes, but none of the pop or rock songs that were in the movie. Pulp Fiction had a pretty good soundtrack too.
Apocalypse Now: The use of "The End" by The Doors is appropriate. This is my favourite example of a song used in a movie. They've got some other great tracks in there as well, like "Satisfaction" and "Ride of the Valkeries". Plus that really trippy score that Coppola and his father wrote struck the perfect chord, created the perfect mood for the film.
The Exorcist: The use of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" was incredible. Is there a more fitting piece of music?
The Silence of the Lambs: Howard Shore's score is just incredible. Never playing the scares, always playing the emotions. It's a wonderful soundtrack.
Aliens: One of the best scores ever written for a film. Good old James Horner. The music in the climax is so thrilling and so pulse-pounding you just wanna rip your hair it. It's fantastic. He and Cameron would do Titanic together, another brilliant soundtrack and they're doing Avatar was well.
And finally
Jaws: I had to say it, the score is so great. The main theme (like so many of John Williams' other works) will go down in history as one of the most memorable of any movie. Plus there's that great drinking song. I have only a few major things I want to accomplish in my life time before I die, and singing that song while I'm blind drunk is one of them. Of course, anytime I'm blind drunk I've forgotten all about wanting to sing it while drunk, so I always have to wait till next time, where I forget all over again. But one day.... one day....
There are so many others as well. I wanna mention Boogie Nights for using my favourite song of all time ("It's A Living Thing by ELO). 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Schindler's List and Edward Scissorhands all had great soundtracks as well. Wow. I've said way too much in this post.
The Nekromantik soundtrack. The score is hauntingly beautiful yet gripping and unnerving. It's so good, it makes the images onscreen even more disturbing than they already are and considering what the story's about, that's saying a lot.
these are the favorite ones of mine... James Newton Howard's Signs (especially The Hand of Fate - both parts) and The Village... both are really great... John Williams's Sleepers Philippe Sarde's Lord of the Flies (I mean the 1990 version... the parts with the choirs are awesome) James Horner's Chumscrubber(especially Digging the Montage) Elliot Goldenthal's Titus and Pet Sematary (I love the music on the very beginning of the film, that child voice singing "la la la"... it's sounds so ominous)
Singles The Devil's Rejects (I have a whole new respect for Freebird -- and I NEVER liked that song!) Empire Music The Lost Boys O Brother, Where Art Thou? Six String Samurai The Graduate
All I can think of at the moment.
Musical Scores:
Predator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Beetlejuice Star Wars Halloween Once Upon a Time in the West
'You're so cool' by Hans Zimmer that opens True Romance.
Hans Zimmer's track is a re-working of the theme to Badlands by Carl Orff but I much prefer Zimmer's version, it is a wonderful opening to a movie as I have ever seen (apart from maybe Magnolia).
And speaking of Magnolia what about Aimee Mann's 'Save me' as sung by the characters during the movie - how cool is that?
It almost sounds like The Thing's main theme. By far, the best score music in the entire franchise next to Carpenter's main theme. Sadly, this music only played in the unreleased P-Cut version of the film.
I thought Alan Howarth deserved at least SOME recognition for his work! He did a good job and it's a shame his score went to waste.
Another one of my favourite soundtracks is Lalo Schifrin's score from Dirty Harry. Both the soundtrack and the cinematography took what could have been a fairly standard cop movie to the next level.
I'll just throw some out I've been hooked on lately, No Escape - Graeme Revell The Incredibles - Michael Giachinno Spirited Away - Joe Hisaishi PSO III (Let the Winds Blow)
I agree with you. It's so hard because there are so many good ones.
I'll just put forward these because they came to me, but I'm in love with everything; so I'm a poor judge.
Jesus Christ Superstar Grease Shrek The Grinch Does "Cats" count? That's theatre I guess, but I LOVE CATS!!!!
Right now I'm thinking:
The Way We Were
Because I'm hooked on Mem and thus:
I love her and I'm glad I remembered to bring her up now in this thread.
I'd like to throw the Iron Man 2 soundtrack out there. It's pretty much the closest thing to a "Best of" AC/DC compilation.
1. Shoot to Thrill 2. Rock N Roll Damnation 3. Guns for Hire 4. Cold Hearted Man 5. Back in Black 6. Thunderstruck 7. If You Want Blood (You've Got It) 8. Evil Walks 9. TNT 10. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be 11. Have a Drink on Me 12. The Razors Edge (why doesn't "razors" have an apostrophe?) 13. Let There Be Rock 14. War Machine 15. Highway to Hell
I'm gonna say Bruce Springsteen's 'The Wrestler' from the film of the same name. Admittedly it plays over the credits, but it's an amazing song.
Contrary to popular opinion, I really liked the scene at the end of 'In The Valley Of Elah' in which (SPOILERS) a song plays as Tommy Lee Jones raises a tattered American flag upside down outside a town building. I thought the whole scene was very powerful and the music augmented it beautifully.
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat" - Lily Tomlin
Hey Colkurtz, 2 amazing choices you have there. Loved "There Will Be Blood", and also a fan of "The Assassination of Jesse James", but I had no clue that Nick cave did the score for it. I recently finished the "Death Of Bunny Monroe" and was floored by Cave's talent as a writer. Definitely two good picks you pointed out, Nate
Hey Colkurtz, 2 amazing choices you have there. Loved "There Will Be Blood", and also a fan of "The Assassination of Jesse James", but I had no clue that Nick cave did the score for it. I recently finished the "Death Of Bunny Monroe" and was floored by Cave's talent as a writer. Definitely two good picks you pointed out, Nate
I concur. However, on my way to Long Term Parking before Denmark I am playing Neil Young's soundtrack for Jamurch's and Depp's Dead Man.
As nobody says, I'm a ...fucking stupid white man.
Yup, Cave is a gent of the highest order; musician, novelist, screenwriter & occasional actor. It must be noted too that Bad Seeds co-member Warren Ellis collaborated with him for the soundtracks to The Proposition, Jesse James & The Road.
I haven't read his two novels, they're on the list though. I've heard great things about Munroe.
I've not seen Dead Man in many a moonshine, must rectify that but I know Neil Young rarely steers me wrong.
A few of my favorite single tracks from film scores are:
Journey to the Line - The Thin Red Line J.D. Dies - Public Enemies Dream Within A Dream - Inception Billy's Theme - The Departed Kick Ass - Ghosts of Mars Man Against Beast - Jaws Angela Undress - American Beauty In A Heartbeat - 28 Weeks Later Bishop's Countdown - Aliens The Strength of the Righteous - The Untouchables Charging Fort Wagner - Glory
Rob
"Why don't we just...wait here for a little while...see what happens?"
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