Favorite Soundtracks

Conor Fynes’ recent review of Vangelis’ amazing Blade Runner soundtrack got me thinking of a great thread/discussion idea (though it's probably already been done): 

Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of Original Music Composed by A Single Composer

 My Ten:

1. Blade Runner - Vangelis

2. Thief - Tangerine Dream

3. Last Samurai - Hans Zimmer

4. Paris, Texas - Ry Kooder

5. Last Temptation of Christ – Peter Gabriel

6. Rabbit-Proof Fence--Peter Gabriel

7. Pi – Clint Mansell

8. The Fountain – Clint Mansell

9. Star Wars – John Williams

10. Rocky – Bill Conti

I'll add more as I think about it. But for now:

Blade Runner - I saw this in the movie theater at 14 (tells you how old I am). I was already a huge Floyd fan, and I was absolutely convinced that the music was by Floyd. When the credits rolled around and it said Vangelis (whom I had never heard of), I figured it was an alias. (I'm still surprised that others can't hear how Floydian the music is.) Spielberg's E.T. came out the same year; everyone in my family was in tears after the film but me. I hated it. (Don't tell my wife.) Blade Runner was the great sci-fi film of that year and any year, imo.

Diva - French film from 1981, scored by Vladimir Cosma. Some of it might be a bit cheesy, but I love even those. Great moody electronic music. Great film too.

Stalker - Another sci-fi film, this time by Tarkovsky, scored by Edward Artemiev. It's been ages since I've seen it, but some of the tracks really helped heighten the creepy mood. That scene when the protagonists are kind of sunk in the ground and the camera very slowly pans across a creek or river... Still freaks me out just thinking about it.

Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) - It's not prog, but what can I say, I have a soft spot for this film musical, LOL. Scored by Michel Legrand.

2001: A Space Odyssey - those Ligeti choral pieces are still frightening

Solaris - Not the Tarkovsky original, but the superior re-make (in my opinion) by Soderberg. Cliff Martinez's score is haunting.

L'ange - made by Patrick Bokanowski, scored by his wife, the composer Michèle Bokanowski. I'd be shocked if anyone else here has seen this. It's a classic avant-garde movie made in France in 1983. A bit hard to find as well, but well worth it if you like this sort of thing.

Vanilla Sky - The problem is that the official soundtrack doesn't contain many of the songs that appear in this movie. This American sci-fi film from 2001 (a remake of the Mexican film Open Your Eyes, which is usually considered to be better) featured many new pieces from albums that weren't new enough to be considered masterpieces yet: Radiohead's Everything In Its Right Place from Kid A (also from 2001) and I Might Be Wrong (from Amnesiac), Sigur Ros's Svefn-g-englar and Njosnavelin (at the time called The Nothing Song, and which wouldn't be released till 2002), REM's Sweetness Follows from Automatic for the People (also wouldn't be released till 2002), Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, and other electronic music that was quite uncommon for an American film: Leftfield's Afrika Shox, Chemical Brothers' Where Do I Begin, tracks by Thievery Corporation and Underworld...



Edited by jude111 - July 27 2013 at 14:10

The.Crimson.King wrote: I seem to recall the soundtrack to the old tom cruise movie Risky Business and that Tangerine Dream did some tracks on it

Anything by Ennio Morricone really....

Tron Legacy- Daft Punk

mongofa wrote: The Graduate - Simon and Garfunkel

Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti

The Omen by Jerry Goldsmith

Marc Streitenfield---THE GREY
VANGELIS--BLADERUNNER
Various Artists---2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
mark Edleman & Randy Bachman---THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Hans Zimmer--BLACK RAIN
* Elliot Goldenthal---ALIEN 3
Daft Punk--TRON LEGACY
Clint Mansell--REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Jerry Goldsmith--ALIENS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart---AMADEUS (obviously lol)
Wendy Carlos--score for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
    

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - July 28 2013 at 13:36