Favorite Movie Soundtracks

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I don't know if it's been posted before so forgive this evilgirlie if it has been...
What are your top five movie soundtracks?

The Wall
Purple Rain
Devils Rejects
Empire Records
Moulin Rouge
 

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Goodfellas
Casino
The Departed
Almost Famous
Boogie Nights
Blues Brothers
Snatch
American Beauty
Pulp Fiction
Fast Times At Ridgemont High


that is off the top of my head...
 
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings
Da Vinci Code
Master and Commander
Charlotte Gray
 

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Haha! And here are a few of my answers!:

I'm not sure it's the best, and not all of it is classical; orchestral, yes, but not classical. The big guns who will be considered classical from the 20th century will be names like Copland, Glass, and Cage. Even then, strictly speaking, they're not classical composers.

Movies frequently give us the best opportunity to hear orchestral music however that particular genre is called, program music; music made to fit into a story being told. There are, and have been since movies began, some outstanding pieces of orchestral program music and even some non-orchestral, such as the entirely electronic score by Louis and Bebe Barron for the classic masterpiece, Forbidden Planet, made in 1956! Yes, before the transistor! It's a brilliant soundtrack that set the standard for eerie space music for decades to come.

However, give one of the greatest film scoring composers an electric violin, an electric bass, 2 theremins (treble & bass), test oscillators, vibraphone, 4 pianos, 4 harps & approximately 30 brass instruments, and you actually get an orchestral score that doesn't sound orchestral in the slightest! That's what the genius of Bernard Herrmann gave us in The Day the Earth Stood Still. It is so enduring you even heard a few bars of it during the Oscars last night.

I adore film soundtracks precisely because they add so much unspoken emotion to films. Even what many consider to be the greatest film of all time, The Passion of Joan of Arc, originally made without a soundtrack at the end of the silent era, is better with a score (done by Richard Einhorn). Take 2 and a half minutes to listen to this. It's extraordinary.
No single favorite [when I wrote this list] but...

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
by Bernard Herrmann

How The West Was Won by Alfred Newman

The Lord of the Rings by Howard Shore

Edward Scissorhands by Danny Elfman

Forbidden Planet by Louis and Bebe Barron

Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre

Gone With the Wind
by Max Steiner

Star Wars by John Williams

Goldfinger by John Barry

The Heiress by Aaron Copland

The Omen by Jerry Goldsmith

Psycho!
by Bernard Herrman
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by Bernard Herrmann

I can't listen to this without just losing it. Exceptionally powerful and beautiful accompaniment to a wonderful film. It's the very definition of haunting. Considered one of the finest scores ever put to film and the masterpiece of a brilliant composer. The clip is 5 minutes. See if it isn't worth it.
 
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Jase - I agree with Lawrence of Arabia. The sweeping soundtrack and amazing scenery is just brilliant.

Also love Third Man soundtrack played on the zither.

This is my favourite soundtrak tune tho: Chevaliers de Sangreal (Hans Zimmer) from Da Vinci.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5FyRZbqfeM
 
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For all the Moulin Rouge fans- which do you prefer, the first or second sound track?
 

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Chariots of Fire
Star Wars: A New Hope (original movie)
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
Forrest Gump
North By Northwest
Gone With The Wind: Opening credits and "Tara's Theme"