Greatest Soundtracks Of All Time

Pookie · 03.17.2007, 10:42 AM

http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/sto...035985,00.html

Tomorrow The Observer will reveal the top 50 film soundtracks of all time. What would be on your list?

The Observer's top 5 will be:

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Psycho
3. Star Wars
4. Pather Panchali
5. A Clockwork Orange

HECKLER SPRAY · 03.17.2007, 10:54 AM

Blade Runner too, but they 've forgotten Demonlover, Lost in Translation, Easy rider, Blues Brothers...

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:00 AM

I like the John Williams Star Wars prognostication and it's one of the best ever. For film scores, Williams cannot be beaten. Jaws will definitely be up there as well.
Bernard Hermann's Psycho is indeed worthy of high placement too.
His work for Taxi Driver, not so much...haha. Although, the scene where Travis watches American Bandstand for nearly the entirety of Jackson Browne's "Late For The Sky" is cinematic genius. Scorsese uses music better than anyone, although Lynch is the best sound technician/engineer. And, of course, Angelo Badalamenti is no slouch.
However, Peter Gabriel's Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ from another Scorsese movie is one you guys will forget because you don't know about it.
(No one was interested when I posted the alternate album some months back)
Then there's Scorsese's The Last Waltz which brings us to they oh so many concert movies with a soundtrack album: Woodstock, Monterrey Pop, Home of the Brave, Stop Making Sense, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Concert for Bangladesh, The Secret Policeman's Ball, it goes on & on...and The Wall is not my favorite Pink Floyd by any means, but it's a notable soundtrack for sure. I'm not sure if Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Doors, The Beatles, or Pink Floyd) was released as a theatrical film or not or if Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd has a corresponding soundtrack album or not.

Pookie · 03.17.2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY

Blade Runner too, but they 've forgotten Demonlover, Lost in Translation, Easy rider, Blues Brothers...

I'm sure at least some of those will be in the final 50. Blade Runner at least, and I'm sure at least one or two more Bernard Herrmann scores.

03.17.2007, 11:03 AM

most stuff by ennio morricone or john barry

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:09 AM

Vangelis will get nods for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire.

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:15 AM

One that deserves high praise is McCabe & Mrs. Miller directed by the late Robert Altman, and easily his best movie. In fact, it's the only movie he ever made I would even recommend.
Leonard Cohen songs play throughout the "revisionist Western."

What about Diana Ross covering Billie Holiday on Lady Sings the Blues? Her acting performance is out-of-this-world in the movie and the singing is a brave effort.

not indie enough for ya?

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:19 AM

Clint Eastwood's Bird is a masterpiece on film and record.

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:20 AM

Sid & Nancy is a good one, but as far as Alex Cox movies, Repo Man is one of the absolute best soundtracks. It should make top ten, but it won't.

The Pulp Fiction soundtrack is (still) popular.

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:24 AM

Still stumped?

What, no more mentions for soundtracks which Sonic Youth has a song on?

Well, that's a pity.

tsk

tsk

How 'bout The Harder They Come?

It's not a porno, by the way.

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:26 AM

oh, did I scare you away?

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:27 AM

I could go all day.

king_buzzo · 03.17.2007, 11:28 AM

blade runner
war of the worlds (old) no wait, silly me, thats an audio book. ah well
the good the bad and the ugly
pulp fiction - dick dale!!!

HECKLER SPRAY · 03.17.2007, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

Still stumped?

What, no more mentions for soundtracks which Sonic Youth has a song on?

Well, that's a pity.

tsk

tsk

How 'bout The Harder They Come?

It's not a porno, by the way.

You mean "Made in USA" ?
I never saw it, I just know there's Secret Girl in it.

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:34 AM

some Coen Bros., particularly

The Ladykillers
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Big Lebowski

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:35 AM

oh, I got one you'll actually like...
Howard Shore & Ornette Coleman's Naked Lunch. It's a good one.

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY

You mean "Made in USA" ?
I never saw it, I just know there's Secret Girl in it.

No, i was referring to the film that basically started independent cinema by making it popular enough to be considered economically viable.

Harder They Come Soundtrack

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:40 AM

& in that vein, I'll also make mention of David Lynch's Eraserhead.

HECKLER SPRAY · 03.17.2007, 11:42 AM

Bring out your dead by Martin Scorsese

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:42 AM

just for your comment that was deleted, pork-barrel-o-monkeys, I'll now reference a movie about the Jim Morrision guy you loathe.
It was Oliver Stone's juvenile little cash-in vanity project, yes, but it was also the very first exposure that most of you (I would estimate somewhere in the neighborhood of 78%) ever had to The Velvet Underground.

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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/sto...035985,00.html Tomorrow The Observer will reveal the top 50 film soundtracks of all time. What would be on your list? The Observer's top 5 will be: 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Psycho 3. Star Wars 4. Pather Panchali 5. A Clockwork Orange
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03.17.2007, 11:00 AM	#3
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	I like the John Williams Star Wars prognostication and it's one of the best ever. For film scores, Williams cannot be beaten. Jaws will definitely be up there as well. Bernard Hermann's Psycho is indeed worthy of high placement too. His work for Taxi Driver, not so much...haha. Although, the scene where Travis watches American Bandstand for nearly the entirety of Jackson Browne's "Late For The Sky" is cinematic genius. Scorsese uses music better than anyone, although Lynch is the best sound technician/engineer. And, of course, Angelo Badalamenti is no slouch. However, Peter Gabriel's Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ from another Scorsese movie is one you guys will forget because you don't know about it. (No one was interested when I posted the alternate album some months back) Then there's Scorsese's The Last Waltz which brings us to they oh so many concert movies with a soundtrack album: Woodstock, Monterrey Pop, Home of the Brave, Stop Making Sense, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Concert for Bangladesh, The Secret Policeman's Ball, it goes on & on...and The Wall is not my favorite Pink Floyd by any means, but it's a notable soundtrack for sure. I'm not sure if Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Doors, The Beatles, or Pink Floyd) was released as a theatrical film or not or if Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd has a corresponding soundtrack album or not.
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03.17.2007, 11:03 AM	#5
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	most stuff by ennio morricone or john barry
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03.17.2007, 11:09 AM	#6
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Vangelis will get nods for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire.
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03.17.2007, 11:15 AM	#7
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	One that deserves high praise is McCabe & Mrs. Miller directed by the late Robert Altman, and easily his best movie. In fact, it's the only movie he ever made I would even recommend. Leonard Cohen songs play throughout the "revisionist Western." What about Diana Ross covering Billie Holiday on Lady Sings the Blues? Her acting performance is out-of-this-world in the movie and the singing is a brave effort. not indie enough for ya?
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03.17.2007, 11:19 AM	#8
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Clint Eastwood's Bird is a masterpiece on film and record.
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03.17.2007, 11:20 AM	#9
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Sid & Nancy is a good one, but as far as Alex Cox movies, Repo Man is one of the absolute best soundtracks. It should make top ten, but it won't. The Pulp Fiction soundtrack is (still) popular.
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03.17.2007, 11:24 AM	#10
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Still stumped? What, no more mentions for soundtracks which Sonic Youth has a song on? Well, that's a pity. tsk tsk How 'bout The Harder They Come? It's not a porno, by the way.
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03.17.2007, 11:26 AM	#11
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	oh, did I scare you away?
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03.17.2007, 11:27 AM	#12
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	I could go all day.
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	blade runner war of the worlds (old) no wait, silly me, thats an audio book. ah well the good the bad and the ugly pulp fiction - dick dale!!!
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03.17.2007, 11:34 AM	#15
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	some Coen Bros., particularly The Ladykillers O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Big Lebowski
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	oh, I got one you'll actually like... Howard Shore & Ornette Coleman's Naked Lunch. It's a good one.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	& in that vein, I'll also make mention of David Lynch's Eraserhead.
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HECKLER SPRAY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Near Paris, France Posts: 3,762	Bring out your dead by Martin Scorsese __________________
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