Greatest Soundtracks Of All Time - Page 3

atari 2600 · 03.17.2007, 11:14 PM

It's not all bad, it's mostly quite good, I suppose, but just because it carries the Hermann-brand doesn't mean it should make a top fifty. There's only fifty slots, Diesel, let's not split hairs here hehe. Although maybe it could be in the 40-50...I'd have to write it all out to be absolutely sure, but I think I am right with my ball-parking, to be honest.

The other scene with Travis watching the soap opera, .357 in hand, eventually nudging over the set with his foot, is a very good one too. De Niro probably improvised that one. His work with the Magnum is hypnotic. It ends slightly awkwardly though.

Gotta give it up to the earlier AB scene with the Browne song!

Of course, the ultimate Travis' apartment scene will always remain the genius improv "you talkin' to me?" in-the-mirror routine.

Norma J · 03.17.2007, 11:51 PM

The Proposition soundtrack is awesome.

krastian · 03.18.2007, 12:26 AM

Off the top of my head I'd say my top 5 would be:

1. The Shining
2. Clockwork
3. Halloween
4. Star Wars
5. Gremlins

In terms of Danny Elfman, I think he did a great job on Beetlejuice.

Norma J · 03.18.2007, 01:03 AM

Bought Beetlejuice on DVD a few months back. It's a great film.

atari 2600 · 03.18.2007, 01:13 AM

Norma J, Australia's own Bee Gees will no doubt make a strong showing with the V/A -Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The brothers Gibb also wrote the song (they wrote many big hits) "Grease" for Frankie Valli. Grease, another Travolta-driven vehicle) will also get mention on the Guardian's top 50.

My second grade school teacher, Wanda Mallette, (which first made art materials really available to me) wrote "Lookin' For Love in All the Wrong Places" for Johnny Paycheck for the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. More Travolta, sorry, my apologies.

krastian · 03.18.2007, 01:13 AM

One of my favorites ever (edit-Beetlejuice).....mainly because I grew up watching it. The animation/weird death crap was really cool and it was pretty freakin' funny too.

"Nice fucking model." *honk honk

My mom didn't like that part.

Norma J · 03.18.2007, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by krastian

One of my favorites ever (edit-Beetlejuice).....mainly because I grew up watching it. The animation/weird death crap was really cool and it was pretty freakin' funny too.

"Nice fucking model." *honk honk

My mom didn't like that part.

yeah I remember watching it when it came out when I was little. I loved it, then watched it for the first time since (I think since) the other month and loved it on a whole other level.

atari 2600 · 03.18.2007, 01:33 AM

on the cusp:

Do The Right Thing will get a spot. Perhaps Colors and Boyz 'n the Hood will too.

Repo Man definitely should, and I suppose, probably will.

Downtown 81 definitely should, and I suppose, probably won't.

Judgement Night, Suburbia, Pump Up the Volume, and Demonlover probably won't and probably shouldn't. Made in USA definitely is going to be nowhere on the radar.

Norma J · 03.18.2007, 01:41 AM

Boys N Da Hood is a classic. Don't know about the soundtrack but.

Pookie · 03.18.2007, 05:15 PM

The final 50:

1. The Wizard of Oz
Composer: Herbert Stothart. Songs by Harold Arlen / EY Harburg
(1939)
2. Psycho
Bernard Herrmann
(1959)
3. Star Wars
John Williams
(1977) 4. Pather Panchali
Ravi Shankar
(1955)
5. A Clockwork Orange
Wendy Carlos
(1971)
6. A Fistful Of Dollars
Ennio Morricone
(1964)
7. The Adventures of Robin Hood
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(1938)
8. Alexander Nevsky
Sergei Prokofiev
(1938)
9. Shaft
Isaac Hayes
(1971)
10. Lift To The Scaffold
Miles Davis
(1958)
11. Singin' In The Rain
Arthur Freed / Nacio Herb Brown
(1952)
12. Trainspotting
Compiler: Danny Boyle
(1996)
13. High Noon
Dimitri Tiomkin
(1952)
14. Blade Runner
Vangelis
(1982)
15. 2001
Compiler: Stanley Kubrick
(1968)

16. American Graffiti
Compiler: George Lucas
(1973)
17. American Beauty
Thomas Newman
(1999)
18. Fire Walk With Me
Angelo Badalamenti
(1992)19. Paris, Texas
Ry Cooder
(1984)
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Sevice
John Barry
(1969)

21. Dougal and the Blue Cat
Narrator: Eric Thompson
(1972)
22. Gone With The Wind
Max Steiner
(1939)
23. The Godfather
Nino Rota
(1972)
24. West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein
(1957)
25. Slade In Flame
Songs by Slade
(1974)
26. The Third Man
Anton Karas, (1949)
27. The Graduate
Simon and Garfunkel (1968)
28. The Pink Panther
Henry Mancini (1963)
29. Toy Story
Randy Newman (1995)
30. Round Midnight
Herbie Hancock (1986)
31. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
The Rza (1999)
32. Trouble Man
Marvin Gaye (1972)
33. Rosemary's Baby
Krzysztof Komeda (1968)
34. Head
The Monkees (1968)
35. Alfie
Sonny Rollins (1966)
36. The Italian Job
Quincy Jones (1969)
37. Once Upon A TIme In America
Ennio Morricone (1984)
38. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nitzsche (1975)
39. North By North West
Bernard Herrmann (1959)
40. Crooklyn
Various (1994)
41. Deliverance
Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel (1972)
42. Don't Look Now
Pino Donaggio (1973)
43. Casablanca
Max Steiner and Hugo W Friedhofer (1942)
44. On The Waterfront
Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim (1954)
45. Reservoir Dogs
Various (1992)
46. The Magnificent Seven
Elmer Bernstein (1960)
47. Snow Falling On Cedars
James Newton Howard (1999)
48. The Wicker Man
Paul Giovanni (1973)
49. Dirty Harry
Lalo Schifrin (1971) 50. The Devil In Miss Jones
Alden Shuman, (1973)

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/s...032992,00.html

03.18.2007, 05:18 PM

What? No Wickerman?

atari 2600 · 03.18.2007, 05:53 PM

They covered most of the required bases, but it's a shoddy list.

Pookie · 03.18.2007, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

What? No Wickerman?

Number 48.

03.18.2007, 06:32 PM

Oh i hadn't seen that, ignore my post.I would have ranked it a little higher than, say,American Beauty, though.Nevermind.

ScreamingSchool · 03.18.2007, 07:29 PM

Velvet Goldmine.

Pookie · 03.18.2007, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Oh i hadn't seen that, ignore my post.I would have ranked it a little higher than, say,American Beauty, though.Nevermind.

It would have been higher on my list.

There's certainly no huge surprises, as is almost always the way with these kinds of lists. I think we've all come up with better/more original suggestions

sun city girl · 03.19.2007, 05:19 AM

the wicker man should have been number one since it's the best ever!

Brett Robinson · 03.19.2007, 11:36 AM

SWANS - Soundtracks for the Blind

Psycho is a pretty close second. And I have a soft spot in my heart for the Suburbia soundtrack.

Onani Nic · 03.19.2007, 07:04 PM

Where's the Spinal Track soundtrack?

I haven't really heard many soundtracks but I also like Curtis Mayfield's Superfly and The Harder They Come.

Druzhba · 03.19.2007, 11:51 PM

Natural Born Killers

&

Cherish

03.17.2007, 11:14 PM	#41
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	It's not all bad, it's mostly quite good, I suppose, but just because it carries the Hermann-brand doesn't mean it should make a top fifty. There's only fifty slots, Diesel, let's not split hairs here hehe. Although maybe it could be in the 40-50...I'd have to write it all out to be absolutely sure, but I think I am right with my ball-parking, to be honest. The other scene with Travis watching the soap opera, .357 in hand, eventually nudging over the set with his foot, is a very good one too. De Niro probably improvised that one. His work with the Magnum is hypnotic. It ends slightly awkwardly though. Gotta give it up to the earlier AB scene with the Browne song! Of course, the ultimate Travis' apartment scene will always remain the genius improv "you talkin' to me?" in-the-mirror routine.
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03.17.2007, 11:51 PM	#42
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	The Proposition soundtrack is awesome. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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03.18.2007, 12:26 AM	#43
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Off the top of my head I'd say my top 5 would be: 1. The Shining 2. Clockwork 3. Halloween 4. Star Wars 5. Gremlins In terms of Danny Elfman, I think he did a great job on Beetlejuice. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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03.18.2007, 01:03 AM	#44
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Bought Beetlejuice on DVD a few months back. It's a great film. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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03.18.2007, 01:13 AM	#45
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Norma J, Australia's own Bee Gees will no doubt make a strong showing with the V/A -Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The brothers Gibb also wrote the song (they wrote many big hits) "Grease" for Frankie Valli. Grease, another Travolta-driven vehicle) will also get mention on the Guardian's top 50. My second grade school teacher, Wanda Mallette, (which first made art materials really available to me) wrote "Lookin' For Love in All the Wrong Places" for Johnny Paycheck for the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. More Travolta, sorry, my apologies.
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03.18.2007, 01:33 AM	#48
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	on the cusp: Do The Right Thing will get a spot. Perhaps Colors and Boyz 'n the Hood will too. Repo Man definitely should, and I suppose, probably will. Downtown 81 definitely should, and I suppose, probably won't. Judgement Night, Suburbia, Pump Up the Volume, and Demonlover probably won't and probably shouldn't. Made in USA definitely is going to be nowhere on the radar.
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03.18.2007, 01:41 AM	#49
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Boys N Da Hood is a classic. Don't know about the soundtrack but. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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03.18.2007, 05:15 PM	#50
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	The final 50: 1. The Wizard of Oz Composer: Herbert Stothart. Songs by Harold Arlen / EY Harburg (1939) 2. Psycho Bernard Herrmann (1959) 3. Star Wars John Williams (1977) 4. Pather Panchali Ravi Shankar (1955) 5. A Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos (1971) 6. A Fistful Of Dollars Ennio Morricone (1964) 7. The Adventures of Robin Hood Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938) 8. Alexander Nevsky Sergei Prokofiev (1938) 9. Shaft Isaac Hayes (1971) 10. Lift To The Scaffold Miles Davis (1958) 11. Singin' In The Rain Arthur Freed / Nacio Herb Brown (1952) 12. Trainspotting Compiler: Danny Boyle (1996) 13. High Noon Dimitri Tiomkin (1952) 14. Blade Runner Vangelis (1982) 15. 2001 Compiler: Stanley Kubrick (1968) 16. American Graffiti Compiler: George Lucas (1973) 17. American Beauty Thomas Newman (1999) 18. Fire Walk With Me Angelo Badalamenti (1992)19. Paris, Texas Ry Cooder (1984) 20. On Her Majesty's Secret Sevice John Barry (1969) 21. Dougal and the Blue Cat Narrator: Eric Thompson (1972) 22. Gone With The Wind Max Steiner (1939) 23. The Godfather Nino Rota (1972) 24. West Side Story Leonard Bernstein (1957) 25. Slade In Flame Songs by Slade (1974) 26. The Third Man Anton Karas, (1949) 27. The Graduate Simon and Garfunkel (1968) 28. The Pink Panther Henry Mancini (1963) 29. Toy Story Randy Newman (1995) 30. Round Midnight Herbie Hancock (1986) 31. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai The Rza (1999) 32. Trouble Man Marvin Gaye (1972) 33. Rosemary's Baby Krzysztof Komeda (1968) 34. Head The Monkees (1968) 35. Alfie Sonny Rollins (1966) 36. The Italian Job Quincy Jones (1969) 37. Once Upon A TIme In America Ennio Morricone (1984) 38. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nitzsche (1975) 39. North By North West Bernard Herrmann (1959) 40. Crooklyn Various (1994) 41. Deliverance Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel (1972) 42. Don't Look Now Pino Donaggio (1973) 43. Casablanca Max Steiner and Hugo W Friedhofer (1942) 44. On The Waterfront Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim (1954) 45. Reservoir Dogs Various (1992) 46. The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein (1960) 47. Snow Falling On Cedars James Newton Howard (1999) 48. The Wicker Man Paul Giovanni (1973) 49. Dirty Harry Lalo Schifrin (1971) 50. The Devil In Miss Jones Alden Shuman, (1973) http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/s...032992,00.html
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03.18.2007, 05:18 PM	#51
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	What? No Wickerman?
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03.18.2007, 05:53 PM	#52
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	They covered most of the required bases, but it's a shoddy list.
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03.18.2007, 06:32 PM	#54
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Oh i hadn't seen that, ignore my post.I would have ranked it a little higher than, say,American Beauty, though.Nevermind.
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03.18.2007, 07:29 PM	#55
ScreamingSchool little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 48	Velvet Goldmine.
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03.19.2007, 05:19 AM	#57
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	the wicker man should have been number one since it's the best ever!
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03.19.2007, 11:36 AM	#58
Brett Robinson bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: easthampton Posts: 206	SWANS - Soundtracks for the Blind Psycho is a pretty close second. And I have a soft spot in my heart for the Suburbia soundtrack. __________________ "Sonic Youth is just Phil Collins with 80,000 effects pedals" -Slippyboy
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03.19.2007, 07:04 PM	#59
Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	Where's the Spinal Track soundtrack? I haven't really heard many soundtracks but I also like Curtis Mayfield's Superfly and The Harder They Come. __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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03.19.2007, 11:51 PM	#60
Druzhba empty page Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mexico City Posts: 12	Natural Born Killers & Cherish __________________ 'You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.' Dr.Who
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