Music of a non-musical motion picture?

[Naphtali]

Regarding ALL motion pictures between 1929 (the dawn of "talkies") through the turn of the millennium (December 31, 2000), what are the best or most enjoyable or most compelling music of a non-musical motion picture? You can rate them if you wish.

My best ones include:

- Tied for best "The Third Man" (Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard - 1948) and "Tom Jones" (Albert Finney and Susannah York - 1963). Interestingly, both movie's music is composed nearly entirely for two unusual single instruments, zither and harpsichord respectively.

- "Lawrence of Arabia" (Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness - 1962)

 

[Rustyt1953]

There are many but the score from The Last of the Mohicans is a masterpiece.

 

[The Preacher]

"The Holiday"

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I don't know if this is what you are looking for BUT:

The theme music from "The Cowboys"
and the sound track from "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead"

I've seen both movies dozens of times! And as a gag, my kids bought me the Babysitter sound track (on cassette). The music is much better than the movie!

Ivan

 

[sigp220.45]

The recurring theme of The Great Escape, and The Men of Harlech in Zulu.

 

[S42N8]

Psycho
2001: A Space Odyssey
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still

 

[UncleEd]

Too, too many to name:

Suspenseful?

Romantic?

Symphonic?

Epic?

Jazz?

Phrenetic?

Humorous?

And the very special
cateogory of Etc.?

 

[tt66]

The Good,the Bad and the Ugly

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo[/ame]

 

[WardenRoss]

Gladiator. Brilliant score.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The soundtracks from almost any Ken Burns documentary film.

 

[lihpster]

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Magnificent Seven
Forrest Gump
Quigley Down Under
Star Wars
Dazed and Confused
Ford V. Ferrari
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Live and Let Die

 

[WardenRoss]

One of my comfort movies (ie: a movie I can't help but watch, anytime it's on the TV) is The Martian. Love the way they blended in the disco.

And I don't particularly like disco. But it works in this setting.

 

[Toyman]

The Pink Panther movies

 

[Chuck24]

The Natural, the Untouchables and the original Psycho come to mind.

 

[Puller]

Without a doubt, East Bound and Down

 

[Faulkner]

Regarding ALL motion pictures between 1929 (the dawn of "talkies") through the turn of the millennium (December 31, 2000),

Some of you boys have an obvious aversion to following instructions.

 

[lihpster]

Some of you boys have an obvious aversion to following instructions.

Arrrrr! Damn be the rules! We be pirates!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Easy Rider.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Some of you boys have an obvious aversion to following instructions.

2000, 2001, whatever it takes.

 

[dave b]

The music from The Searchers is really good.