Outstading movie music, not themes

[DWalt]

Breakfast at Tiffany's
MOON RIVER
Pink Panther
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
Laura
St Louis Blues from WC Handy movie

Every movie and TV score (Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky, to name a couple) that Henry Mancini did (which was a huge number) was good. As I mentioned earlier, Laura's score was the product of David Raksin, and probably the best recognized of his film works. I think later he became a professor of music at UCLA.

 

[ContinentalOp]

And then there's this one. One of my favorite movies, and scenes. Love the music. Very 80s. It also happens to be one of my ringtones.

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Fun fact: The music wasn't finished when they filmed this scene, so they walked to Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" playing on loudspeakers because it had the same tempo.

 

[Justin T]

The Right Stuff had an excellent soundtrack.

 

[Ogandydancer]

This goes back many years but the music from the Movie Exodus can never be forgotten.

 

[S42N8]

+1 on Bernard Herrmann. Hitchcock films are just not the same without his work. Case in point: the Psycho shower scene was not supposed to be scored, but Herrmann wrote the cues anyway. After Hitchcock heard the theme (“The Murder”), he added it — and doubled Herrmann’s $34,000 fee. Seriously long read, but a lot of insight at: http://www.bernardherrmann.org/lega..._theme/transformation_of_the_psycho_theme.pdf

 

[Cellar Hound]

One of my favorite movie soundtracks comes from “The Big Chill”....

 

[ggibson511960]

True Grit

Carter Burrell’s work for the Coen brothers. “Fargo” and “Miller’s Crossing” stand out for me.

Carter Burwell should have won an Oscar for his soundtrack for True Grit. The Screen Actors Guild idiots disqualified it because it was composed of old Gospel hymns set to rich orchestration. It is one of my favorite soundtracks with old gospel favorites like "Leaning" and "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand", both of which are deeply imbedded in the True Grit geographical setting. Jeff Bridges was denied an Oscar for his electrifying performance of Rooster Cogburn, way more authentic to the Charles Portis novel than John Wayne's, though Wayne's star turn is epic. The same year SAG ignored Burwell and Bridges they gave pedophile Michael Jackson a special tribute at the Academy Awards ceremony, even though Jackson never made a movie. They also ignored and snubbed recently deceased Farrah Fawcett who made a few great movies. I don't watch Hollywood stuff much anymore, save the truly creative independent filmmakers, blissfully free of politics.

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[meaneyedcatz]

I really enjoy the entire soundtrack of dances with wolves.

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[fordson]

“Witness” - Building the Barn

witness movie music - Bing video

 

[loknload]

Always liked the sound track music from the Star Trek films!

 

[Jeff423]

Lawrence of Arabia

 

[wood714]

The movie Almost Famous comes to mind when I think of the best sound tracks.

Whoops!

 

[timjake]

Last of the Mohicans - the entire soundtrack is great
Gettysburg

And, if in that kind of mood - Somewhere in Time

 

[Frank46]

Doctor Zivago (spelling?) had an excellent sound track,Streets of fire, Ten Commandments by Cecil De Mill and one of my spagetti westerns the good,The bad and The ugly. Frank

 

[Ray]

The Bridges at To-Ko-Ri has a beautiful score, can´t remember now the composer, and Guns of Navarone, Hatari , The Enemy Below and , and - the list is endless.
Regards, Ray

 

[andy52]

The hobbit. I see fire.
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[Cdog]

Paint Your Wagon comes to mind.

Maybe not in the way the O P has in mind, but anything with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood singing is quite "outstanding."

 

[Simson-Suhl]

Saint Elmo's Fire main theme, Just For A Moment.

 

[Ogandydancer]

The Bridges at To-Ko-Ri has a beautiful score, can´t remember now the composer, and Guns of Navarone, Hatari , The Enemy Below and , and - the list is endless.
Regards, Ray

Never really paid any attention to the music in The Guns Of Navarone. I have it on DVR gonna have to watch it again and pay particular attention.

 

[Puller]

I've always been fond of Burning Bridges

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