What are the best motion picture scores?

[rwsmith]

Some already mentioned are great...

..and I'll try not to repeat. I'd stay away from movies where the music itself was the theme, except for:

AMADEUS.........How can you beat THAT?

Fargo

Clockwork Orange

Top Gun

The Wizard of Oz

The Last Emperor

Macbeth (The Third Ear Band puts a really eerie touch on this)

The Godfather

 

[rockquarry]

A movie very few saw (or liked), "The Hired Hand"- Bruce Langhorne

I found that forty minutes waiting for it to get good was a wasted forty minutes, and I like Warren Oates. Many of his movies are worth watching. Peter Fonda has been in far more duds than good films.

 

[wood714]

And at least for honorable mention:

The theme for the original "Halloween" (1978). Still creeps me out.

John Carpenter, who wrote and directed the film, had no budget to hire a composer or an orchestra. So he rented a studio with some synthesizers for a few days and sat down to come up with the minimalist score himself.

Next to the "Jaws" theme, it became the most famous and recognizable scary theme in American film history.

The Exorcist was pretty good too. The original Halloween is my daughters all time favorite movie.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj83ugShbic[/ame]

 

[lkabug]

And then we have Around the World in 80 Days. By Victor young, who died just weeks after the movie was released in 1956.

 

[ron 57]

Always liked the theme from "Hoosiers". It seemed to match that timeframe of small town Indiana. But I admit, I'm biased.

 

[Catwrangler]

Exodus- FILM ADAPTATION OF LEON URIS' BOOK. Dated but a good full music theme.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I have seen Hired Hand 2-3 times.
The story line does move slow.
I probably like it because it was filmed here and I recognize a lot of the scenery.
Like Cabazon Peak. A big lava outcropping - volcano plug - also known as the Devils Head.

 

[Fishslayer]

I liked "O Brother Where Art Thou." "American Graffiti" was good. Just about any movie about Viet Nam.

The Exorcist was pretty good too.

Oh yeah! I went out & bought the Tubular Bells album.

A different take, adding drums.

 

[Muss Muggins]

4-4 draw. Allied POW's vs. the German National Team in Escape to Victory . . .

 

[kozmic]

As stated..."The Big Chill"
also..."The Commitments", "Good Morning Viet Nam" and "The Deer Hunter". All classic rock hits and covers

 

[88IROC]

Casablanca. Dooley Wilson's "As Time Goes By" is a classic but the singing of "Die Wacht am Rhein" by the German officers being absolutely crushed by the singing of "La Marseillaise" by the bar patrons and staff is one of the most stirring scenes in film history, IMHO.

 

[sabashimon]

That's tough to pick one.....hmmmm, how about the Pink Panther.
Definitely one of my favorites, possibly because I'm a jazz guy.
I'd have to throw in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly as well.

 

[Chino74]

Well I think we can agree there are a whole LOT of greatest sound tracks! Maybe we should narrow it down to the top 100., any less just won't do. Someone mentioned 'A Touch of Evil' I'll second that one.

 

[Fishslayer]

Definitely one of my favorites, possibly because I'm a jazz guy.

Do the Peanuts shows count?

 

[JohnRippert]

"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", a Ennio Morricone masterpiece.

 

[Golddollar]

As stated..."The Big Chill"
also..."The Commitments", "Good Morning Viet Nam" and "The Deer Hunter". All classic rock hits and covers

I just sent away for the DVD of "The Commitments."

 

[sheepdawg]

Viva Las Vegas, Elvis scores with Ann Margret.

 

[rwsmith]

I didn't care for........

The 'Dirty Dancing' movie, but I really liked the soundtrack.

 

[Ματθιας]

The Crow
Singles (1992)
Black Hawk Down
Easy Rider

 

[BC38]

I've always been really partial to the sound track from the animated movie Heavy Metal myself.