What are the best motion picture scores?

[Beemerguy53]

There are many, many great movie soundtracks. Among my favorites, in no particular order...

* Battle of Britain
* Ed Cid
* Patton
* Quigley Down Under
* The Right Stuff
* The Magnificent Seven
* Where Eagles Dare
* Ben Hur
* Apollo 13
* Body Heat

 

[Rustyt1953]

Animated films:

1: Fantasia.

2: The Lion King.

3: Beauty and the Beast.

 

[Beemerguy53]

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.

Madeleine LeBeau, who sang La Marseillaise with tears in her eyes in that scene, was a French citizen who had fled the Nazis in 1940 with her Jewish husband (who played the croupier Emil in Casablanca)...her tears of pride, and her cry of "Vive La France!", were not merely acting...

 

[Bullzaye]

The first movie that came to my mind was The Magnificent Seven. Multiple people have mentioned that, so I guess I'm not alone in that thought.

The second movie that came to mind was Once Upon A Time In The West. And finally, there's Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandments. A very stirring soundtrack.

I hadn't thought of, but also agree with what a few others have said...Band of Brothers and Quigley Down Under. I also bought the album Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield...pretty amazing.

In my opinion, I don't count such movies as American Graffiti, The Big Chill, etc...these movies soundtracks are just popular music, not original scores created specially for that particular movie. Not in the same category, to my mind. Again...just my opinion.

 

[OLDSTER]

PLATOON-IMO great soundtrack, but disturbing in context of the movie.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Yankees over the Bears (sponsored by Chico's Bail Bonds - Let Freedom Ring) 7-6, in the Southern California Youth Baseball League Championship. Sadly, the loss prevented Morris Buttermaker from garnering Coach of the Year . . .

 

[Jessie]

I like the music from 'The Edge'

 

[johnt671]

Lord of the Rings score fit so well, and Apocalypse Now.

 

[Harrison]

Midnight Express and A Fistfull Of Dollars

 

[meaneyedcatz]

I vote DANCES WITH WOLVES

 

[ggibson511960]

As we have topic drift and mix up scores, soundtracks, and theme songs in this thread, I will throw in Easy Rider and Almost Famous. No, there is no score by a single composer in either of these, but Easy Rider broke new ground with hugely popular rock music by a variety of artists. The movie enshrined a couple of already very good numbers like Born to Be Wild and The Pusher in the high panoply of rock music. Almost Famous is hard to beat for a compendium of 80 late 20th century rock and roll, the very theme of the movie.

 

[88IROC]

Madeleine LeBeau, who sang La Marseillaise with tears in her eyes in that scene, was a French citizen who had fled the Nazis in 1940 with her Jewish husband (who played the croupier Emil in Casablanca)...her tears of pride, and her cry of "Vive La France!", were not merely acting...

Thanks bemmerguy53. That's great to know, makes my favorite movie even favoriter. Ya learn somethin' new everyday!

 

[Rustyt1953]

But for a few glaring exceptions I could happily listen to all the abovementioned scores/soundtracks.

Lots of good ear candy.

 

[Shooting Padre]

The movie r Zhivago.