best movie soundtracks

[Dana Scully]

oh god incoming youtube spam

Sucker Punch has a fantastic soundtrack.

Some Moon fgj:

And Definitely Maybe. Really everything ever composed by Clint Mansell:

I know Hanna and more specifically Hanna's Theme has already been mentioned but to stress how awesome the soundtrack truly is:

Some Sherlock Holmes:

Harry Potter:

And one of my all-time favourites, Little Miss Sunshine:

 

[Hisako]

He said...death was his father's road to awe.

Tron's soundtrack was pretty amazing as well.

Recogniser was my favorite track, tbqh.

Now I know people tend to gush over John Williams' work an awful lot, but there's a reason for it

He's pure musical talent

On the other end of the spectrum here's a guy who can compose, direct and edit all by his lonesome (which is pretty fuckin' good talent if you ask me)

There's something special about The Spirit soundtrack. It has pretty wistful harmonica and oboe sounds along with that sweeping feeling that David Newman typically brings to his composition. The soundtrack complements the sheer absurdity in the movie very, very nicely, and backs up grand sequences very well too.

EDIT: I know a lot of you consider The Spirit to be a terrible movie, but fuck yall I enjoyed the hell out of it because it was so batshit insane XD

 

[CK]

+respect for MBV.

The movie was alright I guess but I fucking love Explosions in the Sky.

 

[looneymoon]

considering what day it is today...

Spoiler: May the fourth be with you

 

[Kikyou]

Was all I could find of this soundtrack on youtube. This movie needs more love.

 

[Zee]

 

[Hisako]

considering what day it is today...

Spoiler: May the fourth be with you

On that subject, I remember listening to Revenge of the Sith's opening when my bro bought the soundtrack and when I heard it for the very first time I got shivers down my spine by the shit getting real as soon as the opening crawl music ended

 

[Cthulhu]

The Fountain's ENTIRE soundtrack. Absolutely nothing else comes close to it.

+1

That entire film is severely underrated.

+2, although I'd more call it 'unknown' than 'underrated'. Or 'dividing critics', considering the metacritic score evens out at 50, with scores ranging from a full 100 to just 20.

Still. I like it. Cry moar, critics.

Spoiler

Jackman does,

 

[Ite]

The opening sequence of Revenge of the Sith almost singlehandedly redeemed the prequels. Almost.

 

[Marle]

HOW?! How was this forgotten?!

Anything and everything out of all three of these movies is absolutely amazing. Bar none.

 

[Mariketsu]

My 3 favorite tracks from Transformers: Revenge Of the Fallen movie -

OMG, this track from the OST made me cry soooo much ;_;
Infinite White ~ Steve Jablonsky

This one is just beautiful too and my second favorite after the above track.
Matrix Of Leadership ~ Steve Jablonsky

And my 3rd favorite, which I love because of the sense of foreboding mystery.
Einstein's Wrong ~ Steve Jablonsky

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And 3 more favorite tracks from Transformers (the first movie)

My top favorite off of the first movie OST, which was just amazing as fuck.
Arrival To Earth ~ Steve Jablonsky

My second favorite, which fits Optimus incredibly well and has this ages old/wise man feel to it.
Optimus ~ Steve Jablonsky

My last favorite, which encompasses the Autobots nicely n.n
Autobots ~ Steve Jablonsky

~ Raz

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Any music from this series is good.

I love this soundtrack. It got stuck in my head.

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

 

[Mariketsu]

I love this one!!!

~ Raz

 

[Hisako]

Tenmon is good at this sort of emotional shit

I'm going to have to use this somewhere

 

[Ghost X]

Not in any particular order: "Highway to the Danger Zone! I'll take you right in to the Danger Zone!" Ah, back in the 80s. I remember songs from the Top Gun's OST being played all the time when I was a kid. Saturday Night Fever's OST is made almost of Beegee's songs, which is not a bad thing. When has an OST from a film had such an impact on the music industry since? Not that popularity means anything, when it comes to one's personal tastes. I certainly dislike Top Gun's OST now.

 

[Unlucky]

I can't believe nobody posted this yet:

"Now We are Free" - Hans Zimmer, Gladiator

Hans Zimmer is a god. Another from him that literally drove me to tears:

Also this cult movie from the 70's, Vampyros Lesbos (yep, that's right, Lesbian Vampires ) has one of the best soundtracks ever:

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

Anything by John Williams.

 

[Danseru-kun]

Lord of the Rings. Whenever I listed to the tracks it feels like I'm inside the movie :>

Here are my personal favorites:

Bridge of Khazad Dum
-This is just suspenseful and the chanting men with drums is awesome. Combined with the scene this music is just so perfect.

Breaking of the Fellowship - so beautiful and gives me friendship feels

Samwise the Brave - made the Hobbit's theme sound epic, and this sounds touching

King of the Golden Hall (Rohan's theme in general) - it's just majestic and beautiful and some of the parts is fitting to Eowyn- a heroic lady.

Evenstar- It feels just like sadness in the passing of time, Arwen's fate basically.

Into the West - perfect ending music, beautiful lyrics. The song was actually inspired by a real person, a 17 year old filmmaker who has cancer. Jack allowed him to be on the set, meet the actors and even lend their equipment to him. I think he died before the films were finished.

 

[Interslicery]

Collateral has a fantastic soundtrack.

Spoiler: Shadow on the Sun

Spoiler: Hands of Time

Spoiler: Rollin' Crumblin'

And of course:

Spoiler: Ready Steady Go (Korean Style)

 

[laurence]

The sounds from the Stanley Kubrick films which make an eerie addition to the already mysterious atmosphere.
From the top of my head, other soundtracks i like are: Once upon a time in America, LOTR, Scarface, the good the bad & the ugly, and star wars.

 

[Glaurung]

How come I didn't see this earlier?

There are too many OSTs that I like, but I'll try to make a selection.

Spoiler: Dawn (Pride and Prejudice -2005-).

Spoiler: My Father's Favorite (Sense and Sensibility -1995-)

Spoiler: Combe Magna (Sense and Sensibility -1995-)

Spoiler: Only Yesterday

Spoiler: Any Other Name (American Beauty)

Spoiler: Extreme Ways (Bourne series)

Spoiler: The Blitz, 1940

Because listening to this track I always pictured Smaug burning down Lake Town

Spoiler: Comptine d'un autre été

Spoiler: Up is Down

Spoiler: Inception Trailer music

Spoiler: Time

Spoiler: The Cloud Atlas Sextet

Spoiler: Skyline (Thomas Detert Remix)

Spoiler: Angel of the City

Spoiler: Alice's Theme

Spoiler: End Credits (TRON Legacy

Spoiler: Dragon Boy (Spirited Away)

Sorry, I can't think of more right now

 

[Marcus]

Hmmmmm

You know shit's about to get real when this starts playing

Personally I love the entire soundtrack to the LoTR trilogy but this is my favorite from the OST.

Another one where I think the entire OST is phenomenal, but this is perhaps the most popular track.

Myself and Amizon used to fangasm over this track so much when Avengers first came out and it still gets me pumped for the movie.

I could list a lot of Disney songs on here, put it would probably become a tl;dr post Circle of Life is not only my favorite song from the Lion King but my favorite Disney song followed by Phil Collins and the Tarzan OST and then Hercules

EDIT:

Spoiler: A few more which I complete forgot about :monster:

 

[Unlucky]

Oblivion (2013) is an underrated film that I love but I wouldn't have loved it as much without the epic soundtrack by M83.

I think it was pure genius to blend the overly dramatic, powerful soundtrack with the clean, bland, and very isolated look of the film.

Spoiler: StarWaves

This one plays during a love scene in a pool (some fans are arguing over its 'inappropriateness' but I think it works just fine)

Spoiler: Waking Up

Another great track.

Spoiler: And the absolutely amazing ending theme

This is just one of my favorite songs of all time.

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be, Star Wars, the Lion King, and Flash Gordon have some of my favorite soundtracks.