what's your favorite movie soundtrack?

the herald · Post by **the herald** » Saturday Feb 28, 2004

yesterday I was discussing movie soundtracks with some friends and there is so many out there I forgot about, also its kind of funny that a lot of these soundtracks were way more popular than the movies themselves what would a great movie be without a cool soundtrack, in fact therewas music in movies before there was speaking like the old charlie chaplin films. ahhhhh the power of music. two that stick out in my mind are The Crow and Singles, both of these included a lot of cool alternative bands which probably might not have been as popular without these soundtracks. what i think is cool about compilation cds, and soundtracks is that a lot of people buy them because of one artist and end up discovering a lot of cool bands that they might have never heard otherwise.

esa · Post by **esa** » Saturday Feb 28, 2004

I'll stick with my original answer of "Pretty Woman" and "Dirty Dancing". The films would have been lost with out the music behind them.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Saturday Feb 28, 2004

Dirty Dancing was a better crafted film than Pretty woman.

The music which was very influential in dirty dancing, still supported the film but did not in any way enhance the craft of the movie. The story line was simple but still fresh at the time.

Pretty woman on the other hand is a movie that IS SO FAR FETCHED. All it did was GLORIFY HOOKERS. Julie Robert who was too pure and innocent looking to be a hooker, DID NOT come off like Theron did in MONSTER.

I did not buy into the story that a person like Gear's character would even fall in love with a WHORE. Remember as NON CONVINCING as Julie was at playing a HOOKER ROLE, the fact that someone would fall in love with her is FAR FETCHED. Even though she played more of the BEVERLY HILLS MADAME type of whore and not a street whore, the fact their was romance is far fetched.

All it did was glorify prostitutes. The movie Beverly Hills Madame portrayed a better realization of up scale whores. LIke when one guy fell in love with the whore( BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS ONE) ended up leaving her when he found out. He slapped her around, and called her foul names.

That is more accurate of story and situation than the FAKEY, GLORIFICATION of Pretty woman.

Pretty woman sold really on the fact of JULIA ROBERTS who AT THAT TIME, WAS THE BIGGEST ACTRESS in the world. Anything she played in did well at the box office. However, in terms of CRAFT, the movie was unrealistic and far fetched.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Saturday Feb 28, 2004

I've always liked The Crow soundtrack. The soundtrack from Blackhawk Down is really cool; really enhances the action on screen. Danny Elfman did an awsome job on Beetlejuice too.

Danette · Post by **Danette** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Awesome subject Herald.

I would have to agree, the soundtrack to The Crow has always been one of my favorites. My all time fav would have to be the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction, followed closely by From Dusk Till Dawn, and (don't laugh) The Wedding Singer. I think in all three movies the musichelps set the scene and mood perfectly.

Post by **Ron** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

I always liked the soundtrack to "Heavy Metal".

Punkinhead · Post by **Punkinhead** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

The soundtrack from The Return of the King is really good. I usually like most soundtracks from vampire movies too...

FatVin · Post by **FatVin** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Are you kidding?

The Blues Brothers, of course

The first one, not the sequel, which was a dissapointment

Danette · Post by **Danette** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Oh good one punkinhead! Your post made me think of another fav - the soundtrack to Blade. Overall the cd is pretty cool, I usually put this or the chemical brothers in and blast it thru my headphones when working to tune out distractions. I was disappointed with the fact that that the two songs I really liked were not on the cd. The first one is the song that plays in Deacon Frost's headphones when he is in the archives transcribing the La Magra. The other is the rap song being performed by the two asian females in school girl garb when Blade is storming thru the club. Quite a few of the song are "inspired by the movie". I don't get that to be honest. A large number of the songs on the cd aren't even in the movie. Do you only have to put one or two songs on the cd that were actually in the movie to be able to call it a soundtrack?

mccorkle · Post by **mccorkle** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

"The Lost Boys"

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

The theme song for the Halloween series rules them all.

ragztem · Post by **ragztem** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

All are good choices, but soundtracks we gotta say are the two to DAZED AND CONFUSED, kick ass movie, and awesome soundtracks, com'on the beginning with that badass GTO and sweet emotion (which isnt on the soundtracks, go figure that out) whats better? hahahah

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

The Bride of Chucky kicks ass. I agree with the Crow too. I wonder if they have one for the Crossroads, you know the blues movie with Ralph Maccio, where he plays against the devil at the end(Steve Vai). I love that movie, can't find it anywhere.

Danette · Post by **Danette** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Hey Rob - you can get both the VHS and the soundtrack on cdnow/amazon. The duel isn't on the soundtrack though.

esa · Post by **esa** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Okay.. thinking about it now.. Queen of the Damned (ooo. swearing on a message board. sorry) and Resident Evil.
I think both of them were pretty heavy.

Metal, these don't have hookers in them but they do have zombies. Just warning you.

Actually.. House on Haunted Hill (remake, not original) had a decent sound tract to it. Manson recovering "Sweet Dreams"... that was pretty aweseome. He did well with that I think.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

When I was a tyke there was a zombie movie called Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things. It was one of the first all synthesizer soundtracks i ever heard. It was very lame by today's standards but it sure did the job of making you feel all creeped out. I would also like to mention a couple that I forgot in my first post. Natural Born Killers, Fight Club and Lost Highway.

Danette · Post by **Danette** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

ooh ooh .. thought of another!

Movie isn't the greatest but the soundtrack is awesome -

Not Another Teen Movie

Post by **Jim Price** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

I always liked the Apocalypse: Now soundtrack. And although the movie itself wasn't particularly memorable, I always liked the soundtrack to Iron Eagle.

In terms of a movie score where the incidental and theme music really underscored the film well, the soundtrack to Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior always succeeds in getting me on the edge of my seat (especially when the chase scenes heat up).

Craven Sound · Post by **Craven Sound** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

For metal, I like the Lost Highway soundtrack. My favorite from it were two old-school Rammstein songs; Heirate Mich, and Lost Highway. These were before they got into a lot of keyboards. Don't laugh, but I really like the Back to the Future soundtrack. I'm a child of the 80s, and this was my favorite movie back in the day.

Mike

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

witchhunt wrote:The theme song for the Halloween series rules them all.

Great stuff! John Carpenter downplays his talents as a composer, but his themes were always memorable and appropriate. Speaking of appropriate tunes, the original Halloween had "Don't Fear the Reaper", too.

My favorite would have to be Magical Mystery Tour. The movie is really embarrassing, but the album has so many great songs that it's sick. As far as modern "mix tape" style soundtracks go, Dazed and Confused is great.

Pure Evil · Post by **Pure Evil** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Maximum Overdrive - AC/DC Who Made Who

rug · Post by **rug** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

A Clockwork Orange soundtrack is good...you can watch the movie without seeing it. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Judgment Night are good and Less Than Zero has some good cuts on it.....(SLAYER covering Innagaddadavida.....rules!!!)

Post by **Ron** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Jeez... How did I forget "The Song Remains the Same"? It is more of a documentary than a "real" movie, but it does have some interesting insight.

the herald · Post by **the herald** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

cool choices people i forgot about a lot of these soundtracks how bout ferris beuller and weird science, oh and fast times at ridgemont, i used to have that clockwork orange one i lost it also married to the mob wasnt there one for cool world?

rickw · Post by **rickw** » Sunday Feb 29, 2004

Now I don't watch many movies but I remember being in a huge theatre in Baltimore watching the first Star Wars (1976?). The John Williams score blew me away, and he continues to amaze. Also love Nightmare Before Christmas, I think that was Danny Elfman. Me, Myself, and Irene has some great reworkings of Steely Dan songs too.

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