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1.) The Warriors (clip NSFW due to language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTDWyTJDaec
Side note, this intro has to be one of the best ever.   :thumbup:

I've always liked the score to Wild Things, not only the main theme but all the music throughout the movie sets the tone perfectly.  Here's the main theme, if you imagine skimming across the Florida everglades as this plays, it's pretty cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5weOdmZzIo#

3.) Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ZTTsiJupo
If I could have theme music it would be the above. 

4) Phantasm -
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I love Phantasm, but it would not have been half as good without it's brilliant musical cues. Admittedly, not the scariest ever but thanks to it's eerie score (Including the above main theme), a greatly directed piece of work.

5.The Exorcist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atg96Bz_FoM

6. Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt7keunWkt8

7.) Nightmare On Elm Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en3sn7lbi6w

8.) BERNARD HERRMANN: PSYCHO

9.) A Clockwork Orange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su9eNg4T798
I used to use different tracks on the album as background music for my college radio show. 

10. the GOOD,the BAD, and the UGLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGIelcG0r3s

Take your pick!  :twirl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IZ74ldyuPU

Non-Herrmann:

11) FARGO - Carter Burwell

Quote from: Allhallowsday on October 27, 2008, 06:38:34 PM
8.) BERNARD HERRMANN: PSYCHO

AHD, you beat me to it.  Good selection there.

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Jerry Goldsmith's (initially unreleased) original score for Ridley Scott's LEGEND

First, hooray for Rev. Powell for mentioning ANATOMY OF A MURDER.  Along the same lines, I would like to nominate:

13.  THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (a Frank Sinatra classic, and a great, sleazy performance by Darren McGavin).

14. ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS: Gil Evans, David Bowie, Ray Davies & Sade!  Great soundtrack, mediocre film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d04Sk-LOjw

15.) The Crow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzbRSD_rM1A
The Cure, NIN, STP, Pantera, etc...all original songs too which was refreshing. 

No.16 - "Trainspotting" - I don't really like the movie but the soundtrack features everything from Underworld and Primal Scream to Bizet via Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.

16.canibal holocaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Vt6r-sj8
the music is so great for such a disturbing piece of cinema

18.) Last Action Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRrLn4F8dTo
Actually did much better than the movie I think...

#19 Once Upon a Time in the West by Ennio Morricone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6BQKFs3-VM

#20 Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJdb-bNZokA
(It is hard to find a version of the soundtrack that is not the remix for the Two Towers trailer.

No.21 - Maximum Overdrive - All AC/DC, rocking your face off figuratively while p**sed-off sentient machines rip it off literally. Awesome. :thumbup:

22) Flashdance  :teddyr:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1FWheVIfJwM

"Maniac", "He's A Dream", "Imagination", "Manhunt" - Great songs!  :thumbup:

23. AMADEUS

Nearly every piece of music that was selected was given a serious role to play in the narrative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciFTP_KRy4&feature=related

24. The Wraith [1986]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TdWEKlpIPc8

Motley Crue, Lion, Ozzy Osbourne, Honeymoon Suite, Stan Bush & the excellent theme song by Tim Feehan  :thumbup:

No.25 - Tromeo & Juliet - Lemmy, Sublime, Wesley Willis, Ass Ponys, Meatmen. Troma knows how to assemble their soundtracks.  :drink:

MAX STEINER: GONE WITH THE WIND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8v5LUYM120

27.  Let us not forget AMERICAN GRAFFITI

28. Scarface

(http://www.deborah-harry.com/dh/otherreleases/scarface.jpg)

No.29 - Death Proof - Whether you dig Tarantino movies or not, the guy also knows how to assemble a soundtrack. Most of it is music that I wouldn't normally be interested in, but somehow together the tracks just work. I bring up Death Proof b/c I've been listening to it a lot as of late. The audio clips from the movie suck compared to other soundtracks like Pulp Fiction, but the music is a great mix of songs and compositions, including one from the master himself, Morricone.  :teddyr:

MAURICE JARRE: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBFRfYiDNE

31.) Beetlejuice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFAfiLA97mM

32.) A score had been written by ALEX NORTH for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, but in the meantime, STANLEY KUBRICK had recordings of JOHANN STRAUSS and RICHARD STRAUSS, KHACHATURIAN and what then would have been called Avant Gard records of GYORGY LIGETI's music.  When he was reaching the editing stage, KUBRICK couldn't bear not to use the exact recordings he had listened to while filming and assembling the film.  KUBRICK's choice (which resulted in at least one lawsuit) seems perfect.       

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w

33.) Indiana Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pNlMgH2p-Y

JOHN WILLIAMS: STAR WARS   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiNQc4RomWE 

Quote from: The DarkSider on October 29, 2008, 08:37:59 PM
33.) Indiana Jones...

Are we tied for 33, or am I 34?  Afterall, JOHN WILLIAMS did both scores...  :teddyr:

35) Purple Rain

(http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/101e92c008a0a58045e88010l.jpg)

Quote from: Allhallowsday on October 29, 2008, 11:18:44 PM
JOHN WILLIAMS: STAR WARS   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiNQc4RomWE 

Quote from: The DarkSider on October 29, 2008, 08:37:59 PM
33.) Indiana Jones...

Are we tied for 33, or am I 34?  Afterall, JOHN WILLIAMS did both scores...  :teddyr:

Nope, the list is based on movie series as a whole.  However, I beat you to the punch...see #3.   :bouncegiggle:

36. The Blues Brothers
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/BluesBrothers.jpg)

37. Staying Alive [1983]

(http://www.beegees.dk/stayinalive.jpg)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sTxEuuyVU

Known for the BeeGees tracks, but I prefer the other half of the soundtrack.

38. Superfly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmZjD2UWoso

Classic funky Curtis Mayfield cuts like "Superfly" and "Pusherman."  There's a brief snippet of Curtis singing "Pusherman" in the trailer.

39.  On the heels of SUPERFLY, we must mention SHAFT

40. Jerry Goldsmith's shockingly avant-garde PLANET OF THE APES (1968).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJnBF3Taf4A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G7hxWXO31o&feature=related

Goldsmith used no electronic instruments; everything is acoustic. He even raided his wife's kitchen and used some of her metal bowls for insruments.

41. The Omen (1976) also by Jerry Goldsmith  :twirl:  :buggedout:

(http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/amg_covers/200/drf400/f457/f45756gvo26.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpdbXTQfnE

42. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) Bernard Herrmann

Hitchcock and MGM told Herrmann to write a nice light Gershwin-esque piece for the main titles - he gave 'em this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIlqatMQSgI

43.) Pee Wee's Big Adventure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXo98CQMdzY
More fine musical nuttiness from Danny Elfman  :thumbup:

A 'What If?" Interlude

STAR WARS
Title Sequence by Saul Bass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25t-PQDn5A&feature=related

44) Excalibur (1981) Richard Wagner.

(http://www.listal.com/image/93855/200full-excalibur-original-movie-soundtrack.jpg)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMs5_L6regA

Quote from: JaseSF on October 30, 2008, 09:02:58 PM
44) Excalibur (1981) Richard Wagner.

Although they chose to use a lot of Wagner, it's worth pointing out that it's Carl Orff who steals the show musically.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pylGJO6I30M

46. Labyrinth [1986]

(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/thumb/2/2f/Album_Labyrinth.jpg/300px-Album_Labyrinth.jpg)

47.  The End of Violence

(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d161/d16139577r8.jpg)

Ry Cooder's solo slide guitar provided most of the soundtrack.  The terriffic soundtrack album features songs from Roy Orbison, Eels, Tom Waits, Los Lobos, etc. that either didn't make it into the film or were just heard in background snippets.  It would make the list just based on Cooder's score, but the album is a bonus.  (The movie is VERY bad, pretentious and boring, though.)

Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 31, 2008, 10:50:26 AM
47.  The End of Violence

(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d161/d16139577r8.jpg)
Ry Cooder's solo slide guitar provided most of the soundtrack.  The terriffic soundtrack album features songs from Roy Orbison, Eels, Tom Waits, Los Lobos, etc. that either didn't make it into the film or were just heard in background snippets.  It would make the list just based on Cooder's score, but the album is a bonus.  (The movie is VERY bad, pretentious and boring, though.)

That reminds me Rev, more Ry...

48. Crossroads (No not that Britney Spears train-wreck!)

(http://filmmusic.ru/images/Crossroads.JPG)

48. Suspiria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMDCtP6Virw

49. Profondo Rosso (Deep Red: The Hatchet Murders)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFdSkB8svU

50. Tourist Trap, by Pino Donaggio (Spoilers in video)
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No one underlying theme, but a mix of the odd, the demeted, the ambiant, the touching, and several more melodies that combine to form a score that well matches the sheer weirdness of it's film.

51.  O brother, where art thou?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfTUvFj6kvc

The only movie I've ever seen that made me go out and buy the soundtrack album the same afternoon.

52. The Wall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw

Back to the Bernard Hermann well for

53. TAXI DRIVER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPVeFefbojk&feature=related

(crappy video, but the music's the thing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1uxpHql9C4

54.)Lost Highway. More than 10 years later this album still has something for everyone while having almost no throwaway tracks. Party, ambience, jazz, metal...

55.  Even more Bernard Hermann: VERTIGO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz46qS38OgM

56.) Back To The Future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zSw2V_vW0Y
I love the orchestral music but Huey Lewis had two of his best songs in the film. 

57) Cobra (1986)

(http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/854/60343854.jpg)

This film is awesome and so is the soundtrack:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bgHVeveSyXI

58).  More-iccone: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZjvbSC9_M&feature=related

59) Elfman again. The Batman theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls

edit: the bb code on this board is different from what I'm used to

60). The Hot Spot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgUFZQ4-HcY

Miles Davis & John Lee Hooker?  TOGETHER?  Instant classic.

61. philip glass - koyaanisqatsi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCjqZ1PDuVc

More a question than a nomination:  Does anyone know where to find the soundtrack to "Bar Fly", the Micky Rourke, Faye Dunnaway autobiographical film on Charles Bukowski?  That soundtrack had a wild mix of modern and old-fashioned standards, with jazz and Chuck E. Weiss thrown in for good measure.  Nobody I know seems to have this.
peter johnson/denny crane

Quote from: peter johnson on November 14, 2008, 11:19:02 AM
More a question than a nomination:  Does anyone know where to find the soundtrack to "Bar Fly", the Micky Rourke, Faye Dunnaway autobiographical film on Charles Bukowski?  That soundtrack had a wild mix of modern and old-fashioned standards, with jazz and Chuck E. Weiss thrown in for good measure.  Nobody I know seems to have this.
peter johnson/denny crane

I've been hunting through various music and soundtrack sites, and as far as I can tell it's never been released on any format.  IMDB at least has a list of all the songs used in it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092618/soundtrack


62. Aguirre, the Wrath of God -- Mostly uses music by Popol Vuh and it's quite awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9tkAw5pYKQ

I could pretty much go with any Werner Herzog flick, though.  He always finds brilliant ways to use music in his films.

From the excellent Signs of Life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1Vv9WC-Is

Popol Vuh song from Heart of Glass soundtrack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlcGXUTskU

A lovely scene from Lessons of Darkness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiNNeESu94

63. 'Round Midnight

(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d850/d85067e8t6b.jpg)

Assembled by Herbie Hancock.  Starring Dexter Gordon (who got an Oscar nomination).  Mostly original music, although done in the 1950s Paris expatriate style.  Sadly I couldn't find a youtube clip.  Here's a sample of Bobby McFerrin and Herbie performing the title track (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=50:0ifixc9hld6e~T).

Okay I'm going to dare at #64 to insert one of my favorite film scores.  There isn't a minute of the sound of this film that I don't really like, or even love, but I don't like all the permutations of its cuts. 
BLADE RUNNER, with a score by VANGELIS, is kind of one of my favorite films, but hardly perfect and I'm well aware of its many flaws.  When the film was new I saw it several times, and even brought a tape recorder into a movie theatre in order to tape the soundtrack and forgot about it and CLUNK it went (yes on those 1 hour tapes that were the hot new thing in the early '80s) that was embarrassing (but I got the tape flipped)  :teddyr:  All that 'cause the soundtrack way back when was unreleased, hence not available, and in legal dispute; I remember I had even bought a kind of lousy ripoff orchestral recording LP that used the music composed by VANGELIS and tried to fill the gap, but VANGELIS was almost all electronic on that soundtrack, and had a tone that only his droning, melancholic and haunting recordings held.

65.  THE HARDER THEY COME

Introduced reggae to the world.  (Except for the Jamaicans; they already knew about it).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvIEfPxLjcY

SSSSSissy-er-sixtysixty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiXPB4X6pXc

Music Snobs can officially have sex with themselves to everything that Velvet Goldmine succeeds and fails to be. (Note=actor sings in video, better singer on record.)

67.  THE GODFATHER, Nino Rota

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHwNuLcGlgY&feature=related

68.) MIKLOS ROSZA: BEN HUR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt5C9EruZ94

69.) Rock Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kytej72YH20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMtkVYvq-hg
They kind of captured the 80s era with all new METAL songs. 

70. A HARD DAYS NIGHT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0eJEX5c1sM

Or did I miss it in the list before?

TANGERINE DREAM (CHRISTOPHER FRANKE): RISKY BUSINESS (skip to 2:15 to hear a good example)   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlTGhe3YoE

Jocelyn Pook's "Masked Ball" from Eyes Wide Shut gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Awesome piece! Totally magnificent!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go4E4tNGQks

73.  THE GRADUATE - Simon & Garfunkle

(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf300/f372/f37285ig9ta.jpg)

"Nichols' masterstroke was to transplant these pre-existing songs into his film, where they not only meshed perfectly with the story's themes of youthful rebellion and alienation but also heralded a new era in movie music centered around the appropriation of past pop hits, a marketing gimmick that grew exponentially in the years to follow."  -Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fpxqu5ld6e)

The Fountain Soundtrack, by Clint Mansell, the Kronos Quartet, and Mogwai is amazing. Say what you will about the movie (I loved it), but the music will tear at you and leave you undeniably moved.

Clint Mansell reminded me of

75.  PI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRgIbKEsYT4&feature=related

I don't genrally like electronica much, but it was the perfect match for the film.

indiana JONES! :thumbup:

77. CARNIVAL OF SOULS Organ music by GENE MOORE adds a lot to the mood created by this film. 
Skip ahead to 1:55 immediately after the car drops off the bridge, the music starts with the credits. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMC6AFPMzQI&feature=PlayList&p=19F6E1FC8C9BDB0C&playnext=1&index=22

Going to just name 3 soundtrack/scores that I always felt were classics that were not listed.
78.) Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The soundtrack was great and really help set the tone of the films for me but I am a bit of a fantasy geek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1YbLL3ERpU

79.) Far And Away
the movie wasn't that great but the music was. It made watching a crappy film seem like watching an ok film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrxX_ebl7Q

80.) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Swear it's main title theme is one of the ultimate guy music pieces in film. Even if you don't know the film, odds are you know the opening title music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO9YwGuu0D0

80. the RAMONES et al-ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1001xArPVk

(the GOOD,the BAD and the UGLY was listed waaaaaaay back in October)

Quote from: RCMerchant on February 04, 2009, 05:32:20 AM
(the GOOD,the BAD and the UGLY was listed waaaaaaay back in October)

Well crap, must of missed it when reading back thru this thread in an attempt to not repeat a listing.

81. Marathon Man - Already a great thriller, the dark, grating electronic-sounding score makes it all the more effective. Sadly, I can't find a clip, and apparently they never made a soundtrack CD. :(

82. American Psycho


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfr9xeA7nCc

83. Reservoir Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn0My-cis_Q
One of the best uses of a song in a movie ever IMHO.

84. More Herrmann  :smile:

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGcSWP4xyw

With a brief intro by Herrmann biographer Stephen Smith explaining Herrmann's use of backmasking in the main title music. It's not terribly noticeable, but it does give the music an unearthly edge.

85. Jaws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4

There's a lot more to the soundtrack than just this piece, but I can't anymore on YouTube.

The Fifth Element - "Heat"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bf3yZcpTrw

One of the most eerie, moving soundtracks ever written.

Philip Glass - Candyman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZg0FRae1g&feature=related

I know you all just love this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saalGKY7ifU


Give me a moment so I can get out of the way of all the tomatoes you plan to throw at me.   :tongueout:

Quote from: Ash on February 19, 2009, 06:18:56 PM
I know you all just love this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saalGKY7ifU


Give me a moment so I can get out of the way of all the tomatoes you plan to throw at me.   :tongueout:

(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/Raffine/spittake.jpg) !!!


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