What is the greatest movie soundtrack?

For me perhaps, Donnie Darko, and Big Mammas House 1. Even though I don't like RnB that much, I enjoyed the songs.

well i think you want something made only by one composer, so here is some of my list

Most of these soundtracks i bought or downloaded imidatley after i watched the movies


Crash 2004
The Hours
28 Days Later
Solaris
Code 46
Gladiator
Chocolat
Brave Heart
Amelie

and the best ever

Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)

Soundtracks for
Hair (1979)
# "Aquarius"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Sodomy"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Donna"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Hashish"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Colored Spade"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Manchester, England"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "I'm Black"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Ain't Got No"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "I Got Life"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Hair"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Going Down"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Old Fashioned Melody"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Electric Blues"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Where Do I Go?"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Black Boys"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "White Boys"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Walking in Space"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Easy to Be Hard"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Good Morning Starshine"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Initials"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
# "Three-Five-Zero-Zero"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado

Vangelis - Counquest of Paradise

1492: Conquest of Paradise: (Vangelis) From somewhere in left field, this score comes. Never before has such great music belonged to simply the wrong film. In fact, this score comes so far from left field that it has left critics of film and music scratching their heads for almost a decade. All film scores are created for the sole purpose of complimenting their respective films, but in the case of 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Vangelis has managed to do just the opposite --an opposite that is quite difficult to obtain. With his synthetic and choral score for this film about Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the new world, he has produced a mass hit on the record store shelves and a completely inappropriate score for the film. It is no surprise that the album, with its surround sound new age contents, has sold incredibly well since 1992 while the film has gone largely forgotten by the international audience.

During the first few months of its release, I heard someone refer to this score as a "15th Century Spanish Bladerunner." And, to a great degree, that person was right. Vangelis' styles and mastery of his electronics have improved since Bladerunner became a cult score hit, and 1492: Conquest of Paradise has a much more complex and satisfying mix of sounds. But his basic repetitive electronic style of composing still remains, and it is certainly odd to hear him throw in some mandolins and guitars just to provide the Spanish emphasis. The most effective aspect of the score is its rich adult choral accompaniment. Together, the score has just barely enough Spanish flavor to identify the period of the film, but the simple dominance of the synthesizers dooms this score for its original purpose. As with Vangelis' other scores, there is no respect paid to changes of scene and sudden cues that don't fit in with his pre-conceived rhythms. In short, it's an awful score for the film; I have seen the film, and it simply sounds out of place in too many parts.

That said, 1492: Conquest of Paradise makes for an absolutely outstanding new age album. Forget the film, forget the fact that this is a film score, and forget that it was a horrendous blunder in its purpose. As an album, it is simply a stunning piece of work. As mentioned before, Vangelis' electronic rhythms and themes are mature and make for great music with which to create an ambience. It stands along side the new age group Enigma as a very accessible sound for film music and general fans to both delight in. The main title track (#2), which appears over the end credits of the film, contains a very satisfying and elegant choral theme that would extend into several sub-motifs throughout the album. With only two tracks that are mostly unlistenable (#9 and #10), the album is a free-flowing atmospheric experience like none other in the scoring genre. It is exactly that characteristic which causes it to be such a delightful album and such an inappropriate accompaniment to the film. Go figure... ****

i got to give the best soundtrack to dropkick murphy's for the movie departed song "i'm shipping off to boston "

O' Brother Where Art Thou

Love every second of that soundtrack.

the cable guy
almost famous
fear and loathing in las vegas

Repo Man
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Trainspotting
The Departed
Almost Famous (as the_beck wisely already pointed out)
Singles

Queen of the Damned definitely i mean look at that track list and all the artists


Wayne Static of Static-X - Not Meant For Me
David Draiman of Disturbed / KoRn - Forsaken
Chester Bennington of Linkin Park - System
Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
Marilyn Manson - Redeemer
Papa Roach - Dead Cell
Godhead - Penetrate
Jay Gordon of Orgy - Slept So Long
Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
Static-X - Cold
Earshot - Headstrong
Dry Cell - Body Crumbles
Tricky - Excess
Kidney Thieves - Before I'm Dead

reservoir dogs..

Maximum Overdrive


# "Who Made Who"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1986
Written especially for Maximum Overdrive


# "D.T."
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1986
Written especially for Maximum Overdrive


# "Chase The Ace"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1986
Written especially for Maximum Overdrive


# "Hells Bells"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1980


# "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1981
Re-mixed for Maximum Overdrive


# "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1980
Re-mixed for Maximum Overdrive


# "Ride On"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1976


# "Shake Your Foundations"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1985


# "Sink The Pink"
Performed by AC/DC
Written in 1985

Somekind Of Wonderful,pure 80's throughout and not one filler.....




1. Do Anything - Pete Shelley
2. Brilliant Mind - Furniture
3. Cry Like This - Blue Room
4. I Go Crazy - Flesh for Lulu
5. She Loves Me - Stephen Duffy
6. Hardest Walk - The Jesus and Mary Chain
7. Shyest Time - The Apartments
8. Miss Amanda Jones - March Violets
9. Can't Help Falling in Love - Lick the Tins
10. Turn to the Sky - March Violets

Team America.

I LOVE the soundtrack from 'My Best Friends Wedding' with Julia Roberts.

My fave song is 'Say a little prayer for you' which was song mostly by Rupert Everett and the rest of the cast. LOVE IT!!!!

LOVED the movie!! LOVED the soundtrack!!

Resident Evil 1,2 soundtracks and 28 days later

My pick's an obscure one, but should be recognizable to anyone who's worth his punk rock salt- Decline of Western Civilization had a soundtrack LP, with live early material by bands like Black Flag, X, Circle Jerks, and Fear. I

f only I could afford a real copy on vinyl- but thats why we have torrents, sharing what we don't have 50$ to spend on!

Apocalypse Now hits the spot in every way.

Any of those mentioned were very good, but for me, I have to agree and say Queen of the Damned. I still listen to most of those songs regularly.

Great track!

I would go with the Blade Runner soundtrack (by Vangelis), but Jackie Brown (Tarantino's best movie) has such a large number of previously unknown great tracks that I just need to mention that one too. Of course, John Williams with his endless series of blockbuster themes can't be overlooked too.

^^^
cant add much as a few of them have been mentioned

soundtracks from Friday 1. 2. 3. (ice cube ) i think are great

vanilla sky

The Titanic one...by Celine Dion....hahaha I'm funny ...

I've got to agree with that ^

Ronan Keating's "When you say nothing at all" from the movie Notting Hill......

Well for these old metal head like myself,

the movie trick or treat (1986) had a soundtrack made by Fastway.

Fastway was a project from ex Motorhead guitarist (fast) Eddie Clarke.


On many metal magazines the soundtrack whas chosen as one of the best ever.

21 years later, i still listen to it once a week...


Evil

Cold Mountain

Braveheart

For a few dollars more

The good, the bad & the ugly

I like the Spawn & The Matrix soundtracks...also pretty much any soundtrack to kevin smith flicks

Dawn of the Dead (2005)..... i think, from what i remember it was good
AS said above The Matrix Movies, Spawn and Queen of the Damned (<definitely)

Goodfellas

Matchstick Men
Catch Me If You Can
Ocean's Twelve


A few other good ones are:

Godfather I
Matrix I
Scarface

where did you get dawn of the dead 2005 soundtrack? I can never find one with seeds that connects.. Anyone out there found a good connection for this?

the swing version of the sickness is so funny....

How about a soundtrack just better than thee movie itself..... Last Action Hero. Really was a good soundtrack & far better than the movie.

AMELIE- of course
GLADIATOR-lisa gerrard-huge fan
ALMOST FAMOUS
ROCK STAR
GARAGE DAYS
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED-when i'm angry
KNIGHT'S TALE
9 AND 1/2 WEEKS

Lose Yourself and other from 8mile

Escape from New York - John Carpenter (director & composer)

Angelo Badalamenti & David Bowie & Rammstein
&
Marilyn Manson
GREAT

1. David Bowie : "I'm Deranged" (edit)
2. Trent Reznor : "Videodrones"
3. Nine Inch Nails : "The Perfect Drug"
4. Angelo Badalamenti : "Red Bats With Teeth"
5. Angelo Badalamenti : "Haunting and Heartbreaking"
6. The Smashing Pumpkins : "Eye"
7. Angelo Badalamenti : "Dub Driving"
8. Barry Adamson : "Mr. Eddy's Theme 1"
9. Lou Reed : "This Magic Moment"
10. Barry Adamson : "Mr. Eddy's Theme 2"
11. Angelo Badalamenti : "Fred and Renee Make Love"
12. Marilyn Manson : "Apple Of Sodom"
13. Antonio Carlos Jobim : "Insensatez"
14. Barry Adamson : "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (edit)
15. Marilyn Manson : "I Put A Spell On You"
16. Angelo Badalamenti : "Fats Revisited"
17. Angelo Badalamenti : "Fred's World"
18. Rammstein : "Rammstein" (edit)
19. Barry Adamson : "Hollywood Sunset"
20. Rammstein : "Heirate Mich" (edit)
21. Angelo Badalamenti : "Police"
22. Trent Reznor : "Driver Down"
23. David Bowie : "I'm Deranged" (reprise)

[size="5"][/size]TOP GUN Great feel good music, especially at high volume.
ROCKY 4 Awesome training tunes.
LOST BOYS- Funky.
HIGHLANDER- Queen, say no more

The greatest movie soundtrack of all time has to be from The Big Chill!!! You youngsters crack me up.

It is a well known movie, but soundtrack was ignored...

ORIGINAL SIN with Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas.


Soundtrack is from Terence Blanchard... and it is great!, sensual as the movie...

This is my "2 cents".


edit: I can't leave "THE SONGS REMAINS THE SAME" from Led Zeppelin out....

Why has nobody mentioned Blade Runner by Vangelis yet, honestly you people.

It's a cracking despair filled ride is that one.

Music to kill yourself to.

Not literally.

You see where I am coming from right ?.

Took me ages to find that bloody question mark key, it wasn't there on the Commodore 64.

*cough*

Of all of the people I have to miss it has to be an Uber Jedi with the ability to kill me with mind bullets.

Sorry ADL 242, I should have realised that a Jedi like yourself would ooze taste.





Wow he didn't use his jedi powers to punish me, thought I was a gonna for sure, didn't think I would make it to the end of this sentencccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc







Congrats on the promotion btw.

Thanks, spc!

Now where's my lightsaber...

What are your plans for this lightsabre.

Your mighty jediness.

Cruel intentions was ok.

Did jurassic park have a soundtrack?

I liked the theme, I hear it when im trying to sleep.

"....they're testing the fences for weaknesses systematically, they remember"

Now don't laugh, but i love the sound track to Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet
"#1 Crush" - Garbage
"Local God" - Everclear
"Angel" - Gavin Friday
"Pretty Piece of Flesh" - One Inch Punch
"Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo + Juliet)" - Des'ree
"Whatever (I Had A Dream)" - Butthole Surfers
"Lovefool" - The Cardigans
"Young Hearts Run Free" - Kym Mazelle
"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" - Guindon Tarver
"To You I Bestow" - Mundy
"Talk Show Host" - Radiohead
"Little Star" - Stina Nordenstam
"You And Me Song" - The Wannadies

And my other fave has to be The Little Mermaid Hay, i love the Little Mermaid

Little Mermaid huh? My sister still has the soundtrack on her iPod.


I liked Jungle Book. And I just found the soundtrack! Glory B! It's a good day!

Stomp the yard