Favourite PROPER Movie Soundtrack?

[doctorlouie]

Not including those Jukebox soundtracks (Reservoir Dogs etc.), which is the one you play more than the film?

Blade Runner?
Vampyros Lesbos?
Wicker Man?
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Doctor Zhivago?

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Not *entirely* sure what you mean by 'the one you play more than the film' but I have to say the 'Oh Brother Where Art You' soundtrack is outstanding. Appalachian and Bluegrass aren't genres I'm keen on or even usually like (Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen - live as opposed to on tape - being an exception) but the whole soundtrack marries with the humour of the film and culminates in the weirdly joyous 'Sorrow' titular track so well. Having read the following from wiki, it's hardly surprising:

The soundtrack was originally conceived as a major component of the film, not merely as a background or support. For this reason it was decided to record a soundtrack before filming.[2] T Bone Burnett was invited to design collections of music.[3] One member of The Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley, personally took part in recording the music for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, singing a cappella folk song O Death.[4][5][6]

There is a notable use of dirges and other macabre songs, a theme often recurring in Appalachian music,[7] such as in "O Death," "Lonesome Valley," "Angel Band," and "I Am Weary", in contrast to the bright, cheerful songs, like "Keep On the Sunnyside" and "In the Highways", in other parts of the film.

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I nearly put this in the Iggy Pop thread but it was too tangential.

The 'Oh Brother' soundtrack is a great fit to the film, but it's of the region of the film.

The use of 'Lust for Life' is a perfect and inspired choice for Trainspotting .. the rhythm, the urgency, the message. 
Yes it's lazy just to post youtube but the point is it's a joy

[tory]

Das Boot
Antarctica
Akira
Aguirre Wrath of God

[Juggernaut]

Ipcress File
The Last Temptation
The Hot Spot

[rayge]

I only have one – albeit one of the first albums I ever bought – so by default play that more than others (although I've neither listened to it nor seen the movie for half a century or so: West Side Story.
And then there's British Sea Power's From the Sea to the Land Beyond and The Trip, dvds of movies I bought purely for the soundtrack because it isn't available on record.

[dipstick]

It's an obvious choice, but "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" is a soundtrack that formed a large part of my childhood listening. I have listened to it much more than seen the movie.

The expanded version adds so much more to the listening experience. To me, it is one of the few cases where the expanded digital format betters the original vinyl.

[DarknessFish]

I think I only own one soundtrack album, and that's The Wicker Man, which is bloody lovely, but I don't play it more than I've watched the film. One of the most remarkable film soundtracks I think is to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Stands as a work of art, avant-garde and perfectly suited to the atmosphere of the film, particularly the early scenes before it goes a bit Benny Hill in the second half (the film, not the soundtrack). Here's a Quietus article about it: thequietus.com/articles/23290-texas-chainsaw-massacre-soundtrack-article

I know it's something I've mentioned before, the willingness of people to listen to the strangest, most avant-garde music, so long as it's used in a film. The oddest music goes unnoticed and unmentioned. Yet if the same people listened to that music on its own, they'd recoil, or have a fit of giggles, but they sure as hell wouldn't sit through half of film soundtrack music on its own. I just think it's odd that most people don't notice it, that they accept music if its framed in a particular context, but they can't provide that context themselves in isolation.

[jeffk]

Get Carter (the Michael Caine original)
Vampyros Lesbos
Vertigo
Superfly

[Sneelock]

Win: Fellini Casanova (Nino Rota)
Place: For a Few Dollars More (Morricone)
Show: Southern Comfort (Ry Cooder)

[Bobby onions]

Jan 5, 2019 18:28:36 GMT doctorlouie said:

Not including those Jukebox soundtracks (Reservoir Dogs etc.), which is the one you play more than the film?

Blade Runner?
Vampyros Lesbos?
Wicker Man?
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Doctor Zhivago?

Forbidden planet and enter the Dragon are quite good

[joels344]

Some favorites of mine:


Joe Hisaishi - Princess Mononoke 
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival
Peter Gabriel - Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira 
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood 

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I had a college roommate for a short time who was writing a book on Bernard Herrmann who did scores for Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. He's actually a pretty big deal these days and I wish I'd been nicer to him.

He and I went to see Wilko Johnson at the 100 Club and I ditched him when I picked up some girl there.

Here's the book he eventually finished.

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One of my favorites.

[fange]

Herbie Hancock's "Blow Up" is pretty great.