Best Movie Scores?
Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:57 pm
Here's some of my favorites:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Forrest Gump
The Time Machine
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Master and Commander
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Jurassic Park
Pirates of the Caribbean
Forrest Gump
The Time Machine
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Master and Commander
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Jurassic Park
Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:16 pm
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.
(the 1996 one directed by Baz Luhrmann and staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes)
Oh how I love it. I have Volume 2 of the soundtrack, which is basically just the score of the movie, with importantant quotes and sound effects added in.
Though I don't recommend listening to the entire thing in bed while trying to fall asleep. The next to last track is the Death Scene. A very quiet track, consisting of slow music and a bit of Italian opera. And then... toward the very end of it, after the singing has stopped, it's nearly dead silent, and then Juliet picks up the gun...
If you have headphones on, it's really bed, but even if you don't, that gunshot is LOUD and it comes out of nowhere. No many how many times you listen to it, and even though you know it's coming, it will still make you jump.
When I first bought the soundtrack recently, I hadn't listened to it in years. I totally forgot about the gunshot, and I was half asleep in bed playing it with my headphones on.
It scared me. Badly. @_@
(the 1996 one directed by Baz Luhrmann and staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes)
Oh how I love it. I have Volume 2 of the soundtrack, which is basically just the score of the movie, with importantant quotes and sound effects added in.
Though I don't recommend listening to the entire thing in bed while trying to fall asleep. The next to last track is the Death Scene. A very quiet track, consisting of slow music and a bit of Italian opera. And then... toward the very end of it, after the singing has stopped, it's nearly dead silent, and then Juliet picks up the gun...
If you have headphones on, it's really bed, but even if you don't, that gunshot is LOUD and it comes out of nowhere. No many how many times you listen to it, and even though you know it's coming, it will still make you jump.
When I first bought the soundtrack recently, I hadn't listened to it in years. I totally forgot about the gunshot, and I was half asleep in bed playing it with my headphones on.
It scared me. Badly. @_@
Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:24 am
I think my favorite is Schindler's List.
Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:24 am
LOTR-Fellowship of the ring.
Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:06 am
My favorite is DEFINITELY the Bravheart sountrack.
Followed by the Two Towers soundtrack, with FOTR and ROTK probably at a tie.
The only Harry Potter soundtrack I like is POA... COS was almost an exact copt of PS/SS, which wasn't all that great anyway (although good).
Dragonheart is also cool... the first one, mind.
Also, anything by... uh, that one dude who did Gettysburg and Glory and I think the Beethoven movies is good. Mebbe he did Dragonheart too.
And don't forget the almighty Star Wars!
And Spider-man soundtracks... Especially the second. I'd never thought I'd say this about a song which alone could count as pop, but "Vindicated" is really cool.
Oh yes, and Pirates of the Carribean,
Indiana Jones,
and Jurrassic Park as mentioned before.
Followed by the Two Towers soundtrack, with FOTR and ROTK probably at a tie.
The only Harry Potter soundtrack I like is POA... COS was almost an exact copt of PS/SS, which wasn't all that great anyway (although good).
Dragonheart is also cool... the first one, mind.
Also, anything by... uh, that one dude who did Gettysburg and Glory and I think the Beethoven movies is good. Mebbe he did Dragonheart too.
And don't forget the almighty Star Wars!
And Spider-man soundtracks... Especially the second. I'd never thought I'd say this about a song which alone could count as pop, but "Vindicated" is really cool.
Oh yes, and Pirates of the Carribean,
Indiana Jones,
and Jurrassic Park as mentioned before.
Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:01 am
Lord of the Rings is great and all, but for me it has to be Star Wars. The original score is almost flawless, and who could forget the opening score? I was also a huge fan of the 'Across the Stars' theme for Episode II, which was played in the romance scenes. It had a soft tone to it, but it was still dark, signifying the life of Anakin. /endgeektalk
Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:01 am
I'll go with an oldie; Chariots of Fire 
Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:29 pm
Personally, I like Moulin Rouge and The Lion King. 
Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:54 pm
The X-Files "Fight the Future" movie has a really awesome score... I listen to it on occasion.
Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:40 pm
atomicblonde wrote:The X-Files "Fight the Future" movie has a really awesome score... I listen to it on occasion.
when that first came out, the music terrified me >.<
Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:27 pm
Dark Days has nice music.