Best Movie Soundtracks?

Angela Badalamenti! 😍

Soundtracks... one of my core obsessions.
I'm really only interested in those featuring original scores composed specifically for the film.
Here is a list of my personal favorites (I own most of these, many as original pressings).

1964. A Fistful of Dollars (Ennio Morricone)
1964. Goldfinger (John Barry)
1965. For a Few Dollars More (Ennio Morricone)
1965. Thunderball (John Barry)
1966. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
1966. The Fearless Vampire Killers (Krzysztof Komeda)
1967. You Only Live Twice (John Barry)
1969. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry, Louis Armstrong)
1971. A Clockwork Orange (Wendy Carlos)
1971. Shaft (Isaac Hayes)
1972. Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield)
1972. The Godfather (Nina Rot)
1973. Live and Let Die (George Martin, Paul McCartney)
1974. The Man with the Golden Gun (John Barry, Lulu)
1974. The Godfather - Part II (Nina Rot)
1976. Rocky (Bill Conti)
1977. Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope (John Williams)
1977. Saturday Night Fever (Bee Gees, various)
1977. The Deep (John Barry, Donna Summer)
1979. Hair (Galt MacDermot)
1979. The Warriors (Barry De Vorzon, various)
1980. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers, various)
1980. Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
1980. Flash Gordon (Queen)
1981. For Your Eyes Only (Bill Conti)
1981. Das Boot (Klaus Doldinger)
1982. The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (Brian May)
1982. Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris)
1982. Blade Runner (Vangelis)
1983. Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (John Williams)
1983. Scarface (Giorgio Moroder)
1984. Purple Rain (Prince)
1984. Conan the Destroyer (Basil Poledouris)
1984. Dune (Toto)
1984. Gremlins (Jerry Goldsmith)
1985. A View to a Kill (John Barry, Duran Duran)
1985. Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
1986. Highlander (Queen)
1990. The Hunt for Red October (Basil Poledouris)
1990. Gremlins 2 - New Batch (Jerry Goldsmith)
1990. Twin Peaks (Angela Badalamenti)
1993. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Danny Elfman)
1993. Judgment Night (various)
1999. Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace (John Williams)
2002. Star Wars - Episode II: Attack of the Clones (John Williams)
2005. Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (John Williams)

Oh my God, you actually have A Clockwork Orange!!!!!😲 😲 🙂

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Michael Walker said:For Angela Miller:

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Braveheart

The soundtrack is top-tier.
Red Line by Hans Zimmer is also excellent.

From the collection I've had the pleasure of hearing:

Pulp Fiction,
Kill Bill,
Kill Bill Vol.2,
Moulin Rouge,
Chicago

Garden State, Amélie, American Beauty, Donnie Darko🙂

soylent said:I just wish you were around when my phone rings with my own composition playing! 😁 )

I’m definitely no expert here... I can't really say which ones are the absolute "best," but one of the most fitting soundtracks I’ve ever heard was for "Hideaway."

Ugh, I’m trying so hard to find this one song but I don't even know the title. It's from the "Hideaway" soundtrack—you know, that part where his daughter gets mad at him, storms down the stairs to her room, and blasts that specific track? That's the one I'm hunting for. If anyone knows the name of the song, please help me out! I desperately need it!!!

Under Fire🙂

el_mariachi said:What the neighbor is writing isn't even relevant anymore...
For heaven's sake... I could throw together a bunch of songs for a movie and call it a soundtrack myself...
True art lies in actually composing original music specifically for the film.

And isn't it also an art form to curate a selection as stellar as the soundtrack for Something Wild? Or to track down such a phenomenal cover band? 😁

The Farrelly brothers aren't exactly amateurs when it comes to putting together a playlist, either.

Michelle Hall9 said:amelie

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IS THIS THE SOUNDTRACK FROM THAT PENGUIN DOCUMENTARY?????????????????
anyone out there? 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Pulp Fiction👍

The Matrix
Pay It Forward (Thomas Newman’s "Possibility")
A Beautiful Mind (That mathematical kaleidoscope)
Run Lola Run (Running Three, Rock Me)