The Fifth Element soundtrack was one of the only ones I was ever tempted to buy, so I guess that makes it a favorite of mine.
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The Fifth Element soundtrack was one of the only ones I was ever tempted to buy, so I guess that makes it a favorite of mine.
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o ya, Wanted has a good one too... especially when he goes in and kills all the bad guys...
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Cold Mountain
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How could I have forgotten about this movie?!Originally Posted by Strike For The South
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I went nuts when I saw this thread. Soundtracks are one of my favourite genres of music. When pressed I'd have to put John William's original Star Wars trilogy and Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings trilogy as my epic masterpieces. Simply awesome works.
John Williams was "the MAN" in the 70's and 80's - Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman, the Olympic Fanfare, etc. were incredible works. I've not enjoyed his works so much in the last 15-20 years though, but the Harry Potter stuff was okay.
Right behind SW and LotR is Randy Edelman's Gettysburg. This soundtrack gets some of the most play time with me.
Jerry Goldsmith did some amazing work too. Patton standing out as my favourite with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Mulan notable too.
James Horner's Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan is brilliant, but his stuff begins to sound similar after awhile.
Vangelis' Chariots of Fire and Alexander are favourites too.
Alan Silvestri's Back to the Future soundtracks...
Han Zimmer's Pirates of the Carribean is great, but his other works haven't grabbed me like I wish it would.
My current Holy Grail is Bruce Broughton's Silverado. Epic work that captures the grandure of the wild West, but last I checked, it was no long available.Edit: it IS now available! Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaa! Off to Amazon.com...
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I'm with Greg. The music of a movie makes or breaks it for me and I love collecting and listening to soundtracks.
Most evocative of all to me is "The Mission".
All Morricone's scores tick my boxes, but this is the most haunting of all.
Honourable mentions to:
"Once upon a Time in America".
"Schindler's List".
"Man in the Iron Mask".
"Gladiator".
"Last of the Mohicans".
"Stardust".
Best use of a compilation of several composers:
"Moulin Rouge" (especially the Roxanne tango).
Best use of a single composer's opera:
"Amadeus".
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One of the greatest scenes ever made, it's just diabolical.
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