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I'm seriously amazed there haven't been more callouts for lord of the rings. Don't think I'll ever like a soundtrack to a movie more than Howard Shore's work there.
creeping-deth87 wrote: I'm seriously amazed there haven't been more callouts for lord of the rings. Don't think I'll ever like a soundtrack to a movie more than Howard Shore's work there.
I listen to that while I'm at work, coding/debugging... which allows parts of my brain to replay the movie in my head.
Got to give a shout to Star Trek Motion Picture, it’s a great one that get a bit overlooked now because it was reworked for all the other films and Next Gen.
I love a good soundtrack, and like most things by Hans Zimmer and Michael Giacchino whose work on Lost I found especially memorable.
But for something a bit different, I’m putting up some of the haunting music from Moon by Clint Mansell
The Moon soundtrack is all kinds of awesome. As is the film itself. The best movie I've seen in the past decade or so, I reckon.
My favourite soundtracks of recent years are probably Mad Max: Fury Road, Wonder Woman (although that's largely down to the work Hans Zimmer did on her theme in Batman v. Superman), and Prometheus (the film itself may have been deeply flawed, but I cannot fault the music).
Honourable mention goes to the Dunkirk soundtrack, even though I've not actually had a chance to see the film yet. The 'Supermarine' track has become a sort of unofficial theme for my Night Lords.
A little bit of righteous anger now and then is good, actually. Don't trust a person who never gets angry.
I'd say any Star Wars music is pretty iconic, particularly that from the prequels as I feel that is when Williams really started churning out some unique sounding stuff. Duel of the Fates is awesome and still makes me want to leap around the kitchen swinging a broom around my head...
Anything Lord of the Rings is fantastic as Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean. Nothing more recent really comes to mind though. It was slightly disappointing when all the Marvel and DC movies came out and had pretty generic music that wasn't all that memorable, the only exceptions being the theme for the Avengers and Wonder Woman. Seems like a missed opportunity!
I could list many video game soundtracks as well but my top ones that I tend to listen to when painting would be stuff from Assassins Creed (Ezio trilogy and Origins are excellent), The Witcher 3, Space Marine, and Total War (Rome 1 and Warhammer) to list but a few.
There’s also the somewhat less conventional, such as Guardians of the Galaxy.
The choice of songs there, and particularly how they help define Quill is a very big part of the film. Sure, none were written for the film, but it really does work.
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I think Guardians 2 does its mix tape a little better than the first, actually. The first film has a great soundtrack, but the placing of certain songs in the narrative of the second give parts of it way more punch that they'd otherwise have. Yondu's funeral with Fathers And Sons playing is one of the MCU's high points.
Far and away one of my favourites, song and artist.
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Paradigm wrote: I think Guardians 2 does its mix tape a little better than the first, actually. The first film has a great soundtrack, but the placing of certain songs in the narrative of the second give parts of it way more punch that they'd otherwise have. Yondu's funeral with Fathers And Sons playing is one of the MCU's high points.
Most tellingly it’s something we’ve seen other films try to replicate.
Yet one can’t simply drop in Glam Rock bangers like Ballroom Blitz without it meaning something to at least one of the players. Ref, Suicide Squad.
I love that song, but there it was to describe the action, not the emotion. And right there you’re missing the point of music,
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Marvel actually does this (or used to) quite a bit. The bit in the first Avengers movie when Stark blazes in to AC/DC blasting from the Shield airplane was very cool.
One of the definitive Batman soundtracks for me while I grew up is the one used in Mask of the Phantasm (and to a similar extent, the opening theme of the original BTAS), it's just spot on with the orchestral score alongside the choir.
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Since Star Wars and LoTR have already been mentioned, I would also say The First Hunter for Bloodborne was simply amazing as the penultimate boss fight (or final depending on which route you chose). It's melancholic not only for it being one of the final fights of the game but reflective of the boss himself, doing what he has to do not of his own free will.
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For Witcher 3, I had a toss up between the Fields of Ard Skellig from the base game, and the Slopes of The Blessure. Both Ard Skellig and Toussaint were my favourite locations partly because their music so fully encapsulated their respective regions.
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Any fans of the Yakuza series will know Kuze's theme, which has a lot of variations and given that you face him several times in the course of Yakuza 0 only compounds it as one of the defining and best themes of the series. Head-banging beats!
I've spent too much time at the local GW. . . I absolutely hate the LOTR soundtrack at this point. . .
On topic: like others have mentioned, Blade Runner is a supreme soundtrack. It fits the film, drives some elements, etc. . . In that vein, I thoroughly enjoy Blade Runner 2049's tracking as well. . . the "ambient" soundtrack (the orchestral stuff) written by Zimmer and Wallfisch are VERY reminiscent of the original, while the pop culture songs that pop up throughout really help give the world its own character that the actors interact with.
One soundtrack that I've always had some difficulty with is Braveheart's. James Horner's composition works quite well within the movie, but I find it very off-putting when listened to by itself. While I can simply pop in other soundtracks like BR, Star Wars, Star Trek or others, and just enjoy the music, with this particular one, I feel it simply does not work as music without the movie itself.
If I'm going video games, it's either going to be Chaos Gate or I'd go with Skyrim as the music is pretty damn iconic.
Also, since the soundtrack for Final Fantasy VI (III on the Super NES) exists, the only debate is which FF has the SECOND best soundtrack
As far as films? Krull, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, Patton, Fist of the North Star (Anime film, not that Gary Daniels tripe), and decidedly have to round it out with Transformers: The Movie (1986).
Milius Conan soundtrack, and the best FF game and soundtrack Final Fantasy Tactics.
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I love movie soundtracks and of course folks have already mentioned many classics ITT. Going through the LotR OST by Shore would have to be its own thread, honestly - that's how intricate and densely excellent his work on Jackson's first trilogy was. I'm sure we could also all pick out the shining moments of various John Williams scores.
But let me ask you guys to sit down and listen to a piece that you may have overlooked or even never heard at all. It's basically brand new, after all, and unfortunately the film itself did not do very well (despite being great). Yet this score has some of the best film music I have heard in ... gosh, maybe since all these classic tracks were new?
This track in particular has a lot of excellent moments, trust me:
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The Solo OST is a good shout, I still find myself whistling the bars of the main theme when I'm pottering about.
Most of the ones I'd have gone for have been mentioned, but a couple of videogame soundtracks stand out as well.
The first is Jasper Kyd's work for Vermintide, where for my money he nails down the "sound" of Warhammer Fantasy utterly. A perfect blend of sinister, discordant, and bombastic, exemplified by the opening rendition of the main theme followed by the big blowout closing version, and by one of the Skaven-specific songs:
One that stands out as a nigh-perfect distillation of the game into the sound is Mick Gordon's work on DOOM 2016. Beyond just that even, it deserves special praise for the way it seamlessly weaves itself around the action while playing the game itself, seemingly always exactly in tune with the level of adrenaline you feel based on what's on the screen.
Also, while I'd agree with Paradigm that the main theme from Inquisition is excellent, honestly much of the rest of the soundtrack sounded a smidge Generic Movie Trailer for me. The soundtrack from Dragon Age Origins is the one from the series I'd have to pick out as being definitive - almost every track is thematic and evocative, and it has quite a distinctive sound overall. It's odd actually as I usually don't have much time for Inon Zur.
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Would it be cheating to make a mention of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" ?? It was a movie, and it has a soundtrack (just, ya know, never mind that the movie is basically one long gigantic music video)
This song basically always touches me in a special way. The music in sunshine is all pretty amazing though.
If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.
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Sunshine had a phenomenal score which was unreleased in the US. However the major themes were re-done for Kick Ass and it was just as good. "Big Daddy's Death" was one of the primary themes (Surface of the Sun I believe from Sunshine).
*Disclaimer: I adore Sunshine and think it's a hugely underrated film...the score being one part of a greater whole.
Elbows wrote: Sunshine had a phenomenal score which was unreleased in the US. However the major themes were re-done for Kick Ass and it was just as good. "Big Daddy's Death" was one of the primary themes (Surface of the Sun I believe from Sunshine).
*Disclaimer: I adore Sunshine and think it's a hugely underrated film...the score being one part of a greater whole.
Yep - absolutely.
If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.
- Fox Mulder
Donnie Darko soundtrack is one of my favourites. It captures the tone and feel of the movie perfectly
Avengers: Infinity War also had a great score. One of the best Marvel has had in my opinion. Alan Silvestri calls back to his original Avengers score while building upon it
