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KharBevNor:
Simple thread, really. What are yout favourite film/tv soundtracks ever, and why? Although I won't insist on it for others, I myself will keep myself to soundtracks where the music was specifically composed for the film/tv show in question, and not just compilations of songs from other sources, or, even worse, 'music inspired by the film' compilations.

1: V/A - The Wicker Man

Absolute and utter brilliance. It's rare that you can get a movie soundtrack that is actually ground-breaking and influential, but this album is an avowed influence of many a neo-folk artist. It's also fucking brilliant. As an aside, doesn anyone know what that thing the kid is playing right at the start of 'Maypole' is?

2: Yasushii Ishii - Hellsing

Someone needs to turn this sort of stuff into a proper genre or something.  if I was pressed for a very brief description, it would be 'A punkier Malice Mizer on crack with some jazz'. It's fantastically eclectic and fantastically good. Excellent tracks abound, such as the acoustic guitar and whistling chill-out of 'Pure Death', or 'Musical Play Smiling Rebellious Flower' (oh yeah, these CD's are Engrish heaven btw), which starts out as a jazzy, upbeat sort of rock track with almost doo-wop undertones, all smiles and sunshine, then slowly  becomes unsettling and menacing as evil undercurrents creep in and strange sound-collages and keyboard effects come in, ending up with a full on segue into the funeral march and a decaying orchestra. Fucking classic.

3: Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings

Absolutely perfect orchestral film soundtracks. John Williams dreams of doing stuff like this. That said.

4: John Williams - Star Wars Trilogy

IMPERIAL MARCH BITCHES! DUM DUM DUM DUM DUDUM DUM DUDUM DUUUUU DUUUU DUUUUU DUM DUDUM DUM DUDUM.

5: Vangelis - Blade Runner

I have less and less to say about these. Sex though.

6: Jerry Goldsmith - Alien

Scareh.

7: Coil - The Angelic Conversation.

It's Coil, man!

And I can't really think of anymore. Individual song credit to:

Barrington Pheloung - Inspector Morse Theme
Brad Fiedel - Terminator Theme

And whoever composed 'Anvils of Crom' from Conan the Barbarian. That is one bad-ass track.

Thrillho:
The Matrix soundtrack had an amazing selection of great songs. One of about the two Deftones songs I ever liked, Rammstein, a rare moment of enjoyable music from Monster Magnet - and of course it all closes with Wake Up, possibly the best song RATM ever did.

mberan42:

--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---The Matrix soundtrack <snip> and of course it all closes with Wake Up, possibly the best song RATM ever did.
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Yeah, I agree.

I like that song so much that I hacked my mobile, uploaded an mp3 of the "wake up!" section towards the end, and set it as my alarm. Fuckin' makes me jump outta bed.

Kirbo:
The Theme to Sanford and Son, The Theme to Batman, The Theme to Seinfeld.

Those are the greatest TV Theme's ever.

The Jefferson's is up there too.

Kai:

--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---
7: Coil - The Angelic Conversation.

It's Coil, man!

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Wait, what did Coil do the soudntrack for? gimme gimme, bitches.


Also, totally double the Hellsing soudtrack. It wins.


Also, the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack is pretty great too.

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