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Mine is Gladiator. The Disney Tarzan soundtrack is great too. What are your favorite soundtracks?

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

Monsoon Wedding

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Memories of Matsuko and Sakuran.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Buckaroo Banzai

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] vane@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

terminator 2

[–] Tux960@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 10 hours ago

So many good ones, I don't know how to choose.

  • Interstellar 55555 (slightly cheating)
  • Perfect Blue
  • The Green Knight
  • The Girl With All the Gifts
  • Dune (the original)
  • Densha Otoko
  • Spirited Away
  • Dark Knight
  • Interstellar
  • The Last of Us (game and show)
  • Innocent Venus
[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Tron Legacy

The Crow

Shrek 2

Sucker Punch

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Fight Club.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 13 hours ago
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

Tron 2. Daft Punk without lyrics is perfect for me.

[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Oh Brother Where Art Thou is a good one.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is my absolute fav.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Haven’t seen anyone mention Cinema Paradiso or The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Both are wildly different. Ennio Morricone is a genius.

There’s also The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino The Greatest Showman - Various Artists
Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
The Prince of Egypt - Hans Zimmer
The Gospel of John - Jeff Dann (great middle eastern vibe)

[–] Godofdirt@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] klemptor@startrek.website 9 points 1 day ago

Trainspotting
Hackers
Atomic Blonde
Go
Grease
The Big Lebowski
The Crow
Mary Poppins

[–] Pixelotes@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

A few of my favs, in no particular order:

  • The Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • Tron: Legacy
  • Oblivion
  • Gladiator
  • Star Wars (especially Episode I)
  • Interestellar
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[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Koyaanisqatsi
Solaris (the remake)
Whiplash
Broken Flowers
The Fountain
Pirates ot Caribbean

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Props for Koyaanisqatsi

I too like subjecting my neighbors to hours of Philip Glass albums.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago

I feel like whiplash is cheating but you right lol

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)
  • Lock stock and two smoking barrels
  • o’ brother where art thou
  • tron (daft punk)
[–] cartography_cat@lemm.ee 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Already lots of LOTR & Tron: Legacy here. Not seeing much love for animated film scores, so on that note & in no particular order:

  • How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, 1 is personal favorite
  • Kung Fu Panda trilogy, 2 is ~~so fucking good oh my god~~ personal favorite
  • The Lion King (1994)
  • Spirited Away
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • The Super Mario Movie
  • Finding Nemo
  • Up

A couple of these have great soundtracks, too, but I do love a good score.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago
  • Cosmos
  • Blade Runner

Vangelis, enough said.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 20 hours ago

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

Not a movie but all 3 Beastars openings sound so good

2001: A Space Odyssey. Ligeti scared the shit out of me as a kid, and I love it.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dune (1984)

The Fifth Element

Toto’s Dune score is objectively amazing, and also that one Brian Eno track was perfect. Good pick.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A few that spring to mind...

Vertigo
Psycho
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Mulholland Drive
All 3 LOTR films
Star Wars OT
Indiana Jones (especially Raiders)
The Sweet Smell of Success

[–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oh yes, I remember the Twin Peaks movie having the Cherubini requiem. Awesome stuff

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Ah, I never knew what that piece was. It's fantastic though, a perfect fit along with all of Badalamenti and Lynch's music.

My particular favourite is the weird drone of The Pink Room, turned up loud, but it's all good!

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Either Pulp Fiction or Judgment Night.

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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago
  • Tron by Draft Punk
  • Lord of the Ring
  • Interstellar
  • The Graduate
[–] sifr@retrolemmy.com 1 points 17 hours ago

Kill Bill Volume 2! And I like the Carol (2015) soundtrack (totally not a lesbian).

[–] huaxie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

My favorite is the soundtrack to Princess Mononoke, composed by Joe Hisaishi.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

Tron Legacy.

One of the few soundtracks I can listen from front to back.

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Into the wild

[–] Botanicals@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sifr@retrolemmy.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I was a hipster in high school and I used to have Amelie on my iPod classic. Was such a tiny screen. :)

[–] Botanicals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Give it a listen the whole album still hits!

[–] Deadful@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Mine is from the 1996 anime film X. It is based on a CLAMP manga and goes much harder than the poster would lead you to believe.

X Movie Wikipedia

The soundtrack complements the tone perfectly with its experimental and unsettling atmosphere.

X Original Soundtrack

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Pump Up The Volume

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

To Live and Die in LA by Wang Chung is another great one that hasn't been mentioned yet

[–] PoorYorick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and Footloose are probably my favorites of all time. It's really hard to find soundtracks with a better collection of absolutely amazing songs imo.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Terminator 2 Theme

Not sure if "favorite", I can't recall every soundtrack I've heard, but definitely one of my top favorites and the first I thought of.

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