The Twilight saga.
I know a lot of people who don’t watch the films but absolutely love the soundtracks. lol
Carter Burwell's score perfectly captures the dark, brooding atmosphere.
My favourite piece of his: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxiFtwvXhp4
Plus the soundtracks have introduced me to artists/bands I might not have heard otherwise.
My fave song from each film:
Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUQOAsq-C2A
Christina Perri feat. Steve Kazee - A Thousand Years Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9rvhUTrpA
(the song at the end credits that gets everyone emotional that it's all over *sniff sniff*)
Other soundtracks on my ipod:
Billy Elliot
The Craft (amazing!!!)
Grease
Kill Bill Vol.1 & 2
Rocky Horror Picture Show
South Park the movie (lol)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Watchmen
The Magnificent Seven - Bernstein
Once Upon a Time in the West - Morricone
Dances With Wolves - Barry
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Goldsmith
Taxi Driver - Hermman
I like the how to train your dragon soundtrack...in particular "forbidden friendship". How the social network soundtrack beat it to an Oscar that year is amazing
Titanic - James Horner is great at creating the atmosphere
Dirty dancing - need I say more!
Bridget Jones Diary - good selection is tunes
The exorcist - tubular bells
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As an orchestral musician, lots of pieces from the Lord of the Rings are a hell of a lot of fun to play, so this would have to be among my favorites.
O Brother Where Art Thou
Cold Mountain
I know a lot of people who don’t watch the films but absolutely love the soundtracks. lol
Carter Burwell's score perfectly captures the dark, brooding atmosphere.
My favourite piece of his: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxiFtwvXhp4
Plus the soundtracks have introduced me to artists/bands I might not have heard otherwise.
My fave song from each film:
Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUQOAsq-C2A
Lykke Li - Possibility
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY3XO4q5qzA
UNKLE - With You In My Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7ozup9q6Xw
Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz - Cold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QygQ-wi6vb4
Christina Perri feat. Steve Kazee - A Thousand Years Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9rvhUTrpA
(the song at the end credits that gets everyone emotional that it's all over *sniff sniff*)
Other soundtracks on my ipod:
Billy Elliot
The Craft (amazing!!!)
Grease
Kill Bill Vol.1 & 2
Rocky Horror Picture Show
South Park the movie (lol)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Watchmen
Easy Rider
Koyaanisqatsi
The Wicker Man
Forbidden Planet
Ennio Morricone's Once Upon A time In America.
Blade runner is still up there too
And Malcolm Arnolds' Whistle Down the Wind, as well as the brilliance of Flash Harry's Theme from The Belles of St trinians is a fave of mine.
As did The Matrix as I recall...
Once Upon a Time in the West - Morricone
Dances With Wolves - Barry
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Goldsmith
Taxi Driver - Hermman
Footloose
When I was a boy, on our record player a lot was the album from Carousel. If I hear it these days it makes me cry.
Cinema Paradiso soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLe9gTKQ4LU
Once Upon a Time in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4W17gTumi8
The Graduate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KziprA7XXuE
Midnight Cowboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-HNqLodM4
Spirited Away
Wrath of Khan
Out of Africa
Aliens
Predator
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Hannibal
Star Wars 4 to 6
Dirty dancing - need I say more!
Bridget Jones Diary - good selection is tunes
The exorcist - tubular bells
Brilliant use of silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s0-wbXC3pQ
Dances With Wolves (assorted) - John Barry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TJ7ZdBF1U
Bladerunner (assorted) - Vangelis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKkxAQYxyE
E.T - John Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cF4QsOI2yo