Favorite Film Score Soundtracks

[Rockox]

Does anyone here listen to film score soundtracks? What are your favorites? Here are some of mine:

Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal
The Fountain - Clint Mansell
Amelie - Yann Tiersen
Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
The Dark Crystal - Trevor Jones
The Usual Suspects - John Ottman
The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Howard Shore
Aliens - James Horner
The Black Hole - John Barry
Stargate - David Arnold
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Danny Elfman
Tron - Wendy Carlos
Altered States - John Corigliano
Signs - James Newton Howard
Robocop - Basil Poledouris

And pretty much everything John Williams did between 1975 and 1987.

[Shanerane]

Pee Wee's Big Adventure ftw. Such a weird movie, but it's so awesome.

[DrifterUK]

The only one Ive listened to is the one for the LotR films. I love that soundtrack

Edit - Just remembered I also have a heavy metal version of the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack

[Dante1847]

Vangelis' Blade Runner was the first that came to my head. Pure gold, every track.

others would include:

Black Hawk Down (Hans Zimmer)
Hero (Tan Dun)
Run Lola Run (artist/composer escapes me)
The Truman Show (Philip Glass)

[Rockox]

The Truman Show (Philip Glass)

Ooo, good one. I was never into minimalist stuff like Philip Glass until a few years ago, but I remember quite a few scenes in this movie where the music is just awesome.

[Pbateman]

Batman, Edward Scissorhands - Danny Elfman
A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone
Aliens - James Horner
The Godfather I and II - Nino Rota
Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Christopher Young
Vertigo, Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
Fight Club - The Dust Brothers
Bram Stoker's Dracula - Wojciech Kilar
Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti
The Fly - Howard Shore
Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith
Halloween - John Carpenter
Blood Simple - Carter Burwell

[FujiSkunk]

On the orchestral side:

All of John Williams's big scores, of course: the Star Wars series, Superman, the Indiana Jones series, Jaws, E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Jurassic Park is gradually growing on me as well.

James Horner: Apollo 13, Titanic, An American Tail.

Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek, the Rambo series (particularly Rambo: First Blood Part II), The Secret of NIMH.

Michael Kamen: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Don Juan DeMarco.

John Barry: Body Heat, Somewhere in Time, and of course, the original James Bond movies.

Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther, Charade, Hatari!

Hans Zimmer: The Lion King, As Good as It Gets.

Danny Elfman: Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands.

David Arnold: Independence Day.



On the electronic side:

Harold Faltermeyer: Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun.

Tangerine Dream: Firestarter.

Giorgio Moroder: Electric Dreams, The NeverEnding Story (the American/international cut).

Vangelis: Chariots of Fire. Blade Runner will probably become a favorite if I listen to it enough.

[JR48fan]

Star wars ftw!

[BevoTheWarrior]

Braveheart - James Horner
Edward Scissorhands - Danny Elfman
Star Wars - John Williams
Terminator 2 - Brad Fiedel

There are several others but those are the ones that really stand out in my mind right now.

[Rockox]

The Godfather I and II - Nino Rota

The love theme is definitely one of my favourites.