Which movie(s) do you think has the best soundtrack?
I think American Psycho has a good soundtrack and I listen to it occasionaly.
The Abyss really does something for me, can’t quite put my finger on it
For me the criteria is: would the movie be very different with another soundtrack. The below offerings truly elevate their movies imo.
Tron Legacy
Blade Runner
Black Panther
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Reservoir Dogs / Pulp Fiction / Kill Bill
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Stand By Me
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Dirty Dancing
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The Lost Boys
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Forrest Gump, hands down.
The blade runner soundtrack is my go to relax soundtrack. Have listened to it thousands of times by now.
Tron Legacy, but that’s cheating as it’s essentially a Daft Punk music video.
The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I’d never see. And then. One day. I got in…
and then it BEAMS
The Game has changed, Son of Flynn!
But to be honest: Its a good music video
Sadly not a good movie, though.
One of my favorite
No one mentioned Donnie Darko yet? Fanatic soundtrack.
The Matrix soundtrack is amazing
American Beauty.
It’s the most autumn sounding OST I know, super moody.
- Pirates of the Caribbean (personally, At World’s End has the best, Hans Zimmer)
- The Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore)
- Gravity (Steven Price)
- Tron Legacy (Daft Punk)
- Moonlight (Nicholas Britell)
- Harry Potter (can only speak to the ones by John Williams)
- Braveheart (James Horner)
- The Matrix (Don Davis)
- Interstellar
- Jaws
- Smokey and the Bandit
- The Way
The Matrix
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Forest GumpO Brother is great for some classic folk.
+1 for The Matrix. I once watched the film at a theater where the music was played live by an orchestra. One of my favorite movie experiences of all time. The soundtrack is incredible.
Can’t believe no-one mentioned The Crow…
It can’t rain all the time.
Rogue One. First time I saw it I was sure no one could hold a candle to John Williams. Then I watched it again and the way Michael Giacchino uses a half-step to underline the theme of hope gives me chills just remembering it.
Dazed and Confused
Akira(1988)
The soundtrack compliments the action so well.
real. Geinoh Yamashirogumi elevated that movie beyond “weird mindfuck anime” to an immersive experience.
On the same note, Ghost in the Shell’s soundtrack is also a masterwork, though it doesn’t have a single stand out track like Kaneda’s Theme
Too much of ambience songs.
Personally I prefer more structured pieces like Battle against Clown or the OST of Tron:LegacyI just gave it a listen through, and yes I am remembering it for Kaneda’s Theme.
Seeing that scene on the big screen in '88 has not been topped as the most electric cinematic experience, for me.
The theme reminds me a bit about the Mario Kart DS/N64 race track Banshee Boardwalk.
The theme is definitely more structured but a bit too repetetive to just listen to. As a theme it’s perfectly suited to support a narrative.