8mm Forum: What Are You Favorite Soundtracks?

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Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on February 03, 2006, 07:52 PM:

I don't know if this has been posted before, but I love movie soundtracks. Yes it's true:-) I have several on LPs. Even if you've never seen the movie they're still interesting to listen to and the artwork on the album jackets can be fantstic. One of my favorites is Vertigo and the artwork is super. I have a near mint condition 78rpm three disc album of Duel In The Sun. Love to play it! One particular movie I've not seen and have the LP soundtrack to is House Boat. Great soundtrack! Anything by Elmer Bernstien is brilliant. What's your favorite. [Confused]

Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on February 03, 2006, 08:16 PM:

I still have many sound tracks on LP too. A few of my favorites are "Rollerball" (all classic music), "The Shining" (very eerie), and "Mad Max 2- The Road Warrior" (great score).

Nick.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on February 03, 2006, 08:45 PM:

I remember blasting the "Close Encounters" soundtrack (especially that opening crescendo) when it first came out. "A Clockwork Orange" was great with Walter Carlos' electronic versions of classical music. One of my all time favorites is David Shire's score for "The Hindenburg". I stole...er...borrowed quite a few of his themes for my school film projects.
Doug

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on February 03, 2006, 08:50 PM:

I agree with Dan on this one, Vertigo is my all time favourite sound track- that Bernard Hermann score is superb. Close runners up 'Cinema Paradiso' and anything sung by Alice Faye.

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on February 03, 2006, 10:00 PM:

Whoops, I almost forgot Anatomy Of A Murder with the music of Duke Ellington.

Paul, I watched the restored Vertigo on LD. It just gets better over the years. [Wink]

Posted by Alan Rik (Member # 73) on February 03, 2006, 10:57 PM:

When I was younger my brother "forced" me to listen to soundtracks. I would go and check out ELO,Beatles, etc. My brother would go to the soundtracks and walk up with LP's of Star Wars, Rocky, Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark. I use to HATE it!
But now.. I have my favorites!
My favorite composers are Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Ennio Moriccone, Lalo Schifrin, Alan Silvestri and one of my all time favorite composers is John Barry.
These are on my Ipod:
Superman, Star Wars, Best of John Barry, Schindlers List, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once upon a Time in America, Cinema Paradiso, Game of Death, Enter the Dragon, Gladiator, Forrest Gump, James Bond's greatest hits, Rocky Trilogy, Prince of Egypt, And lots more! [Smile]

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on February 04, 2006, 01:54 PM:

Ennio Moriccone, ah yes, one the most original for sure! I have most of the Spaghetti scores, Once Upon A Time In The West being the most haunting. I have The Burglars in 16mm scope low-fade with Ennio's score. In one scene Jean-Paul Belmondo is casually whistling the theme. Pretty cool stuff.

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on February 04, 2006, 02:36 PM:

hello there,i to have fav. soundtracks.the one i like the most is jaws followed by the final conflict by jerry goldsmith(i never heard a bad score from that man) and john barrys raise the titanic.in fact i just like movie soundtracks more than any other type of music.

Posted by Trevor Adams (Member # 42) on February 04, 2006, 02:48 PM:

The Third Man is a hands down winner for me.Love the way Anton can jangle the nerves with his zither!
Second would be the soothing "in flight" 2001,A Space Odessey musak. [Smile]

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 05, 2006, 02:20 PM:

most Ennio Morriconie, (that spoelling dont look rite [Big Grin]

),sountracks are classics for me, Once upon a time in the west being one of the very best.

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on February 09, 2006, 09:37 PM:

Trev, I have The Third Man LP form 1950 or 1949. It's a 10 inch long play from the movie. Very unique. I wonder if Welles chose that music? I also have the film on 16mm. Very moody experimental stuff from that period.

Tom, I hope I didn't spell anything obscene in Italian by mispelling Moriconne's name. [Eek!]

Posted by Chris Smith (Member # 132) on February 09, 2006, 10:57 PM:

What a great topic. Two scores immediately to mind--both of which I have on vinyl and enjoyed for years...THE GREAT ESCAPE by Elmer Bernstein and TAXI DRIVER by Bernard Herrmann. I'll add Dimitri Tiomkin and RED RIVER as well.

Posted by Chris Smith (Member # 132) on February 09, 2006, 10:58 PM:

What a great topic. Two scores immediately to mind--both of which I have on vinyl and enjoyed for years...THE GREAT ESCAPE by Elmer Bernstein and TAXI DRIVER by Bernard Herrmann. I'll add Dimitri Tiomkin and RED RIVER as well.

Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on February 09, 2006, 11:52 PM:

What a great topic!
After reading all of the posts, I imagined myself watching all of those films with the wonderful scores. I love The Sting, Rocky, The Godfather, and Godfather Trilogy. Copolla's Napoleon. Oh, please don't forget the score to Patton, Psycho, Lost Horizon, Alexanders Ragtime Band, That's Entertainment. All of the music from the Arthur Freed MGM Unit. RKO Berlin tunes to the Astaire and Rogers numbers-
Top Hat and Swingtime. Danny Elfman- Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

Score to King Kong, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Angels with Dirty Faces.
Warner Bros. Orchestra for all of those great Cartoons.
The music of LeRoy Shields and Marvin Hatley to all of those wonderful Hal Roach shorts and Features.- Our Gang, Laurel & Hardy.
Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland.

The Our Gang & Laurel & Hardy double CD's, hopefully are still available.
Listening to Smile When the Raindrops Fall, Bells, Little Dancing Girl, Bassooning, Honolulu Baby are GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,!

Check out this link Chelsea Rialto Studios
Ray puts together teriffic sounding original scores. Many have the missing cues from the films.

I purchased Lost Horizon and Alexander's Ragtime Band.

It is wonderful.

Michael

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