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Soundtracks: Music for Work
Posted on 11/30/12 at 10:25 am
Posted on 11/30/12 at 10:25 am
I've been into soundtracks lately, I have found they provide possibly the best background music for working. No lyrics for me to sing, but great emotional rides and if you listen to the right stuff, can make you feel super productive.
Nothing like working on the last pages of a report and hearing the ID4 theme come on. No I'm not killing aliens but it makes me feel totally awesome.
Anyways, I would get specific and say "Most Heroic soundtracks," Or "Most bombastic," but whatever. What are some underrated soundtracks?
Most heroic for me right now:
1. <---- Captain America - One of the better modern scores
2. Thor - Patrick Doyle Kills it, great score for that film
3. Tron Legacy - Well done, but too frantic with the short pieces
4. John Carter - Good soundtrack for an underrated film
5. Transformers Dark of the Moon - Both the first and third film have excellent scores with a ton of brash heroic-sounding music.
Nothing like working on the last pages of a report and hearing the ID4 theme come on. No I'm not killing aliens but it makes me feel totally awesome.
Anyways, I would get specific and say "Most Heroic soundtracks," Or "Most bombastic," but whatever. What are some underrated soundtracks?
Most heroic for me right now:
1. <---- Captain America - One of the better modern scores
2. Thor - Patrick Doyle Kills it, great score for that film
3. Tron Legacy - Well done, but too frantic with the short pieces
4. John Carter - Good soundtrack for an underrated film
5. Transformers Dark of the Moon - Both the first and third film have excellent scores with a ton of brash heroic-sounding music.
This post was edited on 11/30/12 at 10:34 am
Posted on 11/30/12 at 10:31 am to Freauxzen
I thought you were talking about the soundtrack for Best of the best movie until i read all of your post
on topic, i love listening to soundtracks while at work. i dont really know about underrated as im usually listening to LOTR, Dark Knight, etc..
on topic, i love listening to soundtracks while at work. i dont really know about underrated as im usually listening to LOTR, Dark Knight, etc..
Posted on 11/30/12 at 10:36 am to The Godfather
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I thought you were talking about the soundtrack for Best of the best movie until i read all of your post
Such a great movie
On a similar note:
LINK
Was actually quite the awesome score. I can't locate a copy of it though.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 10:42 am to Freauxzen
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Such a great movie
Tommy, NO!!!
i love that movie, definitely one of my guilty pleasures, but i wont sidetrack your thread with that anymore
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Was actually quite the awesome score. I can't locate a copy of it though.
That's for Lionheart? I'll look around for one tonight for you when i get home.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 10:46 am to The Godfather
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That's for Lionheart? I'll look around for one tonight for you when i get home.
Yeah even before the Youtube, that was one of those scores I could recall no matter what. I've been looking for it, apparently even physical copies are extremely rare.
Any other ideas?
We all work, I'm sure some can find use for this.
Obviously, nI rock BSG a lot of the time, all of the season, plus the movies and Caprica. Bear McCreary's work on that is pretty much unmatched for television scores.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 11:01 am to Freauxzen
Alexander Soundtrack
The Mission Soundtrack
The Mission Soundtrack
Posted on 11/30/12 at 12:33 pm to Alahunter
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The Mission Soundtrack
Very solid.
I'd also add The Rocketeer
Posted on 11/30/12 at 12:41 pm to Freauxzen
Anything by John Williams. Cannot overrate this guy.
Plus Immortal Beloved, although it's Beethoven. I'm partial to The Hunt for Red October but I'm not sure if it's underrated.
Plus Immortal Beloved, although it's Beethoven. I'm partial to The Hunt for Red October but I'm not sure if it's underrated.
This post was edited on 11/30/12 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 11/30/12 at 12:53 pm to Freauxzen
Office Space soundtrack
Back up in yo arse with the resurrection
Back up in yo arse with the resurrection
Posted on 11/30/12 at 1:57 pm to graychef
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Anything by John Williams. Cannot overrate this guy.
I can. I mean he's the best in terms of soundtracks during films.
Most of his stuff isn't listenable outside of that. I don't know why, that's probably personal.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:02 pm to Freauxzen
Gladiator soundtrack..
I <3 you Freaux
I agree on John Williams...i have the Star Wars soundtrack and other than the Imperial March i get almost nothing out of listening to it.
I <3 you Freaux
I agree on John Williams...i have the Star Wars soundtrack and other than the Imperial March i get almost nothing out of listening to it.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:06 pm to The Godfather
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Gladiator soundtrack..
I <3 you Freaux
It's ok actually, not Zimmer's best work though.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:09 pm to Freauxzen
What would you consider his best work?
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:22 pm to The Godfather
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What would you consider his best work?
He's got a lot of work, but Crimson Tide was stellar, very classic in construction.
Broken Arrow was also underrated, and although we can argue about it he did co-write the stuff for a League of Their Own which really captured the time well.
Gladiator was just a modern-action bombast with little weight (honestly, Transformers is more robust, listen to it and try to think of Shia).
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:29 pm to Freauxzen
i was just trying to figure out the best ones to get. I have most of his recent stuff (Batmans, Inception, POTC etc.)
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:33 pm to Freauxzen
Most Intense:
The Fountain
Most Heroic:
Last of the Mohicans - Close to Most Heroic
Halo OST - Most Heroic (I know, not a movie, but still fricking amazing)
See also:
The Other Boleyn Girl
For slow building, atmospheric, and melodic stuff, check out Mono, a Japanese quartet in a similar vein of Explosions in the Sky. Particularly, check out "Trailer 3."
The Fountain
Most Heroic:
Last of the Mohicans - Close to Most Heroic
Halo OST - Most Heroic (I know, not a movie, but still fricking amazing)
See also:
The Other Boleyn Girl
For slow building, atmospheric, and melodic stuff, check out Mono, a Japanese quartet in a similar vein of Explosions in the Sky. Particularly, check out "Trailer 3."
This post was edited on 11/30/12 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 11/30/12 at 2:48 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Most Intense:
The Fountain
Most Heroic:
Last of the Mohicans - Close to Most Heroic
Good stuff here.
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Halo OST - Most Heroic (I know, not a movie, but still fricking amazing)
It's pretty good. I like both Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age. Any other VG soundtracks you know of? Modern orchestral stuff, not old 16 bit MIDI. I do have some old Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy...but I'm lost on the good modern stuff.
Although Giacchino did Call of Duty 1 or 2? And Bear McCreary did Medal of Honor.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:18 pm to Freauxzen
The Shenmue OST is pretty amazing and so is Star Wars KOTOR's, iirc.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:40 pm to Freauxzen
the soundtrack to Unfaithful is awesome imo
I love piano
I love piano
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