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Posted by My2ndFavCivilNgineer
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 8:52 am to
I'd like to throw in Last Samurai
Posted by AZTiger7072
Tucson
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:05 am to
No one has mentioned gone with the wind?
Posted by Dunk47
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:09 am to
Concerning Pirates of the Caribbean...go back and listen to the scores for other Michael Bay movies. They are very similar. The Rock in particular while watching the car chase sounds almost identical to the main PofC theme.
Posted by Phil A Sheo
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:22 am to
quote:

Concerning Pirates of the Caribbean

quote:

They are very similar. The Rock in particular


I can find vague similarities in almost all instrumental movie music.. What's you particular beef with PotC?
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:32 am to
Transformers
Krull
Braveheart
Day of the Dead (1985)
The Mission
The Untouchables
Van Helsing

Others I would name have already been provided, and these only include scored soundtracks with original music.

Classical soundtracks:
Amedaeus
Immortal Beloved

Contemporary soundtracks:
The Glen Miller Story
American Grafiti
Great Balls of Fire
Posted by tWildcat
Verona, KY
Member since Oct 2014
19286 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 9:41 am to
Rocky 4
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13543 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:25 am to
Home Alone
Jurassic Park
Quigley Down Under
Crocodile Dundee
Dances with Wolves
Legends of the Fall
Titanic
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:31 am to
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Jaws easily. The score/ theme is arguably more terrifying than the monster itself. You'd be hard pressed to find another piece of music from film that has left such a mark on our collective imagination.



Surprised no one has mentioned "Halloween" or "The Exorcist"..."Psycho" etc
Posted by jb4
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:50 am to
empire of the sun
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:52 am to
The Red Violin is a worthy addition to this thread.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29354 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:00 am to
John Williams best work is Jurassic Park. And I love the Star Wars, Indy, Jaws, and a host of others. But Jurassic Park captures wonder and terror so perfectly when its called upon.

Zimmer has some great work, Inception and Dark Knight were fantastic. I really thought his best to date was Interstellar. He captured the theme of Time so well. Many of the cuts were written at 60bpm, driving like a clock. I mean, Lion King not withstanding.

You have to love Morricone's Good/Bad/Ugly score. The score is basically the dialogue through much of the movie.

Posted by TheHumanTornado
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2008
3761 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:07 am to
The Exorcist
Posted by Sgt_Lincoln_Osiris
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2014
1077 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:32 am to
Michael Giacchino also has some good ones. Mission Impossible 3 and Star Trek Reboot. LOST isn't a movie but it had an excellent score by him.

Also check out Hans Zimmer in his Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack.

I liked some of Cloud Atlas.

Daft Punk did an awesome job with Tron Legacy
Posted by Cailloue Pitre
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 7:22 pm to
Fan of westerns here:

Magnificent Seven
Dances With Wolves
Posted by Geekboy
Member since Jan 2004
4901 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 7:58 pm to
Hoosiers
Posted by tiderider
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 8:05 pm to
quote:

The Red Violin is a worthy addition to this thread.


a very unique movie ...


AFI's list ...
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 8:06 pm
Posted by Pocket Kingz
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2013
1752 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:36 pm to
Akira (OST goes for mad coin and has never been repressed. Be glad if you can find a quality bootleg)
Blade Runner (music for this film was light years ahead of its time)
Ghost Dog (not the soundtrack, japanese import score. This was some of Rzas best work in a while when it was released and he hasnt really touched it since.)
Jurassic Park
Suspiria (for the real heads they just reissued this amazing work by the band Goblin)
Drive
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 11:45 pm
Posted by Pocket Kingz
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2013
1752 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:42 pm to
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Miyazaki films have great music: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle just to name a few.


Did you catch the double LP they released last year with various tracks from his films? Pick that up if you can still find it for a decent price.

Posted by abellsujr
New England
Member since Apr 2014
35245 posts
Posted on 4/13/15 at 11:51 pm to
Inception
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
64889 posts
Posted on 4/14/15 at 6:15 am to
Star Wars
Gone with the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Psycho
The Godfather
Jaws

Just to name a few.
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