Shrek 2, unironically
Also Sucker Punch and Tron Legacy
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Shrek 2, unironically
Also Sucker Punch and Tron Legacy
The blade runner soundtrack is my go to relax soundtrack. Have listened to it thousands of times by now.
The Matrix soundtrack is amazing
American Beauty.
It's the most autumn sounding OST I know, super moody.
Dazed and Confused
Watched Blade Runner 2049 2 days ago. Had a very good soundtrack but I wouldnt just listen to it just.
Personal favorites:
Tron: Legacy
Pacific Rim
Thank you for so many suggestions! Honestly, I didn't know most of them.
For anyone who are too bothered to read the entire comment section, here's the list
List
Let me know if I'm missing something
More general answer than you expected, but...
I really like when the sound design in movies makes sense - it "plays" in radio, gramophone...
For example "Black hole sun" cover in first episode of Westworld is just brilliant and caught me off guard (I didn't know what it is about).
Haven’t watched it yet, but I love Black Hole Sun. I’ll definately check it out
The adjective for this type of music is "diegetic". That's sound which is occurring and audible in-universe, not just to the audience.
TIL, thanks.
My favourite example of this is in Grosse Point Blank, when the GNR cover of Live and Let Die is playing non-diagetically, right until the moment Martin walks into the store, and suddenly a cheesy muzak version of it is playing over the shop radio. It's beautifully done :-)
I am quite fond of the recent Dune movies' soundtrack. Hans Zimmer can make a good bwowwwum, and a helping of One-Woman-Wailing :tm: also helps
Aside for that I would get into movie musical territory. A much derided subgenre that I adore.
Birdman. Just drums. Really fucking good drums. Also they appear in the middle of one scene in an excellent way.
Also: not a movie, but Cowboy Bebop. Lots and lots of great tracks.
The Blues Brothers - it's stringing together performances from famous musicians, and the soundtrack was successful as an album in its own right.
A few not listed:
Batman Forever
The Village
O Brother Where Art Thou
Amélie
Pride and Prejudice
Shutter Island
to name a few.
I'm going to reframe this as who I think the best composers are:
Bernard Hermann, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, etc.
John Williams, E.T., Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, etc.
Akira Ifukube, most of the Shōwa era Godzilla movies
Shiro Shigasu, Evangelion, Shin Godzilla
As far as new work, I'm partial to Scott Stafford on Ultraman Rising. It came out on Netflix this past June and I was really surprised how good that movie and soundtrack were.
Lots of good ones here, I'll add some that haven't been mentioned: Sahara, Rango, both Sherlock Holmes movies, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, the JJ Abrams Star Trek's, The Incredibles, Godzilla 2014, The Road to El Dorado
The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, or anything by Clint Mansell
Atomic Blonde
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Romeo and Juliet (the one with Claire Danes and Leo DiCaprio)
Pulp Fiction
Buena Vista Social Club
Help! (Or any of the Beatles movies)
Purple Rain
La Boum (French movie, 1980)
Fame and The Kids from Fame (the 1970's Original, not he reboot)
Blues Brothers
Monsoon Wedding
Lord of the Rings
Into The Wild
There's probably other's, but that's what immediately comes to mind.
The wackness - iconic 90s hip hop songs
28 days later - introduced me to post rock vibes
Dumb and Dumber
Tron Legacy, but that's cheating as it's essentially a Daft Punk music video.
But to be honest: Its a good music video
Sadly not a good movie, though.
One of my favorite
The Matrix
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Forest Gump
+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.
Once upon a time the west. (Ennio Morricone)
Blade runner (Vangelis)
The Lord of the Rings
This is Howard Shore's Magnum opus. It's what distinguishes this movie as more than just a great adaptation. His use of themes to represent not only races and kingdoms but characters, objects (like the One Ring, of course), and even concepts is a level above most movie soundtracks. There are even elements of storytelling through the music!
For example, the first time we hear the theme for Gondor is when Boromir is in Rivendell. Since he's more or less alone, the theme is played by a single French Horn in a somber (almost tragic) style. In Return of the King, we see Minas Tirith, capital of Gondor, in all its glory, and so the full orchestra plays the theme.
One more: As the Fellowship begins to break down, so too does the theme. We go from heroic phrases to shorter, interrupted instances. There's a book about the soundtrack written by Doug Adams. I highly recommend it if you're interested!
I know you said movies, but a soundtrack for a show I'm hooked on currently is Legion (FX/Marvel, on Hulu). The whole entire show has an amazing cast to begin with, but Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek Discovery, more) and Noah Hawley put together one hell of a score. I highly recommend it and the show.
Yes, spawn. Amazing.
+1 for Spawn. Such a great soundtrack for a such bad movie.
Can't believe no-one mentioned The Crow..
It can’t rain all the time.
Reservoir Dogs, O Brother Where Art Though, Blues Brothers, From Dusk til Dawn,