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Wonderful music, dreadful film!
Soundtrack to a series rather than a film, but this double CD contains some seriously good music. I appreciate none of the tracks were written for the series, but nonetheless the matching of the music to the script is an art in itself.
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@MrUnderhill Your list is pretty much mine, so great choices!
With the help of my son, who has collected many soundtracks, here are a few that we think are worthy of investigation. I discovered most of these when I was driving us somewhere, with his Sony music player bluetoothed into the sound system, I would ask what was playing (keeping my eyes on the road). Occasionally, it would be from a Game, so I have added these too. Our Top 5 / Others.
Films
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
Mad Max: Fury Road - Junkie XL
Little Miss Sunshine - Various Artists
Bladerunner - Vangelis
TV
Westworld - Ramin Djawadi (season 1)
Lost - Michael Giacchino (season 4)
Batman the Animated Series - Shirley Walker (volume 5)
Chernobyl - Hildur Guðnadóttir
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (season 1)
Games
Tales From The Borderlands - VA (Guardians of the Galaxy - video game soundtracks)
Bioshock Infinite - G. Schyman
The Last of Us - Gustavo Santaolalla
Red Dead Redemption - Bill Elm and Woody Jackson
Shadow of the Colossus - Kow Otani
Other Films
1917 - Thomas Newman
Baby Driver - Various Artists
Birdman - Antonio Sanchez
Black Panther - Ludwig Goransson / Kendrick Lamar
Blade Runner 2049 / Dark Knight / Dunkirk / Inception - Hans Zimmer
Django Unchained - Various Artists
Drive - Cliff Martinez / Various Artists
Guardians of the Galaxy - Various Artists
Requiem For A Dream - Clint Mansell
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
There Will Be Blood - Johnny Greenwood
Tron: Legacy - Daft Punk
Whiplash - Various Artists
Other TV
Stranger Things - Kyle Dixon (season 1)
Other Games
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped - Mutato Muzika (aka Mark Mothersbaugh)
Portal 2 - Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory - soundtrack auto-generates on movement!
Timesplitters 2 - Graeme Norgate
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Box Set Ordered 
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Nice selection, there’s a lot to listen to!
As you also listed
I would suggest Joker as well:
Also Whiplash is great, yet I don’t think the album is recorded properly, it sounds a bit harsh and digitalized (at least from Tidal). I wonder if it’s just me or there’s an actual problem.
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The soundtrack to the film, Meet Joe Black. Most of the music is composed by Thomas Newman. I’ve never seen the film. I discovered the soundtrack after part of the music was used, I think, in some sort of advertisement for the teaching profession. I searched on the internet and found that this piece of music was from the Meet Joe Black soundtrack. It’s a lovely soundtrack album.
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Thanks for sharing!
I’m not sure, but I think I’ve watched this video before. However, as I really enjoy soundtracks, it’s always very interesting to understand how a soundtrack is composed and why it’s created in a certain way, it’s so fascinating.
Chernobyl is very unique. I haven’t watched the series yet, but this soundtrack is distinctive and very different from others. In some cases I know movies better from their soundtrack rather than anything else.
If you are interested, there’s also this video where she talks about Joker as well:
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A quirky film very much set over the changing era of old school jazzy 50s to trendy rock 60s.
But an interesting flick enough to repeat watch every so many years, and the music is very entertaining as an offspring album, with an inclusion of input from a very young Jimmy Page during the same year that led zeppelins were invented.
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It’s a very good film, one of Mrs AC’s favourites, perhaps a bit of a tear-jerker chick-flick but deals with eternal themes.
Perhaps we should actually watch the film!
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Taking your understanding of soundtracks, I actually have just one to add. Not because there is my favourite among others - it’s just the only one I have. So, for sure, in first row
I think outside Germany the film has been named “Run Lola Run”.
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When I was on a long walk today, I suddenly thought of Almost Famous - A great Film and excellent soundtrack. The sequence with the cast singing along with ‘Tiny Dancer’ is wonderful.
- America – Simon & Garfunkel
- Sparks – The Who
- It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference – Todd Rundgren
- I’ve Seen All Good People: Your Move – Yes
- Feel Flows – The Beach Boys
- Fever Dog – Stillwater
- Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart
- Mr. Farmer – The Seeds
- One Way Out – The Allman Brothers Band
- Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- That’s The Way – Led Zeppelin
- Tiny Dancer – Elton John
- Lucky Trumble – Nancy Wilson
- I’m Waiting For The Man – David Bowie
- The Wind – Cat Stevens
- Slip Away – Clarence Carter
- Something In The Air – Thunderclap Newman
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I came across this soundtrack watching a commercial. Then I ended up buying both the CD and the documentary in blu-ray.
Nicest tracks, for me at least, are: “Arrival of the Birds”, “The Dance”, “Soda” and “Transformation”.
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Clockwork Orange
My very 1st soundtrack purchase. I’m not really a fan of the film, but the music here, definitely.
Walter Carlos Title Music From A Clockwork Orange
Gioacchino Rossini The Thieving Magpie (Abridged)
Walter Carlos Theme From A Clockwork Orange (Beethoviana)
Ludwig van Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Second Movement - Abridged
Walter Carlos March From A Clockwork Orange (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement - Abridged)
Walter Carlos William Tell Overture - Abridged
Sir Edward Elgar Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1
Sir Edward Elgar Pomp And Circumstance March No. IV
Walter Carlos Timesteps (Excerpt)
Terry Tucker Overture To The Sun
Erika Eigen I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper
Gioacchino Rossini William Tell Overture - Abridged
Walter Carlos Suicide Scherzo (Ninth Symphony, Second Movement - Abridged)
Ludwig van Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement - Abridged
Gene Kelly Singin’ In The Rain
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Movie still disturbs me, that and Straw Dogs.
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Not a fan of Kubrik, but there are surely some interesting tracks!
What about Ocean’s Eleven? David Holmes has quite a unique style.