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Location: Michigan | Another completly off topic post but it is Monday and slow here in Michigan. Name your favorite, favorites, least favorites or whatever. Sorry if this has been done before. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The Graduate. 1968. Simon and Garfunkle. Best selling album of the Year. Knowing this enabled me to win a contest on a radio call-in show 25 years ago. Another that really grew on me when I was studying Civil War leadership models is the soundtrack to Ted Turner's Gettysburg. |
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Location: Wichita, KS | I'm not a big fan of movie soundtracks and only have a handful in my CD collection. My top three would be (in no particular order):
American Beauty
Monster
Midnight Express
Of those, only Midnight Express has any vocals. All three feature compositions that are rather far out, but I think they are still highly listenable. |
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Location: Vernon CT | The Big Chill!!
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
The Temptations - My Girl
The Rascals - Good Lovin'
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles -I Second That Emotion
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
The Exciters - Tell Him
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
The Rascals - In The Midnight Hour
The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
The Band - The Weight
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Bert Kaempfert - Strangers In The Night
Church Version - You Can't Always Get What You Want
J.T. Lancer Theme
Disc: 2
Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Marvalettes - Too Many Fish In The Sea
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun
Isley Brothers -Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
The Supremes - Ask Any Girl
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You
The Mamas And The Papas - Monday, Monday
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (The Night)
Joe Cocker - Feeling Alright
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Game Of Love
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
Blues Magoos - (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet
The Zombies - Time Of The Season
Howard Tate - Get It While You Can |
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Location: south east Michigan | Well.. since we're all friends here,
The Nightmare Before Christmas.... Danny Elfman
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
The Graduate. 1968. Simon and Garfunkle. Best selling album of the Year. Knowing this enabled me to win a contest on a radio call-in show 25 years ago. Another that really grew on me when I was studying Civil War leadership models is the soundtrack to Ted Turner's Gettysburg. my favorite movie |
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Location: Michigan | I am thinking "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" though BTs Big Chill is one I had not thought about. The Graduate is another...I should have invested in plastics.. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | O Brother is a good one.
"The Commitments" is one of my favorites
"West Side Story" is another |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Sorcerer" Tangerine Dream |
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Location: Mass | "An American Werewolf in London". Most all songs in the soundtrack had a connection to the moon. Very cool. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Well.. since we're all friends here,
The Nightmare Before Christmas.... Danny Elfman
. I don't think we wanna be that good of friends (excpet maybe Clifford)...... |
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Location: SoCal | That Thing You Do -- The Wonders (formerly The Oneders)..... |
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Location: Montana | Yes, I love The Commitments, I just found out that was the first move of a "trilogy". I'm not sure how the others are related except they have the same lead actor. The Snapper and The Van are the other two.
Best soundtrack from an unheard of movie - music from Cal by Mark Knopfler. I've not been able to find the movie anywhere but a friend gave me the soundtrack and it's great. |
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Location: Michigan | Originally posted by Jim A:
"An American Werewolf in London". Most all songs in the soundtrack had a connection to the moon. Very cool. Forgot about that one also. Great choice! |
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Location: Tennessee | Five Summer Stories
Kill Bill
American Graffiti
The Sound of Music
Fiddler on the Roof |
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Location: closely held secret | "Woodstock".
...ok, too obvious. "The Music Man". |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | "Apocalypse Now" |
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Location: Cicero, NY | "The Godfather" |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The Exorcist  |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | "Help"
"A Hard Day's Night" |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The Children of Sanchese, Chuck Mangione |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | O Brother, Where Art Thou
Blade Runner
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Pulp Fiction
Geronimo: An American Legend
The Natural
The Princess Bride
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ain't Misbehavin'
Trainspotting
The Wizard of Oz
Star Wars: A New Hope
2001: A Space Odyssey
Three Days of the Condor |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Lots of those previously listed
Easy Rider was always a favourite
AJ |
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| My list so far, not in any particular order:
To Sir, With Love
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
What's Up, Doc
Bells are Ringing
The Sound of Music
Cars
A Bug's Life
Michelle |
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Location: Michigan | All great ones, keep em coming! How about the soundtrack from "Backbeat"?
In case you did not catch it the movie is about the early days of the Beatles, of course covers but it does a good job of showing the venues the Beatles played in early and the energy they put into the shows.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000000W4X/ref=pd_krex_lis... |
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Location: Agawam MA | The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
God bless,
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Location: Wichita, KS | If I may add to my previous list...
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, music by Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer
Disney's animated Tarzan, songs by Phil Collins
And my least favorite has to be Jurassic Park. John Williams is a brilliant composer, but I find the movie's main theme insufferable. |
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Location: big island | Singin' In The Rain
Purple Rain
Dr. Zhivago |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by lanaki:
Dr. Zhivago +1 |
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Location: south east Michigan | IMO, a true sound track is music recorded just for the film and is specific to a theme.
Anything else is just a mix tape. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I don't know if this counts as a soundtrack but I'll throw it out there anyway:
Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds".
Mark Knopfler - "Local Hero" |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
IMO, a true sound track is music recorded just for the film and is specific to a theme.
Anything else is just a mix tape. I disagree - if the music is integral to the movie - like "The Big Chill" or "The Commitments" then I think it goes beyond just a mix. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Tho I agree that you disagree... I disagree.
Going down a list and picking some Motown tunes is more a matter of convience. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Best soundtrack?
Pretty much any Charlie Chaplin film.
Really, those piano fills just MAKE the movie. |
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Location: ms | A couple of old and mostly unknowns.
FM
Fandango |
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Location: Chicago | "Paris, Texas":
Ry Cooder is sublime! |
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Location: Michigan | Thank you all for not posting the soundtrack to "Once". I wanted to scream by the end of that movie. |
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Location: GA USA | Wouldn't Charlie Chaplin be a score rather than a soundtrack?
Nobody said Phantom of the Paradise, maybe for a reason.
Rocky Horror is pretty cool. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Ray |
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Elizabethtown I
Elizabethtown II
Elizabethtown Original Score (by Nancy Wilson)
Cameron Crowe Movies always have amazing music and this one had enough content to do 2 soundtrack CDs and one more, the Original Score, of all instrumental stuff, most of which was done by Cameron's talented wife. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | White Christmas
Mary Poppins
The Sound Of Music
Amadeus
and...even though I didn't really like it, "Jaws"
--Karen |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | I'm suprised no one has listed "Saturday Night Fever" as a favorite!!! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Black Hawk Down
Barra Barra by Rachid Taha is butt stomping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUbzX3izyw4&feature=related
This version has him drunk on his ass and staggering but it's still good. He's saying something like, Out there, life is hard, Out there, people lie etc. Fit the movie perfectly, I like the blend of punk, techno and arabic rock.
PS Black hawk down was a great book. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I wasn't thinking when I posted last.
It's an easy answer.
Love Song for Bobby Long
6 songs by Grayson Capps, 1 from Los Lobos and several others. What's not to like?? |
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Location: Huntington Beach | Once Upon a Time in the West - great flick too. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | Goodfellas
A Bronx Tale
Bottle Rocket |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - the Movie. |
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Location: Indiana | The Big Chill
The Graduate |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Beatles aside, I liked Rocky IV - `No Easy Way Out' was just briliant I thought! |
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Favorite movie soundtracks?