[Quintus Curtius]

Soundtracks are good if you play them "location specific."
Examples:

The Road Warrior: when you're driving on the highway

Raiders of the Lost Ark: pure adrenaline rush, and should be the soundtrack to your life.

Apocalypse Now: Late at night when you're feeling introspective. It was released in the 1990s as a double CD and if you can find it, get it.

Superfly: Movie is dated, but the soundtrack is top notch. Say what you want, but the Curtis Mayfield soundtrack is fantastic and still rocks it.

Valhalla Rising: weird, metal-influenced surrealism. Give this one a look (as well as the movie starring Mads Mikkelsen)

[Ubietza]

I forgot one of the most epic ones: Rambo!

[birdrussell]

SLC Punk
The Big Lebowski
Project X
Easyrider

[Slim Shady]

This is Spinal Tap
Wayne's World
...if you're into the rock and roll

[Screwston]

Blade 2 had some jams. Nice rap and dubstep mixed up.

[urbannomad]

One of my all time favorites...Phillip Glass minimalist composer in a different class..( Minimalism is a genre of music. It focusses not on the ornaments of the music, nor the technicality. It reserves itself for the emotion portrayed through the listener. It is hypnotic and unique.)

[PizzaSult]

Layer Cake

The Matrix

[Frontenac]

Awesome thread.

Some off the top of my head:

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Jurassic Park (Sidenote: Someone took the opening theme of this and slowed it down 1000% into an hour long track. It sounds like a full symphony piece, and is awesome for studying or reading. I'll try and dig up a link for it).

Batman Begins (The track where Liam Neeson is training Christian Bale is something I listen to when I run).

Pulp Fiction

And for those who are looking for a spooky OST to put on a night when you're reading or something; the Alien 3 soundtrack. The last few times I've listened to it were when I was doing late-night work at the lab I work in. It's haunting, but epic. I've actually listened to it all the way through several times, and it's great. Again, I'll dig up something for it when I'm at a desktop.

[Haig]

I love the majority of John Carpenter's soundtracks but the one that sticks out for me is Big Trouble in Little China.

[commiejoe]

Dredd (2012) - the drug dealer room scene
Mr. Brooks (2007)

[TexAzn]

Off the top of my head

The Harder They Come
The Wackness
Buena Vista Social Club
Magnolia
Blow
Almost Famous
Reservoir Dogs
Trainspotting
Boogie Nights
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Dazed and Confused

I will x2 Pulp Fiction, Lost Highway, and Saturday Night Fever

[Professor Fox]

[Billy Chubbs]

(12-17-2013 02:18 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:  

Soundtracks are good if you play them "location specific."
Examples:

The Road Warrior: when you're driving on the highway

One time I was driving at sunset, iPod rocking, going down a hill, this song came on;

In my rear view mirror, semi came over crest right out of the sun. Took all my will power not to start speeding around it, screaming like an idiot.

A lot of instrumental/orchestral movie tracks have been heavily if not completely influenced by classical musicians. I would suggest looking into Wagner and Prokofiev if that's your thing.

1:50 and beyond always gives me chills, but you can hear about 20 different movie soundtracks in that song alone, showing how influential Prokofiev is.

Joe Hisashi has created a lot of moving music.

Of course, for a more conventional track there's Lawless;

And hey, I saw Lalo Schifrin up there!

[Professor Fox]

[Avon Barksdale]

THE HIGHLANDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LeBeau]

The beginning of this is perfect for one of the best submarine movies:

[Slick Shimmer]

[fokker]

Romper Stomper soundtrack, anyone?

[Noir]

My all time favorite soundtrack, Snatch.

[Slick Shimmer]

If you ever want to feel like an action hero.

[YossariansRight]

(06-15-2014 01:04 PM)Noir Wrote:  

My all time favorite soundtrack, Snatch.

Some good stuff here: http://youtu.be/FzqtmdaC0Ag

[JustJay]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Gladiator.

[YossariansRight]

A few of my favorites:

The Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone collaborations:

A Fistful Of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon A Time In The West

The Godfather Trilogy

Risky Business

Jackie Brown

The Deer Hunter

The Thomas Crown Affair (original)

[LeBeau]

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[MY DETROIT PLAYAS]

90's Best soundtrack era

Sunset Park
Menace 2 Society
Low Down Dirty Shame

Jams upon Jams