What is YOUR favorite Film/Series music/Soundtrack?

[The Forsaken One]

I've been skimming my mp3 and cd collection the whole morning in the hopes to compose some list to calm my ever uneasy mind while I'm studying for a big exam tomorrow and when I reached the John Williams section of my collection the question just popped into my mind

My favorite was not really that hard a choise but not an easy one, it obviously (for me) came from John Williams of Enya. With the Gladiator, Starwars, Matrix, Ben Hur, Oh Fortuna, 2001 a space odyssey, chariots of fire, The Imperial March, Duel of the Fates themes as examples. But the absolute winner for me was....

John Williams - Crimson Tide Theme (From the movie Crimson Tide)

Honestly, I have heard that piece of music over a thousand times I'm sure, and it never ever failed to bring a shiver down my spine, goosebumps all over my body and a moved tear now and then.

So what are your favorites?

 

[Hand of Evil]

I really like the Smallville Talon mix, any Adam Sandler movie sound track

 

[The Serge]

John Williams - Crimson Tide Theme (From the movie Crimson Tide)

John Williams didn't write anything frm Crimson Tide. The score was written by Hans Zimmer.

My favorites include:

Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: I especially love The Ring motif (heard as the title appears in the beginning of each movie, and heard with profound power in "The Great River" track of the first score); the Fellowship Theme; the Hobbit Hymn (essentially Frodo's theme); the Rohan theme; and I love the "Revelation of the Ringwraiths" which is featured prominently in tracks five through eight of the first score. Throughout the scores, we have profound heroism, loss, threat, unbridled evil, uplifting good, and solemnity; in essence, every emotion is conveyed in this film to a degree I've not experienced in any other film score. A beautiful, operatic score filled with religious overtones, perfect for LotRs.

John Williams Star Wars Trilogy: The man when it comes to contemporary film scoring. From Jaws to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Williams has had a great impact on film music (not to mention American fanfares, like the various pieces he's written for the Olympics since '84). But, it's the Star Wars Trilogy that stands out for me. The master of leitmotif, Williams has created numerous, memorable musical signatures, my favorite being the infamous "Imperial March" that represents the unstoppable tyranny of Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire. Brilliant.

Jerry Goldsmith's The Omen: There is no music that is so utterly filled with evil than the music from this film. Jerry Goldsmith, who's written a wide array of music from things like the Star Trek fanfare from the first film and TNG to Gremlins, really made Evil (that's right, with a captial E) come alive in this score. He essentially took two important Christian sacraments (blood and flesh) and turned them into satanic rituals in the chief theme of the film, "Avi Satani" (hail Satan). This is truly disturbing, evil, yet beautiful music. It earned its Oscar.

Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's The Gladiator: Although a lot of people love the action cues from this score, I'm partial to the last three tracks in which Zimmer and Gerrard feature beautiful, bittersweet, yet heroic music as our hero makes his final journey and is reunited with his family. It's truly tearful music that somehow makes you happy with the story's resolution.

John Williams' Superman: There is no music out there, not from Batman and not from X-Men, that more perfectly captures a hero than "The March from Superman" by John Williams. The March is so full over heroism, the idea that "Something REALLY Good this way comes" that you can actually see why Superman's such a cool hero in the right hands.

Those are the few I can think of that really warrant a place here. I own probably 30 or so scores, but these are among my favorites.

 

[Richards]

I've always been partial to the music from John Carpenter's The Thing, although the soundtracks to Gladiator, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Legend also rate high on my list.

Johnathan

 

[Krieg]

For me the best soundtracks enhance the film & be an integral part of telling the story. That being said...

Blackhawk Down

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Last of the Mohicans

O Brother Where Art Thou?

 

[ergeheilalt]

I'm a big fan of the Lord of the Rings Soundtrack. I tend to listen to it while reading, studying, and gaming. Very cool stuff.

For vocal soundtracks, I think that the DareDevil soundtrack is great. It got great artists and really good songs.

Erge

 

[mojo1701]

Howard Shore for Lord of the Rings, John Williams for Star Wars (Track 10 on the AotC ST:Return to Tatooine, the beginning sounds like it's from Harry Potter,) and certain tracks from the last three ST movies by Jerry Goldsmith.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

I've always liked Jurassic Park, and others mentioned above.

 

[Wrath of the Swarm]

The soundtrack from Children of Dune is excellent, IMO.

 

[Ranger REG]

At the moment, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

Although, I occasionally listen to the LOTR (3), Gladiator (2), and D&D Game soundtracks.