Prompted by the pulp fiction thread I need to find a film to watch tonight. Really fancy something with a great sound track. If I list my type of film it will give my rough tastes, not saying these all have great sound tracks.
Pulp Fiction
Notting Hill
Lock Stock
Early Man
Leon
Taken
Love Actually
Die Hard
School of Rock
Rocket man
Local Hero
Flash Gordon, Highlander.
Trainspotting.
The Beach
Some great suggestions, but
Baby Driver
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The Beach
Shame the film itself is so shit. 🙂
Pi
Human Traffic
Kevin and Perry go large
Blade (just for that one track on the club)
Inception (not so much a soundtrack, just 2 great reoccurring tunes)
Dazed and Confused
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Repo Man
The World's End.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Mo’ Better Blues
Tron Legacy
Full Metal Jacket
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Most Coen brothers films have good soundtracks. The Big Lebowski is also great, I can credit it with introducing me to Townes van Zandt and Captain Beefheart.
I seem to remember Shaft and Superfly had a lot of good tunes.
Purple Rain is crammed full, obviously.
Paris Texas and A Clockwork Orange for something a bit different. I particularly like Harry Dean Stanton's version of Canton Mixteca, but that's more featured on the soundtrack album.
Then you've got Something about Mary (Jonathan Richman especially) David Byrne's True Stories, Rumblefish (Stewart Copeland) Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa.
Last of the Mohicans.
Withnail and I
"What are you doing Withnail!
"I'm making time!
The Blues Brothers
Convoy - 1978
Ducks over dubbed 2stroke Detroit diesel rather than the puny Caterpillar actually fitted to the Mack is sound for the soul.
Last of the Mohicans.
Epic.
Films with awesome soundtracks
action film: baby driver
comedy film : oh brother where art tho?
science fiction fantasy film : guardians of the galaxy 2
90's film: high Fidelity (great book too)
IMHO
Jase
For the best original score I have heard for some time with other good sixties music, First Man
A girl walks home alone at night.
You’re welcome.
Top Gun
Watchmen
Layercake
Young Guns 2.
LA Confidential
Pretty in pink
Lost Boys
Flashdance
Baby Driver
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This. Very much this. The choreography to soundtrack is beautifully done.
+1 O Brother Where Art Thou
Some I like:
Super Fly
Vampyros Lesbos
Girl On A Motorcycle
Trainspotting
Taxi Driver
Interstellar
Nosferatu (1979)
Jackie Brown
Run Lola Run
Apocalypse Now
...and The Doors stuff, obvs.
Breakfast Club.
Are you all to young to remember easy rider?
Trainspotting has as nearly a good soundtrack but easy rider is the best 🙂
+1 Big Lebowski. Just ace.
Donnie Darko S/T made an impression too, right from the opener
the holy mountain
(an absolutely incredible film - my favourite ever. the soundtrack is also an absolute beauty, featuring my all-time jazz hero - don cherry!)
The Crow
Grosse Pointe Blank
Came here to say this.
Any Vietnam war film due to the embarrassment of riches from that era to choose from, but the best is
It’s a game of two halves. The choice of tracks is brilliant, but Abigail Meads original score is incredible. You can play it and feel the tension of the sniper scenes.
I really fancy watching it again now. What a film!
Agree with TJ. Easyrider is an epic soundtrack
Any Tarrantino film - in fact, he'd make a belting party DJ!
Garden State- arguably just a really really long music video, but it is so good, and makes for a great standalone mix tape too
Another thought.
Plunkett & Macleane.
Drive.
Class.
Nobody's mentioned The Matrix!?! It's brilliant!
The lobby gunfight with the Propellerheads is just perfect!