Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks

"Birdy"
By Peter Gabriel (He did Last Temptation)

And "Long Walk Home" from "The Rabbit Proof Fence"

All his soundtracks are excellent.

I also love "Snowgoose" by Camel

Although not soundtracks, I would recommend the work of Sigour Ros

Also a piece called "Symphonic Holocaust" by Morte Macabre which is works based on Horror Film Soundtracks.

You may also be interested in the more etheral works of Steve Wilson, primarily his work with the band Porcupine Tree - "The Sky Moves Sideways" (very Floydian) and "Recordings"

Enjoy

Batman,the score not the soundtrack,Hannibal.When available always look for scores not the soundtracks.

Thanks, you guys are great, appreciate all your responses !!

If you can find it the soundtrack to "Before the Rain" by Anastasia has some beautiful and somber music from Macedonia.

It's not truly a soundtrack as no movie was scored with it, but the Eno/U2 colaboration, "Passengers" was conceived as 8 separate scores, and is certainly worth looking into. Eno's ambient series may be worthy of your attention if you like that kind of music. There is one titled "Music for Films"

Another rare one that is truly bizarre, and for me was one of the most f*&ked-up, weird films I've ever seen (that's on a whole other thread if it's still up) is the soundtrack to the film "Begotten". This pushes the limits of bizarre though...kind of throbbing, and even disturbing music.

David Lynch has certainly produced some eerie soundtracks. Eraserhead is most strange, both as film and score. Every Lynch soundtrack I've heard has been well worth owning, though not all are 'eerie' and 'etherial'. I'd agree on his use of Julee Cruise music on Twin Peaks. I would get her album, "Floating into the Night" which is the essense of her contributions to the Lynch score, but is not the 'official' soundtrack.

Marco

Hunt down the soundtrack to Donnie Darko. Trust me, this soundtrack is exactly what the title of this thread describes.