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what are your favorite movie soundtracks.

I am looking to get into more movie soundtracks that sound that survive musically without the movie. I am not interested in soundtracks a that take a bunch of pop offerings a that are basically a collection of pop hits/songs but are origional soundtrack recordings that can be listened to all by themselves.

Some that I have tried with various amounts of successs are Glory, Schindler's List, Dances with Wolves, and Murder in the First.

I do not care for opera, rap or country but everything else is an open book.
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ed_sawyer
588 posts
 
Two of my favorite film scores (others by these folks are good too, but these are their best):

the Score (not soundtrack) for American Beauty. All mostly percussion music but haunting and beautiful

The score for Chocolat. A fabulous disc, one of my favorites of all time. Perfect to cook to.

The Thin Red Line is also very good.

-Ed
jhardy
63 posts
 
Besides most of the others already mentioned, if you can find it, it was one of my best music purchases ever.

Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man. Motown MOTD-5241
ladavid
67 posts
 
Have been enjoying Kissing Jessica Stein soundtrack this winter - great mix of female vocal jazz with one Lyle Lovett that is probably the hi-lite. Amazing movie as well - maybe a best of for the year wierd for me in that I usually run as fast as possible from romantic comedies. A couple of other favourites are Heaven's Prisoner track (blues)and a Nina Rota compilation of Felini movie music (sure Tom Waits has this one in his collection).
tweakgeek
76 posts
 
I have a list of ONE:
Superfly (by Curtis Mayfield, of course)
sjorgensen
34 posts
 
"Gosford Park" was a huge surprise it was so good. The
soundtrack from Almodovar's "Talk To Her" of all things is
very subtle, for him. Enjoyed it so much I bought a CD
with songs from all his other movies.
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