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.
bianchi27
You can't go wrong with Slipknot's list, especially the glorious Vangelis "Blade Runner". Almost all of Vangelis' film work is recommended. As is John Barry's James Bond series. The list of great film composers is immence, but the best way to get acquainted with this music is to simply pay attention to the score as you watch the film. Luckily, most good scores accompany good movies (do they make them anymore?).
A very short list:
The Wicker Man-Paul Giovanni
Black Robe-Georges Delerue
Ragtime-Randy Newman
El Cid-Miklos Rozsa
Excalibur-Trevor Jones
Fantastic Planet (La Planete Sauvage)-Alain Goaguer
Local Hero-Mark Knopfler

It's great to see you have an interest. Your on the right (sound)track!
Until the End of the World
Crumb
Far Away So Close
Pulp Fiction
Kansas City
LA Confidential

And Debbie Does Dallas.

LMAO

Just joking on the last one!

KF
Agree with Blade Runner and Gladiator.I would add Insider and Carmen(Spanish movie with Antonio Gades-the greatest modern flamenco dancer and Paco De Lucia).Both truly excellent films,by the way.
Good list so far. "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack) also should go on the list.