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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Great list! I can't believe I didn't list "Local Hero". it is my number one choice. I have the 1st pressing vinyl version and it is glorious! I also left out "Finding Forrester". Anyone not familiar with this, it is full of Miles Davis, Bill Frissell, and the late Great Iz doing a Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World medly
This one seems obvious - The Sound of Music, the two disc 5.1 edition, of course. And you even get a great movie, as well!
Must Haves:

'The Natural' - Randy Newman
'Last Temptation of Christ' (Passion) - Peter Gabriel
'Koyaanisqatsi' - Philip Glass
'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud' - Miles Davis
'For All Mankind' (Apollo) - Brian Eno

Also check out many the many soundtracks by Morricone, Knopfler and Vangelis

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