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
"The Pawnbroker", great Quincy Jones jazz score.
"On The Waterfront", Leonard Bernstein score. What else need be said?
Bladerunner -- I bought it and the music is great but the recording is flat. What a pity.
For me, the right score can make a movie, and the "Basic Instinct" score fits like a glove. It’s beautiful and chilling at the same time.
"Nashville" by assorted cast members

"The Third Man" by Anton Karas

"North By Northwest" by Bernard Hermann

"Sweet Smell of Success" by Elmer Bernstein

"Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass

"Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" by Bob Dylan