Whats the best all time movie music?

Vanity | September 17^th2004 | Vanity

[StACase]

What's the best movie music of all time? John Williams and Star Warsor all the hits from Chicagohow about Joplin's rags from The Sting or the opening scene from 2001? I know I like the renditions of the Navy Hymn from The Perfect Storm you have to be hard hearted not to get a lump in your throat during that scene, and the rendition in The Crimson Tide. So Drama, musicals, Comedies, chick flicks, westerns, SciFi, etc. which movie has the best music? What's your vote?

[StACase]

It's also one of the best films ever made. Oh well, she won't learn!

So what's your favorite line from The Good The Bad and The Ugly?

That of course is another thread which I think has been done more than once.

[LouAvul]

American Graffiti.

[ultima ratio]

My personal favorite: the Nam sequences in Born on the Fourth of July. Incredible.

[ThreePuttinDude]

"P.S. Which one of our Ryder Cup guys are you?"

HA HA HA, I'm the ryder on the lawn mower with a coffee cup

[FredWolfe]

I really like the Kill Bill and Donnie Darko sound tracks.

[Founding Father]

"HA HA HA, I'm the ryder on the lawn mower with a coffee cup."

Good enough for me, I'll trade you for about six on the team, UNLESS you too changed equipment this week.

[HitmanLV]

Haha! I have several candidates that tie for # 1, I suppose:

Tuco: "Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco."

Tuco : [trying to read a note] "See you soon, id..." "id..." "ids..."
Blondie : "Idiots". It's for you.

Angel Eyes: "When I'm paid, I always follow my job through. You know that."

Blondie: "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." (I also like Tuco's earlier version of 'two kinds of people')

And of course Tuco's great advice for life: "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

[CFC__VRWC]

Here's a few of my favorites.

The Blues Brothers
O Brother Where Art Thou
Blade Runner
Jaws
American Graffiti

[Darkwolf377]

"Jerusalem",I think, is a rather old hymn, used in countless movies. It's almost the British "America".



Yes, I know. And it was played at the Reagan funeral--live--while I think the WWSoldiers piece was a recording.

[Darkwolf377]

"That's not a song from a movie, though, it's a well-known British hymn--Jerusalem--USED in a movie."

"Really? I feel lied to. All the time it was called the Theme from Chariots of Fire!"

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The Theme to COF is a piano/synth/percussion instrumental; Vangelis added some synth washes to Jerusalem for its use in the film. I've got several recordings of Jerusalem, some quite old. One version is robustly sung live by the audience at a New year's Eve concert after Auld Langsine (however it's spelled).

[LauraJean]

I liked the soundtrack from Zulu

[Mockingbird For Short]

I really like the music from "The Patriot" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"!

[js1138]

I think it was all live.

[ForGod'sSake]

Nitzsche's(sp) end theme from Starman has it all.

FGS

[Founding Father]

"This will get you started"

Thank you for the link, I appreciate it. FF

[Darkwolf377]

"I think it was all live."


Nope. The singers weren't singing during the WWS song, and the orchestral break was precisely as in the movie...yet they didn't show anyone playing instruments, either.

On the other hand, during Jerusalem, most of the shots were of the choir.

[Travis McGee]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

The Lord of the Rings (all three movies)
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Star Wars (the first three)
Last of the Mohicans
West Side Story
A Clockwork Orange (all Beethoven all the time)
Let it Be (God-awful movie, interesting soundtrack)