AdioLovesSquall Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 So, movies/video games are other popular forms of entertainment, but who knew they could have great music as well? indeed, many soundtracks come to strike us with their marvel and aweee... Anyways, all Tangerine Dream soundtracks aside: Blade Runner's soundtrack composed by Vangelis is simply stunning. Very dark, cold, but still human at the same time. It really fits well into the film too. Blade Runner Blues Donkey Kong Country 2's soundtrack is also amazing. Great game too, especially with the music. Relaxing, cool and calm. Katamari Damacy's soundtrack is just pure fun. No really, it is. Plus japanese rapping is really street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurinEthir Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I really, really, really, really love the music from the Lord of the Rings. Howard Shore is incredible, the orchestra (London Philharmonic, I think) is as well. The books are awesome, the movies are awesome, and the music is awesome. You can find the OSTs on Youtube, there are too many for me to link. I think DarkLordSealskin uploaded them all, not sure. There's also this website, you can listen to some samples there, and read about the various themes (Unlike most movies, LotR has no one theme.). My favorites... -The solo tin whistle (Pan whistle?) playing the Shire Hymn/Pensive theme. -The Rohan Fanfare on the Hardanger Fiddle. (Quite an amazing instrument...) -The Fragrance of Ithilien Favorite track, either The Fields of the Pelennor, the Black Gate Opens, or the Return of the King. Of course, all this has motivated me to try learning some of it on piano. Still working...Once I can play them well, I'll upload them to Youtube. : I'm quite obsessed, if you can't tell. As for video games, I suppose Brawl has some nice music. It basically brings all the good Nintendo music, which there is plenty of, into one game. I foresee Chrono Trigger coming into this thread, by the way. Cenin pân nîd, istan pân nîd, dan nin ú-cenich, nin ú-istach.Ithil luin eria vi menel caran...Tîn dan delu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Chrono Trigger is too obvious to mention. I really enjoy the Half life soundtrack personally. They fit the mood of the game perfectly and aren't overly played in game. THIS is a 4:30min collection of some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopingman Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Besides the obvious RPG inductees, I urge you to check out the Unreal Tournament soundtrack. I ripped it and use it at the gym, its seriously epic! Metal fans, check out my band!Still the King.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echofish Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 The Kill Bill Soundtrack is quite good :thumbup: Ultra Unholy,Hearted Machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feedmetotheforest Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Omar Rodrgiuez-Lopez: A manual dexterity Vol 1- technically a sound track although the film has not been released http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUZpNTxdaU4 Tekkon Kinkreet OST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNPTFBH9bs Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'echafaud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IrzI8Ewk4A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Mihály Vig, Werckmeister Harmóniák. :thumbup: What I generally enjoy from movie soundtracks are the works of Toru Takemitsu, Bernard Hermann, the bombastic Max Steiner stuff. Michael Nyman and Phillip Glass are two obvious choices. Hikaru Hayashi has done some great work as well. I'm not going to do youtube videos. Just watch some movies. Alright. One youtube clip. It is the opening scene from Werckmeister Harmóniák, you can hear the brilliance of the score in full glory, and maybe it makes some people curious to see the movie. It's subtitled, even. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmu7BYbthY The music starts at five minutes. But it's best to watch the entire thing. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range_This11 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/ Soundtrack from "Once" is awesome. Glen Hansard is awesome. "He could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I like the Donnie Darko soundtrack, it's good if you want to listen to late 80s music. Requiem for a Dream is a standard that usually get's mentioned first... 28 Days Later also has a great soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range_This11 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Lawrence of Arabia has one of the most famous soundtracks ever. "He could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Servo Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 The Homeworld series has very good music in my opinion. [hide=Homeworld]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahFMOhHGowE&feature=PlayList&p=D83C58F7A097EC4D&index=0&playnext=1 [/hide] [hide=Homeworld 2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKQ66ZYfOuE The intro has good background music:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPxLqlDmJ8c[/hide] Or if your into old 1996... electric/techo? something there's Command and Conquer Sim City 4 has some good ones like: F.E.A.R's intro is good, I think. As for lesser known movies, the soundtrack form Gattaca is nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9nCLZ5eRVw That's enough from me for now, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralus Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I thought Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will Be Blood was quite excellent. La lune ne garde aucune rancune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I thought Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will Be Blood was quite excellent. I agree, 'Open Spaces' is my favourite off that particular soundtrack. A fun little soundtrack is Cat Stevens' music from Harold and Maude since he did all the music for that film. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range_This11 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 A fun little soundtrack is Cat Stevens' music from Harold and Maude since he did all the music for that film. I thought I was the only one in the world who ever saw that :ohnoes: So Creeeepy. "If you want to live high, live high If you want to live low, live low 'Cause there's a million things to be You know that there are." "He could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_man_army Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I like Ennio Morricone's work on Segio Leone's films (Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good the Bad & the Ugly, Fistful of Dynamite, Once upon a time in the West and Once upon a time in America). I like the soundtracks to a few Scorsese films especially Mean Streets, Raging Bull and Goodfella's. Bernard Hermann has a few brilliant one's - Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and Taxi Driver especially. The soundtrack for Paul Schrader's film Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters is excellent. Phillip Glass did a brilliant job in making the music build and build for so long (feels like half an hour) until it reaches a frantic peak at the end of the film. Besides those the only other film that hasn't already been mentioned that I can think of is Forrest Gump. It's like a guide to 20th century rock & roll. He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterxman Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Gladiator :) Pixel sigs by me.Pixel Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezz Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 The Kill Bill Soundtrack is quite good :thumbup: Agreed, the music in Quentin Tarantino's movies is great. I like the music from pretty much any movie where the music stands out and is special (and fits the movie too of course), not like regular film music. [insert birds flying in a circle here]Yes, that sig was annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksurge Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KzG4PRHXGw "The Legend of the Hero" from the legend of zelda wind waker...this piece of music is amazing. It's mainly harpsichord and some flutes or something, but it's so amazing...I have a powertab of it, and after listening to it it sounds that much more amazing. Video game musicians deserve WAY more credit than they get. Anyways, BBL OFF TO SLEEP WITH A RACCOON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range_This11 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Garden State. "He could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Any song from Touhou is composed of awesome. ZUN is a god of music. Just some random ones here: Love-coloured Master Spark Listen and tell me you don't like at least one of these 8-) The Complete MTA Handbook | Runecrafting Pouch Analysis | Mobilizing Armies Locator Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam007 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Favorite Movie Soundtracks: John Williams: Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, Superman, Schindler's List, Harry Potter. Danny Elfman: Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Black Beauty, Men in Black, Big Fish, Hulk, Spiderman Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, The Departed Hans Zimmer: The Lion King, Gladiator, Batman Begins(&TDK somewhat), Pirates of the Caribbean Clint Mansell: Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain Favorite Videogame Soundtracks: Mostly Nintendo games: Anything by Koji Kondo: Zelda, Mario, etc. Either the songs just stick with me playing them for so long or they're just great music. Either way I love most of those soundtracks. As well as games like Tony Hawk (2 especially) with background songs. They just stick with you. Of recent memory is the No More Heroes theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intriguing Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Juno! Honestly. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jernlov Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Bringing this back to life. Hate to sound clichéd, but the Metal Gear Solid series has such an amazing soundtrack. MGS1 OST - Synth driven and ambient electronica. Fits the 'industrial' scene of the game well. See: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cE1QePupDfM MGS2 OST - Orchestral yet still maintaining a sense of ambience. Exactly like film music. See: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7j0_ZoPigMY MGS3 OST - Orchestral and dramatic, lots of attack from the brass section. Slightly jazzy feel. See: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=juH0HUVNnwk Yet to listen to the MGS4 OST, but I'll make sure to edit in or post what I think of it when I get around to it. Silent Hill 3 has an awesome OST also. Ambient rock and it really sets the scene for the game. See: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LyoGrx4-nDA tl;dr Konami games have amazing soundtracks Steam | Soup | Last.fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uldric Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Reservoir Dogs by Tarintino 1. "And Now Little Green Bag..." (Dialogue extract performed by Steven Wright) 0:15 2. "Little Green Bag" by The George Baker Selection 3:15 3. "Rock Flock of Five" (Dialogue extract performed by Steven Wright) 0:11 4. "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede 2:53 5. "Bohemiath" (Dialogue extract performed by Steven Wright) 0:34 6. "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex 2:27 7. "Magic Carpet Ride" by Bedlam 5:10 8. "Madonna Speech" (Dialogue extract performed by Quentin Tarantino, Edward Bunker, Lawrence Tierney, Steve Buscemi and Harvey Keitel) 0:59 9. "Fool for Love" by Sandy Rogers 3:25 10. "Super Sounds" (Dialogue extract performed by Steven Wright) 0:19 11. "Stuck in the Middle" by Stealers Wheel 3:23 12. "Harvest Moon" by Bedlam 2:38 13. "Let's Get a Taco" (Dialogue extract performed by Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth) 1:02 14. "Keep on Truckin'" (Dialogue extract performed by Steven Wright) 0:16 15. "Coconut" by Harry Nilsson 3:50 16. "Home of Rock" (Dialogue extract performed by Steven Wright) 0:05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic388 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Queen of the Damned has an amazing soundtrack. ~Retired 10/17/07~"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." - George W. Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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