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Transformers: The Movie (1986).
- Dare
- The Touch
- the awesome Lions cover of the theme
- and of course, Dare to Be Stupid
The Crow (1994)
There are so many great ones, but the one I think would be irreplaceable is dances with wolves.
Paris, Texas. Pure desolate vastness, pain and longing and loneliness. The whole soundtrack is out of this world. Absolute pitch-perfect genius by Ry Cooder setting the tone for what is also a phenomenal film in its own right.
Reservoir Dogs
Tarantino has a good feel for scores in general, but this one is perfect.
Not my favorite because I don’t really pick favorites but I remember that forgettable vampire movie, the one with Aaliyah, had a pretty good soundtrack. If you like early 2000s rock.
That Daft Punk Tron: Legacy soundtrack.
Gladiator is definitely up there. That or LOTR
It follows. Disasterpeace did an amazing job on it.
Choosing is too difficult, it all depends on your mood in a given moment.
Some favourite OSTs:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Blade Runner
- Ghost in the Shell 1/2
- Pulp Fiction
- Scarface
- Trainspotting
- Six-String Samurai
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- The Matrix
- The Terminator
- City of God / Cidade de Deus
- StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops / Keruberosu: Jigoku no Banken
- Guest from the Future / Gostya iz budushchego (technically a mini-series)
- The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! / Ironiya Sudbi, ili si Lehkim Parom
Judgment Night - definitely wins in a debate about the biggest disparity between the quality of a film and it’s soundtrack.
Yes, the hip-hop & rock collaboration!
My memory of the film is not so negative, but then:
- I was a sucker for 90s action, especially with a hip-hop angle.
- It’s been three decades since I’ve seen it (but been listening to the soundtrack pretty much ever since).
My favourite mid-90s US heist movie soundtrack was Dead Presidents, a film that didn’t get a sequel but whose soundtrack album was so successful it did!
Admittedly not original compositions, more a “greatest soul hits of the 70s” compilation.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Second place is Man of la Mancha
Kinda partial to the Spawn soundtrack too, just because orf was pretty unique at the time
Picking just one is difficult. But the one soundtrack I’ve listened to from start to finish the most must be Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris.
My local symphony regularly screens movies while playing all of the score, and I would LOVE if they would do Conan. Sadly, I think it’s unlikely, but I can dream! As far as I’m concerned, it is the Platonic ideal of an epic fantasy score.
Snatch is a fun one.
π is also very good.
Once (2007)
