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Which movie(s) do you think has the best soundtrack?

I think American Psycho has a good soundtrack and I listen to it occasionaly.

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[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Eraserhead, Side B

The album has been seen as presaging the dark ambient music genre, and its presentation of background noise and non-musical cues has been described by Pitchfork's Mark Richardson as "a sound track (two words) in the literal sense". -wikipedia

The mood and tone of Eraserhead and its soundtrack were influenced by Philadelphia's post-industrial history. Lynch lived in the city while studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and was fascinated by its feeling of constant danger; describing it both as a "sick, twisted, violent, fear ridden, decaying place" and "beautiful, if you see it the right way."[8][9][1] Lynch and Splet used avant-garde approaches to recording on the soundtrack; including crafting almost every sound in the soundtrack from scratch using bizarre methods. The ambiance of the love scene in the movie, for example, was produced by recording air blown through a microphone as it sat inside a bottle floating in a bathtub.[10] Lynch and Splet worked "9 hours a day for 63 days" to produce the soundtrack and all of the sound effects in the film. Splet recalls the sound effects Lynch called on him to produce for Eraserhead as "snapping, humming, buzzing, banging, like lightning, shrieking, squealing” over the five years it took to produce the film and its soundtrack. -wikipedia

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Good Will Hunting has a fantastic soundtrack.

[-] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

That's the movie that introduced me to Elliot Smith!

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Lots of good ones here, I'll add some that haven't been mentioned: Sahara, Rango, both Sherlock Holmes movies, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, the JJ Abrams Star Trek's, The Incredibles, Godzilla 2014, The Road to El Dorado

[-] waggz@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Tombstone and Almost Famous for me

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Into The Wild

[-] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] Firipu@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

The blade runner soundtrack is my go to relax soundtrack. Have listened to it thousands of times by now.

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I was just watching Tenet last night and the music kind of took me out of it sometimes because I was like, “Fuck, that music sounds awesome”, though not sure how well it will stand on its own, I’ve not tried that yet.

[-] evanstucker@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago
[-] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Godzilla 1998

Varsity Blues

[-] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I don't know that I could pick one, but Joe Hisashi's Studio Ghibli sound tracks are done of my favourites

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago
  • Yellow Submarine (I think a lot of people either forget this movie exists, or write it off as a kids movie. You're missing out on a movie that could be considered as revolutionary to animation as the Beatles were to music.)
  • Back to the Future
  • The Muppet Movie
  • School of Rock
  • Bladerunner
  • The Matrix

There's probably other's, but that's what immediately comes to mind.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This is an old one, but:

The Mission, scored by Ennio Morricone.

[-] lobo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Conan the Barbarian

Resident evil

Dred 2012

Redline

[-] kyoji@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

interstellar, interstella5555, gladiator

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah American Psycho does have a good soundtrack. Eyes Without a Face is great.

My vote is for Interstellar or some of the other Hans Zimmer ones

[-] Qkall@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

The wackness - iconic 90s hip hop songs

28 days later - introduced me to post rock vibes

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The Scream 3 soundtrack is one of my favorites and was my introduction to System of a Down.

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty in Pink - Pure 80s.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Monsoon Wedding

Lord of the Rings

[-] KrakBamKrak@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Atomic Blonde

[-] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm not seeing Oppenheimer mentioned , perhaps I'm in the minority here.

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Judgement Night - some of the greatest hip-hop & metal crossover songs ever made.

[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

When I think of exquisite sound design, two of my favorite movies spring to mind: Stalker (1979) and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

The former has such a subtle soundtrack that it's almost like it's not there, but without it so much of the atmosphere of a movie that is heavily atmospheric would be lost.

The latter is just a perfect western with a perfect western soundtrack. The theme is well known, but L'estasi Dell'oro gives me chills every time it starts playing.

[-] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Batman Forever

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The Decline of Western Civilization

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
  • Schindler's List
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • Independence Day
[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Swingers has a great oldies/crooner soundtrack.

[-] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Bohemian Rhapsody

[-] sicarius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] durfenstein@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh just my thing.

  • Summer Wars
  • Kikojiros Summer
  • Dunkirk
  • Inception
  • Desert Rose

I have a lot of these on my shortlist. More series and even way more videogames

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Shrek 2, unironically

Also Sucker Punch and Tron Legacy

[-] Figbash33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The Fifth Element is probably the only soundtrack I have ever bought. The diva's aria is AMAZING!

[-] fin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank you for so many suggestions! Honestly, I didn't know most of them.

For anyone who are too bothered to read the entire comment section, here's the list

List

  • O Brother Where Art Thou?
  • Forest Gump
  • Legion (show)
  • Westworld
  • Good Will Hunting
  • E.T.
  • Jurassic Park
  • Indiana Jones
  • Birdman
  • 28 Days Later
  • Trainspotting
  • Garden State
  • Once upon a time the west
  • Blade runner
  • Yellow Submarine
  • The Muppet Movie
  • School of Rock
  • The Village
  • Amelie
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Shutter Island
  • The Piano
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Blues Brothers
  • From Dusk til Dawn
  • Gladiator
  • Dump and Dumber
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Help!
  • Purple Rain
  • La Boum
  • Fame and The Kids from Fame
  • The wackness
  • Vertigo
  • North by Northwest
  • Psycho
  • Ultraman Rising
  • The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
  • Desparado
  • Conan the Barbarian
  • The Fountain
  • Grosse Point Blank
  • Donnie Darko
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Kill Bill
  • Stand By Me
  • Dirty Dancing
  • The Lost Boys
  • Hackers
  • Summer Wars
  • Kikujiros Summer
  • Dunkirk
  • Inception
  • Desert Rose
  • American Beauty
  • Easy rider
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • The Matrix
  • Interstellar
  • Requiem for a dream
  • Tenet
  • Independence Day
  • Garden State
  • The Crow
  • Pacific Rim
  • The Decline of Western Civilization
  • Schindler's List
  • Rogue One
  • Dunkirk
  • Judgement Night
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Varsity Blues
  • Oppenheimer
  • Atomic Blonde
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Spawn
  • Ransom
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Empire Records
  • Get Shorty
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Buried
  • A Knight's Tale
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Stranger Than Fiction
  • The Third Man
  • The Mission
  • Dred
  • Redline
  • Tombstone
  • Almost Famous

Let me know if I'm missing something

[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 1 points 2 months ago

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has a fantastic soundtrack. Can really push a system to its limits.

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