Favorite Film Soundtracks?

[Queequeg]

Just re-watched Silence of the Lambs for the 40th time.  The soundtrack never ceases to amaze me.  Goodbye, Horses is obviously amazing.

Night of the Hunter probably has my favorite original soundtrack.  Boogie Nights probably has my favorite non-original soundtrack.  Vertigo is also up there.  Alien.  I like the Shostakovich music they used for 10 Days that Changed the World, but I don't think it was written for the movie.  Nevsky. 

Your favorites?

[Caliga]

I would say that Star Wars probably has the best (orchestral) movie soundtrack of all time.  I agree that Boogie Nights has a great soundtrack.  I also love the scoring in most of Scorsese's films (especially Goodfellas and Casino).

[Sheilbh]

Of films I've watched recently Drive and Battle of Algiers stick out.

[crazy canuck]

Star Wars was a great sound soundtrack.  But I think Dr. Zhivago was better.

[mongers]

Of the recent ones I've heard, Tommy.   

[Capetan Mihali]

Not a film, but Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks intro theme is a long-time favorite.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrjMaVoTy0  I had it on a mix CD maybe 10 years ago, and it made the most mundane driving around suburban neighborhoods feel fraught with significance.

Otherwise, "Theme de Camille" written by Georges Delerue for Godard's Contempt (which also ended up in Casino, apparently, although I don't recall the context).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUs4awmb3-o

And "Tana's Theme" written by Henry Mancini for Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBAmytGtQ4

Both happen to be favorite movies of mine which I guess is no coincidence.

[Eddie Teach]

The Fountain. Didn't care for the movie, love the music. Also Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

[crazy canuck]

Also the soundtrack from The Mission is both haunting and beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kghJGeMYI3U&list=RDoag1Dfa1e_E

[mongers]

Also the soundtrack from The Mission is both haunting and beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kghJGeMYI3U&list=RDoag1Dfa1e_E

Good choice.

[Maladict]

Also the soundtrack from The Mission is both haunting and beautiful.

Yes. Disappointing film though.

The soundtrack of Into the Wild is rather good, too.

[Admiral Yi]

Trainspotting.  Every song is perfect for the scene.

[11B4V]

Off the cuff, The Hobbit and LotR, Forrest Gump.

[Caliga]

Otherwise, "Theme de Camille" written by Georges Delerue for Godard's Contempt (which also ended up in Casino, apparently, although I don't recall the context). 

Was it from the scene where they meet up in the desert?

[citizen k]

A Clockwork Orange and Bladerunner.

[Queequeg]

The New World and Thin Red Line.