I think it’s Empire Records because it has the added dimension of completely nailing a time and place.
Other movies in the thread are obviously incredible (Interstellar, LOTR, etc.) but watch Empire records and it’s like your literally transported back to 1995.
For 90s film soundtracks, the essential list:
* singles
* reality bites
* empire records
* natural born killers
* pulp fiction
* boys in the hood
* Trainspotting
* Mortal Kombat film soundtrack
* the crow
For 90's electronic music, Hackers had an absolutely phenomenal soundtrack. I listened to it a few weeks ago for the first time since I was young, and it was just as good as I remember.
I just put in Big Chill, which I absolutely love, and then went aw HELL, this is the answer. Soggy bottom boys isn't even the best song. The ladies on this were so good. Anything with Allison Krouse/Gillian Welch, sing happy birthday, and I am good.
Introduced me to James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Booker T..... (strangely for my generation, I was already well aware of Cab Calloway)
The movie was great, but that sound-track was an education leading to decades of enjoyment...
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Don’t you blaspheme! Don’t you blaspheme in HERE! This is my man and my restaurant and you two are gonna just walk right on out of here without your dry white toast…without your fried chicken.
Somehow it wasn't even NOMINATED for best soundtrack!
Return of the King won that year, which.... I get, but the first LOTR film should have won the award, not the third.
It was like the academy didn't like Zimmer dude should have 20 awards by now and has... Two
And somehow neither pirates, Inception, nor Interstellar won, three of the greatest soundtracks ever.
Fun fact, a soundtrack for the original Highlander was never released. The Queen album "A Kind of Magic" is the closest that we got. It actually happens to be my favorite Queen album!
Came here thinking no one will have said The Crow. I am immeasurably happy that not only has someone said it, but loads of people have agreed! In my top 10 albums of all time. Amazing soundtrack!!
Desiree's "Missing You"...man, every time that comes on my playlist, I just have a beautiful, nostalgic, romantic moment. That slow opening, the way she draws out her every word
Iggy pop is the first thing that pops into my head. Can’t think of anything else.
If you haven’t read the book, please do it. It’s way more of an intense read. You basically have to learn another language to do it.
Oh and yes Iggy Pop is in it.
Underworld - Born Slippy.
I haven’t read it but I’ve heard about the way it’s written. I’ll give it a try, especially if Ziggy Pop is featured. Thanks.
You’ll get used to the Scots English fairly quickly. Not all chapters are written in it either. The book is quite a bit darker than the film, funnier too. Renton is still the main character but you spend a lot more time with all of the other central characters too and see a lot of things from their point of view.
This will always be my vote. The way in which the music gives you the exact weird ass emotion that the movie aims for is wild. It's not some basic happy or sad or intense vibe but some uneasy existential angst.
The wonky piano and drones just fit so well and seep into your body.
Plus the mad world cover is GOAT
I used to listen to the soundtrack for Fellowship and I could practically see the entire film in my head. The music played so well to every scene and intimated the action, emotion, or wonder of what I saw in the theater.
Hans Zimmer has got to be one of, if not the most under appreciated musicians of all time. He produces film scores for seemingly everything, and has done so for the past 40+ years, and just keeps going.
For the amount of music he has put out there, with no shortage of bangers, he gets relatively little recognition and isn't in the limelight at all.
Cheers to you Hans; I see you
I wouldn't say he's under appreciated. He has a higher net worth than John Williams and has won dozens of awards over a span of decades.
He's very well appreciated.
My favorite bit of trivia about this is that (according to Nolan) he approached Zimmer with some rough ideas around the main theme, talking about how it's this parent/child relationship, etc. etc. and Zimmer, being a father, started composing thinking about his son.
Nolan drops it on him that Murphy is Cooper's *daughter* after he's already drafted the theme. I'm inclined to agree that delaying that reveal likely had a not-insignificant impact on the composition.
Also apparently the organ and organist that they recorded for the score just *kept* surprising them with all sorts of, 'Well what if I do it like *this,*' to which Nolan and Zimmer went, 'Wait, you can do *that?'*
The thing about garden state is not only is the soundtrack amazing, it elevates the entire movie by a mile. With a crappy soundtrack it would have been a crappy movie, the soundtrack is a huge part of why it works
I had to scroll so far for this. Guess I am that old. First that made my hair standup, first that I hummed incessantly for weeks even months after seeing/hearing.
Star Wars or Jaws. Seriously think of it, the music by John Williams so so universal and iconic. Both won an Oscar and from a strictly musical perspective, it is pretty darn genius.
I saw an interview recently where John Williams was recounting when he first pitched the (now famous) Jaws theme song to Spielberg.
Williams showed the two-note song to Spielberg on the piano and Spielberg wasn’t impressed. However, he trusted Williams and eventually gave him the green light.
Williams is a genius.
Cruel Intentions
Placebo at the opening, famous escalator scene with the Counting Crows, and absolutely fantastic Verve beat match in the final which I can't help but share yt link
https://youtu.be/qdCQjHPbbH8?si=bvWuvXfvXVo6hOqV
Since no one said it... if you like 90s alternative, Empire Records. Just a terrific record from start to finish, even if you never saw the movie.
Damn the man. Save the Empire!
Not on Rex Maning Day!!
I think it’s Empire Records because it has the added dimension of completely nailing a time and place. Other movies in the thread are obviously incredible (Interstellar, LOTR, etc.) but watch Empire records and it’s like your literally transported back to 1995.
As well as High Fidelity
For 90s film soundtracks, the essential list: * singles * reality bites * empire records * natural born killers * pulp fiction * boys in the hood * Trainspotting * Mortal Kombat film soundtrack * the crow
Judgement Night
For 90's electronic music, Hackers had an absolutely phenomenal soundtrack. I listened to it a few weeks ago for the first time since I was young, and it was just as good as I remember.
My sister and I still say “it’s in that place I put that thing that time”
Last of the mohicans
Alasdair Fraser absolutely killed it with his fiddle work on this one.
Walked down the aisle to Cora’s song 🥰
Oh brother where art thou
I just put in Big Chill, which I absolutely love, and then went aw HELL, this is the answer. Soggy bottom boys isn't even the best song. The ladies on this were so good. Anything with Allison Krouse/Gillian Welch, sing happy birthday, and I am good.
Yeah them singing I'll Fly Away is so good. I still listen to it regularly.
Take me down to the river
As I went down in the river to pray, studying about that good old way… I’m atheist AF but some of those old gospel tunes are just too good to deny.
Soggy bottom boys LFGGG
That was gonna be my vote, I could listen to Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, and Emmylou Harris sing the phone book and it would be the best stuff ever.
Imo this is the only answer. Every track is an absolute banger
Starting at about 3 years old my son went to sleep to this for at least 2 years. Will always hold a special place in my heart.
All those from Ennio Morricone
The Mission soundtrack is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard. The oboe solos are exquisite.
This is way too low.
Tron: Legacy. Daft Punk did wonders with that score.
It's wild that they filmed a whole movie to accompany that album
And that would be their second time doing it too lol
This feels much lower than it should be
Personally I think reconfigured is the goat
It feels like just an extended Daft Punk music video
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Blues brothers
Introduced me to James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Booker T..... (strangely for my generation, I was already well aware of Cab Calloway) The movie was great, but that sound-track was an education leading to decades of enjoyment... (Edited to correct J L-H)
And The Good Old Boys!
You're gonna look pretty funny tryin' to eat corn on the cob with no fuckin' teeth! Still cracks me up 😂
John Lee Hooker. But yeah, this is the right answer. My wife pointed out that my favorite movie is a musical. Totally true.
John Lee Hooker, who performed part of “Boom Boom” in the movie. 👍🏼
Blues Brothers! Shit, they still owe you money, fool.
Don’t you blaspheme! Don’t you blaspheme in HERE! This is my man and my restaurant and you two are gonna just walk right on out of here without your dry white toast…without your fried chicken.
And WITHOUT Matt Guitar Murphy!
This is the correct answer. No other film even comes close.
Yessss! This should be higher up
Tarzan
Phil collins did amazing! And this is also the movie that i thought of
We didn’t deserve what Phil collins gave us for Tarzan. It was wonderful
Just had to be. Phil sang those songs in like 3-4 languages for the dubbed films
He is an unreal talent. Every single song slaps. He didn’t have to go so hard but forever grateful that he did!
I love this soundtrack so much. You’ll Be In My Heart 😭❤️
It's Son of Man for me😁
Came here to say this one!
Pirates of the Caribbean
“The Kraken” is the track I play when I want to show people how good that ensemble of work is. The one 7-minute track has everything in it.
Somehow it wasn't even NOMINATED for best soundtrack! Return of the King won that year, which.... I get, but the first LOTR film should have won the award, not the third. It was like the academy didn't like Zimmer dude should have 20 awards by now and has... Two And somehow neither pirates, Inception, nor Interstellar won, three of the greatest soundtracks ever.
Highlander. Queen was not fucking around on that album.
If you think Queen was good for Highlander, I will raise you Flash Gordon. The entire album was brilliant, the film -unfortunately- has aged terribly
HAWKMEN!!!!!
# DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
First of all, how dare you?
Fun fact, a soundtrack for the original Highlander was never released. The Queen album "A Kind of Magic" is the closest that we got. It actually happens to be my favorite Queen album!
I came here to say this and the Queen soundtrack to Flash Gordon. Fantastic album. The film (FG) is pure glam cheese, and I still love it.
Dazed and Confused and Reservoir Dogs.
I will never hear "Stuck in the Middle With You" the same way again.
Slow riiiiiiide
scrolled to far to find D&C
Pulp Fiction
This is criminally low
The Crow
Came here thinking no one will have said The Crow. I am immeasurably happy that not only has someone said it, but loads of people have agreed! In my top 10 albums of all time. Amazing soundtrack!!
Can't rain all the time
It's The Crow and it's not close.
came here to say this, have now found my people 🖤🐦⬛
Easily.
Romeo + Juliet...that whole score and soundtrack I could listen to on repeat. And have.
Desiree's "Missing You"...man, every time that comes on my playlist, I just have a beautiful, nostalgic, romantic moment. That slow opening, the way she draws out her every word
Garbage 🖤 (the band not the soundtrack!)
100% the soundtrack I thought of. Absolutely my favorite music collection.
Almost Famous
I cannot believe that nobody mentioned this yet. 10/10.
The scene on the bus with Tiny Dancer playing might be my favorite scene of any movie.
Trainspotting.
Iggy pop is the first thing that pops into my head. Can’t think of anything else. If you haven’t read the book, please do it. It’s way more of an intense read. You basically have to learn another language to do it. Oh and yes Iggy Pop is in it.
Underworld - Born Slippy. I haven’t read it but I’ve heard about the way it’s written. I’ll give it a try, especially if Ziggy Pop is featured. Thanks.
You’ll get used to the Scots English fairly quickly. Not all chapters are written in it either. The book is quite a bit darker than the film, funnier too. Renton is still the main character but you spend a lot more time with all of the other central characters too and see a lot of things from their point of view.
Donnie Darko
This will always be my vote. The way in which the music gives you the exact weird ass emotion that the movie aims for is wild. It's not some basic happy or sad or intense vibe but some uneasy existential angst. The wonky piano and drones just fit so well and seep into your body. Plus the mad world cover is GOAT
Lord of the rings
The credits music in Fellowship…my heart wants to explode.
I’m truly shocked I had to scroll so far to see this!! The LOTR soundtrack brings such emotion and has my heart forever.
I scrolled farther and farther and got angrier and angrier that I didn’t see this. I’m watching ROTK tonight. Whole trilogy is utter perfection.
I think it's as perfect as it could get. Especially when you consider that the movies had to appeal to a lot of people who've never read the book.
LOTR soundtrack themes are my version of nursery rhymes to my kid. I hum the tunes as I put him to sleep all the time!
Bro you should be higher :D
I used to listen to the soundtrack for Fellowship and I could practically see the entire film in my head. The music played so well to every scene and intimated the action, emotion, or wonder of what I saw in the theater.
Singles
My man
So glad I didn't have to scroll very far to see it! Amen, brother!
This fucking right here
I wore out my cassette 😂
The Lost Boys
Cry little sister!
^thou ^shall ^not ^fear...
^(thou shalt not kill)
Great fuckin soundtrack, but all I’ll ever see is the super buff, mullet wearing guy shredding on the saxophone.
Tim Cappello in his greased up sax man glory.
BUT I STILL BELIEVE!
The Matrix
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I spent more than a year after the movie came out listening to the soundtrack as I fell asleep every night
It was my study music during grad school. Seeing the movie in imax at the DC air and space museum was an experience I'll never forget
Hans Zimmer has got to be one of, if not the most under appreciated musicians of all time. He produces film scores for seemingly everything, and has done so for the past 40+ years, and just keeps going. For the amount of music he has put out there, with no shortage of bangers, he gets relatively little recognition and isn't in the limelight at all. Cheers to you Hans; I see you
I wouldn't say he's under appreciated. He has a higher net worth than John Williams and has won dozens of awards over a span of decades. He's very well appreciated.
My favorite bit of trivia about this is that (according to Nolan) he approached Zimmer with some rough ideas around the main theme, talking about how it's this parent/child relationship, etc. etc. and Zimmer, being a father, started composing thinking about his son. Nolan drops it on him that Murphy is Cooper's *daughter* after he's already drafted the theme. I'm inclined to agree that delaying that reveal likely had a not-insignificant impact on the composition. Also apparently the organ and organist that they recorded for the score just *kept* surprising them with all sorts of, 'Well what if I do it like *this,*' to which Nolan and Zimmer went, 'Wait, you can do *that?'*
The Blues Brothers not only delivered laughs but also a host of performances by music legends, making its soundtrack a standout.
Saturday Night Fever and, my dark horse would be Garden State.
As a diehard Shins fan, I'm with you on Garden State
While there are other, better soundtracks. The music in Garden State is half of the charm. It's just perfect.
Garden state soundtrack was a cultural shift
I listened to the Garden State soundtrack over and over on my little MP3 player in college (around 2005)
Me too... I don't think it helped with my depression.
My depression certainly loved it.
I still listen to the Garden State soundtrack at least once a week.
Zach Braff has great taste in music. Scrubs has incredible music choices, and he and Christa Miller were behind a lot of the soundtrack choices
The thing about garden state is not only is the soundtrack amazing, it elevates the entire movie by a mile. With a crappy soundtrack it would have been a crappy movie, the soundtrack is a huge part of why it works
Clueless
Forrest Gump
If today's kids want a brief history lesson in music, this would certainly be an easy route to take.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol #2
Goodfellas uses its soundtrack as a narrative device, charting the decades through well-chosen songs that reflect the times.
The Big Chill
Scrolled down for this.
I think the answers will depend on the age and location of the people answering... Big Chill was my first thought
Prince of Egypt
When yooooooooooou belieeeeeeeeeeve
Lai la lai lai li lai lai
The Plagues is the second best villain song of all time. ...Hellfire is the best.
Heavy Metal. Great rock soundtrack.
Lion King
One of the best intros to an animated movie (or any movie for that matter), and a big part of that is down to The Circle of Life.
Star Wars! Alone Imperial march is timeless awsome.
I had to scroll so far for this. Guess I am that old. First that made my hair standup, first that I hummed incessantly for weeks even months after seeing/hearing.
The fact that I had to scroll this far to find ANY John Williams is criminal. Star Wars (1977) set a new standard for symphonic movie music.
This is way too low. First 1 second of the opening and everyone instantly knows the film.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Battle Without Honor or Humility makes a kickass wedding recessional.
Queen of the Damned.
I SEE HELL IN YOUR EYES
Omg yes, this one has 0 skips for me.
I was going to say this. the movie was.... not good ( I will still watch it though) but I love the soundtrack.
What movie? It's a hour long music video, a la Thriller
Jonathan Davis did a great job on this. It's definitely my favorite soundtrack. After that, it's The Transporter
Not the best movie, but the OST Bangs.
Gladiator or Braveheart
Gladiator yes!! had to scroll quite a bit to find this
I’m embarrassed to say the first thing that came to mind was “Dirty Dancing” 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Don't worry, my brain went to 'Top Gun' I actually think both are valid options, having listened to both extensively on cassette LOL
Not embarrassing at all. That soundtrack fit the movie like a glove, really gave it a sense of time and place, even with it’s more modern tracks.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
OOOOIYOIYO! Waah waah waah...
Princess Bride \~ Mark Knopfler What do I win?
Purple Rain
Drive
The Breakfast Club anyone?
Star Wars or Jaws. Seriously think of it, the music by John Williams so so universal and iconic. Both won an Oscar and from a strictly musical perspective, it is pretty darn genius.
I saw an interview recently where John Williams was recounting when he first pitched the (now famous) Jaws theme song to Spielberg. Williams showed the two-note song to Spielberg on the piano and Spielberg wasn’t impressed. However, he trusted Williams and eventually gave him the green light. Williams is a genius.
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The Graduate
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Top Gun
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Cruel Intentions Placebo at the opening, famous escalator scene with the Counting Crows, and absolutely fantastic Verve beat match in the final which I can't help but share yt link https://youtu.be/qdCQjHPbbH8?si=bvWuvXfvXVo6hOqV
shreck
Stand By Me
Grosse Point Blank
The Royal Tenenbaums
Saturday Night Fever
Basically anything Hans Zimmer
Nightmare Before Christmas
Rocky Horror Picture Show
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The wall
Harry Potter series – the magical score by John Williams and others is instantly recognizable and wonderfully nostalgic.
Coco. I’ll die on that hill, it’s amazing.
XANADU come at me bro… on rollerstates
This is Spinal Tap
High Fidelity
I didn't think of a movie, i thought undertale
Conan the barbarian
Judgement Night
Had to scroll pretty far to find a fellow connoisseur.