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[GamerJM]

In addition to a lot of what's already been mentioned, Tron Legacy

 

[DevilPower]

Due to a newfound love for disney movies I nominate Disney Enchanted.

The happy go lucky vocal tracks are awesome.
Alan Menken is such a talented guy.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Blade Runner
Gone Girl
Social Network
Michael Clayton
Drive
Interstellar

 

[GCX]

Imo, this is John Williams' best score in the 00s.

It's surprising, cohesive yet varied, full of memorable themes and the score has its own distinct medieval soundscape.

The credits theme says it all really since it goes through all the main motifs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCUHqCwznWs

 

[UnforgivenTwin]

Halloween and Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Symphonic]

On man I could go on for potentially forever. This year's best is easily Mad Max: Fury Road so far. All of Pixar's output is incredible, even the Cars stuff. King Kong is the GOAT old school score.

John William's best work is actually his non-scores, IMO. Check out "American Journey". Although the Jurassic Park and Force themes are two of the best of all time.

 

[ComputerBlue]

Rain Man

 

[amnesiac]

Lost In Translation has a flawless soundtrack.

 

[super-famicom]

The Rock OST is one of the best.

 

[watershed]

I'm a huge John Williams fan. Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back are both amazing front to back. But one soundtrack that has me absolutely hooked lately is The Mission by Ennio Morricone. It is unbelievable. The earthiness of the wind section and the choral work is fantastic. Also Out of Africa by John Barry.

 

[Weetrick]

Lost In Translation has a flawless soundtrack.

Yes! My all time favorite soundtrack. It really got me into My Bloody Valentine and shoegaze as a whole.

 

[Monocle]

Lord of The Rings

First post nails it.

 

[magnifico]

Once Upon a Time in the West.

http://youtu.be/m6BQKFs3-VM

Scarface.

http://youtu.be/cEugchJ0-sE

The Neverending Story.

http://youtu.be/kpXwV3woHi4

The Living Daylights.

http://youtu.be/Sjz3XIsIODM

Snow Falling On Cedars.

http://youtu.be/kGcSGKaf9kI

1987 Robocop.

http://youtu.be/3v87jp9He9U

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Hanna by The Chemical Brothers
http://youtu.be/eE4_XlnNCcs

The Assassination of Jesse James
http://youtu.be/Si0m1H2Hmqk

 

[Maximilian E.]

Many of my favorites have been mentioned already, so I will add 2 more.

SENNA (documentary)

Le grand bleu

 

[sixteen-bit]

Space jam

Seriously underrated

 

[inki]

Got a couple that are pretty amazing and I used to listen on repeat.

The Lost Boys

The Crow

The Matrix

Hackers

Underworld

Love each of these albums very much.

 

[omgkitty]

It Follows
Halloween III
Blade Runner
Solaris
Drive
Everything by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Interstellar
Assault on Precinct 13
The Beyond
Her
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Under the Skin
Elevator to the Gallows
Only God Forgives
The Master
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Room 237

I listen to a lot of soundtracks....

 

[John Kowalski]

The Sassassissassion of Jesse James

 

[Sephzilla]

 

[Shaffield]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" covered by Beck

Her - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da-ELYFRFpc

 

[Bishop89]

so many...

the matrix and the hunt for red october have great soundtracks

 

[kurahador]

Oblivion
Sunshine

 

[zmet]

Blade Runner, Cannibal Holocaust, Deep Red, and Jin-Roh

 

[WadiumArcadium]

All of John Williams' Star Wars soundtracks are fantastic.

In recent memory I've been fond of Giacchino's Star Trek music and Hans Zimmer's Interstellar OST was excellent.

 

[MikeDown]

just off the top of my head

 

[DoctorFling]

I have a personal fondness for The Last Samurai and the Kung Fu Panda movies.

 

[LordAmused]

Inherent Vice from Paul Thomas Anderson, adapted from Thomas Pynchon's novel. The soundtrack was composed by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead's guitarist.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of my favorites. The Hobbit didn't really seem to match them.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of my favorites. The Hobbit didn't really seem to match them.

Agreed. Howard Shore didn't seem to bring his A-game. Like the rest of the trilogy unfortunately.

 

[mitchfromthefuture]

Blade Runner hands down. I honestly can throw it on at any time and just get sucked into it.

 

[shaki123]

Vangelis - Blade Runner.

There isn't even something compareable out there. A revolution it was, and still is. If Vangelis doesn't score BR 2, we are in trouble.

 

[Leonel]

Disasterpiece's It Follows soundtrack is pretty sick too. It's almost hard to believe that the guy who did the soundtrack to Fez did this one as well.

 

[Tenzan]

https://youtu.be/GUKB97dI4Cw
https://youtu.be/gIqyQcVi9sc
Record of Lodoss War will always hold a special place in my heart, its soundtrack was top notch
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fAsqMLAV4PE

 

[ElTopo]

GOAT.

One of the greatest horror soundtracks ever.

 

[hydruxo]

Once Upon A Time In The West
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
LOTR trilogy
O Brother Where Art Thou
Inception
Drive
A Fistful of Dollars
Once Upon A Time in America
Dark Knight trilogy
Pulp Fiction
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Blade Runner
Star Wars

 

[blast processed]

At the end of the second page and only one person mentions one soundtrack by Danny Elfman. WTF

Batman Returns
Peewees Big Adventure
Edward Scissorhands
Big Fish
Scrooged

 

[Magwik]

Oblivion
Tron Legacy
Pirates of the Carribean
Lawrence of Arabia
Interstellar
X-Men First Class
Mad Max Fury Road

 

[BeastBoy55]

Spirited away, princess mononoke, and howls moving castle.

All the Ghibli movies had amazing soundtracks..

 

[BorkBork]

Surprised there's no love so far for The Fountain yet.

Death is the Road to Awe

 

[Sato Koiji]

Black Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg5EdPODcew

 

[ZeroCDR]

 

[Lightning Count]

Predator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z4ll94hN_E

Starship Troopers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGHCoVzqtk

 

[KevinCow]

Speed Racer and Tron Legacy are two of my favorites.

 

[| Praxis |]

I don't know about best because music is so personal, but these are some of my favourites off the top of my head.

And many more that I can't think of right now.

Edit: I didn't even post any John Carpenter! So I will add The Thing, Prince of Darkness and Assault on Precinct 13 to that list.

 

[vainglorious]

This is easily John Williams' best score. The 2 disc limited edition set is a thing to behold. It has Williams' most extensive and best use of leitmotif out of all his works. Great, great stuff in this score and sadly always over looked, even by Williams' fans.

 

[Lightning Count]

I don't know about best because music is so personal, but these are some of my favourites off the top of my head.

*snip* metric fuckton of images

And many more that I can't think of right now.

Please keep the image count a bit more reasonable in future please.

 

[RP912]

Played these albums until the front disc art melted.

 

[Col WillieSharp]

Plenty of great choices here. Winners, all around.
But there can only be one king, and it's the soundtrack that features Sir Mix-A-Lot and Mudhoney on the classic track: Freak Momma.
Bow your heads.

 

[Col WillieSharp]

The best version of How High, AND Sunny Day Real Estate's best track "8"?
My brother.