Favourite Film Sound Track - Instrumental

guitars4you

So what is you favourite movie sound track - has to be an instrumental

My initial thought was Pink Panther Theme - love the sax sound on this 

But as I'm typing this just heard 2001 Space Odyssey on the radio and forgot how good it is

Also like Summer of 42 by Michel Legrand

guitarfishbay

For a specific piece, this.

guitarfishbay

This is also very powerful.

steamabacus

π (Pi) is pretty good

mudslide73

Loads of great Lalo Schifrin ones though.

breakstuff

Not a film,but I love this piece of music by Max Richter from The Leftovers TV show.

Grunfeld

Koyaanisqatsi

ICBM

Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
Vangelis - Blade Runner
Tangerine Dream - Sorcerer

I would say that 2001 doesn't really count since most of it wasn't written for the film, although it's absolutely iconic - so much so that the opening from Also Sprach Zarathustra is now much more associated with the film than with the rest of the original piece.

duotone

guitars4you said:

My initial thought was Pink Panther Theme - love the sax sound on this 

http://www.plasjohnson.com/

lasermonkey

Popul Vuh- Aguirre, Wrath Of God
 Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie- Mysterious Skin
 John Carpenter- Assault On Precinct 13
 

viz

The Matrix is good

lukedlb

The score to Star Wars: the new hope reminded me how great soundtracks are. 

Winny_Pooh

Birth by Desplat'
American Beauty by Thomas Newman is also a favourite. 

BintyTwanger77

Love The Odd Couple theme.

punchesjudy

Requiem for a Dream soundtrack is a bit good 

Skipped

Winny_Pooh said:

Birth by Desplat'
American Beauty by Thomas Newman is also a favourite. 

Thomas Newman floats my boat.
Like many (all?) soundtrack composers he is deliberately manipulating my emotions.
But that is his job!

That is exactly what Rachmaninoff and many other composers were doing.

english_bob

Skipped said: 

Thomas Newman floats my boat.

Mine too, although the one I have on my phone is the Wall-E soundtrack. Wonderful stuff.

frank1985

Blade Runner 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fz6CC45ok

For A Few Dollars More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLXQltR7vUQ

sticker

The Sting - Marvin Hamlisch (Scott Joplin) has to be up there .