Soundtracks. My Rushmore

[heyabbott]

No concert soundtracks, that means no to The Last Waltz. Not the same artist. That’s a no to Amadeus, Purple Rain and A Hard Day’s Night. No musicals, that’s a no to Rocky Horror Picture Show.


I can be argued out of all:
American Graffiti
Almost Famous
The Commitments
Dazed and Confused.

 

[Scout]

Mary Poppins
Pretty in Pink
Guardians of the Galaxy
Boogie Nights

 

[Songbird]

Less Than Zero: Less Than Zero (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

Grosse Point Blank: Grosse Pointe Blank - Wikipedia

I have to think about a third and fourth.

In the "same person/band" division ...

Interstella 5555 (Daft Punk)



Purple Rain (Prince)

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

If you're a fan of the genres represented, this is pretty damn good.

 

[qtlaw]

Saturday Night Fever
Purple Rain
Almost Famous
The Big Chill

 

[Sam Mills 51]

"Saturday Night Fever"
"Good Morning, Vietnam" (excerpts of some Adrian Cronauer - i.e., Robin Williams - monologues)
"Against All Odds" (Track each by Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford plus one from Stevie Nicks)
Almost anything from a film score written by John Williams (look up the extensive catalog and pick one)

 

[Batman]

The Crow
Top Gun
Rocky IV
Transformers: The Movie (What can I say? I love "The Touch" and "Dare" by Stan Bush)

 

[heyabbott]

Less Than Zero: Less Than Zero (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

Grosse Point Blank: Grosse Pointe Blank - Wikipedia

I have to think about a third and fourth.

In the "same person/band" division ...

Interstella 5555 (Daft Punk)



Purple Rain (Prince)

Grosse Point Blank, not in my top 4 but anything with Echo and The Bunnymen is great

 

[Songbird]

Vision Quest is a third for me.

 

[Chef2]

Good Morning, Vietnam
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Top Gun

 

[Scout]

Not on a Rushmore, but one of the most varied and random soundtrack...



An amazing amount of songs on this.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Mary Poppins
Pretty in Pink
Guardians of the Galaxy
Boogie Nights

not a soundtrack guy by any means, but my wife bought me the vinyl of guardians a few years back. I play the “Awesome mix” album. She plays the soundtrack album. We make it work.

 

[DanOregon]

Used to enjoy soundtracks because they allowed you get a bunch of good music from a specific genre or era. American Graffitti, Forrest Gump, Dirty Dancing, The Big Chill, Saturday Night Fever, O Brother Where Art Thou? Tarantino gets a lot of credit for his soundtracks, but Paul Thomas Anderson is right there. Boogie Nights has a really underrated soundtrack.
And then you have the kind that began in the '80s stacked with singles, Flashdance, Fame, Footloose, (See Dean Pitchford) The Bodyguard, Top Gun.
Not sure where Broadway/Musicals soundtracks fit in - Grease, Rent, Wicked, Music Man, Guys and Dolls. The Disney stuff.
Also a fan of the soundtrack to Gettysburg and Hoosiers. Pure Country is George Strait's biggest selling album.
And you have to talk about Adam Schlesinger's work on That Thing You Do! The song is the key to the entire movie and it still works. The album was entirely composed of original material to mimic the era - Tom Hanks even wrote a couple of them.
Schlesinger's other credits include "the song" for Music and Lyrics, and Colbert's Christmas.

 

[Batman]

Used to enjoy soundtracks because they allowed you get a bunch of good music from a specific genre or era. American Graffitti, Forrest Gump, Dirty Dancing, The Big Chill, Saturday Night Fever, O Brother Where Art Thou? Tarantino gets a lot of credit for his soundtracks, but Paul Thomas Anderson is right there. Boogie Nights has a really underrated soundtrack.
And then you have the kind that began in the '80s stacked with singles, Flashdance, Fame, Footloose, The Bodyguard, Top Gun.
Not sure where Broadway/Musicals soundtracks fit in - Grease, Rent, Wicked, Music Man, Guys and Dolls. The Disney stuff.
Also a fan of the soundtrack to Gettysburg and Hoosiers.

Danny Elfman's soundtrack for Batman is pretty damn good. Very gothicky and atmospheric. It's obviously all one artist, though.
There was a Batman: The Ride rollercoaster at Six Flags when I worked there as a teenager. You started by walking through a park in the first part of the queue, went to a hellish cityscape for the second part, and then got into the Batcave for the final part. They had no music or maybe soft twinkly stuff in the park, the Prince soundtrack playing in the second part, and Elfman's theme music right before you got on the ride. Always felt like I was ready to kick some ass when I heard the Elfman theme playing.

 

[DanOregon]

Elfman is a magician when you think about the movies he's done (not to mention his work with Oingo Boingo).Good Will Hunting, Big Fish etc. Loved Midnight Run's soundtrack. How he hasn't won an Oscar by now considering he's worked on over 100 films (o-4 on the noms) is surprising.

 

[ifilus]

Tom Petty may not have set out for a Hollywood career, but there's no question that his music has made an impact on the movies. And if you're familiar with his songs, that's no surprise.

Tom Petty was a movie soundtrack staple. Here are 5 essential uses of his work

Tom Petty was a movie soundtrack staple. Here are 5 essential uses of his work

 

[CD Boogie]

Singles
Trainspotting
Reservoir Dogs
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
Pretty in Pink
Eight Mile

A lot of Saturday Nighr Fever nods. God damn you mofos are old

best one artist soundtrack for me is Into the Wild or maybe Flash Gordon

 

[Huggy]

Used to enjoy soundtracks because they allowed you get a bunch of good music from a specific genre or era. American Graffitti, Forrest Gump, Dirty Dancing, The Big Chill, Saturday Night Fever, O Brother Where Art Thou? Tarantino gets a lot of credit for his soundtracks, but Paul Thomas Anderson is right there. Boogie Nights has a really underrated soundtrack.
And then you have the kind that began in the '80s stacked with singles, Flashdance, Fame, Footloose, (See Dean Pitchford) The Bodyguard, Top Gun.
Not sure where Broadway/Musicals soundtracks fit in - Grease, Rent, Wicked, Music Man, Guys and Dolls. The Disney stuff.
Also a fan of the soundtrack to Gettysburg and Hoosiers. Pure Country is George Strait's biggest selling album.
And you have to talk about Adam Schlesinger's work on That Thing You Do! The song is the key to the entire movie and it still works. The album was entirely composed of original material to mimic the era - Tom Hanks even wrote a couple of them.
Schlesinger's other credits include "the song" for Music and Lyrics, and Colbert's Christmas.

Great call on That Thing You Do, saw it again maybe a year ago and that song is awesome, like something out of a time machine back to that era. One hell of an accomplishment to come up with that.

 

[Scout]

Easy Rider (2004 with second disk)

 

[Batman]

Elfman is a magician when you think about the movies he's done (not to mention his work with Oingo Boingo).Good Will Hunting, Big Fish etc. Loved Midnight Run's soundtrack. How he hasn't won an Oscar by now considering he's worked on over 100 films (o-4 on the noms) is surprising.

Also wrote The Simpsons' theme song and did Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
There are several albums he's put out with just his movie music on it.