[Mac User #001]

For both movies and games alike.

My games list:

Command & Conquer: Generals
Halo (All of them)
Battlefield 1942
Dawn of War
Red Alert

Honorable mentions:
Crysis
StarCraft
Super Mario 64


My movie list:

Pirates of the Caribbean (All of them)
Harry Potter (All of them)
Lord of the Rings (Though I find that most of the time I have to be watching the movies to fully enjoy the soundtrack)

Honorable mentions:
The Rock
National Treasure
A Knights Tale


And I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty, so help remind me of a few and post your favorites!

[imitchellg5]

I enjoy Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers, and Star Wars Republic Commando.

[Mac User #001]

Ohhh Star Wars (An honorable mention), duh. And Jurassic Park (A favorite, and really only the first).

[Hawkeye_a]

Movies:
Forrest Gump

Magnolia
Lord Of The Rings
Dances With Wolves
Braveheart

Games:
Super Mario galaxy
The Legend Of Zelda twilight Princess
Prince Of Persia (recent trilogy)

[Doofy]

Last Of The Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis).

[Dakar the Fourth]

We talkin' any kind of soundtrack or just scores?

[olePigeon]

Firefly
Serenity
Star Trek (all of them)
Anything by John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter 1-3)
Dazed & Confused
Conan the Barbarian
ALIEN
ALIENS

[starman]

Huh.

Well, let's go through my iPod, shall we?

Back to the Future (heh...)
Saturday Night Fever
Dreamfall, The Longest Journey
World of Warcraft
Everquest
Everquest II
Halo 1-3
Star Wars Saga
Star Trek I and II
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Edward Scissorhands
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Lord of the Rings
Aliens
Die Hard (heh...)
Guild Wars
Kameo
Superman
Close Encounters
Blade Runner
Shadow of the Colossus
Tron
Marathon
Legend of Zelda: OoT
Marathon
Krull
Last of the Mohicans
Cosmos
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (heh...)
The Blues Brothers
The Commitments

[MacosNerd]

Star wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek (all of them).

[finboy]

Pirates of the Caribbean (All of them)

For Pirates II, you mean "Gladiator". That soundtrack is a plain ripoff.

I like Pirates in general, and most of Zimmer's stuff, but it's a bit distracting.

Favorite soundtracks (scores for the purists):

Star Trek (Goldsmith)
The Right Stuff
Earth to the Moon
Apollo 13
Back to the Future
Superman
Clockwork Orange (Wendy/Walter Carlos)
Jurassic Park
Tron (more Wendy/Walter)
Patton (vintage Goldsmith)
1941 (more fun than Star Wars)
A Bridge Too Far
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Gladiator
Aliens
Terminator 2 (for the main theme -- still creeps me out)
Die Hards 1, 2 (or, what they're derived from: Die Hard is from same base material as Clockwork Orange, Beethoven's 9th. Sibelius was the inspiration for #2, Kamen was a genius regardless)
Batman (Elfman, not Prince)
Star Wars (until the last three)
Blade Runner (which started a trend for a while)

[Jens Peter]

Amélie
Death Proof
C.S.I.

I didn't know there were a soundtrack to Die Hard

[starman]

...but how many of you have the REAL Back to the Future score? /wink

[starman]

Originally Posted by Jens Peter 

Amélie
Death Proof
C.S.I.

I didn't know there were a soundtrack to Die Hard

There was. A bootleg, and then a release from Varese a few years ago.

[LegendaryPinkOx]

no one posted Civilization IV yet?

Six String Samaurai
Everything is Illuminated
Das Boot

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by finboy 

For Pirates II, you mean "Gladiator". That soundtrack is a plain ripoff.

I like Pirates in general, and most of Zimmer's stuff, but it's a bit distracting.

Kinda like the Lord of the Rings sound track. They list 20 songs, but there're really only 2. The one Enya did for the elves, and then there's the "dun dun duuuuuuuuuun dundundun. dun dun duuuuuuuuuun dundundun" with that little slow score they chop up for the hobbits, but it's really just apart of the "dun dun duuuuuuuuuun dundundun" one. One of the most annoying sound tracks. It was like listening to a broken record.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Video Game

8 & 16-Bit era
The Legend of Zelda (Koji Kondo)
Double Dragon
Streets of Rage 2 (Yuzo Koshiro)
Sa • Ga 1 & 2 (Nobuo Uematsu & Kenji Ito)
Seiken Densetsu 1 & 2 (Kenji Ito & Hiroki Kikuta)

Later (Compilations)
Burnout: Revenge
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Later (Scores)
The Sims
Dynasty Warriors 3
Silent Hill 2 (Akira Yamaoka)
TimeSplitters 2 (Graeme Norgate)
Ocarina of Time (Koji Kondo)
The Hitman series (Jesper Kyd)
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Romolo di Prisco, Alistair Hirst, Saki Kaskas, Crispin hands)

Movies

Compilations
Snatch
Swordfish
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future

Scores
The World is Not Enough (David Arnold)
Goldfinger (John Barry)
A Clockwork Orange (Walter Carlos)
Fight Club (The Dust Brothers)
Hero (Tan Dun)
Scarface (Giorgio Moroder)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Brad Fiedel)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)
The Professional (Eric Serra)
Various Star Trek Movies (Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Dennis McCarthy)

[finboy]

Originally Posted by starman 

...but how many of you have the REAL Back to the Future score? /wink

And the REAL Judge Dredd score (the Goldsmith false start).

[Lava Lamp Freak]

Well, I like a lot of soundtracks that have been mentioned here, but the ones frequenting my iTunes playlists right now are...

Pan's Labyrinth
The Terminal
Beowulf
Battlestar Galactica (new series)
Lord of the Rings
Man On Fire

[imitchellg5]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Romolo di Prisco, Alistair Hirst, Saki Kaskas, Crispin hands)

Wow, I had forgotten about that one. It was really good.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by imitchellg5 

Wow, I had forgotten about that one. It was really good.

You don't find techno like that anymore. The rock part was take it or leave it, for the most part. Lemme know if you want a copy of the mp3s.

[Mac User #001]

A lot of these games I wouldn't have expected to be put on this list, and a lot of these movies I've never heard of.

I would like to second the Terminator theme, Gladiator, and Indiana Jones though, and add Inside Man.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by finboy 

Terminator 2 (for the main theme -- still creeps me out)

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

I would like to second the Terminator theme,

I think the greatness in the theme is it so strongly mirrors/duplicates the feel of the movie -- cold, militaristic, and industrial.

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

A lot of these games I wouldn't have expected to be put on this list

Any in particular that jump out at you?

[starman]

Originally Posted by finboy 

And the REAL Judge Dredd score (the Goldsmith false start).

Yup. "Scored" that too

[Sijmen]

I'd like to add: Requiem for a Dream

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Any in particular that jump out at you?

The Sims- Sure, its calming and a little refreshing at times, but it doesn't seem like it deserves the title of a soundtrack. It's like elevator music.

World of WarCraft- I have never played World of WarCraft, but from what I've heard from trailers, commercials, other people playing, etc... it sounds like the credit should go to the previous WarCraft titles.

Flipping through my iTunes library, I've found I'd like to add The Mummy and the score for Medieval II: Total War.

Also, I see no one else has listed C&C: Generals. Do I just have bad taste there?

[starman]

The music for WoW was done by the same person.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Sijmen 

I'd like to add: Requiem for a Dream

That would go with Lord of the Rings, wouldn't it?

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

The Sims- Sure, its calming and a little refreshing at times, but it doesn't seem like it deserves the title of a soundtrack.

What else would you call a collection of original music scored for a game?

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

It's like elevator music.

True. It reminds me of the theme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It has the 40s-50sish pseudo-reality charm.

[Dakar the Fourth]

****, I forgot to add Fight Club

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

What else would you call a collection of original music scored for a game?

I guess you've got me there.

True. It reminds me of the theme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It has the 40s-50sish pseudo-reality charm.

I could never bring myself to watching that show. I don't know why.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

I guess you've got me there.

Actually, I forgot about the Official Soundtrack

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

I could never bring myself to watching that show. I don't know why.

I'm going to guess it looked too idiotic to bear. That or you're old or Christian or something. It's ok.
wink

[Mac User #001]

Of course. The Official Soundtrack. Actually, I'm a bit of a fan of "Under Construction", but the rest I could go without.
All of the reviews state this soundtrack brings back memories. We're not digging back that far here, I mean, its The Sims. You can still buy it off the shelf in some places.
One reviewer said it was lounge music though, which I think better describes it than elevator music.

As for Philadelphia, well, I am Catholic, but that doesn't mean I fit the stereotype. And I'm definitely not too old. So I should give it a shot?

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

Of course. The Official Soundtrack. Actually, I'm a bit of a fan of "Under Construction", but the rest I could go without.
All of the reviews state this soundtrack brings back memories. We're not digging back that far here, I mean, its The Sims. You can still buy it off the shelf in some places.
One reviewer said it was lounge music though, which I think better describes it than elevator music.

I don't have it handy, but there are about 5 solid ones for me. If Lounge music has lots of strings, than yes, I agree.

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

As for Philadelphia, well, I am Catholic, but that doesn't mean I fit the stereotype. And I'm definitely not too old. So I should give it a shot?

That really depends on your style. The main focus of the show is 4 self-centered, amoral, sometimes clueless, foul-mouthed twenty-somethings and their half-baked schemes to acquire whatever strikes their fancy that week, and how those schemes always fail.

[Mac User #001]

I'll give it a shot.

Anyways, back to soundtracks.

There was a game I used to play by the name of World War III: Black Gold, where the main screen music was mostly of an a cappella girl with this haunting humming and an occasional beat or two. I can't specifically think of the beat, just the girl. Funny how things stick on you like that.

And I'm still wondering about Generals.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

That would go with Lord of the Rings, wouldn't it?

I'd like to correct myself. I found out that it would, but that the original version was made for the a movie of the same name. Turns out there were multiple versions; even one for Assassins Creed.

[Cipher13]

Games:

Descent 2
Total Annihilation
Killer Instinct

Movies:

Transformers (the cartoon movie, not the new one)
The Fifth Element
Lord of the Rings
Man on Fire
Labyrinth (can't believe nobody else mentioned that)

Plenty more I'm forgetting, no doubt.

[Laminar]

Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, if nothing else, for the sheer variety. Unless you played the game as much as I did, in which case you'd heard every song over and over...

Movie: Ocean's 11

[Mac User #001]

Ah, the Ocean's have some nice music to them. And GTA: SA is alright, but just because the soundtrack is traditional music, I'm not that in to it. I was hesitant to put A Knights Tale on my list for the same reason, but I did anyways just because its insanely great music and fits so well with the movie.

[abbaZaba]

The Royal Tenenbaums
Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Juno

[silver]

Off the top of my head:

Movies

Fight Club
Black Hawk Down
Amelie
The Bourne Identity
Constantine
Donnie Darko
Gone in 60 Seconds
Hitman
Kill Bill 1/2
Kingdom of Heaven
Leon
The Matrix
Oceans 11,12,13
A Scanner Darkly
Snatch
Stigmata
Trainspotting
V For Vendetta
300


Cheers

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Shortbus

[LegendaryPinkOx]

Originally Posted by abbaZaba 

Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

OOh Good One!

[SpaceMonkey]

Movies that haven't been mentioned yet:

The Commitments
Team America: World Police
The Blues Brothers
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[starman]

I mentioned them

[misc]

Movies:
- Almost Famous
- Forest Gump
- Juno
- Harold and Maude
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Woodstock
- The Hurricane
- Across the Universe
- I Am Sam
- Tommy

Musicals:
- Les Miserables
- Ragtime
- Rent
- West Side Story
- Tommy

[Face Ache]

American Graffiti.

[Shaddim]

I have to throw in:

Highlander - A Kind of Magic by Queen

[sek929]

Half Life 2 has some awesome music in it.

[ctt1wbw]

Originally Posted by Shaddim 

I have to throw in:

Highlander - A Kind of Magic by Queen

Amen. That's their second best album.

I love the music in:

Forest Gump
Chrisine
50 First Dates, especially the local Hawaiin dude singing at the end.

[dav]

kundun – p. glass

the last temptation of christ – p. gabriel