Favourite Movie Theme

[shane.mcneil]

What's your favourite movie theme?

At the moment I'm into the Apollo 13 soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pz7mTXv8DQ&feature=PlayList&p=8152A3A38D88B4DE). Available on Youtube.

Shane

[Glenhuon]

Quite a few come to mind but probably the Star Trek Insurrection theme.

[slippo74]

Well... lots, but one on top of all...

Lux Aeterna, Requiem for a Dream sound track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLpJtvzlEI

Cheers

[Esseth]

How can anyone go past the Imperial March from Star Wars???

[jjjnettie]

The theme to the "Pink Panther" is pretty cool.

[beren]

:) My favorites are Ennio Morricone's "The Mission" soundtrack, Vangelis "The Bounty", Howard Shore's "The Lord of the Rings"trilogy, Trevor Johns/Randy Edelman "Last of the Mohicans", John Williams "Star Wars" trilogy.......these ones come straight to mind {oh the St Elmos main theme too,:P so many}

[MrB]

Wow, so many to choose from, but the first that comes to mind is the music from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The main theme is pretty good, even made it into the charts, but for me it's the music during the 3-way mexican standoff toward the end of the movie.... "The Ecstasy of Gold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ecstasy_of_Gold)" composed by Ennio Morricone, genius.

The theme from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy is up there too. "Journey of the Sorcerer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_These_Nights#.22Journey_of_t he_Sorcerer.22)" by the Eagles.

The soundtrack for The Fifth Element is wierd but cool.

[MrB]

LOL Beren, two Ennio Morricone tracks in as many posts ;)

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Philip Glass -'Mishima', ??? - 'Lawrence of Arabia' and Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits - 'Local Hero'

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Oh yeah, speaking of 'Sorcerers' - Tangerine Dream
But still hard to beat yer ol' Enrico - Nyaanya nya nya - nyanya.....

[Jen]

:screwy::screwy: mmmm thats a toughy i will have to think about that one and come back :lol:

[ngcles]

Hi Shane & All,

Yep the music for the Star Wars films was superb I thought as others have commented. I think the Apollo sound track was also very good -- as was the music from The Dish.

Another one that comes to mind is the music for Chariots of Fire by Vangelis and of course the theme for The Exorcist by Mike Oldfield and the music for The Killing Fields -- also by Mike Oldfield.

But for mine the most memorable of all was the opening theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Einleitung from Also sprach Zarathustra that went something like:

Daaa DAaaa DAAaaaa Da Daaaa,
Boom, Bom, Boom, Bom, Boom, Bom, Boom, Bom, Boom, Bom, Boom, Bom,Boom, Bom,
Daaa DAaaa DAAaaaa DAA DEEeee,
Da Da Da Da Daaa DAaa DEee Phrum, Phrum, Phrum, Phrum, Phrum,
Da DAa DEee Da DAAaa DEEeeeeeeeeeeee ......

... or something like that anyway.

You can listen to is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w


Best,

Les D

[MrB]

Ahhh yes, nice one Les, Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield... one of my favourite albums. I forgot that was the theme for The Exorcist.

[fringe_dweller]

i agree with local hero too, recent faves were The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, nick cave and co, and ironman was pretty good i thought..for contemporary music, further back, nick again, the proposition, and then 'o brother where art thou', just to name a few

[jjjnettie]

"The Sting"

[supernova1965]

"Chariots of Fire"

[dpastern]

+1. One of the most recogniseble themes imho.

Another one that is pretty recogniseble is the Harry Potter theme.

I'm also a fan of the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack - the composer is brilliant.

Dave

[Ric]

Too hard to choose, for a start I would have to agree with all that have been mentioned already.

I will also add the James Bond Theme by Monty Norman, that's a timeless piece.

Cheers

[Rod66]

The magnificent seven - all time favourite

[renormalised]

I like pretty much all of them here....Superman theme is also a good one.

[lacad01]

Indiana Jones :thumbsup:

[Gallifreyboy]

I agree with Indiana Jones, but so many of the instantly most recognisable movie themes were composed by one man John Williams. His CV is extraordinary (probably only superceded by his bank balance :lol:).....from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams

[GeoffW1]

Not Vangelis, but the German composer Peter Thomas. Haunting stuff.

Cheers

[anthony2302749]

"Classical Gas" from "the Dish"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX0eTp7SoNU&feature=related

Also like this one by Joni Mitchell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Philip Glass again. :)

Not my fave, but instantly recognisable (IMHO) is "Pirates of the Carribbean"

[Enchilada]

Far too many to mention. Popular ones include;

"Dr. Zhivago"; Lara's Theme
"Sound of Music" (The Hills are Alive…)
"Jaws" (Duff, duff, duff, duff,… da da da tadaaaa.)
"2001 : A Space Odyssey" (Thus Spoke Zarathrusta / Blue Danube)
"Gladiator" (Now We Are All Free)
"Ghostbusters" (Who ya gonna call…)
"Harry's Game" by Clannad
"Twilight" No.1 Series with Debussy's Clare de lune
"The Exorcist" Mike Oldfield
"High Road of China"


However, one of my true favourites is"Koyaanisqatsi", main theme by Philip Glass, which is quite emotionally engaging. :thumbsup:

Have to have a longer think about this one, before I can be definitive….

Note: I think even some of the television shows have better ones;
I.e. "The Blue Planet"
...or those which are instantly recognised
- Hawaii Five-O
- Shaft

[barx1963]

Why are we even discussing this. Clearly the best movie theme music in the history of cinema is the Peter Gunn theme as used in the blues Brothers, followed by, in second place She Caught the Katy from the Blues Brothers with 3rd spot going to Shake your Tailfeather from...... the Blues Brothers. Positions 4 through 10 are open to suggestions as there are several memorable tunes in the Blues Brothers that are hard to split.

[gman]

Whay about these:-

Rocky - "Gonna Fly Now" composed by Bill Conti
Mission Impossible - New film version by the guys from U2 for memory
Gladiator - "Now we are Free" by Enya
Ghost Busters - "Who ya gonna call?" by Ray Parker Jnr
Beverly Hills Cop - "Axel F" by harold Faltermayer
Braveheart - by James Horner & the London Philharmonic Orchestra

[kinetic]

I suppose a movie score composer/ writer has done his/ her job
really well when just hearing the mere mention evokes beautiful,
rich emotional memories locked way back in your conscience.

Some of mine:

Gladiator (Encha mentioned it already):thumbsup:
The Mission ( Beren mentioned)

Out of Africa, (the aerial scene)
Dances with Wolves
Antarctica (Vangelis)
Risky Business (Tangerine Dream compositions)

I agree, too many...

Music is a truly amazing invention by us humans...so many emotions!

Good thread!

Steve

[gman]

Just thought of another one.
The theme for "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" by Hugo Montenegro

[jjjnettie]

Another from Henri Mancini.
"The Baby Elephant Walk"
Hatari has to be the best movie John Wayne ever made.

[FredSnerd]

Is the "Theme from Days of Our Lives" allowed. Its not actually from a movie. But you ever listened to it. Not just the start of it but the whole thing. It goes for about 7 min and its really a very good piece of music IMO.

[Allan_L]

..... Star Wars

(still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up ! )

:fight:

[renormalised]

Actually, the theme from Gladiator was written and sung by Lisa Gerrard, an Australian singer. The song was scored and conducted by Hans Zimmer.

[renormalised]

Days of Our Drearies!!!!!:eyepop::eyepop:....AA Aaaaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!

[anthony2302749]

Battlestar Galactica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvvizACg5uw&feature=related

New Series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-gvgPEtv4g&feature=related

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol: im a huge Days fan :lol:
But dont tell everyone :rofl:shhh... i tape it everyday LOL :rolleyes:

[Jen]

The Jaws theme always gets me going :lol: love it :thumbsup:

And my fav would have to be Purple Rain and Beverley Hills Cops :rofl:


Oh and ya cant forget Grease and The Rocky Horror Show :P

[Enchilada]

Are you a closet particle physicist, Jen ?

Wasn't the the song of Beverley Hills Cop, the "Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters? ;)

I would have though your tune would have been "Pretty Woman" - you'no the Roy Orbison tune??

Ergo.

"Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman
I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
Mercy!!!" :eyepop:

(Surely highly appropriate for our true green enslaver???)

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Seems we all forgot "The Godfather" and "Pot Lids Now".