Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One

Well this thread really makes me want to revisit Vertigo 😁

Lalo Schifrin:

Bullitt

Dirty Harry (nice companion piece to the above)

Kelly’s Heroes (outstanding underscore)

Roy Budd:

2-CD set called Get Budd (a sampler of his coolest jazz tracks from action/crime films between 1968-75)

Henry Mancini:

Hatari (some great jazz tracks aimed at FM airplay)

Charade (ditto, but with some smooth, swinging latin-jazz numbers)

3-CD sampler called The Real Henry Mancini

Michel Legrande:

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

John Williams:

Close Encounters (the 2-CD set from La La Land is best if you can find it,

one of the best fantasy soundtracks ever made)

Danny Elfman:

Edward Scissorhands (more fantasy)

Alice In Wonderland (yet more)

Ron Grainer:

The Omega Man (yup, more fantasy, [with a slight horror edge])

William Stromberg:

Trinity And Beyond, The Atomic Bomb Movie (theatrically released documentary, think Herrmann, Waxman, Korngold and other Hollywood golden-age greats reimagined...and yes, more great fantasy)

Rozen:

Sins Of Hyrule (superb symphonic fantasy inspired by the video game soundtrack, but production-wise given the red carpet treatment)

Maurice Jarre:

Lawrence Of Arabia (this score should more rightly be considered a ’fantasy’, rather than simply an epic)

Jerry Goldsmith:

Under Fire (great Latin America sound, Jerry designed the entire film soundtrack to play back in film order as a cohesive music album)

Tora Tora Tora

Planet Of The Apes (1970) (fanfreakintastic)

The Final Conflict (3rd film in the Omen series soundtracks, my favorite)

When it comes to Bernard Herrmann and Ennio Morricone I could probably recommend just about anything.

But, don’t overlook: The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (BH) and Two Mules For Sister Sara & Violent City (EM).

 

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Here’s an unheralded gem: 1970’s “Performance.”

Jack Nitzsche, Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Russ Titelman, Lowell George, Gene Parsons, Bobby West and Milt Holland.

In various incarnations, this “band” created a really cool, unique soundtrack for the film. It’s produced by Jack Nitzsche but he is also probably the primary creative force, with Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, and Ry Cooder in tow.  Randy Newman plays on several tracks, sings a couple, and is even credited as the band’s “conductor.” You throw in Buffy Sainte-Marie getting in there, and then all these excellent players from The Byrds, Little Feat, and Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, Bernard Krause using a Moog synthesizer prototype (it being 1970 they weren’t on the market yet) and some really interesting, unique music, this is an unheralded gem.

It even has The Last Poets with their 1970 classic, “Wake Up, N*****s”