the importance of music in film

I haven't seen "Rudderless" yet, but have it on my list.

A couple of other music themed movies that are very good:

Begin Again

Janie Jones

I agree the music/soundtrack is half the movie for me. I just watched
"Whiplash" last night and the music was fantastic and very well
recorded. I find myself listening to the music and the screen becomes
secondary.
There are many great artists doing music scores for movies that I think
don't get enough recognition. Mark Isham is one that I find very innovative
in his work.

agree with you Theo - I also enjoyed the music of Whiplash esp since I'm much into classic Jazz. The names of those great Jazz artists were mentioned several times in the movie & I knew who they were talking about...

then u should be listening to the greats such as Korngold, Waxman, Herman and Steiner and numerous others from the golden age of film...

Two of my favorite contemporary film composers are Patrick Doyle and Carter Burwell. Henry Mancini and Dave Grusin a few years before. The movie scores of that group are as individual and influential as any of the characters in their movies, IMO.

It's interesting to hear the efforts of musicians who crossed over to attempt film composition, too. Michael Kamen, Danny Elfman, Ry Cooder, Trevor Rabin, Trent Reznor, and, of course, Randy Newman, for example.