Soundtracks you love

[saucycobblers]

I really liked A Room With A View.

O Mio Bambino Caro sung by Kiri Te Kanawa was very romantic and moving. Perfect in a Tuscan landscap.

Ahhh, something on which we agree!  Great film, great soundtrack...

Just thought of another one. It's not really a great soundtrack, but it has some terrific songs - Boogie Nights starring the criminally underused Mark Wahlberg.

[RouxB]

Garden State-ran to Border's midway through watching the movie to get it.
BbM of course my favorite.

[skye28]

Ahhh, something on which we agree!  Great film, great soundtrack...

Just thought of another one. It's not really a great soundtrack, but it has some terrific songs - Boogie Nights starring the criminally underused Mark Wahlberg.

Love the Boogie Nights soundtrack. another great soundtrack is Notting Hill.

[Anya_Angie]

OMG don't get me started! I have 100 in my collection and pretty much ALL are my favorites LOL! But I will start off with my top 20:

1. The Ten Commandments (1956, Elmer Bernstein)
2. Anastasia (1997, David Newman, promo album)
3. The Village (2004, James Newton Howard)
4. Gladiator (2000, Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerard; this score is here for sentimental reasons, as some of you might guess LOL!)
5. Interview With The Vampire (1994, Elliot Goldenthal)
6. Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman, can't remember the year LOL)
7. The Secret of NIMH (1982, Jerry Goldsmith)
8. First Knight (Jerry Goldsmith)
9. Braveheart (1995, James Horner)
10. Munich (2005, John Williams)
11. The Mummy (Jerry Goldsmith)
12. Van Helsing (Alan Silvestri, LOVE how Russian it sounds!)
13. Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire (Patrick Doyle)
14. Harry Potter/Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams, amazing job by Williams, love how melodic and thematic it is)
15. Shakespeare In Love (Stephen Warbeck)
16. Hero (Tan Dun)
17. LOTR: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
18. Troy (Rejected Gabriel Yared version)
19. Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla, expanded score)
20. The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas Newman)

[SFEnnisSF]

I saw Moulin Rouge last night at the (infamous) Castro theatre.  I sat in the almost front row, and sang along to every tune! 

[Ellemeno]

I saw Moulin Rouge last night at the (infamous) Castro theatre.  I sat in the almost front row, and sang along to every tune! 

That's the row I sat in with you and Melinda for BBM! 

[mvansand76]

I was just watching figure skating on TV and they did a dance to the soundtrack of the Untouchables, first the main theme and then the death theme (the part where Sean Connery gets shot and dies...) and I got goose bumps! It's such an extraordinary and beautiful soundtrack!

[moremojo]

Here are twenty-eight which I have particularly enjoyed and/or been impressed by (listed alphabetically):

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Barry Lyndon
Beau travail
Brokeback Mountain
Bugsy Malone
Christiane F.-Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
A Clockwork Orange
Communion
Eraserhead
Eyes Wide Shut
Fantasia
Hairspray
Heavenly Creatures
Loads
Lyrisch Nitraat
Meet Me in St. Louis
Phantom of the Paradise
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Playtime
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
Thundercrack!
Der Tod der Maria Malibran
2001: A Space Odyssey
Walkabout
West Side Story
The Wizard of Oz
Zardoz

[Kazza]

I don't have a top 10 or 20 as such but soundtracks that I love are:

Brokeback Mountain - of course. Just gives me goosebumps and can reduce me to tears.
Gladiator - It's just wonderful.
Last of the Mohicans - I partly hold this movie and it's soundtrack responsible for myself and my better half finally getting it together.
Cal - Small indie movie from years ago that Mark Knophler did the music for. Acoustic guitars with a celtic bent to to it. Very beautiful. If you like the BBM incidental music then give this a try.

I'm sure that there are more but these are the ones that spring to mind right now.

Karen

[Amber]

My choices run all over the place.

I love the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack of course!  Then there's Dirty Dancing (I'm right there with you, proud owner of the two disc set), and Six Days, Seven Nights (just love the tropical sound, especially on cold days!) although it is slightly cheesy.  I'm also a big fan of the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack - the movie and the stage show both.  Legands of the Fall also has an amazing soundtrack as well as Schindler's List although it's very haunting.  I also really enjoy the music from A Beautiful Mind.  And how can you go wrong with Chicago?  Great songs.  I also really enjoy the soundtrack to Baz Lurhman's Romeo and Juliet, there is some great stuff on there.  I like the "indy" feel of the soundtrack for 10 Things I Hate About You and I adore the music from Love Actually as well. 

I'm one of those people who can hear a song on a commercial and instantly know what movie it came from.  The music just seems to stick with me long term.