Music and Passion

[darkwing_duck1]

I would add two that haven't been mentioned yet:

The Last Starfighter
Independence Day

 

[zakkrusz]

Well if you want some really obscure ones:

Aquarian Age-Sign For Evolution
Ergo Proxy
Eureka 7
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex-Solid State Society
Gunslinger Girl
.hack//SIGN
Infinite Ryvius
Kiddy Grade
Last Exile
Madlax
My-HIME
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Noein
Noir
Le Portrait of Petit Cossette
RahXephon
Scrapped Princess
Starship Operators

....all have some pretty epic souding soundtracks.

 

[RobertScorpio]

I would add two that haven't been mentioned yet:

The Last Starfighter
Independence Day

I would also add FIFTH ELEMENT.. I liked the weird music in that movie..

Rob

 

[tharpdevenport]

"Serenity" -- David Newman
"The Princess Bride" -- Mark Knopler
"Willow" -- James Horner
"Capricorn One" -- Jerry Goldsmith, R.I.P.
"Robocop" -- Basil Poledouris, R.I.P.
"Stargate" -- David Arnold
"Loch Ness" -- Trevor Jones
"Dark City" -- Trevor Jones
"Signs" -- James Newton Howard
"Unbreakable" -- James Newton Howard

More later.

 

[setvenharis]

Add Christopher Young's Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 soundtracks, and Jerry Goldsmith's The Omen.

 

[Harvey]

Jerry Goldsmith's Alien
John Williams' The Fury
Bernard Herrmann's The Day The Earth Stood Still

 

[Tulaberry whine]

Say what you want about the movie, I thought the Alien 3 soundtrack was amazing.

 

[Deckerd]

The Abyss has very evocative music for me.

Every time I hear the Qui Tollis from Mozart's Mass in C I'm reminded of the atmospheric choral work in The Abyss.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Back to the Future -- Alan Silvestri
Ghostbusters -- Elmer Bernstein, R.I.P.
Edward Scissorhands -- Danny Elfman
Explorers -- Jerry Goldsmith, R.I.P.
The Omega Man -- Ron Grainer, R.I.P.
Something Wicked This Way Comes -- James Horner
Something Wicked This Way Comes -- Georges Delerue (rejected score)
The 13th Warrior -- Graeme Revell (rejected score)
Spaceballs -- John Morris
The 5th Element -- Eric Serra


Just included movies, but there are a bunch of TV shows to list as well.

 

[Ptrope]

Not a movie, but Firefly (Greg Edmonson) had a beautiful soundtrack throughout; I love the variety of instruments and arrangements - it was like another character in the show.

Some might not think it SF/F, but National Treasure (Trevor Rabin of Yes) had a great soundtrack, as did Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Klaus Badelt).

Logan's Run and Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
Heavy Metal (various)
The Incredibles (Michael Giacchino; best "Bond" soundtrack in years! )

And neither movie nor TV, but eventually a stage production: Jeff Wayne's "The War of the Worlds" - outstanding!

 

[Neroon]

Altough I enjoyed the soundtrack from Serenity, I was rather disappointed that the sound and feel from the series wasn't carried over to the movie.

Funny you should mention Pirates of the Caribbean, because earlier I wanted to mention the pure musical testosterone of Gladiator... but that's not SFF. However, the Pirates... soundtrack kinda covers that.

 

[Maurice]

The Magnificent Seven

 

[tharpdevenport]

Not a movie, but Firefly (Greg Edmonson) had a beautiful soundtrack throughout; I love the variety of instruments and arrangements - it was like another character in the show.

Ptrope, you should try a Google Video search for episode of the TV series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"; I think you'll find there are some interestin similarities between the music at times, and you might appreciate the show's good scoring as well.



I decided I should provide some examples of the music I listed:

Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Edward Scissorhands
Explorers
The Omega Man
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Horner)
Eaters of the Dead (The 13th Warrior rejected)
Spaceballs
The 5th Element
Serenity
The Princess Bride
Willow
Capricorn One
Robocop
Stargate
Loch Ness
Dark City
Unbreakable
Signs