Great chat! Here’s a few favorites of mine: Troll - Richard Band Legend - Tangerine Dream Oliver! - Lionel Bart Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse Candyman - Phillip Glass Darkman - Danny Elfman
Great show as usual chaps, here are a few of my favourites. The Godfather - Nino Rota The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams Reservoir Dogs - various Pulp Fiction - Various Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding The Cowboys (John Wayne) - John Williams Cross of Iron - Ernest Gold The Conversation - David Shire The Taking of Pelham 123 - David Shire Dirty Harry - Lalo Schifrin
Regarding Pete's interest in how popular " Grease " was in the UK, it reminded me that " You're The One That I Want " was a No.1 hit twice in 1978, once for ONJ & JT but also for Arthur Mullard and Hilda Baker, the lead actress in a comedy set in a pickle factory in Colne, Lancashire.
Hi again Pete, Steven and Simon, just got back from a long weekend in Hastings on the South Coast of England, venue for the England Vs France archery contest of 1066, of course, and what caught my eye as I drove along the seafront but a large, brightly coloured poster advertising an upcoming gig by.... SHOWADDYWADDY! Pete, I smiled and thought of you!
1. Peter Gabriel - Passion (The Last Temptation Of Christ) 2. Hans Zimmer - Gladiator 3. Toto - Dune 4. John Debney - The Passion Of The Christ 5. Various Artists - Rocky IV
Goodfellas (1990), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Shaft (1971), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1-3, Mary Poppins (1964), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Heavy Metal (1981), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012)
- Ennio Morricone is my favourite film composer. Once upon a time in America is on the top of my list, - In Flame by Slade - Buio Omega by Goblin - Bram Stoker's Dracula by Wojciech Kilar - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, featuring Megadeth, Kiss, King's X and others I'd also like to mention Traditori Di Tutti by Calibro .35. It's a soundtrack to an imaginary Italian 70's crime movie. Each track has a title, but also a mood/description. Example: Title: Giulia Mon Amour, Mood: Night time car chase in Milan. They have done several of these, and have since been hired to make at least one actual soundtrack.
@@TranquilityFireReid It's easy to forget that it is a soundtrack. Musically it's just another Slade album, and the film is not talked about very often. I didn't think of it myself until I browsed my collection on Discogs to see if I had forgotten any obvious choices.
Good evening..don't have one specific one.. but Saturday night fever..and yes grease know them all..2001 is another one..but my favorite part is when Steven broke out laughing when Simon made a comment ..Great stuff !!
#1 Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris) #2 Robocop (Basil Poledouris) #3 Escape from New York (John Carpenter) #4 Dawn of the Dead (Goblin) #5 Terminator (John Williams)
Damn, I missed the stream again! Anyway, my favourite Soundtrack albums are Film 1 Almost Famous 2000 2 FM 1978 3 Battle of Britain 1969 4 Star Wars 1977 5 Shaft 1971 Honourable mention James Bond, especially the soundtracks written by John Barry Television 1 Thunderbirds 2 Captain Scarlet 3 UFO 4 Joe 90 5 Fireball XL5 Written by the great Barry Gray between 1963 and 1970.
My favourite film of all time is Paris Texas and the Ry Cooder soundtrack is awesome. First visit to a lifelong friend in Chicago (I am from the UK) and I was taken to a drive in. The Blues Brothers....people dancing on their car roofs. Marvelous!
As a huge fan of AOR, this is my list: Top Gun The Wraith Rocky lV American Anthem The Lost Boys Days of Thunder The Transformers (1986) Iron Eagle Flashdance Navy Seals Savage Streets Iron Eagle ll Streets of Fire St. Elmo's Fire Dream a Little Dream Sing Up the Creek Last Action Hero The Breakfast Club Vision Quest Over the Top Youngblood Gladiator (1992) Footloose Gotcha Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure I Love You, Man (3 Rush songs in one movie. I didn't care about the rest 😊) Maximum Overdrive (AC/DC) Young Guns ll (Jon Bon Jovi)
#1 Thomas Newman ( The Shawshank Redemption) Score #2 Mike Oldfield ( The Exorcist) Soundtrack #3 Bernard Hermann( Psycho) Score #4 John Williams (The Cowboys) Score #5 Max Steiner(King Kong) Score
Great show as ever gents.... my picks: 1. Conan - Basil Poledouris 2. Excalibur - Trevor Jones 3. Star Wars - John Williams 4. The Lord of The Rings - Howard Shore 5. Skyrim - Jeremy Soule
"(John Williams) had a way of delivering bombast but in a majestic and classy way". Well put Pete. I got a Star Wars 8-track via mail record/tape club and I guess I was expecting screenplay but it was "only" music score. But I was so obsessed with movie that I listened to it frequently.
Too many to mention, but just a few soundtracks that stood the test of time for me: 1. Streets of Fire 2. Air America 3. The Breakfast Club 4. Trainspotting 5. Dazed and Confused 6. Pulp Fiction 7. Easy Rider 8. Lord of the Rings 9. American Graffiti 10. Apocalypse Now 11. Hair
My parents had the Great War Movie Themes and Great Western Themes albums when I was growing up. I can't hear music from The Guns of Navarone or The Good, The Bad and The Ugly without seeing my dad nodding along out of time with a half smile on his face.
Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream (almost all synth scores from that era), King Kong 1933 - Max Steiner (or just about anything by Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ennio Morricone or Bernard Herrmann), Dazed and Confused tying with Boogie Nights for cool eclectic classic rock and pop soundtracks that each spawned a second collection of songs, Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead - Goblin, and the double album AOR primer, FM (1978) featuring Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Walsh, Foreigner, Eagles, Steve Miller, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and many others (and Grease, which includes tunes from the Broadway Cast Album, Xanadu (Elo, Olivia, Cliff, and The Tubes), Saturday Night Fever, Heavy Metal and American Graffiti are all great double album soundtracks). If you include TV - The Rutles from the “All You Need is Cash” special is awesome! For documentary, there’s few as excellent as The Buena Vista Social Club.
Another epic with the UK lads and a completely surprising start as never would have expected Simon's first pick to appear on SoT but a great surprise, indeed. Have responded to soundtrack list on another SoT episode but some for today (that may include repeats0 inlcude 1. Twin Peaks - soundtrack for the original TV series Angelo Badalamenti 2, Amadeus - the complete 3 CD set 3. Star Wars by John Williams [no relation] 4. Purple Rain by Prince 5. The Sting - music by Scott Joplin and arranged by Marvin Hamlisch [the album that brought piano ragtime to this piano player's attention and sent me down the rabbit hole of that genre] Once again, thanks for the entertainment and laughs Cheers, lads.
Very enjoyable episode, guys! I have to give it to Star Wars, Superman, Spinal Tap, Heavy Metal, Flash Gordon, and my all-time favorite movie, the anime film Princess Mononoke. And why oh why can I not get a soundtrack CD for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai? It’s just criminal, I tell you.
SoT might not be the ideal venue for an anime soundtrack discussion. But I’d love to hear what some of your favorites are. Beyond everybody’s favorite, Cowboy Bebop, of course!
Had to improvise this weeks beverage: a shot of Herradura. 1) from my favorite movie - the blues brothers '80 2) one i still listen to often - heavy metal '81 3) fabulous baker boys '89 - awesome to hear Michelle Pfeiffer sing 'makin' whoopee' and 'my funny valentine' 4) alien '79 - just found out my favorite bit at the end is from Howard Hanson's 1930 symphony #2 romantic. 5) as i spin the wheel of John Williams this evening it lands on 'ET'. Make that 2 shots...
This was a fun show for sure. 1) Blade Runner 1982 Also my all time favorite movie 2) Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 3) Tapeheads 1988 4) Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 5) Heavy Metal 1981
Great video as always guys! 👍Soundtracks! That`s a tough one to take on as there are so many. Really pleased to see Peter mention `Grease`. Watched the movie on 4K last year and it reminded me of what a great film/soundtrack it is. Some choices of mine - `Once Upon A Time In The West` - both Morricone`s and Leone`s finest moment. `Legend`(Robin of Sherwood tv series) - Clannad `Streets of Fire` - two great Steinman songs plus contributions from Stevie Nicks, Ry Cooder and others. `Sound of Music` `Oliver` `Excalibur` (1981) `Bilitis` (Francis Lai) `Rocky Horror Picture Show` `Grease` `One From the Heart` (Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle) `Quadrophenia` `Jesus Christ Superstar` `Muppets Christmas Carol` `Christmas Carol-The Movie` (Charlotte Church, Kate Winslet) `Beat Girl` - John Barry And yes `The Wicker Man` is very good!
Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (a slight cheat), Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders film), The Big Chill, Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch film, music Neil Young) and Rain (New Zealand film by Christine Jeffs featuring music by Neil Finn and others).
Tangerine Dream! Awesome… and Grease.. mannn…. I think my life started after coming out of the theater and seeing Grease… life would never be the same…
Blade Runner should also be recognized and respected as the catalyst for the cyberpunk genre that's really popular today. Almost everything related to dystopian sci-fi or dark gritty futuristic settings are massively influenced by Blade Runner. The music too actually, anything to do with especially modern Sci-fi in TV, Movies and Video games we have that Vangelis unforgettable sound our minds.The synthesizers, the big digital brass CS-80 sounds and big sweeping atmospheric synths and it all goes back to Vangelis.
A most delightful watch. Grease really is the word. I loved Bladerunner when it first came out and am a big fan of Last Action Herp. I even like the remake that I perhaps should not mention and return to my wicker making hobby. It is a good job that a certain 60's iconic classic didn't come up with a remake that I cannot mention because I preferred it. Just one of my Mini moments of clarity that could get me deported to anywhere if said out loud. I want Pete to sing the classic Showaddywaddy tune under the moon of love but one of the other two has to do the immortal maner maner part in the style of the original. I was half surprised to not see the 1986 film Crossroads mentioned, with Steve Vai being an important constituent.
I always thought I would never hear a greater rendition of My Favorite Things than Julie Andrews singing it to soothe the Von Trapp children's nerves. But many years later, surpassed by John Coltrane's 21.05 min. rendition from Berlin on November 2, 1963.
Trick or Treat, Last Action Hero, Judgement Night, Who Made Who Maximum Overdrive soundtrack) and the ET soundtrack (bought that one on picture disc vinyl back when the film came out)
Wasn't fussed on the subject matter but you guys always make it entertaining. I'm even going to watch the Powermetal episode & I hate Powermetal. Greetings from sunny N.Ireland
My favorite soundtracks: Tron - Wendy Carlos 2001: A Space Odyssey - various artists Star Trek II - James Horner Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream (l was fist-pumping when Pete picked this one) The Vision of Escaflowne - Yoko Kanno (they released 4 soundtrack CDs for the TV series and one for the feature film, and I have all five) Pulp Fiction - various artists
Great shout out by Simon to Amenobar/ Amaldovar (don't confuse these two, kids!) The Lost Boys soundtrack meant so much to me growing up in the 1980s - we ALL loved that! Great shout of Pete's too for Goblin! Another shout out to Angelo Badliamenti and David Lynch who often composes music himself, or works with others to set.the mood for his own, distinct slices of cinema.
The Terminator ('84) Rocky IV ('85) Trick or Treat ('86) Iron Eagle ('86) Cobra ('86) The Wraith ('86) Top Gun ('86) Transformers: The Movie ('86) Friday the Thirteenth Part VI: Jason Lives ('86) Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors ('87) Bloodsport ('88) Iron Eagle II ('88) Shocker ('89) Honourable mentions: Heavy Metal ('81) Star Fleet Project ('83) Scarface ('83) Footloose ('84) Over the Top ('88) Kickboxer ('89)
One of my favorite soundtrack albums is The Killing Fields by Mike Oldfield. It works as an album to listen to and background/incidental music for the movie.
Thanks Simon for bringing up Pedro Almodóvar, when it comes to soundtracks, the equivalent of Quinten Tarantino. Love Morricone and The Blues Brothers too.
5. Purple Rain 4. A Hard Day’s Night 3. Star Wars 2. Saturday Night Fever 1. This Is Spinal Tap HM Rocky Vertigo Halloween Jaws Platoon E.T. Forrest Gump School of Rock Anchorman Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Guardians of the Galaxy Amadeus
absolutely great episode as usual. Funny stuff. By the way Pete it one thousand %%%% on our awesome SOT leader Sal. Carpe diem. Early check out. !!! Dead dead on. Love u Sal. Fan favorite. Steven. Simon Pete. Great great stuff. Love it 👍💯
The soundtrack from 2 David Essex films, That I'll Be The Day and the follow up, Stardust, which was a total education for me growing up, it's an excellent soundtrack, first time I heard Jimi Hendrix, All Along the watch tower, also a number of Dave Edmunds tracks on the fourth side, and Essex solo tracks when leaving the fictional band, and you can't beat Queen with Flash Gordon, plus from Wes Craven, Shocker, which had the best Desmond Child ballads , Timeless Love by Saraya.
Today’s beer of choice I’m having a Terre-Hoot Mission to Mars fruited sour. 4.5 ABV from Terre Haute Indiana. Nice lip smacking taste. Cheers 🍻! Haven’t had the chance to put a lot of thought into this but 2 soundtracks that always come to mind are Basketball Diaries Heavy Metal Really enjoy both soundtracks as well as the movies. Basketball Dairies is a dark subject matter but it is so good and have always liked this soundtrack a lot. Great show as always gentleman! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Good show🎶👍, but in my humble opinion an impossible task to narrow it down to 5 favourites😳! I expected a Hans Zimmer pick because of the T-shirt😄! I can on top of my head take another 5 superb soundtracks, not mentioned by "The 3 Wise Men"🤗: The Graduate Saturday Night Fever St. Elmo's Fire Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer😉) Once Upon A Time In America - perhaps the best score I ever have heard and vital for the film👍!
The soundtrack from the movie FM: numerous big names from 1977-79 rock/pop including Steely Dan, Dan Fogelberg, Boz Scaggs, The Doobie Brothers, Billy Joel, Queen,Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh,Jimmy Buffett(Ronstadt and Buffett perform in the movie, Petty has a cameo acting role, playing himself). The movie is about the daily happenings at an FM radio station Soundtrack from the movie " Going Home " Mark Knopfler wrote/performs Pete mentioned Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Moving In Stereo by The Cars was featured in one of the movie's funniest scenes--it wasn't on the soundtrack?
My fav soundtracks …. West Side Story ( movie )…Godspell ( movie )…. Saturday Night Fever….Grease ( movie )….Hair (original broadway )…. Jesus Christ Superstar ( 2001 version )….Broken Glass….Sound of Music…..The Point ( Nilsson/ Davy Jones version )…..War of The Worlds ( 1978 version ) … Buddy Holly Story ( 1978. Gary Busey )….The Way of The World ( Earth Wind & Fire )….Flash ( Queen )….The Man Who Fell To Earth ( David Bowie )…..
I like John Carpenter's themes for his own films: Assault on Precinct 13, Escape from New York, Escape from LA, Dark Star, The Thing, and others. The Judgment Night soundtrack has collaborations between rock bands and rappers, such as Faith No More and Boo Yah Tribe. The Tommy soundtrack has a fantastic version of Eyesight to the Blind by Eric Clapton. The Quadrophenia soundtrack is produced by John Entwistle, in the absence of the rest of the band, and is different to the original, plus it has a selection mod hits. Alice Cooper recorded a really good theme for Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, but it was rejected in favour of the inferior Lulu version. Cooper's version is included on the follow-up album to Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle of Love (1974). The Sorcerer is based on a great French film, The Wages of Fear. The nail-biting Ice Cold in Alex (GB 1958) is also based on The Wages of Fear.
Maybe it's cheating/off topic, but I'm including game soundtracks (only one/franchise for more diversity!) Besides being great, these also have a lot of sentimental value. 1. Fellowship Of The Ring - The Complete Recordings (Howard Shore, 2001/2005) 2. Final Fantasy IV - Original Sound Version (Nobuo Uematsu, 1991) 3. Star Ocean The Second Story - Original Soundtrack (Motoi Sakuraba, 1998) 4. Chrono Trigger - Original Sound Version (Yasunori Mitsuda/Nobuo Uematsu/Noriko Matsueda, 1995) 5. Estpolis Denki II (Lufia 2: Rise Of The Sinistrals) - Soundtrack (Yasunori Shiono, 1995) HM: Wild ARMs Advanced 3rd - Original Soundtrack (Michiko Naruke, 2002) In the future I'd like to collect even more soundtracks of classic JRPGs that I played back in the day. Looking forward to the next one - 100% my topic!
Taxi Driver (Herrmann), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Bacharac), American Graffiti (V/A), Conan the Barbarian (Poledouris), Jaws (Williams), Cross of Iron (Gold), Midnight Express (Moroder)... For starters!
My 5 would be : Once Upon A Time In America, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers and Clockwork Orange. Add one more seeing as Steven had 8 number ones. La Vie En Rose.
Great UK Connection. Who would have thought that Simon loves Ths Wicker Man soundtrack. In no particular order On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bladerunner, music from The Prisoner, Ennio Morricone music from Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in the West and Excalibur.
One of my top favorites is heavy metal from 1981 its one excellent song after another and a total must have for fans of classic hard rock.and metal and another good one is against all odds from 1984 and it has the distinction of having 3 members of genesis contributing to the soundtrack it has the famous Phil Collins ballad of the same name and two really good songs by Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford
Biil and Ted's Bogus Journey, It's a Kind of Magic[Queen album which basically is the Highlander soundtrack], Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Warriors.
The original " Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 ). A Hard Days Night . The Commitments . The Kids Are Alright . The Pink Panther ( original ). " Woody Allen had several movies featuring some great 40s assorted music .
Some soundtracks are awesome. My favourites : Interstellar, Bladerunner, Grease, Suspiria by Goblin, Sound of Music Power Metal is going to be great!!!
Performance - Ry Cooder, Buffy St Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger. Nosferatu - Popul Vuh. Candyman - Philip Glass. Dawn of the Dead - Goblin. All fucking stonking.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - wow! My favorite Bond film and a magnificent score/soundtrack by John Barry. Wasn't expecting to see that appear here, very nice choice.
Great choices on Tangerine Dream and Goblin, Pete! Sorcerer is one of my top faves and Suspiria is my favorite Goblin soundtrack. Other favorites of mine include: Jerry Goldsmith-Logan's Run, John Barry-The Black Hole, Ennio Morricone-For a Few Dollars More, Derek Wadsworth-Space: 1999 Year 2, Shunsuke Kikuchi-Getter Robo, Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave-Phantasm, John Carpenter & Alan Howarth-Halloween III, Harry Robertson-Hawk the Slayer, Yuji Ohno-The Inugami Family and the Wonderland Philharmonic(Mark Lindsay, W. Michael Lewis & Robert Houston)-Shogun Assassin.
Although I am not religious, far from that, The Original Soundtrack Jesus Christ Superstar from 1973 is massive. The stellar vocals, great bassguitar en electric guitar parts & orchestra is the best soundtrack/rock opera I know.
1. The Mission - Ennio Morricone. 2. The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto 3. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto. 4. Black Orpheus - Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Luiz Bonfa. 5. Next Stop Wonderland - Claudio Ragazzi.
Two Soundtracks that you guys overlooked. JC Superstar movie soundtrack. It's not as famous as the original album with Ian Gillan, but it's still great. But the best ever Soundtrack album is "A Clockwork Orange" by Wendy Carlos! The title theme is one of my all time favorite pieces of music
The Sound Of Music soundtrack was the biggest selling album in The UK of the 1960's. True fact. It outsold everything by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, whoever you want to name. Sgt Pepper has overtaken it since, but from release to 31st December 1969, The hills were indeed alive. My top 5: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A favourite of mine when I was little. Another film that is shown with alarming regularity on UK TV. It was on last Easter and I watched it for the first time in many years and like Simon with The Sound Of Music, I could remember every word of almost every song. Another from my childhood: The Jungle Book. See above. The first film I went to see at a cinema. Flash - Queen. Yes, it's a s camp as a boy scout's convention, but great fun. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Arguable the only movie that was even camper than Flash. Cheating a bit of my final choice. The various Guardians Of The Galaxy movies. No film score but a set of compilation albums featuring the songs used in the movies. Oh, and throw in The Cosmic Mix, a similar compilation with songs that were featured in the animated TV series. Honourable mentions: Bladerunner. The guys discussed this during the show. Paris, Texas. Atmospheric, acoustic slide blues from Ry Cooder Iron Man 2. AC/DC's Greatest Hits by any other name.
As regards Grease, there were so many successful singles from the film released in the UK - all the videos were shown on Top of the Pops - that I felt I had already seen the movie before actually watching it.
Great chat! Here’s a few favorites of mine:
Troll - Richard Band
Legend - Tangerine Dream
Oliver! - Lionel Bart
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse
Candyman - Phillip Glass
Darkman - Danny Elfman
Great show as usual chaps, here are a few of my favourites.
The Godfather - Nino Rota
The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
Reservoir Dogs - various
Pulp Fiction - Various
Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
The Cowboys (John Wayne) - John Williams
Cross of Iron - Ernest Gold
The Conversation - David Shire
The Taking of Pelham 123 - David Shire
Dirty Harry - Lalo Schifrin
Regarding Pete's interest in how popular " Grease " was in the UK, it reminded me that " You're The One That I Want " was a No.1 hit twice in 1978, once for ONJ & JT but also for Arthur Mullard and Hilda Baker, the lead actress in a comedy set in a pickle factory in Colne, Lancashire.
Planet of the Apes (1968) by Jerry Goldsmith, when movie soundtracks served the movie. I love the discordant piano and atmospherics.
That one reminds me of Emerson lake and palmer
That’s a great soundtrack-its use of primitive percussion is inspired.
Blade Runner is absolutely one of my favorite movies! The soundtrack is a big part of that.
...and so is that soundtrack to 1492, Steven. Great call!
Hi again Pete, Steven and Simon, just got back from a long weekend in Hastings on the South Coast of England, venue for the England Vs France archery contest of 1066, of course, and what caught my eye as I drove along the seafront but a large, brightly coloured poster advertising an upcoming gig by....
SHOWADDYWADDY!
Pete, I smiled and thought of you!
1. Peter Gabriel - Passion (The Last Temptation Of Christ)
2. Hans Zimmer - Gladiator
3. Toto - Dune
4. John Debney - The Passion Of The Christ
5. Various Artists - Rocky IV
Great show with some awesome picks! Some of my favorites:
- Risky Business
- Blade Runner
- Thief
- Valley Girl
Goodfellas (1990), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Shaft (1971), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1-3, Mary Poppins (1964), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Heavy Metal (1981), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012)
1. Amadeus
2. Star Wars
3. Vertigo
4. Bridge on the River Kwai
5. The Sand Pebbles
- Ennio Morricone is my favourite film composer. Once upon a time in America is on the top of my list,
- In Flame by Slade
- Buio Omega by Goblin
- Bram Stoker's Dracula by Wojciech Kilar
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, featuring Megadeth, Kiss, King's X and others
I'd also like to mention Traditori Di Tutti by Calibro .35. It's a soundtrack to an imaginary Italian 70's crime movie. Each track has a title, but also a mood/description. Example: Title: Giulia Mon Amour, Mood: Night time car chase in Milan. They have done several of these, and have since been hired to make at least one actual soundtrack.
Can't believe that I didn't even mention In Flame at all on the show!
@@TranquilityFireReid It's easy to forget that it is a soundtrack. Musically it's just another Slade album, and the film is not talked about very often. I didn't think of it myself until I browsed my collection on Discogs to see if I had forgotten any obvious choices.
Good evening..don't have one specific one.. but Saturday night fever..and yes grease know them all..2001 is another one..but my favorite part is when Steven broke out laughing when Simon made a comment ..Great stuff !!
Local Hero - Mark Knopfler
#1 Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris)
#2 Robocop (Basil Poledouris)
#3 Escape from New York (John Carpenter)
#4 Dawn of the Dead (Goblin)
#5 Terminator (John Williams)
Great show! My list is :
1) Amadeus
2) Star Wars
3) Sound of Music
4) West Side Story
5) Piano.
Sorcerer is an excellent pick. My favorite period from one of my favorite bands. Great description by Pete.
Damn, I missed the stream again! Anyway, my favourite Soundtrack albums are
Film
1 Almost Famous 2000
2 FM 1978
3 Battle of Britain 1969
4 Star Wars 1977
5 Shaft 1971
Honourable mention
James Bond, especially the soundtracks written by John Barry
Television
1 Thunderbirds
2 Captain Scarlet
3 UFO
4 Joe 90
5 Fireball XL5
Written by the great Barry Gray between 1963 and 1970.
My favourite film of all time is Paris Texas and the Ry Cooder soundtrack is awesome. First visit to a lifelong friend in Chicago (I am from the UK) and I was taken to a drive in. The Blues Brothers....people dancing on their car roofs. Marvelous!
Ry Cooders soundtrack to The Long Riders is pretty good too. Forgot to add that to my list
As a huge fan of AOR, this is my list:
Top Gun
The Wraith
Rocky lV
American Anthem
The Lost Boys
Days of Thunder
The Transformers (1986)
Iron Eagle
Flashdance
Navy Seals
Savage Streets
Iron Eagle ll
Streets of Fire
St. Elmo's Fire
Dream a Little Dream
Sing
Up the Creek
Last Action Hero
The Breakfast Club
Vision Quest
Over the Top
Youngblood
Gladiator (1992)
Footloose
Gotcha
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
I Love You, Man (3 Rush songs in one movie. I didn't care about the rest 😊)
Maximum Overdrive (AC/DC)
Young Guns ll (Jon Bon Jovi)
Surely the first Bill & Ted has to be on here!?
@@iainhead9898 Done 😊👍
@@iainhead9898 Done 😊
#1 Thomas Newman ( The Shawshank Redemption)
Score
#2 Mike Oldfield ( The Exorcist)
Soundtrack
#3 Bernard Hermann( Psycho)
Score
#4 John Williams (The Cowboys)
Score
#5 Max Steiner(King Kong)
Score
Great show as ever gents.... my picks:
1. Conan - Basil Poledouris
2. Excalibur - Trevor Jones
3. Star Wars - John Williams
4. The Lord of The Rings - Howard Shore
5. Skyrim - Jeremy Soule
1. Lord of the rings - fellowship extended ver.
2. Firestarter - Tangerine Dream
3. Help! - the Beatles
4. Blues Brothers
5. Crossroads
5. Strangeland
4. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
3. Spring Break
2. Heavy Metal
1. Spinal Tap
"(John Williams) had a way of delivering bombast but in a majestic and classy way". Well put Pete. I got a Star Wars 8-track via mail record/tape club and I guess I was expecting screenplay but it was "only" music score. But I was so obsessed with movie that I listened to it frequently.
Too many to mention, but just a few soundtracks that stood the test of time for me:
1. Streets of Fire
2. Air America
3. The Breakfast Club
4. Trainspotting
5. Dazed and Confused
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Easy Rider
8. Lord of the Rings
9. American Graffiti
10. Apocalypse Now
11. Hair
Streets of fire,Diane Lane is gorgeous
My parents had the Great War Movie Themes and Great Western Themes albums when I was growing up. I can't hear music from The Guns of Navarone or The Good, The Bad and The Ugly without seeing my dad nodding along out of time with a half smile on his face.
We had the Great Western Themes album as well. Fantastic stuff, even when nodded to out of time!
Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream (almost all synth scores from that era), King Kong 1933 - Max Steiner (or just about anything by Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ennio Morricone or Bernard Herrmann), Dazed and Confused tying with Boogie Nights for cool eclectic classic rock and pop soundtracks that each spawned a second collection of songs, Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead - Goblin, and the double album AOR primer, FM (1978) featuring Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Walsh, Foreigner, Eagles, Steve Miller, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and many others (and Grease, which includes tunes from the Broadway Cast Album, Xanadu (Elo, Olivia, Cliff, and The Tubes), Saturday Night Fever, Heavy Metal and American Graffiti are all great double album soundtracks). If you include TV - The Rutles from the “All You Need is Cash” special is awesome! For documentary, there’s few as excellent as The Buena Vista Social Club.
Another epic with the UK lads and a completely surprising start as never would have expected Simon's first pick to appear on SoT but a great surprise, indeed. Have responded to soundtrack list on another SoT episode but some for today (that may include repeats0 inlcude
1. Twin Peaks - soundtrack for the original TV series Angelo Badalamenti
2, Amadeus - the complete 3 CD set
3. Star Wars by John Williams [no relation]
4. Purple Rain by Prince
5. The Sting - music by Scott Joplin and arranged by Marvin Hamlisch [the album that brought piano ragtime to this piano player's attention and sent me down the rabbit hole of that genre]
Once again, thanks for the entertainment and laughs Cheers, lads.
Very enjoyable episode, guys! I have to give it to Star Wars, Superman, Spinal Tap, Heavy Metal, Flash Gordon, and my all-time favorite movie, the anime film Princess Mononoke. And why oh why can I not get a soundtrack CD for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai? It’s just criminal, I tell you.
Lots of good anime soundtracks. I kind of decided not to go down that road but you are right with Princess Mononoke - great choice.
SoT might not be the ideal venue for an anime soundtrack discussion. But I’d love to hear what some of your favorites are. Beyond everybody’s favorite, Cowboy Bebop, of course!
Had to improvise this weeks beverage: a shot of Herradura.
1) from my favorite movie - the blues brothers '80
2) one i still listen to often - heavy metal '81
3) fabulous baker boys '89 - awesome to hear Michelle Pfeiffer sing 'makin' whoopee' and 'my funny valentine'
4) alien '79 - just found out my favorite bit at the end is from Howard Hanson's 1930 symphony #2 romantic.
5) as i spin the wheel of John Williams this evening it lands on 'ET'.
Make that 2 shots...
This was a fun show for sure.
1) Blade Runner 1982 Also my all time favorite movie
2) Jesus Christ Superstar 1973
3) Tapeheads 1988
4) Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
5) Heavy Metal 1981
Your #3 pick put me in the mood for chicken & waffles😎👍
Great video as always guys! 👍Soundtracks! That`s a tough one to take on as there are so many. Really pleased to see Peter mention `Grease`. Watched the movie on 4K last year and it reminded me of what a great film/soundtrack it is. Some choices of mine -
`Once Upon A Time In The West` - both Morricone`s and Leone`s finest moment.
`Legend`(Robin of Sherwood tv series) - Clannad
`Streets of Fire` - two great Steinman songs plus contributions from Stevie Nicks, Ry Cooder and others.
`Sound of Music`
`Oliver`
`Excalibur` (1981)
`Bilitis` (Francis Lai)
`Rocky Horror Picture Show`
`Grease`
`One From the Heart` (Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle)
`Quadrophenia`
`Jesus Christ Superstar`
`Muppets Christmas Carol`
`Christmas Carol-The Movie` (Charlotte Church, Kate Winslet)
`Beat Girl` - John Barry
And yes `The Wicker Man` is very good!
Back again, great show as always guys, last 5 minutes was stellar! See you in 3 weeks for some power metal!
Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (a slight cheat), Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders film), The Big Chill, Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch film, music Neil Young) and Rain (New Zealand film by Christine Jeffs featuring music by Neil Finn and others).
The Back to the Future one...still have the LP in pristine condition. Just a fun, uplifting soundtrack.
Tangerine Dream! Awesome… and Grease.. mannn…. I think my life started after coming out of the theater and seeing Grease… life would never be the same…
Blade Runner should also be recognized and respected as the catalyst for the cyberpunk genre that's really popular today. Almost everything related to dystopian sci-fi or dark gritty futuristic settings are massively influenced by Blade Runner. The music too actually, anything to do with especially modern Sci-fi in TV, Movies and Video games we have that Vangelis unforgettable sound our minds.The synthesizers, the big digital brass CS-80 sounds and big sweeping atmospheric synths and it all goes back to Vangelis.
A most delightful watch. Grease really is the word. I loved Bladerunner when it first came out and am a big fan of Last Action Herp. I even like the remake that I perhaps should not mention and return to my wicker making hobby. It is a good job that a certain 60's iconic classic didn't come up with a remake that I cannot mention because I preferred it. Just one of my Mini moments of clarity that could get me deported to anywhere if said out loud.
I want Pete to sing the classic Showaddywaddy tune under the moon of love but one of the other two has to do the immortal maner maner part in the style of the original.
I was half surprised to not see the 1986 film Crossroads mentioned, with Steve Vai being an important constituent.
I always thought I would never hear a greater rendition of My Favorite Things than Julie Andrews singing it to soothe the Von Trapp children's nerves. But many years later, surpassed by John Coltrane's 21.05 min. rendition from Berlin on November 2, 1963.
Yes. I LOVE that live Coltrane version.
Trick or Treat, Last Action Hero, Judgement Night, Who Made Who Maximum Overdrive soundtrack) and the ET soundtrack (bought that one on picture disc vinyl back when the film came out)
Wasn't fussed on the subject matter but you guys always make it entertaining. I'm even going to watch the Powermetal episode & I hate Powermetal. Greetings from sunny N.Ireland
On my way home from seeing Haken in London (incredible gig) where I was drinking Harvey's Sussex Best!
Haken are amazing live!
@TranquilityFireReid I have an even bigger appreciation of the Fauna album after this gig! Crystalised is also magnificent live!
My favorite film soundtracks are Heavy Metal, Fast Times at Ridgemont High,
the Warriors, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell and Roadie.🎶📽📺🎥🎶
Warriors rocks!
@@RobertParks-h7r
Jesus Christ Superstar rocks to.
My favorite soundtracks:
Tron - Wendy Carlos
2001: A Space Odyssey - various artists
Star Trek II - James Horner
Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones
Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream (l was fist-pumping when Pete picked this one)
The Vision of Escaflowne - Yoko Kanno (they released 4 soundtrack CDs for the TV series and one for the feature film, and I have all five)
Pulp Fiction - various artists
Great shout out by Simon to Amenobar/ Amaldovar (don't confuse these two, kids!) The Lost Boys soundtrack meant so much to me growing up in the 1980s - we ALL loved that! Great shout of Pete's too for Goblin!
Another shout out to Angelo Badliamenti and David Lynch who often composes music himself, or works with others to set.the mood for his own, distinct slices of cinema.
The amazing haunting Wendy Carlos and Midnight by Al Bowly from The Shining
The Terminator ('84)
Rocky IV ('85)
Trick or Treat ('86)
Iron Eagle ('86)
Cobra ('86)
The Wraith ('86)
Top Gun ('86)
Transformers: The Movie ('86)
Friday the Thirteenth Part VI: Jason Lives ('86)
Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors ('87)
Bloodsport ('88)
Iron Eagle II ('88)
Shocker ('89)
Honourable mentions:
Heavy Metal ('81)
Star Fleet Project ('83)
Scarface ('83)
Footloose ('84)
Over the Top ('88)
Kickboxer ('89)
One of my favorite soundtrack albums is The Killing Fields by Mike Oldfield. It works as an album to listen to and background/incidental music for the movie.
I remember liking Mother, Jugs and Speed Soundtrack. This was a film with Bill Cosby and Raquel Welch and Larry Hagman.
Thanks Simon for bringing up Pedro Almodóvar, when it comes to soundtracks, the equivalent of Quinten Tarantino. Love Morricone and The Blues Brothers too.
5. Purple Rain
4. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Star Wars
2. Saturday Night Fever
1. This Is Spinal Tap
HM
Rocky
Vertigo
Halloween
Jaws
Platoon
E.T.
Forrest Gump
School of Rock
Anchorman
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Guardians of the Galaxy
Amadeus
absolutely great episode as usual. Funny stuff. By the way Pete it one thousand %%%% on our awesome SOT leader Sal. Carpe diem. Early check out. !!! Dead dead on. Love u Sal. Fan favorite. Steven. Simon Pete. Great great stuff. Love it 👍💯
@garyjoyce2160 - Thank you for your kind words. Happy that Pete mentioned Goblin and their songs. One of my all-time favorite bands. Cheers, Sal.
1.Prince-Purple Rain
2.Scarface
3.Bryan Adams & Hans Zimmer-Spirit The Stallion of The Cimarron
4.Lost Boys
5.David Bowie-Labyrinth
The soundtrack from 2 David Essex films, That I'll Be The Day and the follow up, Stardust, which was a total education for me growing up, it's an excellent soundtrack, first time I heard Jimi Hendrix, All Along the watch tower, also a number of Dave Edmunds tracks on the fourth side, and Essex solo tracks when leaving the fictional band, and you can't beat Queen with Flash Gordon, plus from Wes Craven, Shocker, which had the best Desmond Child ballads , Timeless Love by Saraya.
If anyone is looking for some epic Celtic/symphonic metal, the Fairy Tail anime has an awesome blend of those and some epic orchestral tracks.
Today’s beer of choice I’m having a Terre-Hoot Mission to Mars fruited sour. 4.5 ABV from Terre Haute Indiana. Nice lip smacking taste. Cheers 🍻! Haven’t had the chance to put a lot of thought into this but 2 soundtracks that always come to mind are
Basketball Diaries
Heavy Metal
Really enjoy both soundtracks as well as the movies. Basketball Dairies is a dark subject matter but it is so good and have always liked this soundtrack a lot. Great show as always gentleman! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Good show🎶👍, but in my humble opinion an impossible task to narrow it down to 5 favourites😳! I expected a Hans Zimmer pick because of the T-shirt😄!
I can on top of my head take another 5 superb soundtracks, not mentioned by "The 3 Wise Men"🤗:
The Graduate
Saturday Night Fever
St. Elmo's Fire
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer😉)
Once Upon A Time In America - perhaps the best score I ever have heard and vital for the film👍!
Yeah, I contemplated not wearing the Zimmer shirt, but it was a great live show who it seemed like a waste not to share it.
The soundtrack from the movie FM: numerous big names from 1977-79 rock/pop including Steely Dan, Dan Fogelberg, Boz Scaggs, The Doobie Brothers, Billy Joel, Queen,Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh,Jimmy Buffett(Ronstadt and Buffett perform in the movie, Petty has a cameo acting role, playing himself). The movie is about the daily happenings at an FM radio station
Soundtrack from the movie " Going Home " Mark Knopfler wrote/performs
Pete mentioned Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Moving In Stereo by The Cars was featured in one of the movie's funniest scenes--it wasn't on the soundtrack?
Love soundtrack themed shows, thanks! 🍺🤘
My fav soundtracks …. West Side Story ( movie )…Godspell ( movie )…. Saturday Night Fever….Grease ( movie )….Hair (original broadway )…. Jesus Christ Superstar ( 2001 version )….Broken Glass….Sound of Music…..The Point ( Nilsson/ Davy Jones version )…..War of The Worlds ( 1978 version ) … Buddy Holly Story ( 1978. Gary Busey )….The Way of The World ( Earth Wind & Fire )….Flash ( Queen )….The Man Who Fell To Earth ( David Bowie )…..
I like John Carpenter's themes for his own films: Assault on Precinct 13, Escape from New York, Escape from LA, Dark Star, The Thing, and others. The Judgment Night soundtrack has collaborations between rock bands and rappers, such as Faith No More and Boo Yah Tribe. The Tommy soundtrack has a fantastic version of Eyesight to the Blind by Eric Clapton. The Quadrophenia soundtrack is produced by John Entwistle, in the absence of the rest of the band, and is different to the original, plus it has a selection mod hits. Alice Cooper recorded a really good theme for Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, but it was rejected in favour of the inferior Lulu version. Cooper's version is included on the follow-up album to Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle of Love (1974).
The Sorcerer is based on a great French film, The Wages of Fear. The nail-biting Ice Cold in Alex (GB 1958) is also based on The Wages of Fear.
Maybe it's cheating/off topic, but I'm including game soundtracks (only one/franchise for more diversity!) Besides being great, these also have a lot of sentimental value.
1. Fellowship Of The Ring - The Complete Recordings (Howard Shore, 2001/2005)
2. Final Fantasy IV - Original Sound Version (Nobuo Uematsu, 1991)
3. Star Ocean The Second Story - Original Soundtrack (Motoi Sakuraba, 1998)
4. Chrono Trigger - Original Sound Version (Yasunori Mitsuda/Nobuo Uematsu/Noriko Matsueda, 1995)
5. Estpolis Denki II (Lufia 2: Rise Of The Sinistrals) - Soundtrack (Yasunori Shiono, 1995)
HM: Wild ARMs Advanced 3rd - Original Soundtrack (Michiko Naruke, 2002)
In the future I'd like to collect even more soundtracks of classic JRPGs that I played back in the day.
Looking forward to the next one - 100% my topic!
I don't think game soundtracks are cheating Daniel. They do a very similar job to that of a movie soundtrack.
Taxi Driver (Herrmann), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Bacharac), American Graffiti (V/A), Conan the Barbarian (Poledouris), Jaws (Williams), Cross of Iron (Gold), Midnight Express (Moroder)... For starters!
My 5 would be : Once Upon A Time In America, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers and Clockwork Orange. Add one more seeing as Steven had 8 number ones. La Vie En Rose.
C'mon Kenny, if you're going to cheat...cheat BIG! lol!
Great UK Connection. Who would have thought that Simon loves Ths Wicker Man soundtrack.
In no particular order On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bladerunner, music from The Prisoner, Ennio Morricone music from Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in the West and Excalibur.
Great to see The Prisoner getting a mention Dai. Classic theme tune and excellent incidental music too - if a bit off kilter at times.
Magical Mystery Tour.
One of my top favorites is heavy metal from 1981 its one excellent song after another and a total must have for fans of classic hard rock.and metal and another good one is against all odds from 1984 and it has the distinction of having 3 members of genesis contributing to the soundtrack it has the famous Phil Collins ballad of the same name and two really good songs by Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford
Aliens, Third Ear Band's Macbeth, Rocky Horror, Jesus Christ Superstar and Peter Gabriel's Passion .... amongst many many more. Great discussion guys.
One truly memorable soundtrack (IMO) is A Clockwork Orange.
1. Halloween (1978)
2. Woodstock (38 cd edition)
3. Star Wars IV: A New Hope
4. The Fog (1980)
5. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Tangerine Dream: Thief (great film). Also Wang Chung: To Live and Die in LA.
Biil and Ted's Bogus Journey, It's a Kind of Magic[Queen album which basically is the Highlander soundtrack], Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Warriors.
The original " Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 ). A Hard Days Night . The Commitments . The Kids Are Alright . The Pink Panther ( original ). " Woody Allen had several movies featuring some great 40s assorted music .
Some soundtracks are awesome.
My favourites : Interstellar, Bladerunner, Grease, Suspiria by Goblin, Sound of Music
Power Metal is going to be great!!!
1. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
2. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
3. The Boys Next Door (1985)
Various Artists
Dazed and Confused
Singles
The Crow
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Film score
Anything with Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer and John Williams
Performance - Ry Cooder, Buffy St Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger. Nosferatu - Popul Vuh. Candyman - Philip Glass. Dawn of the Dead - Goblin. All fucking stonking.
1 lost boys
2 Buffy vampire slayer - once more with feeling
3 dr horrible sing along blog
4 trick or treat
5 last of the Mohicans
The Commitments, great movie and greater soundtrack.
should be a MONSTER DEN ep topic
The music from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is hauntingly beautiful. Perfect for a spaghetti western. Sergio Leone's masterpiece movie .
Flash Gordon, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Lost in Translation.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - wow! My favorite Bond film and a magnificent score/soundtrack by John Barry. Wasn't expecting to see that appear here, very nice choice.
1) Thief - Tangerine Dream
2) Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs
3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.1
4) Heavy Metal
5) The Blues Brothers
Magnum Force, Suspiria, Mary Poppins, Excalibur, American Graffiti and North by Northwest
Valley Girl (The original)..Grizzly Man Documentary...Pulp Fiction...Harold & Maude..The Graduate...The Outsiders...
Steven Reid, you must of had this beer - but try Cairngorm Brewery, Trade Winds one of my favourite Scottish beers ever.
An excellent beer Stuart. I've had Wild Cat and Black Gold on the show but never the Trade Winds. I'll make an effort to rectify that.
1. West side story 1961
2. Jesus Christ Superstar 1973
3. Grease
4. Godspell
5. Les Miserables
A few for me....
Rock Star
The Lost Boys
(My two favorites)
Singles
Rocky IV
The Crow
The Big Chill
Dazed and Confused
The Guardians movies
Great choices on Tangerine Dream and Goblin, Pete! Sorcerer is one of my top faves and Suspiria is my favorite Goblin soundtrack. Other favorites of mine include: Jerry Goldsmith-Logan's Run, John Barry-The Black Hole, Ennio Morricone-For a Few Dollars More, Derek Wadsworth-Space: 1999 Year 2, Shunsuke Kikuchi-Getter Robo, Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave-Phantasm, John Carpenter & Alan Howarth-Halloween III, Harry Robertson-Hawk the Slayer, Yuji Ohno-The Inugami Family and the Wonderland Philharmonic(Mark Lindsay, W. Michael Lewis & Robert Houston)-Shogun Assassin.
1. the magnificent seven 2.the good the bad and the ugly 3.imaginaeurum .4 the great escape . 5 saturday night fever
Although I am not religious, far from that, The Original Soundtrack Jesus Christ Superstar from 1973 is massive. The stellar vocals, great bassguitar en electric guitar parts & orchestra is the best soundtrack/rock opera I know.
The Sandpepbles,Out of Africa,Some where in time,Body Heat,Taxi Driver.
1. The Mission - Ennio Morricone.
2. The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto
3. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto.
4. Black Orpheus - Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Luiz Bonfa.
5. Next Stop Wonderland - Claudio Ragazzi.
The Taxi Driver soundtrack has to be mentioned. It's one of my favorites.
Another great choice.
Two Soundtracks that you guys overlooked. JC Superstar movie soundtrack. It's not as famous as the original album with Ian Gillan, but it's still great. But the best ever Soundtrack album is "A Clockwork Orange" by Wendy Carlos! The title theme is one of my all time favorite pieces of music
Purple Rain, The Commitments, Shrek, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Rose, Baby Driver.
The Sound Of Music soundtrack was the biggest selling album in The UK of the 1960's. True fact. It outsold everything by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, whoever you want to name. Sgt Pepper has overtaken it since, but from release to 31st December 1969, The hills were indeed alive.
My top 5:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A favourite of mine when I was little. Another film that is shown with alarming regularity on UK TV. It was on last Easter and I watched it for the first time in many years and like Simon with The Sound Of Music, I could remember every word of almost every song.
Another from my childhood: The Jungle Book. See above. The first film I went to see at a cinema.
Flash - Queen. Yes, it's a s camp as a boy scout's convention, but great fun.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Arguable the only movie that was even camper than Flash.
Cheating a bit of my final choice. The various Guardians Of The Galaxy movies. No film score but a set of compilation albums featuring the songs used in the movies. Oh, and throw in The Cosmic Mix, a similar compilation with songs that were featured in the animated TV series.
Honourable mentions:
Bladerunner. The guys discussed this during the show.
Paris, Texas. Atmospheric, acoustic slide blues from Ry Cooder
Iron Man 2. AC/DC's Greatest Hits by any other name.
I had to put the closed caption on when these two guys talk, but even my closed caption has an accent.
That made me laugh. We really appreciate you making the effort to (try and) follow what we are saying!
With John Willams the Indiana Jones theme is also very similar in structure to Superman and Star Wars.
It sure is and yet all 3 are superb too.
As regards Grease, there were so many successful singles from the film released in the UK - all the videos were shown on Top of the Pops - that I felt I had already seen the movie before actually watching it.