Film Score

[keno]

Does anyone have any hidden gem type (or just plain favorite) film scores to recommend?  Things i 've enjoyed are like Donnie Darko, In the mood for love, & Magnolia, naturally. (& also am differentiating from non-original 'soundtracks' a la Pulp Fiction, etc.)

[JonFromMaplewood]

The score to Errol Morris' "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control".  Kinda like Phillip Glass, but not quite as academic.

[yesno]

A Zed & Two Noughts.

[Jason]

Yeah ^^^.

Get Carter by Roy Budd.

The Long Good Friday by Francis Monkman.

[jbissell]

Jonny Greenwood's score for There Will Be Blood is a recent favorite.

[dvdv]

Twin Peak: Fire Walk With Me by Angelo Badalamenti

[kimota]

Mulholland Drive and Ennio Morricone's Crime and Dissonance are two of my favorites.

[jbissell]

Mulholland Drive and Ennio Morricone's Crime and Dissonance are two of my favorites.

Pretty much anything by Morricone is great, especially the Mondo Morricone box that came out a few years ago that has a lot of his obscure work.

[Gagneaux]

the soundtrack to "Ravenous" by Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman.

[The Cleef]

Vertigo and Taxi Driver are both great scores and are by Bernard Herrmann. As for Philip Glass, my favorite score of his is for Mishima.

I wasn't a fan of the music of two of the movies previously mentioned (A Zed and Two Noughts and There Will Be Blood).

[Martin]

the soundtrack to "Ravenous" by Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman.

That's a great one. Good call.

I like most of Badalamenti's scores (the Lynch but also stuff like City of Lost Children and Secretary), Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass), La planète sauvage (Alain Goraguer), Out of Sight (David Holmes), Nenette et Boni (Tindersticks), Paris Texas (Ry Cooder), Sling Blade (Daniel Lanois), most of Cliff Martinez' work for Steven Soderbergh (Traffic and Solaris especially), The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer), Ulysses' Gaze (Eleni Karaindrou), Virgin Suicides (Air). And obviously Bernard Herrmann. Loved Greenwood's score for TWBB. Good music.

[Chris L]

Recently, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' score for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Friends.

[Pat K]

Recently, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' score for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Friends.

I vigorously second this.  SO so good.

[Pat K]

Also, Goblin's score for Suspiria is always a classic. And I've always been partial to Howard Shore's score for Ed Wood, too.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Also, Goblin's score for Suspiria is always a classic. And I've always been partial to Howard Shore's score for Ed Wood, too.

Ak! I was about to add Suspiria!  I second your contribution, Pat K.