What's Your Favourite Piece Of Film Music?

Matt Monro's On Days Like These is very good at the start of The Italian Job.

Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones at the end of Full Metal Jacket.

The Strauss instrumental of 2001, A Space Odyssey.

Love loads but it comes down to these two.

L'estasi dell'oro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLRedKcGD94

or

Quando il gioco si fa duro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4

Ah yes, I forgot about 2001 - a space odyssey. Richard Strauss' 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' was an inspirational choice by Stanley Kubrick. Also, I never thought I would consider the avant garde in classical music, but I also though Ligeti's 'Atmospheres' was superb and another great choice for that particular section of the film.

The roof at Miller Park, home of the almighty Milwaukee Brewers, opens and closes to Also Spoke Zarathustra. Great choice!

La mamma morta by Maria Callas and Philadelphia by Neil Young both from the film Philadelphia

Mentioning Miller Park has reminded me of one of my favourite fillums, Miller's Crossing. I always loved the theme tune but didn't realise until fairly recently that it's an old piece of Irish music, Lament for Limerick (or Limerick's Lamentation,) arranged by longtime Coen Bros collaborator, Carter Burwell. Anywho..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUlWsUzOPU

The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, in "Raging Bull"

Handel's Sarabande, in "Barry Lyndon"

The montage of kisses scene from 'Cinema Paradiso'. Music by the great Ennio Morricone.

Mikael D'Haguenet - not heard that music from Miller's Crossing before - great stuff - love it!

Another one that I forgot is the theme music from the TV series 'Brideshead Revisited'. I know it wasn't a cinema film, but I still liked the music. I have to admit, I am slightly biased in this choice as I knew the composer Geoffrey Burgon. I did many gigs with him many years ago now and sadly he died a few years ago. At his funeral, some of his music was played live in the church and one particular piece of Geoff's was played near the end of the service which had everybody in tears. It's a beautiful piece which was played during the end credits of another TV series, 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' starring Alec Guinness. The piece is called the 'Nunc Dimittis' and here is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFS6lO6WaaM

The theme from Once Upon A Time In America

Vangelis from the Christopher Colombus film 1492 The Conquest of Paradise.

The ending of Inception. The piece is called 'Time' by Hans Zimmer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPy88-E2zo

Another fave is the ending of Vanilla Sky, called 'Njosnavelin' by Siguer Ros - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGuR4GOV5L0

Mikael D'Haguenet 22 Nov 15 00:06 
Love loads but it comes down to these two.

L'estasi dell'oro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLRedKcGD94

or

Quando il gioco si fa duro:

The top one is superb. The music really makes the film complete.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4

This is a shocking omishun!!

https://youtu.be/-P806BdqA0k

Off the top of my head ...She sells sanctuary (the Cult)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8mWG6HlmU
And guitarist Billy Duffy playing that bleedin great "Gretch White Falcon" Oooh love it !
Film - Layer Cake

Two film scores stand out of me:

Ennio Morricone's for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Bernard Herrmann's for Vertigo

Has to be John Williams' Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan.
Here performed by:
Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2zAUHAdaBE

UK 82 by The Exploited, when Trevor (Tim Roth) is walking through the underpass in 'Made in Britain'

All Along The Watchtower in Withnail and I when Marwood and Withnail are driving up to the Lake District

The theme from 633 Squadron

The theme from The Piano by Michael Nyman

All of the karaoke clips from 'Love Honour and Obey' (feels like the cast had a right party doing them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7kLSk9-TRg

Maurice Jarre - Barn raising sequence from the Film Witness

There's a few Ennio Morricone tunes but has anyone mentioned the theme to The Mission?

La Gloire De Mon Pere and Le Chateau De Ma Mere - Vladimir Cosma.
Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann

The Dambusters - Eric Coates

The music all the way through Once Upon a Time in the West - so beautiful it's almost a distraction at times.

some favourites of mine already mentioned.

Dr. Zhivago (Lara's Theme) has always been a big favourite, and the soundtracks to Midnight Express & Southern Comfort.

The Ride of The Valkyries" by Richard Wagner in apocalypse now as robert duval leads his men into battle. i feel must mention the line 'i love the smell of napalm in the morning' from duval too. all round one of my favourite film's of all time.

The Great Patrick Doyle has delivered many a classic film score.

I particularly liked his haunting theme for the magnificent  'Donnie Brasco' movie, heard for example during the opening titles.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QtRCueFMeg


Don't know whether this one has already figured above but the 'St Matthew Passion' by Bach from 'Casino' is beautiful.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMva00IO0zA

Elmer Bernstein's opening theme from 'The Grifters' another beauty.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwWXRNChRg

28 Days Later - John Murphy - In A Heartbeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FcM-xmOx8

All of Once Upon A Time in The West

Main theme music in Cinema Paradiso

Some great suggestions on here guys. I think it would be a good idea to try and keep this thread to the top so we all have more time to listen to the suggestions from others by following the links. For me there is some great music linked on here which I haven't been aware of before.

Another favourite of mine is the music played in the closing sequence of Spielberg's film 'ET'.

The soundtrack for Broken Flowers is good.

Anyone with a Spotify account paid subscription (not me unfortunately) could make a playlist?

Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud - Sarde? interpreted by Miles Davis , Barney Willens

I was going to mention Hans Zimmer's theme from True Romance, which I already knew was basically a rip-off of Badlands. Turns out that, like the previously mentioned Lament for Limerick, it's a new arrangement of a few hundred years old song. In this case, Carl Orff rearranged Gassenhauer, from 1536(!), and Zimmer paid homage to his arrangement when working on True Romance. Either way, both beautiful.

Gassenhauer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tEgzGnzojc

You're So Cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq5kbNW8VKU

Agreed, Mik.

Let's add:

Ron Goodwin's theme for The Trap, now better known as used for something else:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-41pzjSM1Ac

Elmer Bernstein's music for The Magnificent Seven:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDB7GMnbUQ

(Though that always sounds as though it was 'inspired' by a passage from Dvorak's New World Symphony)

Jaws/Jaws 2 soundtracks, John Williams on top form...

Wow some really good soundtracks there.

This is my favourite, turn your systems up very loud please.

Excalibur (1981)• O Fortuna - Carmina Burana • Carl Orff
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cXcS49D64

The end of Gallipoli with Albinoni's Adagio in G always brings a tear to the eye...

Some nice ones already mentioned. I've always liked the music played whenever Darth Vader is on screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLku1Oxreuc

Profondo Rosso - Goblin

From the film of the same name by Dario Argento.

633 Squadron - Goodwin

The Big Country theme for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7k3G_6IjE&list=PL79xRFBJEeEJbPvDpCQWXBPFCOf5jQcOC&index=25

Main theme from Assault on Precinct 13 - John Carpenter

Escape From New York - Carpenter

theme song  by John Barry from Midnight Cowboy & the music by Ennio Morricone in the final scene of A Few Dollars More - both absolutely brilliant

when you think about these things they really are so many great tunes from all films its impossible to really identify just a few

Mikael D'Haguenet    22 Nov 15 00:06 
Love loads but it comes down to these two.

L'estasi dell'oro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLRedKcGD94

or

Quando il gioco si fa duro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4






L'estasi dell'oro is the obvious winner


2nd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLXQltR7vUQ (For A Few Dollars More)

=3rd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mMd6D1Gw1g (Once Upon A Time In The West)
=3rd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZjvbSC9_M (A Fistful Of Dollars)
=3rd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-7ZX_JA7-A (The Big Country)
=3rd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA (Magnificent Seven)
=3rd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5q5YP9kBuI (Unforgiven)
=3rd: and so many more...


ye cannae beat a western theme. fact.

Vangelis

Music from The bounty great film too

Also blade runner great music

http://youtu.be/akJPUPPj_dY

Bounty isolated score

Cheers Fishy. I was pleased with that one!

U2's with or without you in Tell No One.....

Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith

Harry Lime - Anton Karas

The Good the Bad and Tuco - Morricone

Un homme et une femme - Francis Lai

Bullitt - Lalo Schifrin , the theme was used in an earlier film and then recycled by the thrifty Schifrin a la John Barry.
Alfie - Sonny Rollins / Stan Tracy. The cd is an all American band though. It sounds as if Kenny Burrell did both gigs Bullitt and Alf.

oh and That Smell in Blow

Interesting one this.

If it's your favourite piece of music in a film, then that would include musicals and - oh the shame - I love 'Climb Every Mountain' from The Sound of Music.

There's also your favourite song, if it happened to be shoehorned into a film or there's the way I took it, as being where a piece of music added to the dynamic of the film you were watching, hence why I had The Exploited's 'UK 82' from Made in Britain.

No right answer there, rtb, but I took it to mean music composed specifically for a film, not Bad Moon Rising in An American Werewolf in London!

Samuel Barber's "Adagio For Strings" has been featured in any number of films and TV documentaries, perhaps never better than in "The Elephant Man".

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECVh1dRsZw


Great to see the peerless Bernard Herrman getting  a mention above. So many terrific contributions, with "Psycho" surely his most unforgettable. Has a film score ever been a better accompaniment to the onscreen action, or left its listeners more shaken?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTrVgpDwPk

*Herrmann

FFS

And the winner is me and the theme from the long good friday.

the good the bad and the ugly - in the cemetery at the end. ennio morricone.

trumpets. amazing sounds. singing without words, the voice as a musical instrument. awesome. way ahead of its time.

ttt

Too important a thread to lose. Also to give readers time to view all the suggestions that they wish.

I love the amelie soundtrack, every time I hear it I think of Montmartre and mad birds on scooters.