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Ben Penserga Oscar® Winner	I can't remember if this has ever been asked, but what are some of your favorite non-score soundtracks? I know a lot of you express a high disdain for these so called "pop" albums, but I know there are some you like out there. My top five: Mallrats Clerks Pulp Fiction Out of Sight Stealing Beauty NP The Rock **** [This message has been edited by Ben Penserga (edited 09-09-99).]
posted 09-08-1999 09:11 PM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	Didn't anybody tell you? We're not allowed to discuss non-score soundtracks. It's taboo. Just kidding. Frankly, I don't have many, and the ones I do have were mainly just for one or two songs. "Days of Thunder" and "Full Monty" come to mind. And I also really, really liked "That Thing You Do!" It wasn't score, but it was all original for the film, and it's a lot of fun.
posted 09-08-1999 10:16 PM PT (US)

Matthew Oscar® Winner	For me,my favorites are: Desperado Pulp Fiction Forrest Gump From Dusk Till Dawn Get Shorty (contains a mixture of score and songs) Good Morning Vietnam NP:The Specialist (Barry)(****) [This message has been edited by Matthew (edited 09-08-99).]
posted 09-08-1999 11:15 PM PT (US)

Audacity Oscar® Winner	There are actually quite a few non-score soundtracks that I listen to regularly: The Matrix The Saint Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Trainspotting 1 and 2 The Jackal Navy Seals Days of Thunder Cocktail And the greatest song compilation Soundtrack of all time: TOP GUN!!! [This message has been edited by Audacity (edited 09-09-99).]
posted 09-09-1999 04:49 AM PT (US)

Dan Brecher Oscar® Winner	Soundtracks? Pahhhhh! Faves? Grease Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels Get Shorty American Graffiti Dan (UK)
posted 09-09-1999 06:15 AM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	Most of my favorite non-score soundtracks are from the 80's. Top Gun Footloose Dirty Dancing Heavy Metal Lost Boys St. Elmo's Fire and of course Grease
posted 09-09-1999 07:56 AM PT (US)

Norman McCay Oscar® Winner	Ahh, Ben read my mind as to the next topic I was thinking about.... Anyway, I have only bought one "soundtrack" to date, and that was Forrest Gump. This soundtrack defined what "songs" SHOULD do for a movie. But I do believe some of the used CDs (not film music related but I just wanted to bring in light of my bit in Hal's topic about people reactions to film music) that I just recently bought to be just plain awesome and extremely underrated. EXTREMELY underrated. Donna Lewis "Now In A Minute" Seal "Seal" (1994) New Radicals "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" ANY Bruce Hornsby album ANY Phil Collins album Of all of these, "Now In A Minute" really surprised me the most. She is one of the most unique and entertaining musicians among my short music-listening career. Like someone had mentioned before, Bruce Hornsby rocks. Now if only Hollywood directors could get their acts together and produce BOTH a soundtrack and a score to every movie (when you know where freezes over....), to satisfy both the mainstream audience and most importantly, us.
posted 09-09-1999 08:37 AM PT (US)

robin4 Oscar® Winner	The Matrix Pulp Fiction Out of Sight just to name a few
posted 09-09-1999 03:53 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Top Gun --Crono/Kyp Writer/Director/Producer
posted 09-09-1999 05:28 PM PT (US)

Ted Oscar® Winner	If you can get past that awful Marilyn Manson song, the Matrix is a very awesome techno-rock soundtrack.
posted 09-09-1999 05:31 PM PT (US)

HadrianD Oscar® Winner	Matrix! Good Score, Good Song soundtrack
posted 09-09-1999 06:44 PM PT (US)

Michel Oscar® Winner	TOP GUN is definitely my all-time favorite!! The Matrix is probably second in this category, mainly because I love track 2 by the Propellerheads (get their cd, it's awesome! It has the David Arnold/Propellerheads remix of the "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" theme which is amazing at 9.5 minutes long!) and track 4 by Rob D which is about 100 on my scale of 10. :-) How good is The Saint's soundtrack? I know it has techno, but how good are the songs? I don't really like The Jackal's techno songs (I'm picky). How about Pi? I've looked at this one a lot, but I keep passing it up. Michel
posted 09-09-1999 11:56 PM PT (US)

Ben Penserga Oscar® Winner	Ah, Top Gun, the first CD I ever bought. I don't listen to it that much any more, except for the Anthem. I always wondered why "You Lost That Loving Feeling" and "Great Balls of Fire" were never included. I would also like to throw in the ring: Reality Bites Reservoir Dogs The Crow True Romance
posted 09-10-1999 10:06 AM PT (US)

robin4 Oscar® Winner	How could I forget, Blues Brothers and, to a lesser extent BB 2000.
posted 09-10-1999 03:28 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Here's mine... Top Gun Reality Bites The Craft The Crow Pulp Fiction Heat
posted 09-10-1999 07:24 PM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	I'm afraid I have to be the strict one and say that I've never allowed myself to like a song soundtrack from a non-musical movie. However, I'm sure it's all psychological, the same reason my mom won't eat squid even though I tell her time and again how delicious it is. Forrest Gump I suppose I can sort of bring myself to appreciate, but I do think that the songs were overused in the movie. There were quite a few scenes in which I would much rather have heard Silvestri's music rather than a period song. James NP - The Cassandra Crossing (Goldsmith) (***1/2)
posted 09-10-1999 08:35 PM PT (US)

Ben Penserga Oscar® Winner	James, You've never watched a movie where there have been a bunch of songs that you like? That's what always gets me. I'm sitting in the theater and a song comes on that I like. Soon, there's another one and another one. BAM! I have to buy that soundtrack. That's why I have a lot of the "pop" album. Norman, Another one of my favorite soundtrack albums is BACKDRAFT, which combines both Hans Zimmer AND Bruce Hornsby. Awesome.
posted 09-10-1999 09:12 PM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	Michel, Have you seen "Pi?" If you have, you know how great the music is. It worked SO well in the film. I'm not big into electronica, but I think the reason I liked the music so much was the context of the film. I'm a big "Pi" fan but have only just recently ordered it. Should get it in a couple of days. I'm hoping it will further enhance my fascination with the movie.
posted 09-10-1999 09:26 PM PT (US)

Cenzo Oscar® Winner	I don't have many, just: "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and well this Frank Sinatra CD, it says "New York, New York" on the cover refering to the movie he sang a song for, but it has lots of "non-New York, New York type Frank Sinatra" songs on it, so I think that counts as a soundtrack...?... Cenzo P.S. Up top for the Grease soundtrack!..
posted 09-10-1999 09:57 PM PT (US)

Michel Oscar® Winner	S Smith, I have not seen Pi yet, but I have been interested in it for a while. I've seen the dvd for sale, but I don't want to waste money on a movie that I don't know if I'll like. I watched The Jackal tonight so I had to listen to the soundtrack. I like most of the songs on this one, and I bought The Saint's soundtrack today. It sounded pretty good, too. Of course I love The Matrix soundtrack. How would you compare Pi's soundtrack to these other techno soundtracks? I really like Massive Attack's music, and I can't remember exactly which of their songs is on Pi, but I know I like it a lot. You should get Massive Attack's latest cd "Mezzanine." It's excellent. How is the score for Event Horizon (Kamen/Orbital)? Michel :-)
posted 09-12-1999 01:27 AM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	Top Gun, Cocktail
posted 09-12-1999 06:10 AM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	Well, I don't really remember "The Matrix" that much, but really, a lot of these techno type scores sometimes sound a lot a like. I could be wrong, being as I'm not really into much techno. All the same, I doubt that the music for "Pi" is much better or worse than any other techno score. But the coolness of the music for "Pi" is the context in which is used in the movie. I think if you see the movie you can better appreciate the music. I'll warn you though. I wouldn't buy it on DVD or anything until you preview it (rent it or borrow it). It's definitely not a movie for everybody. The reviewer for the times called it "A bizzare and ingeniously paranoid thriller." That's all true, including the bizzare. However, I found it to be much more than that. It's a real intellectual, mess-with-your-head type film. So like I said, if you're interested in it, rent it before you buy it.
posted 09-12-1999 02:10 PM PT (US)

Norman McCay Oscar® Winner	Oddly enough that you mention it, Ben, for I just picked up a used copy of Backdraft the same day I bought all those used CDS I mentioned above, and that is why I specifically mentioned Hornsby in the previous post. "Set In Motion" and "The Show Goes On" are PERFECT complements to another outstanding score from my second favorite composer of all time (almost there, Hans, you should just need a couple more drama scores a la Rain Man and Toys, then you will be tops!). I will not disagree with those who think a lot of his stuff is rehashed, but he somehow still finds a way to make them sound good each time, regardless of the movie. Personally speaking, he is the only one composer that can lift a movie from plain awful into an okay movie. Anyway, for those who have not heard Backdraft, do yourself a favor and get this short but otherwise spectacular score. P.S. Does anyone know if there is a soundtrack to "She's All That?" Not the score, but the SOUNDTRACK. I couldn't believe it when Amazon.com didn't even show a listing for it, and before this I could swear that all Gen-X-target movies always tried to make money off sondtracks....Stewart Copeland's five minute gig in the movie was very nice, though.
posted 09-12-1999 04:30 PM PT (US)

Ben Penserga Oscar® Winner	Norman, I read in Entertainment Weekly that there is NOT a "She's All That" soundtrack. Sorry.
posted 09-12-1999 04:40 PM PT (US)

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