9. Kill Bill (soundtrack). A great collection not just of songs (like Nancy Sinatra's hypnotic Bang Bang) but of themes from other films (like Zamfir's unforgettable The Lonely Shepherd).
8. Psycho by Bernard Herrmann. The classic horror film score. He made violins sound like slashing knives.
7. The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone. I would have chosen one of his other scores, but this one elevates what is otherwise a pretty lame movie. I could watch the opening credits on repeat all day.
6. American Graffiti (soundtrack). You don't have to turn on the Oldies station, they're all here.
5. Jaws by John Williams. You're right, Nilay. You kind of have to bunch the John Williams scores together. But I think Jaws is his best.
4. The Shining (soundtrack). My mother said when I was a baby, I would jump out of my seat and run screaming from the room when the advertisements for this movie came on.
3. Barton Fink by Carter Burwell. The best score he has ever done for the Coen Brothers is a melancholy theme that slips beneath the loneliness of the titular character.
2. Dead Calm by Graeme Revell. Pulse pounding is the term I would use. Incorporating mostly drum beats and heavy breathing, the score is so intense you have to stay through the end credits.
1. Risky Business by Tangerine Dream. A serious score for a serious teen sex comedy. Love on a Real Train is one of the sexiest love themes in film history.
3 comments:
Tip of the hat for "Stripes." That tune has endured for so long it now appears in every parody sequence even remotely realted to the military.
Also, I really wanted to include "Kill Bill" and "Jackie Brown" (even more so), but I thought that would have been QT overkill.
I meant to say "related to".
I am compelled to correct my typos no matter how obvious they are.
I agree on Stripes. Sadly, I haven't actually seen all of Risky Business (though I know the story, of course) - aside from the notorious "sunglasses and boxers" scene, hard to tell if it deserves a number one.
On another note, as much as Tarentino tries to get you to hate him, he can put together a script and a soundtrack like no one's business (if only he would let others make the movies and stop getting in front of the camera ...).
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