Soundtracks and Soundtracks Only

[Baarden]

I just recently discovered the wonder that is Rayman. Fell in love with it's soundtrack instantly :P

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Given the proliferation of "The X Threads", I've made a thread committed to music... but only soundtracks! Which ones have caught your interest lately? Why?

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

[DAISHI]

Well that just reminds me how they're going to destroy the FFVI soundtrack.

[Shadowknight1]

Dislike OCR? I happen to enjoy a lot of things that go up on that website. This track from FFVI remixed by Jeremy Soule, the composer of Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and 5, as well as KOTOR, for example is brilliant.

[Darth Marsden]

OCR is very hit and miss, but when they hit... fucking hell.

[DAISHI]

Wooooo CLOUD ATLAS SOUNDTRACK! Get it. Get it. Get it. So good.

[VeronicanPlay]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

It can be either. For the purpose Of the thread, I mean music originating from a game or movie.

Damn, I guess that excludes the Soul Reaver/Raziel's theme. As it didn't originate from the game, but was actually made 2 years before the game came out. But there are some good soundtracks in there, that was made for the game it self.

In that case I love the music composed by Hans Zimmer.
Face/Off is on the top of my list, the music that plays in the chase scenes, and the music in the very end is really good.

I also like the entire soundtrack for MDK 2, all of the tracks got a really good beat but I am particularly fond of the track that plays when Kurt chases after Schwang Schwing in Swizzle Firma.

[coolsome]

I want the Dark Knight Rises soundtrack.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Given the proliferation of "The X Threads", I've made a thread committed to music... but only soundtracks! Which ones have caught your interest lately? Why?

Green Greens

[DAISHI]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Green Greens

Awwww memories. WOW the first Kirby game, what a long time coming.

[DAISHI]

It should go without saying that the Hobbit Soundtrack is amazing.

[Secret Fawful]

The Django Unchained soundtrack makes me weep from its glory.

[Shadowknight1]

I've been listening to Zelda Reorchestrated's fantastic Twilight Symphony. Actually makes me want to play Twilight Princess again.

[Alcoremortis]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

The Django Unchained soundtrack makes me weep from its glory.

Oh yeah. That music is fantastic. The only thing that I would change about it would be the spoken interludes. They're fun and interesting, but sometimes I just want the music.

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

Oh yeah. That music is fantastic. The only thing that I would change about it would be the spoken interludes. They're fun and interesting, but sometimes I just want the music.

I forgot those're there. I generally just skip around them or loop a track, typically Django, La Corsa 2nd Version, La Chiamavano King, I Got A Name, 100 Black Coffins, Freedom, Nicaragua, Un Monumento, or Trinity (Titoli). I've been looping one of those every day all month. But I listened to Django all the time even before it was in this movie. It's just such a good song, and I thank Tarantino for giving me the chance to hear some of these songs in the theater when I never would have otherwise. I can understand if not everyone would look at it that way, but to me...the movie was partially a concert of music hand picked for me. I can't think of another movie outside of the first two American Tail movies or Leone's westerns where I like every single track and every single track hits a type of music I like individually. What's also remarkable about Django was that it picked out songs I didn't even know I loved yet! But the volume...the sheer volume of PERFECT MUSIC. How often does that happen?

I expected once I read the track listing to be disappointed by the soundtrack, because it used so much less Morricone than I wanted. I'm just a Morriconephile. But once I heard the music, I knew it was perfect. There is a portion of Morricone's work that doesn't hit that sweet spot for me, though. And Ancora Qui is that type of music. It's such a good song. It's not my thing at all, though. It kind of reminds me of Bratja from Fullmetal Alchemist though. I feel like it could have been used more effectively to build on the romance. A piece like that can be used very powerfully. Once Upon A Time in the West has Finale/Jill's America by Morricone and A Fistful of Dynamite/Duck You Sucker!/Once Upon A Time in the Revolution/Giu la testa has Giu la testa, both extremely powerful pieces of music used to powerful romantic effect in both films. I expected that from this, because there are scenes that mirror scenes in Giu la testa, when Django is seeing visions of Broomhilda. If you see Giu la testa, you'll know what I mean. I really feel like Tarantino originally had something like that in mind for scenes like that, but I could be wrong. The way he did it was great, though. Leone went about it really slow, and Tarantino was going for a fast pace through a long film. I'll shut up now.

[DAISHI]

Originally Posted by Shadowknight1

I've been listening to Zelda Reorchestrated's fantastic Twilight Symphony. Actually makes me want to play Twilight Princess again.

I'd listen to it if they, you know, put it up for download.

[JordyLicht]

The Sunshine soundtrack... beautiful. Still one of my favorites.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Shadowknight1

I've been listening to Zelda Reorchestrated's fantastic Twilight Symphony. Actually makes me want to play Twilight Princess again.

Why didn't I know about this before?!?

I WANT IT.

[Shadowknight1]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

I'd listen to it if they, you know, put it up for download.

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Why didn't I know about this before?!?

I WANT IT.

Well, they want to put it up on iTunes and Joypad Records, but they're still working out agreements with Nintendo. I kicked in 50 bucks on their Kickstarter back when they were first raising funds for Twilight Symphony, so I got a digital release and a physical album on the way.

[VeronicanPlay]

Recently got the Robocop: Prime Directives soundtrack composed by Norman Orenstein. When I saw the mini series I liked the track that was playing in a car chase. I later found out it was called Pursuit. So I bough the album only to hear that track, but I quickly found a few gems in there.