Friday, August 11, 2006

Top Ten Movie Soundtracks/Scores


JYD's List:
1. Superfly
2. The Wall
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Fletch
5. The Terminator
6. Blues Brothers
7. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
8. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
9. Quadrophenia
10. Saturday Night Fever

Shrimp Cracker's List:
1.The Buddy Holly Story, Original Broadway Cast Recording
2. Black Orpheus
3. West Side Story
4. O Brother Where Art Thou
5. Twin Peaks (TV)
6. A Charlie Brown Christmas
7. Kill Bills 1&2
8. Rushmore
9. High Fidelity
10. Big Lebowski
honorables: Forrest Gump

Mr. Poop's List:
1-Animal House
2-Grosse Pointe Blank
3-The Harder They Come
4-The Blues Brothers
5-Border Radio

Disco Stu's List:
1. The Beatles - Help
2. V/A - O Brother Where Art Thou
3. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
4. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
5. V/A - Laurel Canyon OST
6. V/A - 28 Days Later
7. Sonny Rollins - Alfie
8. Angelo Badalamenti - Fire Walk With Me
9. The Beatles - A Hard Days Night
10. Prince - Purple Rain
Honorable Mentions: Elvis (Lieber & Stoller) - Jailhouse Rock , Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West , V/A - Singles Soundtrack

Hendo's List:

1. Robin Hood (Disney Version)
2. School Of Rock
3. Rock N Roll High School
4. Godfather
5. Superfly
6. Life Aquatic/Rushmore/Royal Tennenbaums
7. Star Wars
8. O Brother Where Art Thou
9. Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs
10. Animal House
Honorable Mention: Ravenous, Blues Brothers, Repo Man, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls/Russ Meyers movies

Bonanza Jellybean's List:
1. SLC Punk
2. Easy Rider
3. Trainspotting
4. Singles
5. O Brother where art thou
6. Rock N Roll High School
7. Clueless
8. Cold Mountain
9. Almost Famous
10. Pretty in Pink
Honorable mention- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (what's not to love about "Uncle-Fucker"- classic...)

No Name's List:
Best Soundtracks
10. Superfly
9. Sling Blade
8. Feeling Minnesota
7. O Brother
6. American Grafitti
5. West Side Story
4. Pulp Fiction
3. Gross Pointe Blank
2. Mary Poppins
1. Man With No Name Trilogy
Honorable Mention -
Best sound bites from film - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Best Super Group Soundtrack - Tie: Backbeat - Velvet Goldmine
Most Rockin' - Dazed & Confused
Most Tom Waitsian - One From The Heart
Best Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous

Best Songs written for a film
10. Opening/Closing - Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird)
9. Your So Cool - Hans Zimmer - (The Bells from True Romance)
8. Mrs. Robinson - Paul Simon/Gfunk (The Graduate)
7. Suicide Is Painless - Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman (M*A*S*H)
6. Waiting For Somebody - Paul Westerberg (Singles)
5.Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan (Wonder Boys)
4. You Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story) or Anything Randy Newman has ever written
3. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - Burt Bacharach/Hal David (Butch
Cassidy...)
2. The Godfather Theme - Nino Rota
1. Philadelphia - Neil Young (Philadelphia)
Honorable Mention: Not Written But Covered - Harry Nillson -
Everybody's Talking (Midnight Cowboy)
She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing). Fuck and Eric
Carmen's Hungry Eyes (that scene where Johnny is teaching Baby to
dance in the studio w/ the girl who gets aborted and they get all
sticky at kellermans)

5 comments:

Reel Fanatic said...

Great stuff .. I would have to say my favorite would be "Pulp Fiction," with a sentimental shout out to the "Muppet Movie" too

Anonymous said...

What, no "Blue Streak"

Anonymous said...

totally forgot about pulp fiction- must revise my list!!
BJ

pasd137 said...

good call on the muppet movie

Anonymous said...

I don't see "My Fair Lady" anywhere on this list.