Really cool and rare soundtracks ( and some commentary on their movies )

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Apologies if that thread already exists first of all as I am very new  here. I have been buying soundtracks for 25 years or so now as I really like cinema and movies . without too much thought will list some of the rare , out of the ordinary soundtracks that well sound superb on the Beosound 9000  I recently bought

(1) Manhunter soundtrack - movie from M Mann, the original Hanniball Lecteur movie. Very good 80s sound for those who like that era

(2) Colonel Chabert - the movie with G Departieu - the book by H Balzac , one of my best movies, the opening scene of the Napoleonic era after the battle scene with all the dead bodies, horses, cannons etc is a monumental scene and the soudtrack with Beethoven , Bach and other is a very good selection. Also a great movie to watch and hard to find

(3) Aguirre - wrath of God - all music by Popol Vuh - ethnic sounds, considered one of the best electronic , alternative music albums of the 70s

(4) 2001 : A space odyssey . Amazing sound quality . Classic pieces

(5)  The last Temptation of Christ. The movie by M Scortzese he considers it his best and so do I . Ethnic music by Peter Gabriel mixed with electronic, one of the best soundtracks i have ever heard and apparently he wrote the music at Gesthemanee that he visited  to get inspired to write music abou the life of Christ

(6) Vanilla Sky - that very strang movie with Tom Cruise has an interesting mix from Bob Dylan to REM and others. Rare diversities in one album

(7) The thin Red line. Great soundtrack and sound quality , some of the tracks are very complex music pieces

(8) Star Wars . cant beat the original theme on high volume on a pair of 8000s I reckon . very good recording sound quality

(9) Engineering Symphony - Porsche  Engine Sounds. Only for pistonheads  ๐Ÿ˜Ž

(10) Halo 3 Soundtrack - Its by far one of the best computer games soundtracks. Amazing sounds and by far a great creation. Very underrrated in my opinion and its a shame

 

Cheers ,

George ๐Ÿ‘

Trainspotting

Watchmen

These come to mind only due to watching them again recently...

George wrote:

(9) Engineering Symphony - Porsche  Engine Sounds. Only for pistonheads  ๐Ÿ˜Ž

I certainly would like that Engineering Symphony! Other favourite of mine is the well known soundtrack from Once upon a time in the West.

 

George wrote:

(5)  The last Temptation of Christ. The movie by M Scortzese he considers it his best and so do I . Ethnic music by Peter Gabriel mixed with electronic, one of the best soundtracks i have ever heard and apparently he wrote the music at Gesthemanee that he visited  to get inspired to write music abou the life of Christ

I have this one too and it is really amazing. As is the movie, but I don't think I can bear to watch it ever again ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

Aguirre (the movie) is somewhere as here well. I'll need to watch it again and pay more attention to the music.

Yes , that track and that album is really good!!!. great to listen to and in a room with an echo i reckon too

Ridley Scott's Black Rain Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.  

Rare 

Genre defining.

Composer defining.

Cool as hell... and probably the best programing ever by Hans back when he was still using a Fairlight CMI to compose on.

Puncher wrote:

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Originally for a documentary "For all Mankind" but tracks have been used for a mulitude of movies and TV programmes.

I'l bet everyone has heard the track โ€An Ending (Ascent)โ€ somewhere on TV without even noticing!

Uncanny!

Tonight's edition of Top Gear has just finished - as the closing item they played just about the whole of โ€An Ending (Ascent)โ€ over the Aston Martin V12 Vantage review, with almost no spoken commentary!

Uncanny, or is there a Beoworlder on the team???

Jandyt wrote:

Uncanny, or is there a Beoworlder on the team???

Jezza does seem to have access to my record collection! Actually, according to the Wiki link I posted, it's not the first time they've used this particular track over car items.

See, I told you it was a good track - even Jezza agrees๐Ÿ˜

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