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whatcha got? single movies, or series

1) Star Wars

2) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

3) ?

Indiana Jones? The Godfather? Phantom of the Opera? The Sound of Music? Mary Poppins? i’m sure there are obvious ones i’m missing.

should plays that were eventually made into movies even count? Les Miserables might be up there as well, if so
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5 quickies off head...


Scores...

Braveheart, The Natural, Jaws, Chinatown, Dances with Wolves


Soundtracks...

Rushmore, Rocky IV, Guardians of the Galaxy, Boogie Nights, Top Gun (crap movie, carried completely by Kenny Loggins)


Musicals...

Popeye, Willy Wonka, Greatest Showman, Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas, Mary Poppins.
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i can’t count soundtracks that are just mash-ups of popular music

Jaws would be up there, as would be Willy Wonka

Braveheart and Robin Hood PoT would be second tier, imo

i’m a big fan of Dances with Wolves, but none of the score comes directly to mind...maybe it’s just me
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Magnificent 7

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Listed the Braveheart and Dances with Wolves because they were in my 90s Caselogic CD case. Couldnt tell you much after that.

So Rocky IV wins.
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This was debated deep down in another thread:

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"I listen to probably any movie composer that you would name - including Morricone, who's Untouchables score is tops.

I still would easily name Hans Zimmer in my top 10 movie composers.
Likely top 5.

Shore. Goldsmith. Zimmer. Williams. Newman. Elfman. Silvestri.
Reznor's Social Network is up there but he doesn't have the portfolio of the other guys.
Daft Punk's Tron legacy. Disasterpeace's It Follows.
Also give me video game composer Jeremy Soule or Matt Eulman."
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Most recently the most affecting movie score was in 1917, the last movie I saw in the theaters.

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Requiem For A Dream
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Mjl wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:17 pmRequiem For A Dream
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Mjl wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:17 pmRequiem For A Dream
That's one of those movies that is so disturbing it is hard to remember the soundtrack. Mostly I remember thinking I wasn't sure I could watch it all the way to the end. "The Lighthouse" with Willem Dafoe had the same effect. The acting is incredible/believable and the story line so brutal it is hard to watch at times.
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2001: A Space Odyssey has to be on the top of every list. Apocalypse Now has some iconic scores, although in both of these movies they are just classical music redone. Pink Panther series has the iconic Mancini score. The James Bond theme is rather iconic, I would say

Saturday Night Fever has to be there for soundtracks, as is Blues Brothers.
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jhawks99 wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:52 pm Magnificent 7

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Morricone's 'The Thing' is underrated.
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japhy wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:41 pm
Mjl wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:17 pmRequiem For A Dream
That's one of those movies that is so disturbing it is hard to remember the soundtrack. Mostly I remember thinking I wasn't sure I could watch it all the way to the end. "The Lighthouse" with Willem Dafoe had the same effect. The acting is incredible/believable and the story line so brutal it is hard to watch at times.
But I think the music, which is now so well known, really helps make it disturbing, and it sticks with you, which makes the movie stick with you, and then, like, you can't sleep.
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KU fans know the main song to the Requiem For A Dream score as it plays ( played? ) under the video on the board before basketball games in Allen.
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zsn wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:42 pm 2001: A Space Odyssey has to be on the top of every list. Apocalypse Now has some iconic scores, although in both of these movies they are just classical music redone. Pink Panther series has the iconic Mancini score. The James Bond theme is rather iconic, I would say

Saturday Night Fever has to be there for soundtracks, as is Blues Brothers.
Bond is a good one

obviously this is different for many people, but my original thought was about music (or musical elements, i.e. Jaws) that are immediate recognizable to their respective movies
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