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Thread started 08/04/02 1:37am

Aaron

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Best soundtrack ever?

The Muppet Movie.
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Reply #1 posted 08/04/02 1:47am

Vagina

Purple Rain. Saturday Night Fever, Superfly, Shaft, Lawrence Of Arabia, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Amadeus, Looking for Mr Goodbar.
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Reply #2 posted 08/04/02 1:57am

jnoel

"Ninja Turtle 2" with Vanilla Ice
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+ I like "The Piano" , "Mambo King", "Rumble Fish" & the track "More Better Blues", "Blade Runner" & the John Carpenter movies soundtracks (he's the composer)
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Reply #3 posted 08/04/02 2:30am

lovemachine

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My favorite is the soundtrack to "Boys on the Side".
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Reply #4 posted 08/04/02 2:58am

savoirfaire

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I am a fan of the following

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin sure does add a lot of style with his choices of music)
Forrest Gump (What can I say, I love oldies soundtracks)
Casino
Boogie Nights 2
Purple Rain of Course
Under the Cherry Moon of Course
Batman of Course
Car Wash smile
Saturday Night Fever
ooohh. and Amadeus. Thanks Vagina, almost forgot about that one.


I hate:

Hackers
Hackers 2
Hackers 3
Hackers (insert number here)
Bodyguard
Flashdance
Cocktail
Dirty Dancin'
Phenomenon (Blecch!!)
Well, any lame teen comedy movie's soundtrack, where some guy pisses in some guys beer, or something like that.
Austin Powers 2: Why did they have to so ruthlessly destroy such great classics as American Woman, and American Pie, and replace them with such crap?

come to think of it, soundtracks often seem to be really good, or really bad. Their aren't too many mediocre soundtracks I can think of.
"Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring faith. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal" - Carl Sagan
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Reply #5 posted 08/04/02 3:03am

soulpower

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"Shaft" _Isaac Hayes
"Superfly" - Curtis Mayfield
"Trouble Man" - Marvin Gaye
"Coffy" - Roy Ayers
"Foxy Brown" - Willie Hutch
"Dead Presidents" - Various
"Peace and Benz -- The future, made in Germany" peace
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Reply #6 posted 08/04/02 3:31am

XtrueX

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"Grease" is the word.
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Reply #7 posted 08/04/02 5:32am

alfon

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STAR WARS!!!
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Reply #8 posted 08/04/02 7:06am

Anxiety

And now...open your eyes and see...what we have made is real...WE CALL IT XANADU!!!

Hellz yeah, baby - Olivia Newton John and ELO, doing their post-disco, pre-new wave, rollerboogie '40s-meets-'80s thing!!!

I'd call this a guilty pleasure but there's no shame in my game. I can sing every last word to this album, from beginning to end. I'm surprised at how many of my FRIENDS can, too...I suspect there's an entire XANADU cult sneaking around out there...
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Reply #9 posted 08/04/02 7:15am

CarrieMpls

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Violett and I were just talking about this the other day. "Pretty in Pink" has to be one of the best soundtracks of the 80s. From Psychedilc Furs to the Smiths, it's just full of teen-angsty treats.

And I can't believe no one's mentioned Girl 6. It was such a thrill to me, as when I went to see it in the theatre, I had NO IDEA it was an all-Prince soundtrack. I just thought I was going to see the new Spike Lee movie about a phone sex operator. The music ended up making the movie for me. Such a good surprise.
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Reply #10 posted 08/04/02 8:19am

CherryMoon

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My all time fave would have to be "The Rose"

I watch that movie every chance I get.




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If the wind blew every petal from your precious red rose wilted
Would U be afraid of what U'd find inside? rose

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Reply #11 posted 08/04/02 9:09am

gazoo

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Anxiety said:

I suspect there's an entire XANADU cult sneaking around out there...


There is..Im Alive, Dont Walk Away, Magic, Suddenly etc. Lynne and Farrar are music royalty.
[This message was edited Sun Aug 4 9:10:59 PDT 2002 by gazoo]
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Reply #12 posted 08/04/02 9:11am

gazoo

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CherryMoon said:

My all time fave would have to be "The Rose"

I watch that movie every chance I get.

Stay with me baby!!!


didnt I take good care of you?
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Reply #13 posted 08/04/02 9:42am

Pochacco

Best soundtrack IMHO would have to be Bjorks "Selma Songs"
from Dancer in the Dark
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Reply #14 posted 08/04/02 10:42am

mistermaxxx

SuPerFly.any SOundtrack Work almost always by Curtis Mayfield,Quincy Jones&Henry Mancini gets the Thumbs up from me overall.I dig Many but I gotta give Curtis Mayfield the overall edge for me.
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Reply #15 posted 08/04/02 11:37am

Aaron

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Anxiety said:

And now...open your eyes and see...what we have made is real...WE CALL IT XANADU!!!

Hellz yeah, baby - Olivia Newton John and ELO, doing their post-disco, pre-new wave, rollerboogie '40s-meets-'80s thing!!!

I'd call this a guilty pleasure but there's no shame in my game. I can sing every last word to this album, from beginning to end. I'm surprised at how many of my FRIENDS can, too...I suspect there's an entire XANADU cult sneaking around out there...



I LOVE Xanadu. I was going to make a list. It would have been #2, but I just kept it to one. But damn, great pick biggrin
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Reply #16 posted 08/05/02 2:38pm

endorphin74

beyond those already mentioned...
Splendor
Trainspotting
and
(the score to) The Virgin Suicides (by Air)
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Reply #17 posted 08/05/02 3:30pm

SpcMs

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I'm not very much in2 soundtracks, but i recently bought the one to Irréversible (if u didn't catch it already, u definitely should, although it's french) and it kicks major ass. Most of it is by one of the Daft Punk boys, so that xplains
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #18 posted 08/05/02 4:33pm

CalhounSq

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Purple Rain
UTCM/Parade
School Daze
Mo' Better Blues
Girl 6
Summer of Sam
Love Jones
Romeo & Juliet (not many faves, but the ones I like are STRONG)
The Crow
The Doors
The Rose
The Wiz
Batman
Saturday Night Fever
Lady Sings the Blues
Little Shop of Horrors

*not sure if all of these were individual albums
heart prince I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it prince heart
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Reply #19 posted 08/05/02 4:49pm

Essence

Prince's of course:

Purple Rain
Parade
Batman
Graffiti Bridge

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Superfly/Short Eyes/Lets Do It Again(Staple Singers)-Curtis
Shaft-Isaac Hayes
Trouble Man-Marvin
The Harder They Come-Jimmy Cliff

Stevie's Jungle Fever is quite good & other's I've forgotten...
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Reply #20 posted 08/08/02 4:24am

DavidEye

'Saturday Night Fever' is my fav
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Reply #21 posted 08/08/02 7:40am

sojourner

This is a tricky one ,i almost forgot prince.
I favour prince and esp. purple rain and parade but then again i don't consider them as being a soundtrack ,which they are and might be strange.
And the winners are (Quick and till this moment);
1 Enrio Morricone ,if i spell that right - once upon a time in the west . Good atmosphere ,number 1.
2 Grease . Feel good for many ,for me too.
3 Star wars ,if only for that opening tune.
Credits are for Suturday night fever and the soundtrack of the movie Friday.
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Reply #22 posted 08/08/02 12:39pm

silkyspread

Saturday Night Fever and Purple Rain
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Reply #23 posted 08/08/02 1:02pm

violett

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Is it pointless for me to reply, when its obvious that I agree with whats ebing said here??? Well, too bad wink LOL
On bouth accounts...Pretty in Pink, and girl 6 are the two best, most listened to soundtrax that i own smile



CarrieMpls said:

Violett and I were just talking about this the other day. "Pretty in Pink" has to be one of the best soundtracks of the 80s. From Psychedilc Furs to the Smiths, it's just full of teen-angsty treats.

And I can't believe no one's mentioned Girl 6. It was such a thrill to me, as when I went to see it in the theatre, I had NO IDEA it was an all-Prince soundtrack. I just thought I was going to see the new Spike Lee movie about a phone sex operator. The music ended up making the movie for me. Such a good surprise.
[This message was edited Sun Aug 4 7:16:02 PDT 2002 by CarrieMpls]
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Reply #24 posted 08/08/02 3:53pm

feltbluish

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Essence said:[quote]Prince's of course:

Purple Rain
Parade
Batman
Graffiti Bridge

&

Superfly/Short Eyes/Lets Do It Again(Staple Singers)-Curtis
Shaft-Isaac Hayes
Trouble Man-Marvin
The Harder They Come-Jimmy Cliff
quote]

U got it!!!I agree!
[This message was edited Thu Aug 8 15:54:33 PDT 2002 by feltbluish]
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Reply #25 posted 08/08/02 4:46pm

June7

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Here's mine (just 2 name a few):

Purple Rain (Prince)
Saturday Night Fever (The Bee Gees & various artists)
Beverly Hills Cop (various artists)
Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John & various artists)
Yentl (Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, & Mandy Patinkin)
Evita (Madonna, Antonio Banderas, & various artists)
The Woman In Red (Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick)
Graffiti Bridge (Prince, The Time, various artists)
Batman (Prince)
Under The Cherry Moon (Prince)
Girl 6 (Prince)
The Preacher's Wife (Whitney Houston)
Waiting To Exhale (various artists)
The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston)
Pulp Fiction (various artists)
City Of Angels (various artists)
Dead Presidents (various artists, Vol.s I & II)
Don Juan DeMarco (Michael Kamen)
Beaches (Bette Midler)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
Titanic (James Horner)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (various artists)
Jungle Fever (Stevie Wonder)
Philadelphia (Springsteen, Niel Young & various artists)
The Big Chill (various Motown artists)
The Godfather (various artists)
Forrest Gump (various artists)
La Bamba (Los Lobos & various artists)
The Jazz Singer (Neil Diamond)
Boogie Nights (various artists)
[PRINCE 4EVER!]

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Reply #26 posted 08/08/02 10:33pm

INSATIABLE

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THE BEACH!!! Please listen... it'll blow u AWAY
Oh shit, my hat done fell off
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Reply #27 posted 08/09/02 2:03pm

JANFAN4L

Most soundtracks I've heard all had their share of inconsistencies. So I guess I'll list my faves from these SDTK's...

the most consistent SDTK i've heard IMHO is...

MO MONEY
caron wheeler - i adore u
janet & luther - the best things in life...
mc lyte - ice cream dream
mind condition - my dear
ralph - money can't buy u love
krush - so groovy now

PRINCE's PURPLE RAIN
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Reply #28 posted 08/10/02 10:57am

tommyalma

Hey, I thought is was "rap ninja rap." But anyway. My fave soundtracks are:

Out of Sight
Singles
Interview With The Vampire
Batman Forever has that great Sunny Day song...

Hey, was Pandemonium kind of a half-soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge?
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Reply #29 posted 08/10/02 1:12pm

Harlepolis

N no special order:

Devil in a blue dress

Shaft

Superfly

Malcom X

Why do fools fall in love(The oldies version)

Love Jones

PR-UTCM-BM-GB-->>> No question about that wink!

Glitter

Thats all I can remember!
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