[Fringe]

Pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer is amazing. Also like the Sunshine OST - John Murphy and LOTR - Howard Shore.

 

[sphinxvc]

The Fountain.

 

[pigmode]

I'm not too much in to soundtracks, but have bought The Descendants recently. Great examples of slack key guitar, and one of my favorite Hawaiian artists--Gabby.

 

[RobBeer]

Quote:

I am not a big soundtrack fan but I really like Blade Runner......

 
Which version?

 

[RobBeer]

Anything by Philip Glass, but The Hours, Koyaanisqatsi, Mishima and Kundun stand out.

 

[customcoco]

"Gone Baby gone" with Casey Affleck was great, harry gregson-williams at his finest..

 

[sphinxvc]

Didn't he do Man on Fire?  That was a fantastic one as well.  
 
Babel too.  (not Harry)

 

[customcoco]

Yep, he did man on fire's soundtrack. 

 

[Audio-Omega]

Kingdom of Heaven by Harry Gregson-Williams is excellent as well.  The last track Light of Life by Natacha Atlas is exotic.  

 

[hyogen]

absolutely love this one by harry gregson-williams and david buckley.  love this mashup also.  the electric guitar part induces goosebumps

  an amazing soundtrack to go with an amazing movie.

 

[hyogen]

if anyone has any favorite movie scenes/ accompanying scores to contribute, here is the place  http://www.head-fi.org/t/600927/favorite-movie-scene-accompanying-favorite-song-soundtrack-and-why

 

[devouringone3]

I started listening to metal (beginning with industrial metal subgenre) with the tracks in "The One" (2001) starring Jet Li, there was Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Godsmack, Disturbed and most importantly Drowning Pool's first album in it (all of these bands at least one track in the score). I still think the moments where these tracks are played in the movie are epic , but I owe so much to these bands, after I watched the movie.
 
I like some theme songs, the themes of Avatar, the theme of Edward Scissorhands, Princess Mononoke also, Dirty Dancing, Bambi, but I'm not interested enough to know the name of their creator/tors (I know a few of them though). But yeah, I don't listen to the whole soundtrack, sometimes you need the moving images in front of you to understand what's going on and appreciate the music. Although the credits roll, the big climaxes themes, and some other musical sequences are oftentimes very good. I just pick those main songs and the theme, etc... same thing for video game sound tracks.
 
"A Wild Hare" by Spastic Ink, a song made from the music and the voices of Bambi

 
Sometimes it's a song I discover accidentally that prompts me to watch a movie. "Comptine d'été" of the Amélie soundtrack got me into the movie but I soon realized the track I liked was not representative of the movie at all. Even in Amélie's soundtrack I find that it doesn't fit. On the other hand the ending credits of "An American Crime" (2007) sung by Petra Haden is totally reminiscing of the movie as a whole, a horrifying and twisted true story.
 
If this doesn't give you the goosebumps..

 
We should also make a thread about comics opening themes:

 

[newmoon100]

Sherlock Holmes2
The vow
Mission impossible
 
Embroidery designs

 

[sphinxvc]

Two composers I always enjoy are Jon Brion and Thomas Newman. Most of their scores are good.

 

[Vinc]

I'll share my 2 cents.
These are my favorites, but I don't know how they are as stand alone albums, but it's some of the best visuals-music match, in my opinion. Also, it's a shame that most of the movies mentionned are some hollywood's junk.
 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Morricone
Inland Empire - David Lynch
Trois couleurs (the trilogy) - Zbigniew Preisner
Apocalypse Now 
Eyes Wide Shut
Pan's Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete
Antichrist