I'm going to have to go with Star Wars.

The music tells the story just as much as the words and pictures.

You know where you are, just by listening.

Brilliance.

I think of scores as being modern symphonies, although I know many music critics would disagree with me.

Soundtracks are a totally different matter, because they often contain previously recorded music that was chosen for the film. I was quite pleased that there were two separate releases for Watchmen ... one of the Score, one of the Soundtrack.

Another big favorite is Philip Glass' Koyannisqatsi.

And I am another lover of Enio Morricone. The Untouchables was better, richer, more mature, than The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but both are excellent.

I don't tend to differentiate between 'score' and 'soundtrack' so much. Generally speaking if you buy the music from a tv show it is called a 'soundtrack' whether it is an original score or a set of chosen tracks. So, for instance if you get the BSG album is is called Battlestar Galactica OST (original soundtrack) But yeah, I prefer the original scores on the whole.

And that I would absolutely consider a modern symphiny, likewise the music to Doctor Who. Murray Gold has composed a wonderful score which is meant to be played by a full orchestra.

Henry Mancini

Pink Panther theme

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Moon River)

Peter Gunn

Newhart

Mancini was the shit

One day I hope to see a bride walk down the aisle to Peter Gunn.

THAT would be cool.

He was. Amazingness piled up in album after album.

Very cool.

Ten things I hate about you-the funnest soundtrack of all time.

:bonk: Of course!

Breaking Glass
Christiane F. (Bowie)
Harold and Maude (Cat Stevens)
The Fifth Element score

Oh, add in the scores for Bladerunner and The Terminator.

Just thinking about the difference between soundtracks and scores:

Sometimes I think there is great artistry in finding the perfect existing track for a movie scene. Probably one of the best examples of this being the movie Donnie Darko.

I thought Doctor Who at the Proms was awesome.

Eddie Vedder's work on Into the Wild bears a listen.

Bladerunner was largely Vangelis, IIRC.

Has anyone picked High School Musical yet?:D

Peter Gunn was very cool, but I never considered TV series as having soundtracks, usually just a theme song.

A log of the cop/detective shows in the 60's and 70's (Gunn was technically 50's) had cool music, heavy on the brass. Peter Gunn was the first and maybe the best (tie with Hawaii Five-o):

Mannix
Hawaii Five-0

Of course, westerns had great themes

Rawhide - I cannot believe how many covers I found on Youtube
Original


Blues Brothers version - Good thing there just happened to be a bullwhip handy:whip:

In the Blues Bros. version - is that Jeff Lynne back there?

the garden state soundtrack is great.

I saw that movie and loved it, but I don't remembered soundtrack. That's my problem with most movies...unless they are a musical.

Funnily enough the music is what tends to stick with me from most movies and tv shows.