Kevin's Watch

When you think back to the Albums that have meant the most to you over the course of your life, how many were soundtracks?

One

koyaanisqatsi ~ Philip Glass

"Meant the most"?

None.

"That I've enjoyed immensely" or "Reminds me of a certain time"? Several.

Prior to the DVD and How The West Was Won, the soundtrack for The Song Remains the Same was a staple.

Way back when, I recall playing the Vision Quest soundtrack quite a bit as well.

Soundtracks that have been a feature in some part of my life would be from Quadrophenia, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Trainspotting.

Another that I really enjoy, from Jesus Christ Superstar.

The Song Remains the Same is great. I still haven't heard the new remaster. But I don't really think of concert movies as "soundtracks"... Yessongs would fall in the same category, for a long time it was my favorite album. But since they're concert movies I don't look at them like soundtracks.

Other than that, I don't know that any were that important. Maybe a certain song from a movie (like Billy Jack). Or 'Remember Me' at the end of Troy... 'Into The West' from LOTR. I'm sure there are lots of other songs I can't think of right now.

The Crow soundtrack, I loved every song, played it till it broke.

Standing In The Shadows of Motown, Spinal Tap and That Thing You Do are the only ones I own that I consider true soundtracks. I have Quadrophenia, but didn't even know it was a movie. I plan on getting Birdy because Peter Gabriel did it. I remember liking the soundtracks to Roadie and Heavy Metal, too.

Duhhhhhhhhh..

Yes dAN, the This is Spinal Tap soundtrack is great.

I posted some of this on some other thread, and even tho I find fault with some of the covers the soundtrack to A Walk on the Moon with Viggo (pre-Aragorn) Mortensen and Diane Laine is pretty dam good:

# "More (Ti guardero nel cuore)"
Performed by Bobby Darin
# original "The Name Game"
#Theme from King Rat (1965)"
# "Danke Schoen"
Performed by Wayne Newton
# "Wishin' & Hopin'"
Performed by Dusty Springfield
# "Ripple"
Performed by The Grateful Dead
# "For Your Love"
# "Sunlight"
Performed by The Youngbloods
# "Summertime"
Performed by Big Brother and the Holding Company
# "Sally Go Round the Roses"
Performed by The Damnations Tx
# "Today"
Performed by Jefferson Airplane
# "Embryonic Journey"
Performed by Jefferson Airplane
# "Kiss of Fire"
Performed by Georgia Gibbs
# "Cactus Tree"
Performed by Joni Mitchell
# "Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
Performed by Judy Collins
# "Town Without Pity"
Performed by Gene Pitney & Mandy Barnett
# "Uncle John's Band"
Performed by The Grateful Dead
# "Crimson & Clover"
Performed by Elijah Allman & Cher
# "Freedom"
Performed by Richie Havens
# "The Fish Cheer"
Performed by Country Joe McDonald
# "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag"1968)
Performed by Country Joe McDonald
# "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
Performed by Bob Dylan
# "White Bird"
Performed by It's a Beautiful Day
# "Israelites"
Performed by Desmond Dekker
# "When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)"
Performed by Dean Martin
# "Purple Haze"
Performed by Jimi Hendrix
# "Follow"
Performed by Richie Havens
# "Helplessly Hoping"
Performed by Taxiride
# "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
Performed by Morcheeba

Could have done w/o Taxiride, but what a great soundtrack...and yes (I know you could never have guessed it but the movie does have something to do with Woodstock.

I haven't seen A Walk on the Moon, but that's an impressive soundtrack, no doubt! Almost all great stuff... "Today" is a beautiful song.

I have another soundtrack, which I love.

The Commitments

Maybe I should get The Blues Brothers next......


PS - here's a clip from Standing in the Shadows, which is freaking great: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

I actually collect soundtracks and they're the thing I listen to most frequently. But I collect instrumental ones rather than song compilation ones. I use them to write to, to dream to, to muse to. Some of my particular favourites (ones which have songs on them that I associate :


Gattaca - Michael Nyman
The Piano - Michael Nyman
Batman Begins - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
The Mission - Ennio Morricone
Out of Africa - John Barry
LOST (tv series) soundtrack season 1: Michael Giacchino
Battlestar Galactica season 1: Bear McCreary
Crouching Tiger-Hidden Dragon: Tan Dun, Yo-Yo Ma

...I dunno. There's more. I have far too many in my collection (probably almost 200).

In the category of soundtracks I have great memories of and played to death in their day:

Ghostbusters

and

Top Gun


I played both of those until they fell apart.

Xanadu







What? Don't look at me like that.

I also really dug the Ghostbusters soundtrack.

Dear Lord Olivia Newton-John looked hot on that album cover.....

Mortice Root wrote:In the category of soundtracks I have great memories of and played to death in their day:

Ghostbusters

and

Top Gun


I played both of those until they fell apart.

I'd like to add to that:

Footloose
The Lost Boys
Rocky4
Princess Bride
Jesus Christ Superstar (the play not the movie!)
Sound of Music

Cail wrote:Dear Lord Olivia Newton-John looked hot on that album cover.....

It pulled me through puberty.

HLT wrote

I'd like to add to that:

Footloose
The Lost Boys
Rocky4
Princess Bride
Jesus Christ Superstar (the play not the movie!)
Sound of Music

Ooh! Ooh! Rocky 4! Yeah, totally wore out that casette also. Good call!

Jimmy Barnes and inxs from Lost Boys Soundtrack

also i love

ok I too will admit to getting on down to echo &the bunnymen's 'people are strange'.



great band - check out some of their live stuff!