Soundtracks (Reference)
The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated
(in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from
various sources.
Luis Bacalov
- Il Postino [19942000, Cam Jazz], B+(**)
Burt Bacharach (1928 )
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [1969, A&M]
- Greatest Hits [(1974), A&M]
- Classics, Vol. 23 [(1987), A&M]
- The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection [(1998), Rhino, 3 CD]
John Barry (1933 )
- Goldfinger [1964, Capitol]
- You Only Live Twice [1967, Capitol]
- A Lion in Winter [1967, Columbia/Legacy]
- Diamonds Are Forever [1972, EMI America]
- Born Free [1979, Polydor]
- Out of Africa [1980, MCA]
- The Cotton Club [1985, Geffen]
- The Film Music of John Barry [(1988), CBS]
- Dances with Wolves [1990, Epic]
- King Rat [1995, Sony]
Elmer Bernstein (1922 )
- The Man with the Golden Arm [1956, MCA]
- The Magnificent Seven [1960, Rykodisc]
- The Great Escape [1963, Intrada]
- Return of the Magnificent Seven [1966, Rykodisc]
- The Age of Innocence [1993, Epic]
- Great Escape [(1998), Rykodisc]
Lisa Gerrard
- w/Jeff Rona: A Thousand Roads [2005, Wide Blue Sky], B
Bernard Herrmann (191175)
- Vertigo [1958, Mercury]
- Music from Great Film Classics [(1971), Decca/London]
- Taxi Driver [1976, Arista]
- Classic Fantasy Film Scores [(1988), Cloud Nine]
- The Day the Earth Stood Still [(1993), Fox]
- North by Northwest [(1995), Rhino]
- Marvellous Film World of Bernard Herrmann [(1996), Tsunami]
- Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers [(1996), London]
- Bernard Herrmann at Fox, Vol. 3 [(2000), Varese]
Henry Mancini (192494)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961, RCA]
- Charade [1963, RCA]
- Merry Mancini Christmas [1966, RCA]
- The Best of Mancini [(1987), RCA]
- Pink Panther, Moon River, Baby Elephant Walk, and Other Hits [(1987), RCA]
- All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [(1988), RCA]
- The Jazz Sound from Peter Gunn [1994, Fresh Sounds]
- Victor / Victoria [1994, GNP Crescendo]
- Days of Wine and Roses [(1995), RCA, 3 CD]
- In the Pink: The Ultimate Collection [(1996), RCA]
- The Pink Panther [RCA]
Johnny Mandel (1925 )
- I Want to Live [1958, Rykodisc]
Ennio Morricone (1928 )
- Fistful of Dollars [1967, RCA]
- Burn [1970, United Artists]
- Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection [196472, RCA]
- The Mission [1986, Atlantic]
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [1988, EMI America]
- Casualties of Ware [1989, Columbia]
- Film Music, Volume 1 [(1987), Virgin], A
- Film Music, Volume 2 [196886, Virgin], B+
- Legendary Italian Westerns [(1990), RCA]
- Wolf [1995, Columbia]
- With Love: Music Composed and Conducted by Ennio Morricone [(1995), DRG]
- The Ennio Morricone Anthology [(1995), Rhino, 2 CD]
- Once Upon a Time in the Cinema [(1996), Varese]
- Bulworth [1998, RCA]
Michael Nyman (1944 )
- Prospero's Books [1991, London]
Nino Rota (191179)
- The Godfather [1972, MCA]
- The Godfather Pt. 2 [1974, MCA]
- Fellini & Rota [19522003, CAM Jazz], B+(*)
Lalo Schifrin (1932 )
- Music from Mission: Impossible [(1994), One Way]
- Firebird Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 [1995, Four Winds]
- Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 4 [1998, Aleph]
- Tango [1998, Deutsche Grammophon]
- Bullitt [2000, Reactive]
- Lalo Schifrin and Friends [2007, Aleph], B+(*)
Carl Stalling
- The Carl Stalling Project: Music from Warner Bros. Cartoons 19361958 [193658, Warner Brothers]
- The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2 [(1995), Warner Brothers]
Jeff Wayne
- The War of the Worlds [197677, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+(***)
Various Artists
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony [19552001, ATO], U
- BackBeat [1994, Virgin], B+
- Bad Boys II [2003, Bad Boy]
- Badmutha's: 18 Original Black Movie Hits [(1998), MCI Music]
- Batman Forever [1995, Atlantic]
- Be Kind Rewind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2008, Lakeshore], U
- Black Orpheus [1959, Verve]
- Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars [1999, Motel]
- Brokeback Mountain [2005, Verve Forecast], B
- Bulworth: The Soundtrack [1998, Interscope]
- Cabin in the Sky [1942, Rhino]
- Catch and Release (Music From the Motion Picture) [19922006, Legacy/Sony Music Soundtrax], B
- CB4 [1993, MCA]
- City of Industry [1997, Quango]
- The Corruptor [1999, Jive], U
- Crooklyn [1994, MCA]
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [2000, Sony Classical]
- Cry-Baby [1990, MCA], B
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party [2006, Geffen], B
- Dazed and Confused [1993, Warner Brothers], A
- The Decline of Western Civilization [1981, Slash]
- Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment [2002, Rhino]
- Dirty Dancing (Legacy Edition) [195587, RCA/Legacy, 2 CD], B
- Diva [1982, Rykodisc]
- Drive Me Crazy [1999, Jive]
- Excess Baggage [1998, Prophecy]
- Falling from Grace [1991, Mercury]
- Fiorello! [Original Broadway Cast] [1959, Angel]
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [(2008), Verve Forecast], U
- Get Shorty [1995, Antilles]
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [2000, Epic/Razor Sharp], B+
- Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack [1984, Arista/Legacy], C
- Girls Town [1996, Mercury]
- A Good Year [2006, Legacy/Sony Music Soundtrack], U
- Guys and Dolls [1994, RCA], B
- Hairspray [1988, MCA], A+
- High Fidelity [2000, Hollywood], B+
- Honeymoon in Vegas [1992, Epic]
- The Horse Whisperer [1998, MCA]
- Hot Rod (Music From the Motion Picture) [19782007, Legacy], C
- Hype! [1996, Sub Pop]
- The Jackal [1997, MCA]
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten [19442002, Epic/Legacy], B+(**)
- Kids [1995, London]
- The Last Time I Committed Suicide [(1997), Blue Note]
- Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [20045, Verve Forecast], B+(*)
- Magnolia [1999, Reprise]
- Ned Kelly [1970, Rykodisc]
- Natural Born Killers [1994, Interscope]
- New Jack City [1991, Giant]
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000, Mercury], B+
- Permanent Record [1988, Epic], B+
- Porky's Revenge [1985, Columbia/Legacy], B+
- Pulp Fiction [1994, MCA]
- Rent [1996, Dreamworks]
- Repo Man [1984, San Andreas]
- Rocky IV [1985, Volcano/Legacy], C+
- Romeo Must Die [2000, Virgin], U
- Set It Off [1996, Elektra]
- Singles [1992, Epic]
- Songs from Chippy [1994, Hollywood], U
- The Songs of West Side Story [1996, RCA]
- Soul Food [1997, LaFace]
- South Central [1992, Hollywood Basic]
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut [1999, Atlantic]
- Space Jam [1996, Warner Brothers]
- Suburbia [1997, DGC]
- Third World Cop [2000, Palm], U
- Trainspotting [1996, Capitol]
- Trans Formers: The Movie (20th Anniversary Edition) [198586, Volcano/Legacy], B+(*)
- Traveller [1997, Asylum]
- Trespass [1992, Sire]
- 24 Hour Party People [(2002), FFRR]
- Waiting to Exhale [1995, Arista], U
- The War (A Ken Burns Film): The Soundtrack [19392005, Legacy], B
- The War (A Ken Burns Film): Sentimental Journey: Hits From the Second World War [193045, Legacy], B+(***)
- The War (A Ken Burns Film): I'm Beginning to See the Light: Dance Hits From the Second World War [193744, Legacy], A
- The War (A Ken Burns Film): Deluxe Edition [19392005, Legacy, 4 CD], B
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