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The term original soundtrack (OST), often used for titles of albums of soundtrack music, is sometimes also used to differentiate the original music heard and recorded versus a rerecording or cover version.
- Blade Runner (Original Score from the Motion Picture) (1994) The original Blade Runner film wasn’t successful when first released in 1982. In time, however, that changed.
- Donnie Darko (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2002) Michael Andrews’ score for the 2001 film Donnie Darko is a masterpiece. It perfectly captures the film’s complex themes of time travel, mental illness, and the apocalypse.
- Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2021) The Encanto soundtrack was a major achievement, like the movie itself. The soundtrack’s top song, We Don’t Talk About Bruno, was a massive success.
- High Fidelity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2000) The High Fidelity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is one of the most iconic and essential albums of the early 2000s.
- Frozen – Christophe Beck. In Frozen, Disney animation moves back to its best form. Christophe Beck, composer for the Muppets’ recent big screen outings, wrote touching music that perfectly complemented the songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
- Interstellar – Hans Zimmer. Zimmer delivered magnificently for Interstellar, receiving an Oscar nod for his soundtrack. Painstakingly composed over two years, Zimmer visited London’s Temple Church to record its historic organ.
- Casablanca – Max Steiner. The peak of Max Steiner’s noir years, he apparently begged to drop ‘As Time Goes By’ from featuring in the film’s score, but was overruled.
- James Bond Theme – Monty Norman. The most famous guitar riff in cinema has featured in every official Bond film since Dr. No (1962), when it accompanied the opening title.
- Jason Zumwalt
- Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) When it comes to the best film scores of all time, few can touch the impact of John Williams’ symphonic soundtrack for the original Star Wars film.
- The Godfather (1972) Is there a score that better invokes the sights, sounds, and tones of the film it accompanied? Certainly, there is not. This score by the prolific Italian composer Giovanni “Nino” Rota is so powerful that even real mobsters well up with tears when they hear it.
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) Ennio Morricone is a master of Western gothic soundtracks and this particular work could not be more singular and attached to his legacy.
- Gone With The Wind (1939) You’d be hard-pressed to find a more quintessential score from the Golden Age of cinema. This film’s main theme could not be more heartbreaking, grand, and epically tragic, thanks to the legendary composer Max Steiner, who used music as a tool to develop characters.
In looking at the greatest movie music of all time, Pitchfork is publishing two separate lists this week: best soundtracks and best original scores.
Dec 9, 2021 · The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of the Past 50 Years - The Ringer. From the iconic closing notes of ‘The Breakfast Club’ to the era-encapsulating mix of ‘Dazed and Confused’ to the work of the...
Jun 30, 2022 · We found plenty of soundtracks that excelled by using subtle songs in the periphery of pivotal scenes, and we also came across films that dropped the music right into the story, as part of the plot or even as a character itself.
