What are some of your favourite movie theme tunes, past or present?

The theme from the movie “The Untouchables” by Ennio Morricone. Actually, I should correct myself. It’s not what is considered “the theme” from that film, it’s the music that plays during the opening titles. Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3C82Q5I80U&feature=fvw

So, suspenseful.

The Jurassic Park tune that plays as they first approach the island in the helicopter.
The Pirates of the Caribbean theme.
The entire freakin’ Inception soundtrack.
And the Mission: Impossible theme is a classic.

@diavolobella Yeah absolutely love it. Whenever I watch that movie I rewind to hear the song, at least twice. Sad I know! De Duh De….De De….:¬)

Escape From New York. I love that song. Reminds me of being a young’in who snuck downstairs late, late at night to watch it on HBO.

I also have to give mad props to John Barry for the theme from Dances with Wolves. That soundtrack is beautiful. It hits those high plaintive notes that are so gorgeous it makes your chest hurt. His theme from Somewhere in Time is also stunning.

This from The Piano… I love it…

@ucme. I do that too!

“Star Boys” by Joe Hisaishi, in the movie Howl’s Moving Castle. Beautiful.

The Good The Bad and the Ugly has the best movie theme ever!

This one

@Deja_vu Ah, what excellent taste you have.
@lucillelucillelucille Do you know, I was quite expecting the Jaws theme from you…...how patronising is that :¬)

2001 A Space Odyssey
thanks @ucme

@ucme -Nope…it scares me….

@lucillelucillelucille Haha! Until your hero’s half eaten body washes ashore & whisks you away from all that madness XD

The Ride Of The Valkyries!

@ucme—I have that photo!—XD

I also find the Dead Rabbits’ theme (Shimmy She Wobble) from Gangs of New York gets my heart pounding.

Needless to say, the entire soundtrack from The Sting is incredible.

@lucillelucillelucille So do I….....it puts me in mind of the wife trying & ultimately failing to carve the roast. She really must learn to curb that temper of hers :¬)

@diavolobella I love the Sting Soundtrack and can even play a couple of them on the piano! I love ragtime!

@ucme -Just borrow this from the Black Knight and you’ll be safe XD

@Cruiser Scott Joplin rules!

Alan Silvestri’s haunting theme for Cast Away. I love that music.

The theme to Planet Terror

@lucillelucillelucille A wise choice :¬)

Jaws!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4

@BoBo1946 Do you know, I had to click on your link because i’ve never heard that before :¬D

The music from Requiem for a Dream was about as memorable and appropriate as any soundtrack I’ve heard, but if I had to choose the movie with the best soundtrack of all time I would have to go O Brother Where Art Thou

@ucme apparently you never seen the movie….it’s a good one!

I’m with @Cruiser. I like The Sting song, too! Also, theme from Dr Zhivago (harpsicord?) and Sleepless in Seattle.

The entire score from Transformers. i.e. This and this

The eponymous Agnes of God: Symphonic Suite Part II.

Out of Africa theme by John Barry. And just for creepy fun, pretty much anything created by Danny Elfman.

and this too the fight between Optimus and Megatron. The music was so intense!

How did I forget the Vangelis theme for Chariots of Fire and Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells for The Exorcist?

RJD2’s theme to Mad Men.

The intro theme is almost better than the show.

Forrest Gump Suite from Forrest Gump

Sur Le Fil from Amelie

Victor’s Piano Solo from The Corpse Bride

Married Life from Up

Le Festin from Ratatouille

Ano Natsu He from Spirited Away

Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter

I don’t know if OSTs are included:
Circle Of Life from Lion King