Kanthos Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 There were a lot of good suggestions in this thread for epic movie soundtracks; what about movies that really aren't the summer blockbuster action-adventure type? I'm thinking chick flicks, kid's movies, pretty much anything else with an instrumental soundtrack. Preferably fairly recent stuff; it's hard to find older soundtracks on the iTunes store unless they're extremely popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hans Zimmer's score for As Good As It Gets is great, he went back to his Driving Miss Daisy roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 I got a couple suggestions on Facebook that I'll add for future readers. The Mission Forrest Gump (the Alan Silvestri score was what I was going for here, not the album with all the pop tunes they featured in the movie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarnax42 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 A few good ones off the top of my head, though I don't know if they're popular/recent enough to find easily: Big Fish - Danny Elfman Amelie - Yann Tiersen Great Expectations - Patrick Doyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinnyMetal Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 just a about anything ennio morricone has done. I love his music. (which includes The Mission) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambinate Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hans Zimmer's score for As Good As It Gets is great, he went back to his Driving Miss Daisy roots. hans zimmer's score for the holiday is really nice, too: the movie isn't so hot, but there's some great music there. i think a lot of thomas newman's work also falls into this category. he's one of my favorite film composers, and his work on stuff like american beauty, wall-e, and cinderella man is really emotive without being too sugary sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8YcKX2pOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarnCarby Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Anything by Joe Hisaishi (I say that with loving irony, in that it's all good, but he definitely goes back to the same sounds in every film). I think Spirited Away shows the most variety and interest of his scores. I'll second Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redepmtion if you want melody and atmosphere, American Beauty if you want him doing the percussion thing, maybe Finding Nemo if you want both?), and suggest Rachel Portman as well (Chocolat, Emma, Cider House Rules). She's a little monochromatic, but still good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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