Favorite Movie Theme Music

[denisem]

Music that makes the entire movie flash back to you in an instant?

I.E., have the TV on in the next room and heard the haunting trumpet solo from the Godfather Waltz (evidently one of the pay channels is rerunning the Godfather series soon)...

Anyhow, the entire movie flashed through my mind: Vito dancing with his daughter at her wedding, the horse's head, Michael at his father's hospital bedside...the ending where Kay sees Michael as "The Godfather" through the doorway. Music plays such an amazing role in films.

What are your musical "triggers"?

 

[Sultana]

I LOVE the theme from Gone with the wind.

 

[JillyBean1899]

Jurassic Park. During pre-opening testing we rode River Adventure over and over and over one night, with the sound off. Wasn't the same. I started humming the theme music every time we approached the gate, and got the whole boat joining in with me.

 

[jdb in AZ]

Harry Potter
Indiana Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean
Independence Day

'most any theme by John Williams

 

[lynxstch]

Jurassic Park, Gone with the Wind, Titanic and Pirates of the Caribbean

 

[denisem]

Good ones, and I agree with all.

Shamelessly bumping up my thread with THIS classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUC8dJ0D6sA

 

[Sandy51]

Dances With Wolves
Somewhere In Time
Titanic



Sandy

 

[BlueStarryHat]

The theme from Rocky. That trumpet fanfare at the beginning gets to me every time!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4

 

[daannzzz]

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Reivers
The Wind and The Lion
Pleasantville
How the West Was Won

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Rocky
Godfather
Chariots Of Fire
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars
The Blues Brothers

 

[marctav]

Christmas Vacation

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Magnificent Seven, Exodus, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[denisem]

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Reivers
The Wind and The Lion
Pleasantville
How the West Was Won

I thought I was the only one who loves that movie!

 

[minkydog]

The Lone Ranger, Le Miserables, POTC, and Cinderella.

 

[daannzzz]

I thought I was the only one who loves that movie!

Nope. The movie and music are in my top 5 of all time.

 

[Disneypeach]

Out of Africa by John Barry

not a full movie but I LOVE Jerry Goldsmith's music in Soarin

Peach

 

[pogopossum]

Once Upon A Time In The West (pretty much the whole score for the movie is haunting, but especially the harmonica section).

or The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

i loved the shout out to Morricone and Leone in POTCMC during the parlay scene.

 

[nomie74]

The Man from Snowy River, Empire of the Sun and The Power of One are my favorites.

 

[Irish Piglet]

One of my favorite Movie Theme music is from an older movie starring Bruce Dern called Silent Running. Great Soundtrack.

 

[elgerber]

I also love the Harry Potter and Pirates, but will add Blade Runner.