scores i listen to on a weekly basis, in no order the social network tron: legacy mission: impossible — rogue nation inside man true grit - ThreadSky

jamellebouie.net • 120 days ago

scores i listen to on a weekly basis, in no order

the social network
tron: legacy
mission: impossible — rogue nation
inside man
true grit

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lizturtle.bsky.social•120 days ago

Cinema Paradiso’s is the g.o.a.t.! Check it out if you haven’t - no regrets, I promise!

lawnerd.bsky.social•120 days ago

is the pod ever gonna do Batman forever?

elongreen.bsky.social•120 days ago

You’ve got Burwell already, but may I suggest his Gods & Monsters?

rjsplow.bsky.social•120 days ago

Monster (Patty Jenkins) score by BT.

imnotahrhitter.bsky.social•120 days ago

I will always be upset that the Tron: Legacy soundtrack was not nominated for an Oscar

ehirsch.bsky.social•120 days ago

You ever listen to the remixes of the tron:legacy score? Really good stuff

krystakitsune.bsky.social•120 days ago

Tron legacy here being my favorite..... for no particular reason of course

sagafood.bsky.social•120 days ago

📌

hrtraulsen.bsky.social•120 days ago

no dune?

skis-n-reads.bsky.social•120 days ago

Tron legacy is so good

tviper21.bsky.social•120 days ago

Not a Hans Zimmer fan?

chrishanrahan.bsky.social•120 days ago

Treat yourself to the Dredd Soundtrack someday.

lisairontongue.bsky.social•120 days ago

I guess I should listen to these and see what I think!

hmcd.bsky.social•120 days ago

I listen to video game soundtracks!
Stardew Valley
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag
Minecraft
Dragon Age (all of them)
Coral Island

ranamar.bsky.social•119 days ago

I think I've since misplaced the files, but I spent a lot of college listening to a pirated album of orchestral performances of Ocarina of Time music. (Gerudo Valley is *the* banger on there, which is why it has been recorded so many times, but that wasn't the only good one.)

ahumbleman.bsky.social•119 days ago

Minecraft slaps, esp the second album

childishcodinho.bsky.social•120 days ago

Final Fantasy IX soundtrack 🧑‍🍳💋

lawoftsunami.bsky.social•119 days ago

Try the FFXIV soundtrack too :3

cornstarch.bsky.social•120 days ago

Try:

"The Thin Red Line"
"Oceans 11"
"Trance"

dribrats.bsky.social•119 days ago

Joe Kraemer is a national treasure

dcpierson.bsky.social•120 days ago

INSIDE MAN is such good workin’ music

lindaholmes.bsky.social•120 days ago

INSIDE MAN has become, in general, one of my most go-to movies for practically everything. It's great, it's diverting, it's funny, it's incisive. I adore it. Between that and PANIC ROOM, I'm convinced Jodie Foster is the unsung hero of movies to watch when you don't know what to watch.

caitesq.bsky.social•119 days ago

Jodie Foster is great in suspense movies. Silence of the Lambs, obviously, but also Panic Room, Flightplan, Inside Man...

jamellebouie.net•120 days ago

i really think INSIDE MAN is the closest thing we have to another THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123. it’s like a spiritual successor

mapwitch.bsky.social•119 days ago

well, you have my attention now.

lindaholmes.bsky.social•120 days ago

I think it has in common with DIE HARD a crime plot that is a lot more interesting because the criminals are really smart and their plan is good.

princejvstin.com•120 days ago

and there is a ton of charisma throughout. (I mean, what is Jodie Foster's character even doing there randomly in the cop vs thief plot, but I was so taken by her and her performane that I borrowed the character idea (and the look) for a TTRPG game I was in.

drdinnertime.bsky.social•120 days ago

Damn, he's right!

izzle.bsky.social•119 days ago

I love how different Inside Man's take on its "villains" is.

stevenspoints.bsky.social•120 days ago

As someone not from New York those are my two go-to movies for trying to understand New York

unchi.org•120 days ago

You are not at all wrong. I wish that every PELHAM 1-2-3 DVD had a recording of @odienator.bsky.social's seminar on how the movie reflects New York City politics in the early 1970s.

pamnashes.bsky.social•120 days ago

The original Pelham 1-2-3, I hope!

mikevago.bsky.social•120 days ago

Pelham 1-2-3 has everything you need to understand about NYC:

1) Everyone's just a miserable hump trying to get through their day.

2) Every mayor in the history of the city can best be described as, "ugh, that fuckin' guy."

3) Everything keeps running anyway, and that's beautiful.

politosway.bsky.social•120 days ago

Where does Inside Man rank among Spike Lee’s films? I put it near the top, I love it.

jorvorskielaynes.bsky.social•120 days ago

Best catalog of types of New York Guys since Die Hard 3

rowast.com•120 days ago

I have to ask, original or that Travolta and Denzel remake?

jamellebouie.net•120 days ago

…

mrbrooksher.bsky.social•119 days ago

The original; the Beastie Boys weren't referencing the remake.

hitchdied.bsky.social•120 days ago

Contact would also work in those circumstances!

josephfinn.bsky.social•120 days ago

Contact has a scene where William Fitchner is translating an alien signal in his mind that justifies the entire movie.

adambonin.bsky.social•120 days ago

I still wonder whether CONTACT is a better film if Zemeckis doesn't show us what Foster sees, and puts more on the audience to determine what's real.

brandonaew.bsky.social•112 days ago

Foster’s experience is definitely hit or miss. I think seeing what she saw gives her “I had an experience” monologue much more weight than if we hadn’t seen it with her

josephfinn.bsky.social•120 days ago

That is absolutely a good question. I like it as it is but I would love to see that take.

btrwkart.bsky.social•120 days ago

I have a *lot* of soundtrack/score music on my iPod, and in my Tidal. Pacific Rim. Disney's Three Musketeers. Zimmer's Pirates of the Caribbean. As overall.

I can give you Epic Score as an artist. Two Steps From Hell. Ninja Tracks. Xtortion Audio. Audiomachine.

I might play D&D.

thiiirdperson.com•120 days ago

or good pissin in a jar behind a false wall music

dcpierson.bsky.social•120 days ago

Duh, what do you think my work is

thiiirdperson.com•120 days ago

my man out here 40 a week, just jivin and Clivin

redshift42.bsky.social•120 days ago

I can't listen to music with lyrics while I'm working, so the soundtrack to The Illusionist is a favorite.

willfanguy.bsky.social•120 days ago

These first two are my working music and have been for nearly a decade. Just. Good. Shit.

pearljamfixer80.bsky.social•120 days ago

John Williams’ underrated score holds sentimental value for me as a xennial kid who is his age.

mcelreath.bsky.social•120 days ago

Johnny Greenwood’s music for You Were Never Really Here is also excellent

jacobdplunkett.bsky.social•120 days ago

Chaiyya chaiyya is flawless

blvckscience.bsky.social•120 days ago

Highly recommend Kaoro Wada (Inuyasha Composer) and Joe Higashi of Studio Ghibli fame. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea but they are supremely skilled composers and musicians.

blvckscience.bsky.social•120 days ago

Yup the Tron score has been on repeat for me for a few years now. I can’t believe the breadth of Daft Punk’s talent. Fury Road and a lot of Junkie XLs scores are phenomenal. An old standby for me is the Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story soundtrack by Randy Edelman. Lovely stuff.

takgoup.bsky.social•119 days ago

I really love the music in Kung Fu Hustle. That score is so good the movie loses control and everyone starts dancing even though it's not a musical

secondthrowaway.bsky.social•119 days ago

the score is so good it slices some pottery in half

juliaingalls.bsky.social•120 days ago

What are your thoughts on the bodies of work of individual composers, a la Carter Burwell? I find his work across multiple genres/directors to be consistently interesting

memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social•120 days ago

I got stuck on Westworld and Interstellar for a long time.

clownings.bsky.social•120 days ago

If you like Inside Man, try Bamboozled.

jeof.bsky.social•120 days ago

The Russia House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChQntwZz_9k&list=PLkAUJkbhd-Rgf-ZHUr3yrZZTXx0DXBfZr&index=17&ab_channel=JerryGoldsmith-Topic

drlabratory.com•120 days ago

Daft Punk needs to write more music for full orchestra. Periodt.

eqthedice.bsky.social•120 days ago

Great shout...

One of the perks of my old job at hmv, was when I would work late after hours...

Just me, a serious store stereo, and endless racks of music to enjoy...

The Tron Legacy soundtrack at full blast was a regular go to...

Happy days

jcdpb.bsky.social•120 days ago

Add Swiss army man to this list, thank me later

errorcoramnobis.bsky.social•119 days ago

Adagio for Tron is one of the prettiest pieces of music I've ever heard

bluefrommagioh.bsky.social•120 days ago

Ripley is also quite good.

msavener.bsky.social•120 days ago

Challengers is very good, especially the Boys Noize remixes

risingjay.bsky.social•119 days ago

ITSV/ATSV & Speed Racer are incredible listens as well~ 👌💖

thielman.bsky.social•120 days ago

May I also recommend Miller’s Crossing

gbaji.bsky.social•120 days ago

Carter Burwell's soundtrack for Waterland has never been commercially released, ostensibly due to contractual issues with the symphony that recorded it. Here's an online sampler: https://www.carterburwell.com/projects/Waterland.shtml

gbaji.bsky.social•120 days ago

notgoodwith.computer•120 days ago

The Flight Club soundtrack is also good, if one insta-skips the track that's got movie dialog in it

andrewnk.bsky.social•120 days ago

The Tron: Legacy score is a an 11 out of 10. Can't wait to see what Trent and Atticus do with Tron: Ares. I hope the movie overall is better, but it'll be hard to top Legacy's score.

valorfaerie.bsky.social•120 days ago

tron: legacy is an amazing score

proudrebelscum.bsky.social•120 days ago

interstellar?

cornstarch.bsky.social•120 days ago

💯

downpuppy.bsky.social•120 days ago

The Lone Star soundtrack CD is amazing. Not sure how much of it is really in the (great!) movie.

failedstatemind.bsky.social•120 days ago

Social network and true grit are heavy in the rotation
Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford

ahumbleman.bsky.social•119 days ago

Tron legacy lives in my head rent free

Its straight up a filter in the back of my mind that i run all music through at this point lol

jeblucas.bsky.social•120 days ago

Chaiyya Chaiyya is a bop if you’re also hearing the soundtracks

lordkeynes42.bsky.social•120 days ago

How are you not listening to the soundtrack to the movie Nebraska?

fragment.city•120 days ago

rogue nation? interesting, I am curious to revisit

on the topic of social network, have you seen the knick? electronic soundtrack over grimy early 20th century medical drama, soderbergh shooting and editing literally all of it himself.

moderndaybartleby.bsky.social•120 days ago

The best South Korean film of all time, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, also has the best score/OST
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ4fUEoWgusswxH-XAxb8Lfud9Xog0-_-&si=y5x9iPjMxOIBBUTX

martinobeat.bsky.social•120 days ago

Inside Man is the best, love the first needle drop on that Bollywood song

iainl7.bsky.social•120 days ago

Oh, how I adore the Rogue Nation soundtrack. Possibly even better than Elfman’s entry?

gkeenan.co•120 days ago

Oh my god, “Chaiyya Chaiyya” is a banger.

omniart.bsky.social•120 days ago

I had “Chaiyya Chaiyya” on repeat for a month! The original music video, with a bunch of dancers on a train riding around the Indian countryside is fantastic.

gkeenan.co•120 days ago

Oh hell yes

mattboyd.bsky.social•120 days ago

Wow! That is a great concept, excellent shots, and excellent choreography all together

patrickw.bsky.social•120 days ago

Terenche Blanchard, man. His score for 25th Hour rips, and The Woman King was good, too

jayfrosting.net•120 days ago

Your Social Network bit reminded me to re-enjoy Tron Legacy. So glad to see this follow up.

atariarchive.org•120 days ago

Tron Legacy had no right being that good. We used to use it for mood music in tabletop games

shinyjunimo.bsky.social•120 days ago

Tron Legacy's integration of its score is so fucking good

alecperkins.me•120 days ago

Tron: Legacy is so dang good

paulthomas.bsky.social•120 days ago

I think about the Philip Glass score for The Fog of War a lot

huckelcommasean.bsky.social•120 days ago

TRON: Legacy has to have one of the biggest soundtrack vs actual movie quality disparity ever.

shivambhatt.bsky.social•120 days ago

this is a fantastic list

johnvannote.bsky.social•120 days ago

Toy Story 3

friendlygamer.bsky.social•120 days ago

Trent Reznor just decided in 2010 to go and upend another medium. The Social Network is probably the best to listen to on its own, but Gone Girl's burrowed itself into me while watching the film in the theater like no other did before or since.

ahumbleman.bsky.social•119 days ago

I also like his girl with the dragon tattoo soundtrack

dougbonham.blog•120 days ago

I still think there needs to be some wild jukebox musical using Nine Inch Nails songs to help make Trent Reznor an EGOT

illwillbli.bsky.social•120 days ago

Sicario has got to be top 10 as well.

achilleselbow.bsky.social•120 days ago

Soundtracks I like while mechanic-ing on my bicycle: The Matrix.

lizamezzo.bsky.social•120 days ago

Basically anything by Daniel Pemberton, dude has the gift

golikehellmachine.com•120 days ago

i know you didn't ask for recommendations, but clint mansell's scores for the fountain and black mirror are superb, too, along with mogwai's score for les revenants

starburyvmadison.bsky.social•119 days ago

Let us not forget his score for ‘Moon’! Haunting

starburyvmadison.bsky.social•119 days ago

https://youtu.be/WUraLNrTVeg?si=LKqzhezY3OdZS6I4

vir-innominatum.bsky.social•120 days ago

Danny Elfman's score for Batman (Michael Keaton) is excellent.
The score for Conan the Barbarian is likewise excellent.

notthatava.bsky.social•120 days ago

His score for Love Lies Bleeding is also a great one!!

toobigtofail.bsky.social•120 days ago

Mansell's score for The Fountain is the best movie score ever made, period. Death is the Road to Awe might be the single best instrumental track from any soundtrack.

gbaji.bsky.social•120 days ago

outlander1701.bsky.social•120 days ago

The Inception soundtrack is top notch

emohn.net•120 days ago

And after watching Civil War (2024) on a flight home yesterday and asking myself, “is this Mogwai” I discovered that Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow have done EXCELLENT work on it, ex machina, and Constellation… and Black Mirror, it seems, so we’re full circle.

opinionevaluator.bsky.social•120 days ago

Second (third?) The Fountain. Amazing score on its own, and pulls a visually arresting movie that teeters on the edge of self indulgence firmly into excellence territory.

mcain.bsky.social•120 days ago

I had Mansell’s soundtrack to π on very heavy rotation back in college

upbeatprof.bsky.social•120 days ago

echo praise for Mansell's soundtracks. the climax in The Fountain makes my heart catch every time.

mattmiller.bsky.social•120 days ago

the Fountain score is a desert island disc

timquackenbush.bsky.social•120 days ago

Oh oh oh if we're doing unsolicited recommendations David Wingo is a super underrated composer in my book. Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special.

ijspurcell.bsky.social•120 days ago

Clint Mansell's score for The Fountain and Jonny Greenwood's score for Phantom Thread are my two favorites

charlesdainoff.bsky.social•120 days ago

Might I suggest the soundtrack albums Herbie Hancock made in the 60s, especially the one for Blow Up?

ragerestrepeat.bsky.social•120 days ago

This

charlesdainoff.bsky.social•120 days ago

You honor me

rainsurname.bsky.social•120 days ago

Any time I see anything about how smart Aaron Sorkin is, I think about how he wanted Paul Young's cover of Love of the Common People to play over the opening credits of The Social network. https://youtu.be/SVmjKHkgxis?si=4dEunjynCjKXcd27

munson.land•120 days ago

oh man don't get me started on film scores

metroidthief.bsky.social•120 days ago

Are you also a huge 90s soundtracks guy?

maximus1.bsky.social•120 days ago

📌

darbylyons.bsky.social•120 days ago

Out of Africa score is my background music for writing.

awesomecosmos.bsky.social•120 days ago

The Sicario soundtrack is amazing. Although I just now learned that the composer died a few years ago.

abeanchi.bsky.social•120 days ago

TRUE GRIT!!!

chrisdole86.bsky.social•120 days ago

One of Burwell's finest hours, the incorporation of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is just great stuff

velvethydrangea.bsky.social•120 days ago

Tron: Legacy slaps, as they say. (Do they still say that?)

I'm more of a Pride & Prejudice (2004) and The Duchess person, lately.

I used to listen to Fight Club all the time.

kphipps3000.bsky.social•119 days ago

My two slightly under the radar recommendation are always THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD and Cliff Martinez’s SOLARIS score.

bginchi.bsky.social•119 days ago

It also feels like the score to Sicario started that big blaring sound that really gets the blood going.

Was there a film before that with the same sound?

kphipps3000.bsky.social•119 days ago

INCEPTION, maybe? But that might be a different sort of blaring.

bginchi.bsky.social•119 days ago

Maybe. Would have to re-watch & listen.

Also love Jonny Greenwood's score for You Were Never Really Here.

shadowjack.bsky.social•120 days ago

(jeff bridges voice) THE GRID

celticdragon1.bsky.social•120 days ago

Gravity score is amazing

davegill.bsky.social•120 days ago

That Trent Reznor "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

browsunlimited.bsky.social•120 days ago

Saving for an awesome future playlist 📌

timothykolk.bsky.social•120 days ago

Try The Revenant.

anxioustwit.ch•120 days ago

That 2 hour long Daft Punk music video was great

kenmuldrew.bsky.social•120 days ago

I dare you to try Ladyhawke.

streetsahead.bsky.social•120 days ago

The American Beauty Score was the best alarm to wake up to on my Aiwa 3-disc stereo. Still is one of my top scores even though the movie does NOT stand the test of time (outside of Spacey even).

punkhistorian.bsky.social•120 days ago

Rogue Nation score is so good.

burkittsvillemike.bsky.social•120 days ago

True Grit might as well be Night of the Hunter (and I would love a vinyl reissue).

broncotruck.dissky.com•120 days ago

TRON: Legacy is my jam for life

joshheggen.com•120 days ago

The score for every season of Legion is on that level

offtheupright.bsky.social•120 days ago

GATTACA

bexleylister.bsky.social•120 days ago

Was coming to say this. Great film with a great score.

adeniro.bsky.social•120 days ago

Pacific Rim goes hard.
Also love Cloud Atlas

adamvadnais.bsky.social•120 days ago

Soderbergh’s Solaris. I promise you. Flawless working music

cornstarch.bsky.social•120 days ago

Yup. Cliff Martinez, who also wrote the "Traffic" score.

kellyhoover27.bsky.social•120 days ago

Tron legacy is incredible

trwatsoniv.bsky.social•120 days ago

Still one of my favorite videos to this day. They synced the movie to the beat and it is STELLAR

https://youtu.be/lN_MSyrq6-U?feature=shared

chyld.bsky.social•120 days ago

I appreciate this list, and curious to check these out!
May I ask, and also for others who listen to film scores regularly, in what context do you listen? Is it attentive listening, where that's all you're doing, or background for working/writing/cooking/making something, or something else?

thulcandrian.bsky.social•120 days ago

Danny Elfman - Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

sandyparker.bsky.social•120 days ago

I love Ennio Morricone’s score for The Mission.

ls24hrgrind.bsky.social•120 days ago

“If Beale Street Could Talk” is a totally different vibe, but excellent…

williefitz.bsky.social•120 days ago

Arrival OST is up there, too

liamdochartaigh.bsky.social•120 days ago

Definitely checout the soundtrack for hyper light drifter

bobgenghiskhan.bsky.social•120 days ago

Koyaanisqatsi is the apex score ever and on this I will brook no debate.

lolsuits.bsky.social•120 days ago

Gone Girl is up there with Social Network

benjaminjackson.bsky.social•120 days ago

Requiem for a dream was my study music in college

bagofbleeps.bsky.social•120 days ago

There was a year at burning man where you couldn't go around without hearing juice.
https://youtu.be/SBE3SNf9ppA?si=iYtm3Sa9-Ay03vSu

chriswilson.net•120 days ago

Probably the most memorable music soundtrack of all time for me.

The mass effect 3 theme hit me hard because it reminded me of the way lux aeterna had dark overtones, periods of uneasy calm, mixed with very distinct chaos and loss of control.

chriswilson.net•120 days ago

And no surprise they were both Clint Mansell haha

chopcornpickens.bsky.social•120 days ago

Moon soundtrack is so good

adw.bsky.social•119 days ago

Conan the Barbarian

jjdotbiz.bsky.social•120 days ago

True Grit score one of the best to ever do it

dallasmarcella.bsky.social•120 days ago

Same people who made TSN also made the challengers soundtrack

plantgoddess.bsky.social•120 days ago

My favorite is Sleepless in Seattle, Joe Cocker-Bye Bye Blackbird, Jimmy Durante, Gene Autry, Nat King Cole, Dr John, Tammy Wynette just to name some.
It's the only soundtrack I've ever bought.

alexanderfurnas.com•120 days ago

📌

patchcat.social•120 days ago

Add The Grand Budapest Hotel to this lineup

tmiyamoto.bsky.social•120 days ago

+1 to all of those

Zimmer's Thin Red Line score is an all time fave of mine. As is, Martinez's Solaris and Morricone's Days of Heaven.

mattrenninger.bsky.social•120 days ago

Love a good inside man reference great movie

jamellebouie.net•120 days ago

one of my favorites!

whogivesashirt.bsky.social•120 days ago

I loved the Glory and Dances With Wolves soundtracks as a kid. I remember having to defend my listening to a baffled teacher. Doubly embarrassing as he was the Cinema Studies head.

4freedoms.es•120 days ago

Missing on that list: Babylon.

The movie is a magnificent mess. The soundtrack is perfect. https://open.spotify.com/album/0jCuKxy96iDfx9JtXKRyXe?si=KiSIdgrARi6XiJImNytuoQ

guyshammguy.bsky.social•120 days ago

Get on that Challengers score

nickwidzowski.bsky.social•120 days ago

You seem like you might be a Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack guy maybe?

graemeedgeler.bsky.social•120 days ago

I loved the soundtrack from The Truman Show, and then I learned there was a whole film of it!

richhell.bsky.social•120 days ago

I have often run to the tron: legacy soundtrack. Love it!

zolides.bsky.social•120 days ago

This is shockingly close to my list. I think of Tron: Legacy as less a movie, but a visual album with some narrative beats.

d6bass.com•120 days ago

Tron Legacy is a legit classic

sunshining.bsky.social•120 days ago

The Mission is a master class…

joadsprocket.bsky.social•120 days ago

been spinning The Founder a lot lately

sunshot.bsky.social•120 days ago

True Grit! I have to play that one more often. 🤯

pithysnarky.bsky.social•119 days ago

Love TSN and Tron: Legacy, and others have mentioned Requiem For A Dream. Another go-to for me is Graeme Revell’s score for The Crow. (Has it been that long ago already? Wow…)