It's not all bad, it's mostly quite good, I suppose, but just because it carries the Hermann-brand doesn't mean it should make a top fifty. There's only fifty slots, Diesel, let's not split hairs here hehe. Although maybe it could be in the 40-50...I'd have to write it all out to be absolutely sure, but I think I am right with my ball-parking, to be honest.

The other scene with Travis watching the soap opera, .357 in hand, eventually nudging over the set with his foot, is a very good one too. De Niro probably improvised that one. His work with the Magnum is hypnotic. It ends slightly awkwardly though.

Gotta give it up to the earlier AB scene with the Browne song!

Of course, the ultimate Travis' apartment scene will always remain the genius improv "you talkin' to me?" in-the-mirror routine.

The Proposition soundtrack is awesome.

Off the top of my head I'd say my top 5 would be:

1. The Shining
2. Clockwork
3. Halloween
4. Star Wars
5. Gremlins


In terms of Danny Elfman, I think he did a great job on Beetlejuice.

Bought Beetlejuice on DVD a few months back. It's a great film.

Norma J, Australia's own Bee Gees will no doubt make a strong showing with the V/A -Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The brothers Gibb also wrote the song (they wrote many big hits) "Grease" for Frankie Valli. Grease, another Travolta-driven vehicle) will also get mention on the Guardian's top 50.

My second grade school teacher, Wanda Mallette, (which first made art materials really available to me) wrote "Lookin' For Love in All the Wrong Places" for Johnny Paycheck for the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. More Travolta, sorry, my apologies.

One of my favorites ever (edit-Beetlejuice).....mainly because I grew up watching it. The animation/weird death crap was really cool and it was pretty freakin' funny too.

"Nice fucking model." *honk honk

My mom didn't like that part.

yeah I remember watching it when it came out when I was little. I loved it, then watched it for the first time since (I think since) the other month and loved it on a whole other level.

on the cusp:

Do The Right Thing will get a spot. Perhaps Colors and Boyz 'n the Hood will too.

Repo Man definitely should, and I suppose, probably will.

Downtown 81 definitely should, and I suppose, probably won't.

Judgement Night, Suburbia, Pump Up the Volume, and Demonlover probably won't and probably shouldn't. Made in USA definitely is going to be nowhere on the radar.

Boys N Da Hood is a classic. Don't know about the soundtrack but.

The final 50:

1. The Wizard of Oz
Composer: Herbert Stothart. Songs by Harold Arlen / EY Harburg
(1939)
2. Psycho
Bernard Herrmann
(1959)
3. Star Wars
John Williams
(1977) 4. Pather Panchali
Ravi Shankar
(1955)
5. A Clockwork Orange
Wendy Carlos
(1971)
6. A Fistful Of Dollars
Ennio Morricone
(1964)
7. The Adventures of Robin Hood
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(1938)
8. Alexander Nevsky
Sergei Prokofiev
(1938)
9. Shaft
Isaac Hayes
(1971)
10. Lift To The Scaffold
Miles Davis
(1958)
11. Singin' In The Rain
Arthur Freed / Nacio Herb Brown
(1952)
12. Trainspotting
Compiler: Danny Boyle
(1996)
13. High Noon
Dimitri Tiomkin
(1952)
14. Blade Runner
Vangelis
(1982)
15. 2001
Compiler: Stanley Kubrick
(1968)

16. American Graffiti
Compiler: George Lucas
(1973)
17. American Beauty
Thomas Newman
(1999)
18. Fire Walk With Me
Angelo Badalamenti
(1992)19. Paris, Texas
Ry Cooder
(1984)
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Sevice
John Barry
(1969)

21. Dougal and the Blue Cat
Narrator: Eric Thompson
(1972)
22. Gone With The Wind
Max Steiner
(1939)
23. The Godfather
Nino Rota
(1972)
24. West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein
(1957)
25. Slade In Flame
Songs by Slade
(1974)
26. The Third Man
Anton Karas, (1949)
27. The Graduate
Simon and Garfunkel (1968)
28. The Pink Panther
Henry Mancini (1963)
29. Toy Story
Randy Newman (1995)
30. Round Midnight
Herbie Hancock (1986)
31. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
The Rza (1999)
32. Trouble Man
Marvin Gaye (1972)
33. Rosemary's Baby
Krzysztof Komeda (1968)
34. Head
The Monkees (1968)
35. Alfie
Sonny Rollins (1966)
36. The Italian Job
Quincy Jones (1969)
37. Once Upon A TIme In America
Ennio Morricone (1984)
38. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nitzsche (1975)
39. North By North West
Bernard Herrmann (1959)
40. Crooklyn
Various (1994)
41. Deliverance
Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel (1972)
42. Don't Look Now
Pino Donaggio (1973)
43. Casablanca
Max Steiner and Hugo W Friedhofer (1942)
44. On The Waterfront
Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim (1954)
45. Reservoir Dogs
Various (1992)
46. The Magnificent Seven
Elmer Bernstein (1960)
47. Snow Falling On Cedars
James Newton Howard (1999)
48. The Wicker Man
Paul Giovanni (1973)
49. Dirty Harry
Lalo Schifrin (1971) 50. The Devil In Miss Jones
Alden Shuman, (1973)

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/s...032992,00.html

What? No Wickerman?

They covered most of the required bases, but it's a shoddy list.

Number 48.

Oh i hadn't seen that, ignore my post.I would have ranked it a little higher than, say,American Beauty, though.Nevermind.

Velvet Goldmine.

It would have been higher on my list.

There's certainly no huge surprises, as is almost always the way with these kinds of lists. I think we've all come up with better/more original suggestions

the wicker man should have been number one since it's the best ever!

SWANS - Soundtracks for the Blind

Psycho is a pretty close second. And I have a soft spot in my heart for the Suburbia soundtrack.

Where's the Spinal Track soundtrack?

I haven't really heard many soundtracks but I also like Curtis Mayfield's Superfly and The Harder They Come.

Natural Born Killers

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