Best recent film soundtracks.

[Doclector]

You, yes you. You need to tell me about film soundtracks within the last five years that you found to be unspeakably awesome. This is not a choice. This is not a democracy. You now live in the republic of Doclector, and you shall do this thing for me, because I'm a guy from the internet, and thus, a totally wise place to take orders from.

Imma start things off with a film I watched last week and still can't stop hyping about. Godzilla.


MMM. Feel it. Feel the scale, feel the...epicness. I guess. Look, I've talked about films a lot, but I still haven't quite got the skills of talking about why a piece of movie music is good. It just works, it's big, it's grand, it has violins and shit.

 

[Tom_green_day]

No offence but that piece sounds pretty boring- it is full of repetition and no real hooks to create grandeur. For the past 5 years... Try Kick Ass, that's probably your best bet for a great recent soundtrack that actually fit the film it was in.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Like the other guy said, that track sounds pretty standard-issue. Not bad, but not very memorable either.
I came to this thread with these two tracks in mind.

 

[Aris Khandr]

When images like this start popping up around the internet, you know a soundtrack is good:

So yeah, Frozen has a great soundtrack. Obviously, Idina Menzel killed the song written for her, but the rest of the music is just as solid. I have a strong affection for the trolls' song as well. The whole thing is worth a listen, though.

 

[War Penguin]

Her's soundtrack was amazing and anyone who disagrees is wrong. It's not even a matter of opinion. They're just objectively wrong.


There's just something so beautifully simplistic about it. The fact that it's so simple and sweet fits in perfectly for a story about love. I find it to be rather nostalgic, yearning for simpler times, looking back on fond memories. Very cute, very elegant. Nothing booming or major about it. It's the kind of music that you'd love to listen to while walking on the beach or laying on the grass watching the clouds.

God, that was a fucking good movie!

 

[pearcinator]

Drive (2011)

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Great soundtrack! Great film!

Also, The Book of Eli. The film was average at best but it's soundtrack truly captured the atmosphere of the post-apocalyptic world.

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[Zakarath]

I'm here to second Pacific Rim and Frozen. Do you wanna build a Jaeger?

Others worthy of note:

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I would also nominate Pacific Rim, but sadly the main theme is really the only memorable piece of music on the soundtrack (not that it isn't totally enough to carry both the soundtrack and the movie, god it sounds so fucking epic).

 

[Richard23]

Keith Stanfield's 'So You Know What It's Like' (from the Short Term 12 movie).
And somehow also loved the soundtrack of The Hunger Games.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Spoiler: Time for some Paprika up in this *****!

 

[CloudAtlas]

So yeah, Frozen has a great soundtrack. Obviously, Idina Menzel killed the song written for her, but the rest of the music is just as solid. I have a strong affection for the trolls' song as well. The whole thing is worth a listen, though.

I'm not quite, eh, part of the target audience, but I have to agree on that. Definitely a worthy winner of the Oscar for Best Original Song. Just as worthy as the winner for Best Original Score: Gravity. That's probably my favourite soundtrack of the last years; it is definitely supremely effective.

I thought Inception had an awesome soundtrack too.

 

[lee1287]

Inside LLewyn Davis. Brilliant songs. Stark sands is bloody amazing. Frozen aswell, though no one mentioned the song at the start, the miners singing? Frozen heart i think it's called.

 

[leberkaese]

Spoiler: Rush (2013)

When I saw this movie I was sure: this would get the Oscar for best original score in 2013. I was surprised when it wasn't even nominated in the end...
Just an awesome soundtrack made by Hans Zimmer (his best work besides Gladiator, Inception and Lion King, imo). Also: the movie is pretty great, too - well made and focused on the drivers instead of the racing, so it's something that can be enjoyed by someone who doesn't like motor sports.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

Within the last 5 years?
Well, I guess Tron Legacy still qualifies!

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

I was gonna go with the new Godzilla as well, in terms of really recent films.

But you know what recent movie that came out late last year that also has an amazing soundtrack?

Madoka.

Spoiler

 

[Cowabungaa]

Depends, what's recent? The last four years nothing really stuck with me except the main Pacific Rim theme, that was badass.

Then again, I'm slightly out of the loop, movie-wise. I'm a wee bit stuck in the past you could say.

So yeah, Frozen has a great soundtrack.

I absolutely beg to differ. It was filled with incredibly generic, basic pop songs, I didn't at all feel like it had any kind of solid identity behind it. If I'd hear it without seeing the movie I'd never have guessed anything else about it. Where was the Scandinavian inspiration? Where was the flavour?

If you ask me, the last great soundtrack Disney made was The Princess and the Frog's OST. Now that had a kick to it. Frozen's music felt commercial as hell, Oscar-bait in terms in movie OSTs. Sure paid off too.

 

[Casual Shinji]

If you ask me, the last great soundtrack Disney made was The Princess and the Frog's OST. Now that had a kick to it. Frozen's music felt commercial as hell, Oscar-bait in terms in movie OSTs. Sure paid off too.

Can't say I remember too much from that soundtrack either, except for part of the refrain from the villain song. But then I only saw that movie once, and then quickly forgot about most of it.

But yeah, the whole soundtrack of Frozen felt like a very generic pop musical. Something that would feel very at home in Glee. To me the soundtrack of Tangled blows it out of the water, which itself wasn't some unique masterpiece, but it had the kean tunes of Alan Menkin backing it up. Honestly, the last truly great Disney soundtrack was Hunchback of the Notre Dame, and no, not just because of the villain song.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Can't say I remember too much from that soundtrack either, except for part of the refrain from the villain song. But then I only saw that movie once, and then quickly forgot about most of it.

Well, I suck at remembering details, but I do remember that the Princess and the Frog soundtrack actually used its setting in its soundtrack. It had the flavour of 1920's New Orleans, listening to it without ever seeing the movie just makes you visualize the whole thing. Frozen never did such a thing. Tangled neither but at least that had the excuse of being a rather generic fantasy story, but at least that one felt more fun. Frozen had the whole Scandinavian vibe going for it but it barely utilized that, and not at all in the soundtrack. A shame really.

 

[Reynaert]

Spoiler: Time for some Paprika up in this *****!

That's a great movie with an awesome soundtrack, especially 'Girl in The Byakkoya'. I love it!

The OST from Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk isn't bad either. Some pieces almost sound like classical works, others are really energetic.

Spoiler: Hey Listen!

PS: I almost forgot to mention Drive.

Spoiler: Silly me.

 

[RiseUp]

I would also nominate Pacific Rim, but sadly the main theme is really the only memorable piece of music on the soundtrack (not that it isn't totally enough to carry both the soundtrack and the movie, god it sounds so fucking epic).

I disagree completely, every piece in that soundtrack was fantastic, and I love the way it loops back on itself, using similar backing melodies throughout, but putting new twists on them, like "Category 5" borrowing from "2500 Tons of Awesome". As a whole, it's one of the best movie soundtracks I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. It has a consistent theme while keeping some nice variety (slower songs like "Cancelling the Apocalypse" and "Mako" do a great job of keeping it from becoming monotonous).