What are the best soundtracks?

[andrewducker]

I asked on my Facebook What instrumental movie soundtrack albums are better than Danny Elfman's Batman score?

And got a boatload of comments. Here are all of the suggestions in alphabetical order.

Sadly, there's no way for me to group these on Spotify to find later. But in the meantime, here's the list, and I'll be dipping into it whenever I fancy something instrumental in the background.

1492
2001
28 Days Later
300
Amelie
Baraka
Bladerunner
Braveheart
Clockwork Orange
Conan The Barbarian
Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon
Dances With Wolves
Dracula (Philip Glass)
Early Peter Greenaway
Escape From New York
Exotica
Forbidden Planet
Gattaca
Get Carter
Gladiator
Heathers
Hellraiser 2
House Of Flying Daggers
Inception
Interstellar
It Follows
Jaws
Koyaanisqatsi
LA Confidential
Last of the Mohicans
LotR
Metropolis (which one???)
Mishima
Much Ado About Nothing (Patrick Doyle version)
Naked Lunch
Near Dark
Once Upon A Time In The West
Paris Texas
Pirates of the Carribean
Powaqqatsi
Ravenous
Sleepy Hollow (soundtrack, not songs)
Social Network
Solaris
Sorceror
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars
Star Wars
Sunshine
The Fountain
The Incredibles
The Ipcress File
The Keep
The King's Speech
The Third Man
Tron: Legacy

Write-in additions:
The Skyrim Soundtrack
Carpenter Brut's "Trilogy" - which sounds like a soundtrack, and is well worth you listening to.

Comments

[strange_complex]

As the suggester of Metropolis, I can clarify that I meant the 1927 Fritz Lang one.

[andrewducker]

You know, I don't think I've ever heard it.

[strange_complex]

But you've seen the movie, right? If so, you've heard the soundtrack, and will know whether or not you want to hear it in its own right more regularly. If not, rectify immediately! ;-)