1968 movie with Burt Lancaster based on the sublime short story by John Cheever. Lancaster is splendid, the direction is a little dated but still pitch-perfect, particularly the autumnal two-handers that make up the middle act of the film.

But, the whole thing is defecated on from a great height by Marvin Hamlisch's excessive score, particularly in the closing scene. What should be unbearable poignancy is rendered into absurd melodrama by the music.

Oh, and Murray Gold is still spoiling Doctor Who.

Far and away the best soundtrack to any film, ever.

I'd throw in Sideways as my number two.

with laughing Len?

makes the movie.

Morricone himself has provided sublime music for some real threadbare films:

Butterfly, Exorcist II: the Heretic, Wolf, The Red Tent.

By the way I was at the Morricone concert myself, sat next to a young lady who wept with joy when they performed 'Once Upon a Time in the West'. Praise doesn't really get any higher does it?

Zed & Two Noughts began an obsession with both him and Greenaway.
Greenaway lost the plot IMO around Prospero's Books but Nyman keeps going with Gattaca being another of my passions.

cliff martinez(solaris,traffic) & clint mansell(moon, requiem for a dream) soundtracks

Great film with a brilliant soundtrack almost entirely by Amy Mann. The opening song - a cover of Harry Nilson's "One" sets the scene perfectly but all of the songs are excellent and really add something to the film.

...was a really disappointing film of the very good book, but the soundtrack is fabulous.
It has the only decent thing that All Saints released on it, plus Faithless, Moby, Underworld and Leftfield.

...has done some simply astounding soundtrack work since his PWEI days, most recently for Duncan Jones' 'Moon'. He's worked a lot with Darren Aronovsky too, producing beautiful stuff for 'The Fountain' but most memorably for 'Requiem For A Dream', from which 'Lux Aeterna' has been much pilfered.

Here it is for the uninitiated...

and here's something from 'The Fountain'...

oh, go on, one from 'Moon' too...

Ry Cooder

but I adore Vangelis's soundtrack for Chariots of Fire and Zimmer/Gerrard for Gladiator.

Morricone,s "Once Upon A Time In America"--probably my favourite film.

Everyone rightly remembers the classic theme tune, but I bought the whole album soundtrack on the basis of that single piece: the rest really doesn't stand up on its own at all, although they do give you lots of bits of dialogue too.

Love the film - and the Walter/Wendy Carlos soundtrack. Fabulous stuff

Philip Glass's soundtrack to Mishima is wonderful.

John Murphy does an excellent job of filling in, but Danny Boyle's original idea of Godspeed You Black Emperor to do the whole thing is the stuff of dreams/nightmares.

Similarly, the original idea for Fight Club was a Radiohead soundtrack, although the Dust Brothers stuff is great and nothing could replace Pixies at the end.

Truly outstanding soundtrack featuring Miles Davis and John Lee Hooker, truly dire film featuring Don Johnson.

Anatomy of a Murder,fabulous film,fabulous score from Duke Ellington.Had to include this even though it's not what was requested.