The Crow (1994)

There are so many great ones, but the one I think would be irreplaceable is dances with wolves.

Paris, Texas. Pure desolate vastness, pain and longing and loneliness. The whole soundtrack is out of this world. Absolute pitch-perfect genius by Ry Cooder setting the tone for what is also a phenomenal film in its own right.

Transformers: The Movie (1986).

• Dare
• The Touch
• the awesome Lions cover of the theme
• and of course, Dare to Be Stupid

Reservoir Dogs

Tarantino has a good feel for scores in general, but this one is perfect.

Not my favorite because I don’t really pick favorites but I remember that forgettable vampire movie, the one with Aaliyah, had a pretty good soundtrack. If you like early 2000s rock.

Not a single mention of How to Train Your Dragon? That OST is like my heroin

Moon by Clint Mansell this soundtrack guided me through hundreds of hours of log reading from support tech days through sysadmin days.

It just falls to the background after a few minutes and becomes trance like.

That Daft Punk Tron: Legacy soundtrack.

Gladiator is definitely up there. That or LOTR

Natural born killers OST

Choosing is too difficult, it all depends on your mood in a given moment.

Some favourite OSTs:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Blade Runner
• Ghost in the Shell 1/2
• Pulp Fiction
• Scarface
• Trainspotting
• Six-String Samurai
• Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
• The Matrix
• The Terminator
• City of God / Cidade de Deus
• StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops / Keruberosu: Jigoku no Banken
• Guest from the Future / Gostya iz budushchego (technically a mini-series)
• The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! / Ironiya Sudbi, ili si Lehkim Parom

Snatch is a fun one.

π is also very good.

Once (2007)

Judgment Night - definitely wins in a debate about the biggest disparity between the quality of a film and it’s soundtrack.