Soundtracks (Reference)

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Luis Bacalov

• Il Postino [1994–2000, Cam Jazz], B+(**)

Burt Bacharach (1928–2023)

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [1969, A&M]
• Greatest Hits [(1974), A&M]
• Classics, Vol. 23 [(1987), A&M]
• The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection [(1998), Rhino, 3 CD]

John Barry (1933– )

• Goldfinger [1964, Capitol]
• You Only Live Twice [1967, Capitol]
• A Lion in Winter [1967, Columbia/Legacy]
• Diamonds Are Forever [1972, EMI America]
• Born Free [1979, Polydor]
• Out of Africa [1980, MCA]
• The Cotton Club [1985, Geffen]
• The Film Music of John Barry [(1988), CBS]
• Dances with Wolves [1990, Epic]
• King Rat [1995, Sony]

Elmer Bernstein (1922– )

• The Man with the Golden Arm [1956, MCA]
• The Magnificent Seven [1960, Rykodisc]
• The Great Escape [1963, Intrada]
• Return of the Magnificent Seven [1966, Rykodisc]
• The Age of Innocence [1993, Epic]
• Great Escape [(1998), Rykodisc]

Jonathan Elias (1956– )

• Path to Zero: Prayer Cycle [2011, Downtown], D+

Lisa Gerrard

• w/Jeff Rona: A Thousand Roads [2005, Wide Blue Sky], B

Glee Cast

• Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 [2009, Columbia], B–
• Glee: The Music, Vol. 2 [2009, Columbia], B
• Glee: The Music, the Power of Madonna [2010, Columbia, EP], B+(*)
• Glee: The Music, Season Three: The Graduation Album [2012, Columbia], B–

Bernard Herrmann (1911–75)

• Vertigo [1958, Mercury]
• Music from Great Film Classics [(1971), Decca/London]
• Taxi Driver [1976, Arista]
• Classic Fantasy Film Scores [(1988), Cloud Nine]
• The Day the Earth Stood Still [(1993), Fox]
• North by Northwest [(1995), Rhino]
• Marvellous Film World of Bernard Herrmann [(1996), Tsunami]
• Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers [(1996), London]
• Bernard Herrmann at Fox, Vol. 3 [(2000), Varese]

Henry Mancini (1924–94)

• Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961, RCA]
• Charade [1963, RCA]
• Merry Mancini Christmas [1966, RCA]
• The Best of Mancini [(1987), RCA]
• Pink Panther, Moon River, Baby Elephant Walk, and Other Hits [(1987), RCA]
• All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [(1988), RCA]
• The Jazz Sound from Peter Gunn [1994, Fresh Sounds]
• Victor / Victoria [1994, GNP Crescendo]
• Days of Wine and Roses [(1995), RCA, 3 CD]
• In the Pink: The Ultimate Collection [(1996), RCA]
• The Pink Panther [RCA]

Johnny Mandel (1925– )

• I Want to Live [1958, Rykodisc]

Ennio Morricone (1928–2020)

• A Fistful of Dollars [1967, RCA]
• Burn [1970, United Artists]
• Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection [1964–72, RCA]
• The Mission [1986, Atlantic]
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [1988, EMI America]
• Casualties of Ware [1989, Columbia]
• Film Music, Volume 1 [(1987), Virgin], A–
• Film Music, Volume 2 [1968–86, Virgin], B+
• Legendary Italian Westerns [(1990), RCA]
• Wolf [1995, Columbia]
• With Love: Music Composed and Conducted by Ennio Morricone [(1995), DRG]
• The Ennio Morricone Anthology [(1995), Rhino, 2 CD]
• Once Upon a Time in the Cinema [(1996), Varese]
• Bulworth [1998, RCA]

Michael Nyman (1944– )

• Prospero's Books [1991, London]

Nino Rota (1911–79)

• Juliet of the Spirits [Original Sound Track Recording] [1965, Mainstream]
• The Godfather [1972, MCA]
• The Godfather Pt. 2 [1974, MCA]
• Fellini & Rota [1952–2003, CAM Jazz], B+(*)

Lalo Schifrin (1932– )

• Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova [1962, Verve], B
• Music from Mission: Impossible [(1994), One Way]
• Firebird Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 [1995, Four Winds]
• Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 4 [1998, Aleph]
• Tango [1998, Deutsche Grammophon]
• Bullitt [2000, Reactive]
• Lalo Schifrin and Friends [2007, Aleph], B+(*)
• Invocations: Jazz Meets the Symphony #7 [2010, Aleph], B

Howard Shore (1946– )

• w/Ornette Coleman, London Philharmonic Orchestra: Naked Lunch [The Complete Original Soundtrack Remastered] [1991, Howe], B+(*)

Smash Cast [2012– ]

• The Music of Smash [2012, Columbia], B–

Carl Stalling

• The Carl Stalling Project: Music from Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936–1958 [1936–58, Warner Brothers]
• The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2 [(1995), Warner Brothers]

Jeff Wayne

• The War of the Worlds [1976–77, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+(***)

Various Artists

• Afghan Star [2009, Silva Screen], B+(**)
• Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony [1955–2001, ATO], B+(**)
• American Honey [1974–2015, UME], A–
• BackBeat [1994, Virgin], B+
• Bad Boys II [2003, Bad Boy]
• Badmutha's: 18 Original Black Movie Hits [(1998), MCI Music]
• Barbie: The Album [2023, Atlantic], B+(***)
• Batman Forever [1995, Atlantic]
• Be Kind Rewind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2007, Lakeshore], B
• Birds of Prey: The Album [(2020), Atlantic], B+(**)
• Black Orpheus [1959, Verve]
• The Bob's Burgers Music Album [2010–2016, Sub Pop, 2CD], B+(*)
• Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars [1999, Motel]
• Born to Be Blue: Music From the Motion Picture [(2016), Rhino], B+(*)
• Brokeback Mountain [2005, Verve Forecast], B
• Bulworth: The Soundtrack [1998, Interscope]
• Cabin in the Sky [1942, Rhino]
• Catch and Release (Music From the Motion Picture) [1992–2006, Legacy/Sony Music Soundtrax], B–
• CB4 [1993, MCA]
• City of Industry [1997, Quango]
• The Corruptor: The Soundtrack [1999, Jive], B+(**)
• Crooklyn [1994, MCA]
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [2000, Sony Classical]
• Cry-Baby [1990, MCA], B
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party [2006, Geffen], B
• Dazed and Confused [1993, Warner Brothers], A
• The Decline of Western Civilization [1981, Slash]
• The Descendants [Music From the Motion Picture] [1962–2010, Sony Masterworks], A–
• Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment [2002, Rhino]
• Dirty Dancing (Legacy Edition) [1955–87, RCA/Legacy, 2 CD], B
• Diva [1982, Rykodisc]
• Drive Me Crazy [1999, Jive]
• Excess Baggage [1998, Prophecy]
• Falling from Grace [1991, Mercury]
• Fiorello! [Original Broadway Cast] [1959, Angel]
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [(2008), Verve Forecast], B
• Get Shorty [1995, Antilles]
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [2000, Epic/Razor Sharp], B+
• Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack [1984, Arista/Legacy], C
• Girls Town [1996, Mercury]
• A Good Year [Music From the Motion Picture] [(2006), Legacy/Sony Music Soundtrack], B
• Guys and Dolls [1994, RCA], B–
• Hairspray [1988, MCA], A+
• Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [2015, Atlantic], B+(**)
• The Hamilton Mixtape [2016, Atlantic], B+(***)
• High Fidelity [2000, Hollywood], B+
• Honeymoon in Vegas [1992, Epic]
• The Horse Whisperer [1998, MCA]
• Hot Rod (Music From the Motion Picture) [1978–2007, Legacy], C
• Hype! [1996, Sub Pop]
• The Jackal [1997, MCA]
• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten [1944–2002, Epic/Legacy], B+(**)
• Kids [1995, London]
• The Last Time I Committed Suicide [(1997), Blue Note]
• Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [2004–2005, Verve Forecast], B+(*)
• Magnolia [1999, Reprise]
• Miles Ahead [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [(2016), Columbia/Legacy], B+(*)
• Ned Kelly [1970, Rykodisc]
• Natural Born Killers [1994, Interscope]
• New Jack City [Music From the Motion Picture] [1991, Giant], B+(***)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000, Mercury], B+
• Permanent Record [1988, Epic], B+
• Porky's Revenge [1985, Columbia/Legacy], B+
• Pulp Fiction [1994, MCA]
• Rent [1996, Dreamworks]
• Repo Man [1984, San Andreas]
• Rocky IV [1985, Volcano/Legacy], C+
• Romeo Must Die: The Album [2000, Virgin], B+(***)
• Round Midnight [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1986, Columbia], B+(*)
• Saturday Night Fever [The Original Movie Sound Track] [1977, Polydor]
• Set It Off [1996, Elektra]
• Singles [1992, Epic]
• Sky Girl [1961–91, Efficient Space], B+(*)
• Songs from Chippy [1994, Hollywood], A–
• The Songs of West Side Story [1996, RCA]
• Soul Food [1997, LaFace]
• Sounds and Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher [1980–2008, ECM], B–
• South Central [1992, Hollywood Basic]
• South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut [1999, Atlantic]
• Space Jam [1996, Warner Brothers]
• Suburbia [1997, DGC]
• Third World Cop [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1999, Palm Pictures], A–
• Trainspotting [1996, Capitol]
• Trans Formers: The Movie (20th Anniversary Edition) [1985–86, Volcano/Legacy], B+(*)
• Traveller [1997, Asylum]
• Trespass [1992, Sire]
• 24 Hour Party People [(2002), FFRR]
• Waiting to Exhale [Original Soundtrack Album] [1995, Arista], B+(**)
• The War (A Ken Burns Film): The Soundtrack [1939–2005, Legacy], B
• The War (A Ken Burns Film): Sentimental Journey: Hits From the Second World War [1930–45, Legacy], B+(***)
• The War (A Ken Burns Film): I'm Beginning to See the Light: Dance Hits From the Second World War [1937–44, Legacy], A–
• The War (A Ken Burns Film): Deluxe Edition [1939–2005, Legacy, 4 CD], B