Sci-fi/ambient movie/series soundtracks that are fantastic

Microtribe · 2024-01-25T10:47:11.094Z

That was an intense film. Heavy soundtrack in places.
Totally underrated

Landings · 2024-01-25T11:09:18.145Z

orionka · 2024-01-25T11:39:11.581Z

At his best? This guy made the Drive soundtrack!

hdd · 2024-01-25T15:34:39.165Z

it’s gamelan ensemble

wignersfriend · 2024-01-25T15:47:21.398Z

And maybe not exactly what you were looking for, but I love this movie and soundtrack

jamesstiff · 2024-01-25T16:01:56.542Z

Another Ben Salisbury / Geoff Barrow soundtrack. Written for Dredd (2012) but shelved.

Full playlist here

Landings · 2024-01-25T16:13:05.322Z

Love Paris Texas. One of my favs.

jamesstiff · 2024-01-25T16:31:47.462Z

Clint Mansell’s score for Moon:

h3n6 · 2024-01-25T17:10:07.712Z

Nice, I’ll listen to this! I was about to post the Tron: Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk (Spotify link / Youtube playlist). Never got around to watching these movies, haha!

alechko · 2024-01-25T17:15:17.473Z

I love the soundtrack, but the movie was… well… let’s say that even Jeff Bridges couldn’t save that one for me…

FiveTenFiftyfold · 2024-01-25T17:19:00.991Z

Paris Texas… pretty much perfect soundtrack to a pretty much perfect film, absolutely love it

ram · 2024-01-25T22:00:23.872Z

Love this thread!
Cliff Martinez also composed Soderbergh’s “The Knick” soundtrack, which is beautiful and fits surprisingly well the early twentieth century setting.

Imposter · 2024-01-26T00:30:39.374Z

I regularly relisten to a bunch of tracks from the Watchmen series OST, this one in particular

Matmcr · 2024-01-26T00:36:26.529Z

As mentioned Eduard Artemiev, amazing work with Tarkovsky… this scene from Stalker

hardwax.com

Eduard Artemiev: The Mirror / Stalker Original Soundtracks, LP

Perfect official release of legendary Tarkovsky movie soundtracks from the 1970s - presented in beautiful gatefold cover (A-side has 14 tracks in total)

FiveTenFiftyfold · 2024-01-27T11:42:44.698Z

Absolutely love this film and soundtrack! I first saw this film on the tv when I was a kid, maybe 8 or 9 years old, and it totally engrossed me, the imagery and feeling stayed with me for years before I saw it again. I only half understood what was going on but still totally ‘got’ it, if that makes any sense.

Did you ever hear this from Artemiev too?

FiveTenFiftyfold · 2024-01-27T11:54:10.052Z

Also linked to that (and the Solaris remake mentioned above), this scene which in a way mirrors (no pun intended) that scene from Stalker from the original Solaris. No music in this scene but love the sound design and how it builds. And of course Tarkovsky’s use of colour / black and white is essential, just as per Stalker.

Sternenlicht · 2024-01-27T12:07:07.830Z

I was a great fan of the book, but the series was a bit shallow, the soundtrack is great nevertheless.

LoomieDarko · 2024-01-27T13:38:57.996Z

If I remember well this is an Apparat track.
Edit: with Soap&skin, you are right

mattp · 2024-01-27T14:28:06.172Z

I’ve always been a fan of the soundtrack for 1971’s The Andromeda Strain.

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+andromeda+strain+soundtrack&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:86dad685,vid:j-R0kuHyBb8,st:0

I remember really enjoying the film and music when I saw it first in the early 80s.

Matmcr · 2024-01-27T15:05:18.071Z

Thanks for the link! I’ve not heard that Artemyev LP - will check that out!

I know what you mean with Tarkovsky. I was really drawn into the world of his films, but still couldn’t work out what was going on half the time. That highway scene from Solaris is mesmerising. I had a similar experience when I first saw it. I find Bela Tarr films the same. Similarly, the cable car scene in Damnation has that brooding/build-up feel, and the Titanik bar scene is up there as one of the best scenes put on film (from what I’ve seen anyhow). The Amazing pieces of work.