Which films/video games have the best soundtracks?

Question

I like soundtracks that have very powerful, epic scores. Heavy with brass, string, and percussion (which is pretty much the whole orchestra lol) Here are the soundtracks that I already have to get an idea. My favorite composers are John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, John Powell, Lorne Balfe, Alan Silvestri, and James Newton Howard:

Apollo 13
Assassin's Creed 1,2,3
Back to the Future
Band of Brothers
Nolan's Batman trilogy
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty
Casino Royale
Crysis 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Forrest Gump
Game of Thrones
Gladiator
Halo 4
The Hobbit
The Hunger Games
BioShock
Inception
John Adams
Killzone 2,3
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last Samurai
The Legend of Zelda
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Mass Effect 3
Medal of Honor
Metal Gear Solid
The Pacific
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Shadow of the Colossus
Star Trek (2009)
Star Wars saga
The Thin Red Line
True Grit
Uncharted 1,2,3
War Horse

Answer 1

Legend of Zelda, perhaps all

Final Fantasy (6-9 and 12 for me)

Harry Potter, especially 7

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

The Hobbit

The Hunger Games

Pirates of the Carribean

How to Train Your Dragon

Armageddon

Game of Thrones

Assassin's Creed (all)

Metal Gear Solid

The Dark Knight trilogy

Paper Mario (N64)

Super Mario Galaxy

Star Wars

Kick @ss (change the @ to A -.-)

Inception



That is all I can think of right now...

Answer 2

My favorite movie scores:



The Dark Knight Trilogy - Hans zimmer

Transformers Trilogy - Steve Jablonsky w/ Hans zimmer

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Inception

How to Train Your Dragon

Schindler's List

Armaggedon

Tron

Harry Potter

Black Hawk Down

The Island

Answer 3

My favorite movie composer is John Williams. Some of my favorite soundtracks are the Indiana Jones series and Star Wars. I also very much like John Powell and Harry Gregson Williams' work on Chicken Run. My favorite Hanz Zimmer soundtrack is The Lion King (all tracks except the songs), for which he won an Oscar.



My favroite game soundtracks are Donkey Kong Country 2 (David Wise), Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 (Mahito Yokota), and the Mass Effect series (Sam Hulick et al.).

Answer 4

Tim Armstrong Ian Mackaye Jesse Michaels Randy Rhoades Tony Iommi Davey Havok Lars Frederikson Dimebag Darrell Joe Strummer Greg Graffin Brett Gurewitz Frank Zappa Matt Freeman Jim Lindberg Henry Rollins Glenn Danzig Jimi Hendrix Serj Tankian Keith Moon H.R. Dr.Recognize Chuck Schulinder

Answer 5

If you like Score music, check out Two Steps from Hell:



http://www.twostepsfromhell.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/TwoStepsFromTheMusic/featured



Deus Ex: Human Revolution has some of the best video game score music I've heard.



As for films, pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer.



The Lord of the RIngs (and now The Hobbit) are some of the best, imo.

Answer 6

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has a great one. It intertwines powerful choir and some bad-*** percussion. Gears of War also has great songs.

Both of these are epic.

Answer 7

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Pirates of the Caribbean

Everything is illuminated

Answer 8

GTA Vice City has a sick sound track. So does that Mary Kate and Ashley game from the 90's.