Why Adam Savage Is Embarrassed of His Musical Taste

What movie has the most underrated soundtrack? Does Adam draw inspiration from music for his work? In this live stream excerpt Adam Savage answers these questions from @johnosbornmusic and @wimkoens5823, whom we thank for their support. What soundtrack do YOU love? Which musicians do YOU find inspirational?
(0:00:00) What movie has the most underrated banger of a soundtrack?
(0:04:03) Do you draw inspiration from music for your work?
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What soundtrack do YOU love? Which musicians do YOU find inspirational? Until the End of the World soundtrack: amzn.to/3Jy2YrA War of the Planet of the Apes Score: amzn.to/3UeyEaG Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack: amzn.to/3vZXEKL Lost Boys soundtrack: amzn.to/3JBzolc Legend soundtrack: amzn.to/3xQl5GX Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore) soundtracks: amzn.to/3Qeua2j Carter Burwell: amzn.to/44iDqs0 Miller's Crossing soundtrack: amzn.to/3UxzdgV Raising Arizona soundtrack: amzn.to/3JwoahU Joni Mitchell Blue: amzn.to/4b8QmDe Lana Del Ray: amzn.to/3QjiIm8 Brandi Carlile: amzn.to/4a1Bg1y The Milk Carton Kids: amzn.to/3JBARbc Billie Eilish: amzn.to/3QfQYir Shawn Colvin: amzn.to/44irarD Damien Rice: amzn.to/44enIhC Tracey Chapman: amzn.to/3Wevsya David Bowie: amzn.to/4aOTZyx Colin Hay: amzn.to/3Jy5Lky The Beatles Crosby Stills & Nash: amzn.to/3Uew7x8 Decemberists: amzn.to/3JwpaCG Powderfinger: powderfinger.com/ Disclaimer: Tested may earn an affiliate commission when you buy through the links here.

[@innocrates]

Less than Zero score (1987) by Thomas Newman

[@ianj8505]

Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album by Gustavo Santaolalla. Also: Wristcutters

[@user-wm3bf7pi3u]

Flanders and Swan.... check em out. AC/DC and Motorhead.

[@OldLadyReacts]

Bridget Jones's Diary

[@OldLadyReacts]

Pump Up The Volume

[@beaminscotty]

The Blues Brothers soundtrack changed my life and the way I play guitar & bass.

[@mrfancypanzer549]

Fairly certain my brother is a musician because of that film.

[@judgedrekk2981]

would you say you're on a mission......from god? lolz gods that movie was so funny!

[@awandererfromys1680]

"That ain't no Hank Williams song!" Taught me a thing or two about gigging as well LMAO

[@DonnieMulligan]

Another great soundtrack!

[@ThomasBjorseth]

"Oh, we got both kinds. We got country AND western!" ;-)

[@RonnieStanley-tc6vi]

The Crow. Stone Temple Pilots, Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, The Cure, Helmet, on and on and on. And, a lot of the songs were specifically written for the movie.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Grunge, the movie.

[@jtgullickson6117]

Which helmet song is on the crow?

[@Ottophil]

@@jtgullickson6117song is called milktoast, good tune. Great album. Love every song. Even more than the film. And i love the movie

[@RJ-qo6qj]

Two great Alice in Chains tracks on Last Action Hero and the other tracks are OK too. Obviously, "Would?" is also from a soundtrack.

[@harvey66616]

The rock soundtrack from The Crow is good. But not nearly as good as Graeme Ravell's score, available as a separate album. _That_ music evokes all the deep melancholy from the film, what was intended in the production as well as the sadness related to the tragic death of Brandon Lee. Maybe not the best upbeat music for working in the shop, but still an amazing soundtrack.

[@davenelson8187]

The most revelatory soundtrack I’ve experienced was from “Oh Brother, where art thou”. The reason being, I always found Bluegrass really creepy until seeing this film and hearing its music. I immediately bought the soundtrack CD and have had a new fondness and appreciation for BG music ever since! 😊❤

[@nilsmcmountain2377]

Have you heard the cover Man of constant sorrow by Home Free?

[@goodolboy1129]

I don’t know if it was like this in other parts of the country but I live in eastern NC and the response to that soundtrack in the area where I grew up could almost be described as rabid.

[@marpheus1]

​@@nilsmcmountain2377 was about to comment that. That cover is a MASTERPIECE Adam's mouthrmonica and Tim's bass are awesome

[@jamesallred460]

​@@nilsmcmountain2377 nope, but I'm gonna go look it up now!

[@nilsmcmountain2377]

@@marpheus1 Two of their members doing vocal imitations of the jaw harp and harmonica are ridiculous.

[@DenisRyan]

Grosse Pointe Blank. The first CD I ever bought, before I owned a CD player! Still love it.

[@michael_onabike]

My thought too, and High Fidelity, both good John Cusack films.

[@jamesallred460]

Yes! GPB soundtrack is an absolute masterpiece!

[@blackc1479]

Seriously underrated movie.

[@drmodestoesq]

Wasn't Joe Strummer the musical director of that film?

[@jamesallred460]

@@drmodestoesq yes sir he was! That man died way too young.

[@warsurplus]

John Carpenter's 1982 "The Thing". Haunting score.

[@daveyjones777]

Came to write the same

[@c1ph3rpunk]

They specifically said soundtrack, not score.

[@d.blackwell6417]

I agree

[@user-fk8zw5js2p]

@@c1ph3rpunk what's the difference?

[@user-fk8zw5js2p]

I like John Carpenter's music from Big Trouble in Little China. It does a fantastic job of setting the mood in that fun, cheeze fest of a movie.

[@juhotuorila6320]

The end credits song that has hit me the strongest is definitely Moby's Extreme Ways in the original Bourne. For some reason it just felt so right and created precisely the right atmosphere in my opinion.

[@JimmyTownmouse]

Totally agree, this was the first thing I thought of watching this video.

[@soeveth]

"Music lives with us. Always there to remind us of the people, places and events of our times. An essence of what we once were and what we'll always be." This phrase was on a mural in one of my high school stairways. Its simple phrase that has a deep meaning.

[@daveco1270]

That Lost Boys song was definitely one that stayed with me. I mainly remember the kids singing the "though shall not..." parts. It was kinda haunting.

[@DonnieMulligan]

I agree with you on The Lost Boys. Not just the credit music, but the whole soundtrack. A few others are: The Big Chill, Sliver, Wild Orchid, Pump Up The Volume, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

[@Mozart1220]

"How do you like your maggots Michael?"

[@blackc1479]

Lost boys, pump up the volume, the crow, gone in 60 seconds and demon knight are probably my all time favorites

[@danshepard5083]

Pump up the volume, not the released soundtrack, but the songs in the actual movie, with Leonard Cohen, Henry Rollins and Bad Brains, The Descendants, Beastie Boys, Above The Law, Pixies, Ice-T, Soundgarden, Peter Murphy. It just goes on and on.

[@blackc1479]

@@danshepard5083 God. Now I want to go dig out the cassette, I could swear some of those were on it....but I've also been listening to them all so long I won't swear they haven't mentally bled together. Gotta ask, preference on everybody knows?

[@danshepard5083]

@@blackc1479 I'm a Cohen guy all the way. I loved watching Gary Beacom skating to I'm Your Man. I like his original version of Hallelujah the l best. Even have a few of his books of poetry. A lot of those songs are on the official soundtrack, but a lot aren't. It was one of those soundtracks where I bought it and ended up disappointed at all the missing songs.

[@Silas1865]

Sorcerer 1977 with soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, absolutely entrancing

[@robvegas9354]

Yes 100% that is like being on another planet

[@tomim7187]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is one my favorite, which never was released due to a dispute between composer and film company.

[@philopharynx7910]

And the best track is the banger they put over the end credits. I think of that one before the "official" theme.

[@GoGoGoLilQueenie]

YAS!

[@andyrobson7686]

Yep! Believe it or not I've had the theme stuck in my head for a couple of days now. And it's a great piece of music to get stuck in your head.

[@gpaull2]

I always come back to Tool. The lyrics have touched every stage of my life and they have pushed the limits of what can be done with three musicians and a singer. Plus one of the greatest living drummers in the world right now.

[@rappy007]

You need to see Rick Beato’s interview with Danny Carey if you haven’t already 😁

[@awandererfromys1680]

_Sweat_ on _Escape From L.A._ As far as I know the only soundtrack they've ever been on.

[@christophermaynard1902]

The crow...is a great sound track.

[@blanktom6049]

Truth! I listened to that so much when I was a kid!

[@TheFatalHalo]

Yes!

[@therupe1758]

Proof that The Cure could do MUCH better than Friday I’m In Love.

[@thoughtengine]

The only soundtrack still in my collection.

[@993mike]

Basically all the best songs of that period of the 90’s.

[@ABD4VIDS]

Recently watched “Baby Driver” and was very impressed with the great songs and how they intertwined with the story.

[@MrKoocanusa]

Six underground was good too.

[@marysmith2060]

Edgar Wright wrote many scenes to take place according to the music pace.

[@b.chuchlucious5471]

Don't forget Conan 1982, Excalibur 1981, Dune 1984. Excellent soundtracks.

[@therealnickthesquid]

Conan soundtrack. Hell yeah

[@eugeniomarins2936]

Excalibur! A great movie nobody seems to remember!

[@daneoman1000]

Those are scores not soundtracks

[@b.chuchlucious5471]

@@daneoman1000 I'll get you a cookie as soon as they're out of the oven.

[@daneoman1000]

@@b.chuchlucious5471 I want a chocolate chip one

[@eatmarth]

As someone with taste in music that is a bit out of the ordinary, I feel like music can be so much a personal thing in the modern day, especially since there is nothing to unify or define taste for large groups of people

[@SimuLord]

My taste in music isn't exactly totally obscure (I like Scandinavian power metal and video game stuff from Overclocked Remix), but it's obscure _enough_ that I can't relate to anyone here at the office with it. Asking me what I'm into in my off hours is a bit like asking someone from a foreign non-Western country what it's like "back home" in terms of culture shock.

[@dlvnmedia]

@@SimuLordI listen to Ambient Noise and other versions of noise, as well as a ton of goth and industrial variants. The only bands I listen to that the world seems to know are Nine Inch Nails and Taylor Swift (yes I do love Taylor’s work) - I tend to avoid musical conversations in general these days unless I’m at a club truth be told.

[@BigDotStu]

'Good Morning Vietnam' - got me through many an all-nighter at university...every track a winner

[@JasonMBroyles]

"The Transformers: The Movie" from 1986 has one of the best soundtracks in cinema history. 🎵 You got the Touch! 🎵

[@erinw6120]

38 years later, and I still get weepy every time I hear "Death of Optimus Prime".

[@brianhykes2862]

Also one of the few soundtracks where you get a Weird Al Yancovic song (Dare to be Stupid)

[@ucitymetalhead]

That really had a great soundtrack, so many classic rock and metal songs.

[@VonOzbourne]

Had to look to see if anyone mentioned this. Vince Dicola, ['Escape' is amazing] NRG, Stan Bush, Weird Al, "Spectre General". Simply wall to wall bangers this one.

[@Mike_and_Life]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one, lol.

[@lovelossgain]

The discomfort with sharing musical taste is so relatable. In middle school, I had a cousin I really liked that basically dismissed my whole musical taste. I liked to listen to dance-pop type stuff like cascada and he came across my iPod and looked through it without knowing who’s it was and was like, “man, this music is weird” That felt real bad and I immediately started to hide what I listen to. 20 years later and I still will tend to omit mentioning I like to listen to that stuff.

[@IanGrams]

Everytime We Touch and Evacuate The Dancefloor are timeless bangers in my opinion. I'm sorry your cousin made you feel bad about your taste in music but I hope you don't let that prevent you from enjoying it anyway.

[@LightWarriorK]

For Legend, "Is Your Love Strong Enough" IS great....but there will always be a pedestal in my heart for "Loved by the Sun."

[@Shatterpath]

Yes! This!

[@FectacularSpail]

Yes, thank you! I've been meaning to rewatch Legend, and I couldn't remember the name of that song!

[@bartkdt]

When I saw the title of this video. The first thought I immediately had was Until The End of the World. And to my delight… thanks Adam.

[@alwaysfallingshort]

I spent a ton of my childhood playing with lego listening to Casey Kasem in the 90s. It's so absurd how birds-of-a-feather I feel with Adam. Simpatico.

[@alwaysfallingshort]

I also love girlie pop :D

[@davidhuber6251]

I remember being confused as to why no one loved Queen's music like I did. At least not in my school. So I learned to be quiet about it. I still to this day am surprised when someone likes the same music I do.

[@lesleygraham5927]

Gotta love Queen ❤❤

[@blackc1479]

And appropriately enough they also have some of the best soundtrack offerings too. Highlander being my favorite, iron eagle, flash Gordon. I think they also might have been used in some little movie by this Canadian dude in the 90s too....

[@HOOTKINS6]

As an Aussie, I am delighted to hear of your love for Powderfinger, Adam! A legendary Australian band! 😃

[@wonsworld61]

was gonna say the same thing!

[@PikkaBird]

As a Danish person who doesn't have the patriotic pride for Powderfinger, I was also delighted to hear them on his list. My Kind of Scene in particular is one of those rare _perfect_ songs.

[@bethortman27]

Later work by Mark Hollis from Talk Talk is some of the best music to make art to. "Spirit of Eden", "Laughing Stock", and a self-titled album, "Mark Hollis". Also want to throw in the soundtrack mix, "Rabbit Proof Fence", and "The Last Temptation of Christ" by Peter Gabriel. "Cat People" is a very good 80's throwback to synthesizers. Enjoy!

[@mikecooke5079]

Fell in love with Philip Glass after watching Koyaanisqatsi.

[@BlakeAStoffel]

Tron: Legacy is one of my favorite soundtracks to listen to while working. Side note it’s sad how many of us have scars from school like not talking about what we actual Iike.

[@teddyjones8027]

Thank you for sharing such a personal topic and you shouldn't ever feel ashamed of the music you like because the variety of the music you like or love is what makes us the amazing people we are. Everyone keep yourselves and love ones safe and healthy and remember to SMILE 😊God Bless 🙏

[@bgroovin1343]

Thank you for the recommendation of "Until The End Of The World". Somehow that passed under my radar and it contains all my favorite artists! The soundtrack from the latest Tron Legacy movie by Daft Punk is absolutely stunning.

[@armadillerff]

It is an absolute travesty and damn near criminal that Tron Legacy’s soundtrack and costume design didn’t win, let alone get nominated, for Oscars.

[@JPBelanger]

Colin Hay. Undervalued. Men at work were sort stuck in their 80s format.

[@AnthonyBriganceCook]

Thanks for the Until the End of the World shout out! I still have my original copy! So many Nick Cave soundtracks. Dude, I hear your music sharing embarrassment and your not alone! (Morricone's The Mission)

[@jwhydes5683]

One of my favorites is the soundtrack/score to Wes Anderson's Rushmore. Just amazing fron start to finish. Another great score is from The Princess Bride. Love that one. And Jamie... Never apologize for finding joy from things. From adults building Legos or playing video games to enjoying the music one likes, if it brings you joy, rock on!

[@thizzmoe31]

YES! Rushmore's sound track is amazing. It shaped my taste in music for a bit there when I was in middle school.

[@timkuskie5386]

Fun fact, The Princess Bride was scored by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, known for such bangers as Sultans of Swing and Money For Nothing. What a virtuoso guitarist.

[@FastHatTrick]

Dear Adam, I spent 15+ years as a bartender, ended up with a ton of CD's. I compiled my favorite songs onto my HD (took a year) and now its all on Spotify as playlist. It has been great to share the list with friends when these kinds of discussions come up. I recommend you do the same, it is hard to discover new music, but sharing these playlist (Mix Tapes!) it allows all of us to discover new music. Great Video!

[@charlietighe]

Thanks for adding timestamps for the questions

[@kelleyfrances490]

Soundtrack: High Fidelity, Almost Famous and Guardians of The Galaxy. Score: Jaws will always be my #1. Pivotal time in my childhood, so it has stuck with me in a certain way no other has.

[@joncaradies3155]

Almost Famous ....... Heck Ya !!!!!!

[@Riley_Mundt]

"Ah, the enemy!"

[@SaschaFerda]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I had never heard "Blue" before and it touched me very deeply. I hope many people will be touched by Joni Mitchell's incredible poetry and emotional honesty.

[@tumbleddry2887]

Powder Finger!...haven't heard that name in YEARS! Now I have to go back and listen for the day

[@LostButMakingGoodTime]

As big a movie fan as I’ve always been, I never conjured the term “credit music,” but amazingly as you talked about them, they started to pop into my head, one after another. Brothers in the Night - Ray Kennedy, Uncommon Valor. Burning Bridges - The Mike Curb Congregation, Kelly’s Heroes. Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds, Breakfast Club. The list goes on and on…😃 Wow, it’s a thing!

[@7CConstitution]

I'm happy you like Tangerine Dream and Legend, that you know them is so cool. I have literally everything they made, most concert bootlegs, nearly all soundtracks, member`s solos, spinoffs, Loom, some limited collector's editions, for the last 30 something years. What started it was the Risky Business ST, ohh, LOART, felt so good.

[@Lu-db1uf]

Love hearing about all this last-century music you never really hear about anymore!

[@blackc1479]

Ouch. That hurts lol

[@adamsteineke4661]

Soundtrack: High Fidelity, Guardians of the Galaxy Scores: Last of the Mohicans, Gladiator, Master and Commander

[@pbangsund]

Gladiator came out when I was in high school, and I listened to the soundtrack over and over. Still love it.

[@fitter70]

A song at the end of Napoleon Dynamite. I grew up listening to but I fell in love with it again... When in Rome Promise

[@andrewg6373]

It wasn't until I was in my late 20's that I stopped being embarrassed about liking pop music! But in all honesty I have come to realize I like ALL music....

[@sootymammal2891]

Best score recently is Greyhound. Keep you feeling the anxiety the entire time! Brilliantly done

[@drumsNstuff79]

I was always a huge Phil Collins fan. As much as I liked the 90's alternative rock my peers did and still do very much, I always knew they thought Phil was dorky soccer mom pop music in a way, even the Genesis stuff. But then in college in the late nineties-early 2000's I had co-workers my age at my job tell me that Phil Collins was great and he shouldn't be a guilty pleasure at all. Also when American Idol became a thing, some of the kids would sing PC songs and the judges would hype him up as a legendary artist. Throwing It All Away by Genesis is still my jam!

[@1pcfred]

If I never hear In the Air Tonight ever again it'll be a day too soon.

[@blackc1479]

Lol I forget where I heard it, but someone described the 80s-90s as the decades that any radio left on for more than 15 mins would play at least 2 Collins songs. True story, but I still dig a lot of his music.

[@1pcfred]

@@blackc1479 I never liked him. But the over saturation certainly didn't help. F gated drums!

[@drumsNstuff79]

@@blackc1479 He does have a LOT of hit songs. Solo and with Genesis. So so so many.. haha.

[@Waffles783]

Every time someone asks my mind is screaming "LORDE!!" but my mouth says "hmm.... there's so many... it's hard to pick..."

[@ThatBrendonGuy]

Hell yeah, respect for the Powderfinger shout out, those lads rocked!

[@Jimorian]

The song that I fell in love with instantly when watching the credits was "Look Up To The Sky" by The Indians at the end of Kalifornia. The album it came from is one of those lost gems of music from a band that only had that one album.

[@SuzA8110]

I bought it as soon as it came out. After all these years, it's still my favorite. I can see every scene in my mind. Original soundtrack for the original STAR WARS.

[@zackmarkham4240]

I feel you about your shyness around your music tastes. I grew up listening to ONLY country and classic rock, parents were born in the 50's, I was born in the 90's. Then we moved to Florida when I was 8 and I was bullied out of my love for country, moved onto rock. Rock love evolved through tons of sub-genres. Soft, hard, metal, heavy metal, hair metal, classic metal, death metal, black metal. But I also grew to like a couple rappers. And a few years ago, I started to listen to country again, almost entirely the 90's stuff I grew up on, though. I'm still shy about admitting I like it, especially to my family cause I know how they'll react hearing I like it again. So, I feel you, man.

[@thehorriblebright]

Oh gods, I had forgotten about the Raising Arizona soundtrack or maybe it's the score I'm thinking about. In the last (I think) scene when High imagine his and Ed's future, 8n the music that's played there is an overwhelming sense of whistfulness, and longing, and it's been with me for decades now. I just realised how much I'm still looking for that feeling in music.

[@rhorto01]

George Harrison's "Dream Away" is great credit ending music from Time Bandits. Also "Going Home" by Mark Knopfler in Local Hero.

[@steveb0503]

Soundtrack: American Werewolf in London and The Matrix (close tie). Score(track): Aliens, Waterworld, Jurassic Park, and Inception (no particular favorite amongst them - but probably my four favorite of all time).

[@ThorstenWieking]

I know the feeling in regards to taste of music. While I luckily never got harassed (for a change) by my peers, I was and still am pretty alone in my love for Jazz, Swing, the American Songbook and TV+movie Soundtracks. Even my evening/nighttime 80ties and 9ties nostalgia playlists find no love with my wife. Or my son. That is one of the few things my father successfully installed/ inherited to me - Jazz, Swing, partly helped through a sunday afternoon during which I watched "The Glenn Miller" story with James Steward.

[@Hylanos]

Credits music / character introductory music. Adam, you've said that when you put on a really good prop, it helps you feel like you're a part of that world. That's how character introduction music makes me feel. I don't have a lot of self confidence, so listening to music that feels like its defining me, helps put me in a good mood about myself to make it through the day

[@hellboy1976]

Then end credits music to Blade Runner is awesome - as soon as those doors close and that music starts, amazing.

[@mrmister385]

If you've never seen the early 80s movie, THE KEEP, you really should watch it. It's a PHENOMENAL movie and the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream is amazing. This is an early Michael Mann film. It's so sad he refuses to release the Directors cut of this movie, which is supposedly 4hrs long.

[@NickLMears]

Keep soundtrack is awesome.

[@blackc1479]

Was going to say something, and realized I was thinking of the gate. The keep was the Germans in the castle right?

[@mrmister385]

@@blackc1479 The KEEP is about Germans, but not a castle. They come into this very small religious town and take it over. Inside the Keep, a massive space inside a mountain, they unleash a monster called Molasar. It's really a wild movie. Check it out.

[@Voom_Industries]

I absolutely love to listen to scores while I work in my shop. Especially, Blade Runner 2049, Mr Robot, and Aliens.

[@katemiller8113]

Omg of course you’re a Wim Wenders fan. Until the End of the World is among my all time favorite films and also listened FOR YEARS to the sound track. & ❤ the rest of your selects!

[@danielland3767]

Best way a show has ever used music, The Wire. It was pointed out that all the music in the scenes have a source within the scene that makes it fell real life. You reference the characters Stringer Bell & Omar and real people because of this. The music is always a character in the scene from a source so you feel those tense moments in scene are quite...like they should be in real life. Best sound design in a show ever

[@alamogiftshop]

Wim Wenders always has great soundtracks. The music cameos of wings of desire is top notch.

[@888johnmac]

OMG ... yeah the lost boys soundtrack is stunning .. might have to re-watch the film just for it

[@Tavisola]

Exactly. One of my favorite movies. The pygmee children singing. Just perfect.

[@SimuLord]

Singles. I grew up in Boston, and my high school years coincided with Seattle's peak on the national cultural stage. Grunge, Cameron Crowe movies, the Gary Payton/Shawn Kemp Sonics. I wanted to move there and even looked at trying to get into U-Dub coming out of high school. Ended up getting here in 2013 and still live here 11 years later, and every once in awhile the soundtrack to that movie works its way into my head. Just bangers all the way down.

[@marsilies]

I remember in college someone in the same dorm came to my room and looked at the CDs I had on the shelf, then asked, "Okay, but where you do keep the GOOD music?" I've been reluctant to share my musical preferences since.

[@davidsuperville7541]

the collaboration between director Luc Besson and composer Eric Serra for Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element have created unique soundtracks!

[@Linqua2112]

For the last question, check out Angelo Baldamenti and the rest of the soundtrack for Twin Peaks and other David Lynch!

[@andrewh.8403]

I'm now 60. When I was in primary school, I discovered Burt Bacharach. Every Christmas, I'd get the latest ABBA album, which I darn near wore out, but my Dad had a DIY tape off a friend of Burt Bacharach. That tape, I wore out. Beach Boys is another one. I still have my first CD I ever bought. The box set of The Capitol Years. You're not alone.

[@michaelhoughton4868]

The score for Kenneth Brannaugh’s “Dead Again” is fabulous, as is Peter Gabriel’s score for “The Last Temptation of Christ.” At the time, anyway, the score for “There Will Be Blood” felt like nothing that had ever been done before. Lesser known soundtracks that are fabulous, as are the movies they’re from: Dream with the Fishes, Jesus’ Son, and Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus.

[@redwoodpunx9614]

as someone who LOVES music & cinema, i have to give props to anything involving Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross as composers. the work they did for David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is impeccable. their remix of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" with Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' that plays during the opening Title sequence (which itself is a visual masterpiece) is amazing. And, since You mentioned "Is Your Love Strong Enough" by Bryan Ferry which was part of the 'Legend' OST, Trent & Atticus have/d a side project with Trent's wife on vocals called How to Destroy Angels. They covered "Is Your Love Strong Enough" which plays over the credits of 'Dragon Tattoo' is bone chillingly amazing. i mean that entire film is great, but the OST/Score alone is worth watching for! obviously the score of "Sicario" by the late Johann Johannsson is superb in capturing the ominous vibe that movie has. "Moon" by Duncan Jones, 2009 (staring Sam Rockwell) has a great film score, composed by Clint Mansell. another piece of music i would recommend is "We Three Kings" by Maria Lopez-Gallego. is plays over the credits to Apollo 18, a movie which almost nobody, including myself liked. it was pretty unmemorable in many ways. but that piece of super depressing, yet beautiful piano music over the credits is amazing. as far as straight soundtracks, where to begin! The Crow obviously! Judgment Night (1993) was great. one of my favorites is Dead Presidents (1995). amazing collection of songs!

[@ratvibe]

I love working or drawing to The Social Network's soundtrack

[@harvey66616]

Oh, and... Since you like the LotR soundtrack (which is awesome), you owe it to yourself to check out Geoffrey Keezer's jazz arrangement of Gollum's Song. It's amazing. Another great non-pop/rock soundtrack is the music for The Secret Garden. Unfortunately, they did not deign to include the Linda Ronstadt song that closes the movie, "Winter Light", but that is another amazing song that deserves a listen (I admit though, it has more impact in the context of the movie). :)

[@bwallatube]

Oh my bananas, I can't believe you answered that! It's on my shelf and my collection is a small peculiar spattering in some regards. "I am the Bear, I search over here, I search over there.." 😄

[@teddybear2454]

What I'm hearing is I need adam to share his spotify wrapped playlist

[@SawThumbz]

Train spotting & Pulp Fiction superb soundtracks.

[@outerheaven2k7]

You are right about Legend.

[@weedfreer]

I LOVE the entire Children Of Men soundscape. Also, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou has a banger of a sound track curated by Mark off of Devo. Love them both to bits.

[@denisd3639]

GREAT choices!!

[@absentphantom9422]

Thank you for the song recomendations. Speaking of end credits music, No Heaven (DJ. Champion) from the end credits of the first Borderlands game is really fun.

[@clintonwilcox4690]

For music scores, Jurassic Park probably gets my vote as greatest of all time. I also love the score to Star Trek: First Contact. And of course, The Godfather probably has the most recognizable love theme of all time. But as for soundtracks, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie, as cheesy as it was, has a killer soundtrack, especially if you love classic rock. I wasn't as in to classic rock as a kid as I am now, and I remember buying a greatest hits album from Van Halen, and as soon as Dreams played, it immediately took me back to that movie because I recognized it as the song that plays over the ending credits. As for movies that use their music in a new way, I thought Guardians of the Galaxy used their soundtrack pretty creatively, tying it to the film in a way that made sense given the context.

[@vlander1992able]

I love all genre of music, some really complex and incredibly artistic, and yes I also will just listen to pop or dance music from time to time. You can be in both camps, the critical, life altering music and the simple feel good, no reason to restrict yourself or feel bad about enjoying what is just an expression of human experience, translated for your ears.

[@Nayphilim]

cry little sister and the rest of the soundtrack to lost boys is so so good! You've got great taste in general adam! Absolutely going to check out your recommendation of the until the end of the world OST, thanks!

[@theartsypixie2771]

My husband and I have been mind boggled recently about the fact that we were pre internet teens, and now have the internet and youtube to discover new things and how to do things. When something breaks, we'll google or youtube it and fix it ourselves. We grew up having to buy a Chilton book to fix a car, run to the library to find a book to fix an appliance, or build something, or just tinker with it until we fixed it. Now we have all that info right on our phone, PC, or tablet. It's wonderful! However we've been seeing on nextdoor so ,any people looking for people to fix super simple things, or perform super simple tasks. We can't understand how people don't use such a great resource to help themselves and to save money. Do you feel blessed having grown up pre internet to have learned problem solving skills the analog way and appreciate the resources available on the internet now?

[@LostButMakingGoodTime]

As far as scores for films, there are a number of fantastic composers, and I have a few favorites. But it is hard to beat the emotional impact of James Horner. Field of Dreams, Titanic, Braveheart, Apollo 13.

[@johnderoy916]

Agreed - that is one of Tim's best characters - I say that because if you just watch and listen without pre-knowledge there is practically no way you would know that is Tim - which makes me say that was an awesome portrayal.

[@sharker76m13]

I was raised on movie soundtracks and radio. 80's metal and 90's soft rock are my bread and butter. 🎶 🎥

[@marklovelace297]

The Good The Bad and the Ugly for me and Once Upon a Time in the West, really anything he composed was magic to me!

[@shanewoolsey940]

1971 grade one AM radio and Meccano. Pop music and wrenches shaped my entire life. (edited for this) FleetwoodMac Rumours.

[@ucitymetalhead]

The two best soundtracks i can think of are the movie hesher and demon night cause they had so much metal.

[@NicHills]

I LOVE that you are a Lana Del Rey fan, Adam..... as a 50 year old music fanatic I feel like she is one of the greatest artists of our time, she has the power to move people like no other.... loved this video... and NEVER be ashamed of the music you love

[@fretlessproductionscalifor4854]

John Carpenter preforming the title track to Big Trouble in Little China himself has to be on the list! Also, may i recommend local boys done good, Primus 🤘

[@CodiMorphett]

Oh God, as an Australian when you mentioned Powderfinger I had to do a double take! Happy to see that Australian gem getting mentioned in the states.

[@vk3hau]

Not only does Adam like our Music, he also likes Bundaberg ginger beer.

[@itzdono]

I had two 300 CD player carousels hooked together with fiber optic cable to an amp. It could fade in between songs & play favorites & playlists. I had it for years till mp3 players finally came out & did the same job but better. &, yes, it was huge & took up so much shelf space. Almost as much as my widescreen CRT.

[@atomicsmith]

Great timing! I’m going through a bit of a Wim Wenders kick, and I’ve never seen that film!

[@bainik]

You talking about your affinity for movie soundtracks reminds me so much of my relationship with game soundtracks. Now I just want to see a collaboration with MarcoMeatball...

[@yobgodababua1862]

The Lost Boys Soundtrack was one of the first CDs I bought with my own money. Still love it.

[@lenajesse]

I haven't thought of or listened "Until the End of the World"-soundtrack probably in decades. Had to go and dig out my old CD and start listening to it 😊 Also, I loooove Lost Boys soundtrack. 🥰

[@qarljohnson4971]

"Until the End of the World" is a fantastic, if slow adventure movie. I totally endorse Adam's suggestion to first watch the shorter theatrical release. The best part of the 4 1/2 hour edit, is the soundtrack comes to the fore, where the songs are played in full to prolonged takes & a few extra situations.

[@VeniVidiVid]

Me too (Including Steely Dan). Thank you!

[@davenelson8187]

Another set of my fav soundtracks are from the movies "The Big Chill" and "Stand by Me" ❤