Five of the Best - Modern Movie Soundtrack Moments

I love nothing more than sitting back and allowing the creative juices to flow with a movie's original soundtrack thumping away in my ears. It's one of the most pure and inspiring listening experiences and effects the emotions in such a way it's hard to describe. It combines the feelings you had when seeing it paired with the visuals of the movie it is from and allows you to see deeper into it once you hear it alone.

Here are 5 of the best (most notably, my favourite) moments from modern movie soundtracks (my choices are all from movies of the last 10 years).

1) Adagio in D Minor - John Murphy (Sunshine)



Somehow the world has grasped onto this piece of music and made it the next Summer Overture (Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream) by using it in just about every promo for something even remotely epic. It won't ruin it for me, however, the track from the visually stunning movie Sunshine, a piece that is both awe-inspiring and delicate. It's recent use in Kick-Ass during Hit-Girl's rescue attempt of her father, Big Daddy, had me on the edge of my seat. For more great work by John Murphy, give the score for 28 Days Later a try (you may recognise another popular piece of music from that score, In The House - I A Heartbeat).

2) Cops or Criminals - Howard Shore (The Departed) 



Just listening to this wonderful guitar piece composed by Howard Shore makes me want to watch The Departed again! I will never get bored of the soundtrack and certainly won't of Scorsese's movie.

3) Death is the Road to Awe - Clint Mansell (The Fountain)



Clint Mansell is my favourite movie score composer of the last 10 years, without a doubt. The score for The Fountain is his best work yet, this fantastic sprawling track that accompanies the final scenes of the movie without a doubt my favourite piece he has put his hand to. For more, check out the scores he has composed for Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler and Black Swan.

4) The Old Boy - Jo Yeong-Wook (Old Boy)



If there was ever a better fitting piece of music for the ultimate badass, this is it. It brings together elements of Ennio Morricone's music from The Man With No Name Trilogy and gets pulses racing in one of the most simple yet effective ways. Dae-Su's coming for you, watch your back!

5) Molossus - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (Batman Begins)



Yes, just yes. Batman returned to our cinema screens with something that helped cement him as a superhero who is no longer a joke (nipples on the costum, anybody?) I love this track, and it was used to great effect in the follow up to Batman Begins, the untouchable The Dark Knight. Enjoy.