What is the most iconic song from movies? Mainly an instrumental song. Mine is...

[Sander Rossel]

Yes, good one! I find that woman's mouth very disturbing though :~

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[Sander Rossel]

It's not even that I don't like old movies. I like plenty of old movies, older than A Space Odyssey even, just not A Space Odyssey. Recently, I watched Metropolis, a 1927(!) movie. Sure, it looks dated, it's a silent black and white movie even, yet it had more story, more movement, some great stills, and Moloch ( :laugh:)... I feel as though A Space Odyssey is mostly appreciated for it's Windows 95 screensaver special effects which were probably great at the time, but can't convince a younger audience. The intro with the black stones and the apes is just booooring, goes on for like ten minutes without anything happening, except some apes sitting near a stone. Maybe I'd like it more if I watched it now (watched it some ten years ago), but I feel as though I've wasted enough of my life on that movie :laugh:

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[Chris C B]

Probably one of the best westerns ever made - certainly my favourite.

[David ONeil]

Yes, it is a bit odd. But when those sounds come out of it, I don't care if it looks like a teletubby.

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[Martin ISDN]

the mercenary. the duel at the arena.

[Des Harrold]

Das Lied vom Tod - 2 notes on the Harmonica

[igrulya]

Theme from Mission Impossible - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaNrAiUNHtQ[^]

[milo xml]

Probably not what you're looking for, but the intro to the Original Blade movie launched the entire MCU. :-D The Opening Scene in Blade (1998) - YouTube[^]

[TedFalasco]

Duelling Banjos. Just the first bar brings to mind all the horrors the movie brought us and all the [albeit incorrect and damaging] cultural images of Appalachia.

[MKJCP]

Theme song from Jaws.

[dannette]

That was like the only song our high school marching band could play...ad nauseum.

[dandy72]

I'm trying to think which one it is you're talking about. The music from The Motion Picture (the first Trek movie) became the theme for TNG, so it's the other way around. Which movie got the Star Trek TV series theme? I'm assuming by Star Trek TV series, you mean the original one.

[dandy72]

Sander Rossel wrote:

Alfred Newman

Isn't that the kid from Mad Magazine? :-)

[obermd]

Other than Enterprise, all the Star Trek series and movie themes are based on the theme from TOS.

[Shmoken99]

At the risk of adding yet ANOTHER western movie: The Magnificent Seven • Main Theme • Elmer Bernstein - YouTube[^] Sadly it's also the "Marlboro Man" theme song.

[matblue25]

As I was reading down this thread, I was, "Yeah, that's it", "No, that one's better", "Oh no, I didn't think of that one" ... I can't believe how much clutter I have in my brain. Anyhow, I have to go with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Haunting. I just hope I forget it before I go to bed tonight or it will be ringing in my mind all night.

[obermd]

Here's a youtube clip of John Williams conducting a lot of this music. [John Williams Conducts 50 Years A Salute to Film Composers [1080p Remastered] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EC2fi3SGYI)