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Most threads deal with movies with big LFE's and surround effects. How about movies with great music sountracks?

One of my favorite films is The Commitments. Just be sure to rent the 2 disc special edition. It was re-done in 5.1 and sounds awesome. The original release was only in 2 channel and sounds flat and lifeless in comparison.

I haven't thought about that movie for ages, I loved it, actually bought the sound track for it years ago, that's long gone.

Try:
"Ray"
"walk the line" (I can't stand country music, but I still liked this soundtrack)
"Almost Famous"

Great music, huh?

How about Moulin Rouge?

Maybe not exactly what you're getting at, but Almost Famous was pretty great - as are most of Cameron Crowe's soundtracks.

Though I'm not a big hip hop or rap fan, Hustle and Flow had an excellent movie soundtrack. In addition, there was some pretty nice LFE effects.

Tim, I enjoyed those - all three were excellent. Although not exactly what I was getting at, some others that come to mind are High in Fidelity with John Cusack, and School of Rock with Jack Black.

Capn & Jin, haven't seen either of those. I'll have to rent them.

In an older thread, I talked about Drumline. The movie itself was not good, but the drumming was brilliant. The horns sounded pretty good too.

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I'm sure sure what you are looking for then. Try "Calle 54" it's a documentary about the cuban jazz scene, mostly performances by some old timers. If you like the music on Buena Vista social club, you will like this one. I'm not really into that kind of music, but I can enjoy and appreciate it.

I'll have to try Drumline once again. I watched it before with my 8" subwoofer. I wonder how it will sound with my EP500.

Some of my favorites are:
The Big Chill ***
Wonder Boys ****
Locasl Hero (Mark Knophler at his ethereal best) ****
De-Lovely Cole Porter tunes done by broad range of contemporary artists.
Almost Famous
Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein not a soundtrack per se but wonderful cross section of his work produced for hollywood film scores. The Magnificient Seven , My left Foot, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters to name a few. A great one to play while warming up your audience before starting your feature film.
Last and most essential...drum roll please!
The Last Waltz: A Martin Scorcese film featuring The Band with many special guests. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Staple Singers, Van Morrison to name a few. This may be more of interest to the other old geezers out there like me.If you have the complete HT set up then get the movie and have the best of both worlds. This was re-released a few years ago in multiple formats. Not sure of the details so do your homework and get the best fit for you.
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