So good you bought the soundtrack
 

Mephisto's post about the movie being so good you bought the DVD, doesn't really do much for me since going to the movies costs US$21 for me and the wife to attend. No popcorn or beverages.

So any movie that hits the US$19.99 mark, it's instantly something that makes sense to buy even if it's a crap movie because it's the same price without the annoying cellphone, crying child, and annoying tall person.

BUT, I can say there have been some times in my life where the soundtrack was just incredible. Sometimes where I left the theater, went straight to the record store and bought the CD.
(yes it kills me that the CD can cost the same as the DVD which I find inconceivable)e

Here's some of the soundtracks that I bought:

Little Mermaid (right after the movie)
Cocktail
Grosse Point Blank
Nightmare Before Christmas
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Beetlejuice! I decided I need the soundtrack during the opening credits.

The movies so good I bought the soundtracks:

snatch
the Italian Job
Oceans 11 (new)

I own those soundtracks, good soundtracks too. There are better movies, but you asked about soundtracks.

oooh.. I forgot ALL about Beetlejuice!!!!

Dazed and Confused
Forrest Gump
SuperFly
High Fidelity
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Rushmore
Royal Tenenbaums

Most of my CD's seem to be soundtracks:

Blade
Blade 2
Godzila
Reservoir Dogs
The Beach
8 Mile
Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Ali G In Da House
Above The Rim
Friday
Juice

Glory

Love Actually

Edward Scissorhands
Gladiator
and i want the LoTR soundtracks.

Blade and A Clockwork Orange and I have no freakin idea why.
Oh yeah The Crow. Love that soundtrack

Kill Bill and The Thomas Crowne Affair had an excellent soundtrack.

Some of the sountracks I needed:

Hackers
Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion
The Wedding Singer
Supercop

But if you meant original movie score, I have to go with:

Last of the Mohicans
Glory
Braveheart
American Beauty

Matrix and Matrix Reloaded
Gladiator
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Blade
Ocean's 11
Forrest Gump

I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of. I'm not gonna include the list of musicals and operas I own, thats a different kind of soudtrack and would take too long. :)

It seems I have only bought one soundtrack ever, for the movie "Shocker."

I do have the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack that was given to me by a friend.

Just 2.

Return of the Jedi
Singles

And I've never even seen Singles. It's just a great grunge-era soundtrack, with one of Pearl Jam's top three songs.

Now you've hit a chord with me... I seem to have started collecting soundtracks and scores. :)

Of recent soundtracks, Kill Bill is excellent. As for my favorite alltime soundtrack, it's definitely a tie between The Lost Boys and Highlander.

The Matrix
Pi
Ghost in the Shell
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Amelie
LOTR (all three)

A good soundtrack is good if it can stand up in its own right. If listening to it doesn't necessarily evoke the film.

When I saw Casino, I wanted that soundtrack very badly, but I could not find it ANYWHERE.

I like the soundtrack to the movie Kids. It probably wouldn't sound half as good if I didn't see the movie.

The Shawshank Redemption.

Pretty much anything of Thomas Newman, and a lot of his stuff turns up everywhere.

Blade Runner: Vangelis

BraveHeart

Donnie Darko

Singles

...There are so many good mvoies with ambient stuff in it though, for which, i doubt, a sound track has been released.

The Wedding Singer...and at the risk of everyone pointing and laughing, I went straight to the store from the theatre to buy the Josie & the Pussycats soundtrack. I love Kay Hanley's voice.

Oh--also went right from the theatre to the store for the Chicago soundtrack. I just recently caught Romy & Michele on TV, and decided I need that soundtrack, too. :)

Grosse Pointe Blank
American Pie
Orange County

The nightmare before Xmas
Willy Wonka
Lost Highway
Storytelling
The Matrix Reloaded
Blade 1 and 2
pi
CB4
Friday
New Jersey Drive (ok, so the movie wasnt good, but the sdtk was great)


Anime:
Every Miyazaki Movie (Nausica, Porco Rosso, Kiki's, Totoro, etc...)
Habanei Renmei
Last Exile
Gunslinger Girl
FLCL
Azumanga Daioh
Love Hina

Game:
Guilty Gear X, and X2
Killer instinct

Pulp Fiction
all of the LOTR movies

I ran out right after seeing both Grosse Point Blank and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrells to buy the soundtrack, but in both cases I had to wait till the next day. Needless to say, I was a little anxious for the release of both.

Pulp Fiction
Lost Boys
Singles
Sleepless in Seattle (great lineup of older songs, Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong...)

Pulp Fiction is the only movie that inspired me to buy it's soundtrack.

Pirates of the Caribbean is great as long as you have some big speakers, the bass is lost on smaller speakers, but it is incredible.

The Spy Game soundtrack tops my list. The Sneakers soundtrack is really good, too.

Kill Bill
Unfaithful
Rules of Attraction
Trainspotting
Forrest Gump
Virgin Suicides


still to get...
American Pyscho
Fear and Loathing
Lost in Translation

the three soundtracks that i've bought...right after seeing the film....Trainspotting, Rushmore, and the Royal Tenenbaums

Queen of the Damned.
One of the damned best soundtracks you will ever buy.

Suburbia
Run Lola Run

Romeo and Juliet
The Lion King (i was young)

i have soundtracks from musicals but i doubt those count.

I am Sam.....

Vanilla Sky
Blade 2
Spawn

Those 2 have some songs with great bass!:D

I agree, I LOVE that soundtrack. I have almost all of the songs downloaded, and I want to buy it, but unfortunatley I can't find it anywhere unedited.:(

High Fidelity
The Matrix
Forrest Gump
The Lion King
All three LOTR soundtracks
Rent

why not???? it's still a soundtrack...unless you're referring to an actual broadway musical

Fight Club

LOTR rings trio
Star Wars (love john williams)
Vanilla Sky
Blade
Twister
Conan the Barbarian
Spawn
ect.

I have three:
Mortal Kombat
Caravans
Kundun