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Here are some movie soundtracks that will simply transform your mood and give you goosebumps as you listen to them. The effect is usually multiplied if you have watched the movies. So sit back on a nice chair, close your eyes, and absorb. Good speakers or headphones are mandatory.

Lord of The Rings

I am not a huge fan of the trilogy (or fantasy in general), but thanks to a friend who is an avid fan, I have watched them all. Also, during my symphonic band days, I have been exposed to this soundtrack numerous times, and found it breathtaking.

Here is the majestic “Gandalf” (6:34):

Forrest Gump

My favourite part in this movie:

Forrest: Will you marry me? I’d make a good husband, Jenny.
Jenny: You would, Forrest.
Forrest: But you won’t marry me.
Jenny: You don’t want to marry me.
Forrest: Why don’t you love me, Jenny? I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.

Whoa. To me, therein lies a very serious message: that sometimes people are just blind, deaf, dumb and senseless. Forrest truly cared for Jenny all the while, and yet, Jenny left him for some others, and some worse others, I might add. It really couldn’t get much stupider.

Anyway, here’s the theme (8:55):

Schindler’s List

You might have heard this before, and yet not know its name. I think I might have even heard it as the background music of a Malay soap drama. If you’ve never heard a violin that actually sings, listen to Itzhak Perlman (4:12):

A Beautiful Mind

After watching the BBC documentary “The Trap“, my perception of the true John Nash changed quite dramatically, but I don’t blame him because he was indeed suffering of schizophrenia, and when he recovered, he realised his pitfalls.

The autobiographical film, however, remains a very touching story of perseverance, love, and mathematics.

This is “A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics” (4:55), played at the opening of the movie:

Shawshank Redemption

Get into the mind of Andy Dufresne, a banker who was mistakenly sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife. (Of course, he didn’t do it.) As Andy struggled with the inmates who intimidated and harassed him, he also worked on building lasting friendships with the other inmates and even the guards to keep himself ‘occupied’, while maintaining the composure of an educated man.

This is the “Stoic theme” (1:52), played in the movie when ‘new fishes’ (a batch of new prisoners) came to Shawshank Prison.

Obviously, these are only from movies that I’ve watched in my life, and I tend to be unforgivingly selective of what I watch. Perhaps there are other soundtracks worth listening from movies that are equally worth watching.

Do suggest.