Films with great electronic soundtracks

[PLacidBasilisk]

I recently re-watched Steven Soderbergh's "Solaris", which utilises some electronic elements, and was reminded of how an amazing soundtrack can really add to a movie (which in this case wasn't particularly inspiring). I remember reading a quote by a famous director, I can't remember who right now, who said something along the lines of "music is 51% of a films success, which is a big call considering it is generally considered to be a visual medium, for obvious reasons.

Does anyone else have any instances of great ambient or electronic soundtracks which are particularly memorable?

[cotdagoo]

fight club's score by the dust brothers was always a favorite of mine. donnie darko has a pretty interesting audio element throughout as well. i'll hazard a guess that punch drunk love's soundtrack is electronic based - but really don't know enough about jon brion to know for sure. he's worked with the crystal method in the past though so it's likely. requiem for a dream has quite the electronic soundtrack as well.. these are a few that tend to stand out for me and seem to lend to the greatness of the films they accompany.

edit - also hackers & trainspotting come to mind

[8O]

Sunshine - John Murphy & Underworld
Near Dark - Tangerine Dream

[shai]

Blade Runner - Vangellis

Koyaanisqatsi - Philip Glass (it's not REALLY electronic, but just... very sequenced )

the soundtrack of "Pi" (the sign) has many good tracks of Autechre, aphex twin, orbital.. among others.

[Kearley]

Sorry to derail... but what did Jon Brion do with Crystal Method?

[Android Bishop]

Blade Runner - Vangellis

Koyaanisqatsi - Philip Glass (it's not REALLY electronic, but just... very sequenced )

the soundtrack of "Pi" (the sign) has many good tracks of Autechre, aphex twin, orbital.. among others.

Good list

[fl0w]

Forbidden Planet

(1st post, hello!)

[Tohtruck]

Banlieue 13 - Da Octopuss

Wave Twisters - DJ Qbert (of course!)

Snatch - Chemical Brothers

Dark Days - DJ Shadow

Vanilla Sky

John Carpenter was known to have used the Ensoniq SQ-80 and the Ensoniq EPS for sound design and composing for alot of his earlier films.

[cotdagoo]

Sorry to derail... but what did Jon Brion do with Crystal Method?

his wikipedia page says he was a producer on bad stone, over the line and realizer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Brion

[esky]

Logan's Run...

[Leon Tricker]

'Pi' by Darren Aronofsky

(as in the mathematical constant)

Link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0_(film_score)

[Tohtruck]

The Running Man

The Terminator (the first one)

Bomb the System - EL-P

It's All Gone Pete Tong

[siliconarc]

The Andromeda Strain

[Da hand]

Run Lola Run
Dancer In The Dark

[mholloway]

definitely soderbergh's "traffic" -- pretty sure it was done by the same as Solaris. great textured electronic stuff.

-M