Best Movie Soundtracks to purchase on cd

Now that the OP has clarified how broad the request is, I think they would have been better off asking Google instead of the forum... You end up with a seemingly endless list of lists of the greatest soundtracks of all time. Perhaps they are more interested in the odd anecdotal preferences here, but Google could provide lists based on sales, aggregate reviews of critics or fans, or curated by editors, industry professionals, etc.

Here's just one example:
AFI’s 100 YEARS OF FILM SCORES

 

Robot Carnival
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sing
The Sting

 

I was wondering if it would be worth picking up. I have his first four albums excluding B-2 unit, because im not sure how a hybrid sacd remaster is gonna sound. I've heard the title track in many forms. Just not the rest of the album

 

I still get shivers when I hear the opening theme music. And the rest is wonderfully diverse and evocative... kind of a longer version of the Voyager golden record.

 

American Graffiti

 

Phenomenon
City of Angels
No Direction Home

 

Great collection along with this one


but my current favorite is this

A killer collection of Danny Elfman' best scores, and of course, anything with Bernard Herrmann' name on it.

 

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Wind and the Lion
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
One from the Heart
Where Eagles Dare

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/628...Trilogia-Del-Dollaro-Colonne-Sonore-Originali



The ‘Dollars’ Trilogy soundtracks all on one great sounding cd.

 

When it comes to ‘Blade Runner’, this has to be the definitive version. The official Vangelis album is like a highlights disc in comparison.

 

The Rutles!

 

Not only the two best entries in a great film franchise, but also graced with the presence of Slowhand's axe and the late David Sanborn's saxophone. Music crafted to custom fit the Riggs and Murtaugh characters and personalities.

- siyt

 

Trying to add some variation to the fine recommendations already offered in thisThread…

Soundtrack: Forrest Gump

Film Score: West Side Story.

 

The Guy Ritchie Movie Soundtracks of:

1.Snatch
2.Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
3.RockNRolla

 

I dread to think how many soundtracks I have. Some I've bought without seeing the film . The last one I played and enjoyed was High Fidelity on cd. My latest hobby is steadily buying the Ennio Morricone soundtracks

 

I have a box of my favourite soundtracks on CD.

(LPs are a different story but you did specify CDs)

 

What a soundtrack this was for the whole TV series Robin of Sherwood

 

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

 

Great collection!
Some Kind of Wonderful's worth it for The March Violet tunes!

 

Not yet mentioned and one of my favorites: "Super Fly"

 

The Blues Brothers
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Departed
The Last Waltz
The Russia House
Saving Private Ryan
Urban Cowboy
My Girl
The Firm

 

Francis Monkman - The Long Good Friday
Roy Budd - Get Carter
Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt