(Magic In The Moonlight) - Bix Beiderbecke - 'Big Boy'

FILM (MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT)

Woody Allen's "Magic In The Moonlight" has a wonderfully supervised soundtrack. While "You Do Something To Me" composed by Cole Porter but performed by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra functioned as the main theme to the film, "Big Boy" really made driving scenes memorable and fun.

Simply listening to the tooting trumpet and bouncing bright piano reminds me of the sunny scenes of the characters driving top-down by the South France seas. Now THAT is coasting.

(The Grand Budapest Hotel) Alexandre Desplat - 'The New Lobby Boy'

FILM (THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL)

Flamenco guitar tremolos mixed with brushes on snares. The Slavic flavors found in Desplat's music helped make Wes Anderson's European country Zubrowka believable.

I also recommend "Night Train To Nebelsbad."

Joe Hisaishi - Journey (Dreamy Flight) from The Wind Rises

FILM SOUNDTRACK

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Joe Hisaishi composes for Hayao Miyazaki's films for the last time in The Wind Rises since it is Miyazaki's supposedly last film. 

The mandolin is wonderful and reminiscent of Nino Rota's composing. The song really kicks up at 1:50 with the added percussion and tuba. Loving what the tuba low frequencies do to the piece.

I also suggest "Journey (Wind of Italia)" for some more of that liveliness. 

Ah, yes. And the film was marvelous.

(Hellraiser) Christopher Young - "Resurrection"

FILM - HELLRAISER (1987)

Hellraiser (1987) has a hair-raising soundtrack by Christopher Young who has also written scores for other horror movies like The Grudge (2004) and Fly II (1989).

It's very 80's sounding but its use of sound effects put it ahead of its time. 

"Seduction and Pursuit" , used as the song for the box, is another favorite from this film.