Movies that use little to no music

[The Debts]

Usually movies contain a soundtrack but there are some films that either have one but use it sparingly or don't use it at all. Anyone have an examples that come to mind? To list a few:

American Sniper.
Jack Reacher.
No Country For Old Men.
The films of Michael Haneke.

[zorbonaut]

Originally Posted by The Debts

Usually movies contain a soundtrack but there are some films that either have one but use it sparingly or don't use it at all. Anyone have an examples that come to mind? To list a few:

American Sniper.
Jack Reacher.
No Country For Old Men.
The films of Michael Haneke.

No Country For Old Men is the first that came to mind.



I don't think that 12 Angry Men has much music other than at the opening and closing of the film.

[MechaGodzilla]

The Birds is an obvious example.

[sandman slim]

Cloverfield has a bunch of songs playing in the background of the opening party scene, but the only score is a ten minute suite of awesomeness by Michael Giacchino that plays over the end credits.

[imsounoriginal]

I seem to recall Sidney Lumet movies not having much score in them, like Dog Day Afternoon.

[MattPerdue]

The China Syndrome

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by The Debts

Jack Reacher.

I bought the Jack Reacher soundtrack recently...it has an hour's worth of music.

[Foggy]

Watched The Class yesterday and that had absolutely no music in it, yet was completely hooking. I think a lot of people from the Dogma initiative avoid music in most thier films, like I can't recall much music in The Hunt from Thomas Vinterberg.

[donald.brown]

Executive Suite had no music score.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by sandman slim

Cloverfield has a bunch of songs playing in the background of the opening party scene, but the only score is a ten minute suite of awesomeness by Michael Giacchino that plays over the end credits.

...and that also goes for most of the many recent other found footage films.

[Ray Jackson]

Le Cercle Rouge

[Jaymole]

Dracula (1931) & Frankenstein (1931)

[Batmon77]

Does The Blair Witch Project have a score or music?

[P-Rock]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Does The Blair Witch Project have a score or music?

Only when the end credits play.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Does The Blair Witch Project have a score or music?

Only this, which plays over the end credits:

12 - Antonio Cora - The Cellar - YouTube

As a kid I didn't even realize it was music, I didn't know of ambient and that kind of thing at the time.

[Buscemi]

Cast Away. Alan Silvestri's total score runs seven minutes.

[tob]

Hell in the Pacific.

[Ultra_Violence]

Steve McQueen's Hunger.

[Coenskubrick]

Bone Tomahawk was pretty sparse with it.

[castor]

Belle de Jour
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

No Country is probably the best example of how a great movie can be made without music