For great movies to have in the collection with music and sound.... I recommend Blade Runner, Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur, The Godfather - all three, Nikita, Gladiator, Matrix - again, all three, Bourne Identity/Ultimatum/Supremacy - again all three (great music and great action), The second to last James Bond - Casino Royale, and if you haven't seen them in a while, the entire Star Wars series. Somewhat lacking music/explosions, I think The Departed, Brazil, The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, Schindler's List, and Grand Bleu are all great gotta-have'em-in-the-collection movies. I have only listed a few older classics. Some (not listed) really deserve to be in a DVD collection, but relatively few have epic soundtracks.
For great, dynamic, and musical soundtracks, nothing beats Lawrence of Arabia (and some of its most musical moments are those with silence - a true cinematic masterpiece (Ben-Hur does pretty well in this case as well)). I think Gladiator, and the Matrix films do pretty well on loudness (though some of the recent winners in terms of big, thundering bass are indeed Master & Commander and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (always good for a laugh)). Nikita and the Bourne movies do well for a combination of intelligent action and scores well implemented. The others I tossed in there for just being great DVD movies...
For great, dynamic, and musical soundtracks, nothing beats Lawrence of Arabia (and some of its most musical moments are those with silence - a true cinematic masterpiece (Ben-Hur does pretty well in this case as well)). I think Gladiator, and the Matrix films do pretty well on loudness (though some of the recent winners in terms of big, thundering bass are indeed Master & Commander and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (always good for a laugh)). Nikita and the Bourne movies do well for a combination of intelligent action and scores well implemented. The others I tossed in there for just being great DVD movies...