Hiro11

In terms of being evocative, my vote is the open titles track to Blade Runner. The first booming base drum hit and then the high, reverbed synth line instantly sets the tone of the entire movie. It's probably my favorite soundtrack.

If you want to talk something that was actually released on an album, I really like "The Great Skua" by British Sea Power (please ignore the irritating fan video):
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RagingBull80

I came in to post "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno before realizing that on November 14, 2007 at 12:28 PM I posted this:

Gunde

W.G. "Snuffy" Walden - Mid Country: By the Stream

printerati

Definitely. I am also a big fan of Michael Nyman's Gattaca soundtrack, and Taro Iwashiro's Memories of Murder soundtrack.

islandclaws

Deep Purple - Son of Alerik

It's a B-side from "Perfect Strangers", but it's also one of my favorite tracks by them. Fantastic guitar work.

palebluedot

Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay

story

Miles Davis - Blue In Green

skiman

The Final Bell from Rocky, played during the fight w/ Creed, always sends chills down my spine.

statcat

I'm tempted to say David Sylvian- Weathered Wall Instrumental version it's not online though but this is the best I could do for now

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Spiderbite

The entire soundtrack to Somewhere In Time.

Numanoid

^ I was just going to post some Rachmaninoff.

chino77

that santana instrumental thats on his greatest hits. i cant think of the name of it now.

ween-a tear for eddie

ResIpsa

Haha, and I was ready to post a +1 reply to your old post then realized we had thread bumpage going on.

So +2

Jack Straw

Ah, the "thirtysomething" dude.

Damone

"Idle Moments" - Grant Green (1963)

inri222

JS Bach - Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Spinal Tap - Lick My Love Pump in D Minor

CapRockBrewingCo.

Tschaikovsky's 6th Symphony "Pathetique"

Jack Straw

Radiohead - Exit Music (OK Computer) [Ok, not technically an instrumental]
Rainbow - Veilleicht das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)

maxfisher

Lots of good picks here, but this was the first thing to come to mind for me.

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GenPion

The entire score for 'The End', the series finale of Lost, by Michael Giacchino. I got it on CD today and have already listened to it several times. It's a perfect culmination of the work he did on the show for six years.

Norm de Plume

Turn up the volume. The sound is low:



D899 #3 is beautifully melancholic, too (played by the incomparable Vladimir Horowitz):

Dr Mabuse

Mikael79

Blur's "Battery In Your Leg", which was the last song with Graham Coxon, and only one on Think Tank.

Coxon's guitar sounds so far away and detached, which I'll assume was intentional. I'm a huge fan of reunions or giving a friendship/relationship a proper ending, so the song just really hits me.

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HUG-H

I love and agree with virtually everyone's choices here. I know there's a lot of music that makes me emotional, but this one comes to mind above all else for me:

Respighi: The Pines of Rome (RSO Stuttgart; Georges Pretre conducting)
IV: The Pines of The Appian Way
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BTW, I LOVE the entire piece and I recommend for anybody to go to YT and check out the rest of this performance (and/or any other interpretation of it) if you have never heard it before. It would have been a bit much to flood the thread with imbedding all 4 sections!