Mission Impossible, and like 90% of the James Bond films. What can I say? I have a type.
Goldfinger
Goldmember
Tearjerker
My pick is Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss will forever be one of cinema's greatest opening themes. And combined with the opening credits of the movie with the sun rising slowly over the Earth was absolutely groundbreaking and legendary. It is truly one of the greatest opening credits sequences of all time.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
One of the best movies intros I've ever seen. Too bad the rest of the movie sucked.
My God, I have not been more bored watching an action movie. I actually turned it off because it was putting me to sleep and I just thought the whole thing was dumb.
And I like marvel movies.
I could list a bunch of movies but it's easier to say anything scored by John Williams. Superman, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws. I never caught Close Encounters of the Third Kind but I'll go out on a limb and say it's good just on faith.
He scored some other things, but that's what I remember off the top of my head.
Hans Zimmer too. Not quite the same legendary status as our John, but still quite the impressive record.
Plup fiction's intro was captivating.
And the beginning being the ending…chef’s kiss.
Drive
Song is Kavinsky - Nightcall
I'm giving you a night call to tell you how I feel.
Perhaps a bit on the campy side, the opening theme song of the original Highlander was always one of my favorites: Princes of the Universe by Queen.
Terminator 2: Judgment day
To this day, whenever I'm alone in an elevator I drum out the percussion part of the theme: dun-dun dun dun-dun...
I just saw Deadpool Wolverine last week, and must say Bye Bye Bye aged pretty well 😎
Hunt for the Red October
My all time favourite is Lord of war. Perfect song, nice way to show the bullet production and then in the end when it hits its target... Could not imagine a better opening to this movie. Especially once you get to know that it is based on some real russian arms dealer.
I believe it's "warlord."
Thanks but i prefer it my way
The overture for Star Trek the motion picture. That’s right. It had an overture.
The Italian Job (1969)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Ennio Morricone’s music for the Man With No Name series
Not a movie but the Raised By Wolves opening theme song is pretty epic.
Mission Impossible, and like 90% of the James Bond films. What can I say? I have a type.
Goldfinger
Goldmember
Tearjerker
My pick is Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss will forever be one of cinema's greatest opening themes. And combined with the opening credits of the movie with the sun rising slowly over the Earth was absolutely groundbreaking and legendary. It is truly one of the greatest opening credits sequences of all time.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
One of the best movies intros I've ever seen. Too bad the rest of the movie sucked.
My God, I have not been more bored watching an action movie. I actually turned it off because it was putting me to sleep and I just thought the whole thing was dumb.
And I like marvel movies.
I could list a bunch of movies but it's easier to say anything scored by John Williams. Superman, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws. I never caught Close Encounters of the Third Kind but I'll go out on a limb and say it's good just on faith.
He scored some other things, but that's what I remember off the top of my head.
Hans Zimmer too. Not quite the same legendary status as our John, but still quite the impressive record.
Plup fiction's intro was captivating.
And the beginning being the ending…chef’s kiss.
Drive
Song is Kavinsky - Nightcall
I'm giving you a night call to tell you how I feel.
Perhaps a bit on the campy side, the opening theme song of the original Highlander was always one of my favorites:
Princes of the Universe by Queen.
Terminator 2: Judgment day
To this day, whenever I'm alone in an elevator I drum out the percussion part of the theme: dun-dun dun dun-dun...
I just saw Deadpool Wolverine last week, and must say Bye Bye Bye aged pretty well 😎
Hunt for the Red October
My all time favourite is Lord of war. Perfect song, nice way to show the bullet production and then in the end when it hits its target... Could not imagine a better opening to this movie. Especially once you get to know that it is based on some real russian arms dealer.
I believe it's "warlord."
Thanks but i prefer it my way
The overture for Star Trek the motion picture. That’s right. It had an overture.
Not a movie but the Raised By Wolves opening theme song is pretty epic.
Armageddon
Star Wars episode 4 - A New Hope
John Powell's opening for How to Train your Dragon deserves a shoutout for including every major Leitmotiv of the movie.
I'll let someone smarter go into 18 minutes of more detail here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4UUJQH7GLms
There can be only one: Highlander
Stargate
All of these are good answers, but the movie with the best opening theme is obviously Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa.
There’s no fog!
I'll pull out an obscure old one just for novelty's sake: The Black Hole. The opening theme captures the entire movie perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI6VPFQw6BU
A series, but The Expanse is hauntingly beautiful.
The Stand (1994, does this count since it's a mini series?) Badass the whole way
Contact
One I didn't see mentioned yet: reservoir dogs.
Titus
robin hood prince of thieves
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!