i suspect that i koped a few of these off the f-list, but i've a bad memory for this sort of thing. ^_^;;
Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un autre été: L'après midistarting with the obvious! not sure how many of you lack this mp3, but if you only download one track from this post, let it be this one. this was on both the Amélie and Goodbye Lenin soundtracks.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Telephone and Rubber Banddo i need to give you a reason to download? just look at the band name, man.
Carl Orff - Gassenhauerincredibly endearing and cheerful. reminds me of angklungs.
Mogwai - Friend of the Night (live)elegant and restrained without being bland. the sort of thing you find on the soundtrack of european art films. possibly.
Explosions In The Sky - Look Into The Aira song for a quiet sunset? a comfortable song, anyway. and then it gets all lovely and growly with distortion, without losing the initial feel, and ah i am lousy at describing music, so just go ahead and download this.
Lawrence - Untitled (Track 1)a relatively quiet night in a cyberpunk dystopia. or... or something.
Corvus Corax - Suam Elle Iresyay ravens their wikipedia entry says that they play medieval music. i wouldn't know, but this is a catchy and compelling tune all the same. it would work well for some sort of chaotic ancient city scene, i think.
Gankutsuou OST - Kaishoui have a great weakness for instrumental tracks where the same few notes are just repeated over and over. sorry. this does get all exciting and dramatic after a bit, though.
the pillows - beautiful morning with you [OST version]this is probably cheating, but: the pillows! the
full song is 5:43 and has lyrics besides; this probably came from the FLCL OST. wish i had the full version, but this is lovely as it is.