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Best Movie Soundtracks
What makes a great motion picture soundtrack? It’s quite hard to explain in plain words, allow me to just give you a few examples:
City of Angels. Any album that bears the names U2, Peter Gabriel and Alanis Morisette is most definitely a shoe-in on this list of best Movie OST’s. However, what really sets this particular collection apart is Iris, a contribution from The Goo Goo Dolls. This rock ballad single-handedly bears the theme of the whole movie and has even become the one of the longest-staying anthems for broken hearts in the mid 90’s. Just say Iris and City of Angels comes to mind, it also works the other way.
Rocknrolla. The soundtrack boasts of classics like The Gun from Lou Reed and Richard Reed’s Have Love Will Travel as well as catchy new tunes like Rock and Roll Queen by The Subways. The best thing about this soundtrack is that each song brings you back to the movie house- the dark, the feel of that comfy chair, the laughs and catcalls of everyone around you. Each single song takes you right back to a particular scene. If all that isn’t enough, then the included dialogue snippets should do the trick.
I Am Sam. The refreshing renditions of classic Beatles songs like Sarah MacLachlan’s Blackbird and Ben Fold’s Golden Slumbers would make Beatle-maniacs drool and would definitely convert new ones.
High Fidelity. One simple thing says it all- Jack Black singing Let’s Get It On.
Thirteen Going on Thirty. A cool trip back in time… as cute as Jenny Garner, as cute as the movie itself.
It actually boils down to either one of these: a single song that represents the entire movie or a collection of songs that brings the movie back to memory.