# Best/most enduring movie soundtrack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620 "2006-01-19T05:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/41 "2006-01-20T17:23:50Z")
I have always been partial to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I will also have to nominate Footloose and Flashdance for longevity. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/42 "2006-01-22T05:07:06Z")
Yes, I have _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_, as well. Good stuff - won an Oscar that year, too. And I’m kicking myself for not mentioning _The Buena Vista Social Club_ soundtrack album. Great tunes from the aging but still unbelievably talented musicians of Cuba. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/43 "2006-01-22T05:14:25Z")
Not sure about the entire soundtracks, but the themes from _The Great Escape_ and _Lawrence of Arabia_ get a fair amount of use. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/44 "2006-01-22T05:21:24Z")
**Phantom of the Paradise** ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/45 "2006-01-22T05:22:59Z")
Did I miss it or did nobody throw out the soundtrack for the Jimmy Cliff vehicle **The Harder they Come**? Great, great intro to reggae and ska. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/46 "2006-01-22T05:24:40Z")
**Goodfellas**. Not only is the music good in and of itself, but seldom has a soundtrack complemented the storyline so well. Check out the “complete listing” of the **Goodfellas** soundtrack [here](http://goodfellas.martin-scorsese.net/information/soundtrack.html). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/47 "2006-01-22T05:28:14Z")
By the way, in a thread on enduring soundtracks, how can I be the first to mention [Amadeus](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/) at post 47??!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/48 "2006-01-22T13:41:06Z")
[_Phenomenon_](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4791FDB47A57020CE873B5DDEB17AF501CA4EFB803E2D595B92B63E45911E7AE84AF095CCAEF877AB7BAFFF28E85205D0CFE454F8CC1740&sql=10:8kdsa9ygu238). Dunno what crawled up that reviewer’s ass and died – I think it’s a pretty good album. Any album with Eric Clapton (his “Change the World” is one of my favorite Clapton songs) , Marvin Gaye, Bryan Ferry, and Aaron Neville can’t be all bad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/49 "2006-01-22T13:44:53Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > And I’m kicking myself for not mentioning _The Buena Vista Social Club_ soundtrack album. Great tunes from the aging but still unbelievably talented musicians of Cuba. IIRC, the project began with the album, and the movie was made later to build on the response to the album. ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/50 "2006-01-22T14:00:17Z")
The American Beauty Soundtrack has gotta be up there. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/51 "2006-01-22T15:37:34Z")
**The Moderns** (early 90s(?) flick with Linda Fiorentino) Agree with \*\*The Passion \*\* as a great soundtrack **Valley Girl:** Great new wave/lite punk ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/52 "2006-01-22T19:43:44Z")
I’m probably going to get slammed for this, but… **Titanic.** After seeing the movie, I just couldn’t wait to get that thing in my CD player. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/53 "2006-01-23T05:53:35Z")
Yarg. You folks know how to make a not really old guy feel old. No votes for _West Side Story_ or _Victory at Sea_? ---
**Author:** ![Tootingkhamen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tootingkhamen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tootingkhamen)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/54 "2006-01-23T16:16:15Z")
_The Blues Brothers_ and _This is Spinal Tap_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/55 "2006-01-23T17:46:26Z")
And now I gotta add James Horner’s masterful _Glory_. I hear it all the time in ads for _other_ movies, it’s that good. Stirring, majestic, evocative. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/56 "2006-01-23T17:51:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Yarg. You folks know how to make a not really old guy feel old. No votes for West Side Story or Victory at Sea? I’ve got both and love them. For oldies, don’t forget **Forrest Gump**. For my part, I really can’t believe that Purple Rain is going to be the most enduring soundtrack ever – it’s more ephemeral than many other soundtracks, locked into one period of time that’s going to narrow its appeal in the future. That said, I don’t know what soundtrack will endure. You’d think classical music, having stood the test of time, would have an edge over a lot of competition. but things like **Fantasia** , though still in print, never were really big sellers. Ditto for Stanley Kubrick sound tracks. My guess? For long-lasting with lots of familiar hits, it’s hard to beat the soundtrack from **The Wizard of Oz**. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/57 "2006-01-23T20:20:37Z")
Hmm there are a few soundtracks that have gone into deep rotation for me. **Grease** - It was a big hit for me when it came out. **The Sound of Music** - I grew up in a square household here in Amishland… **Married to the Mob** - I bounced around to Debbie Harry quite a bit when I was young and smokin’ **Gypsy** - The Bette Midler TV version… as for lasting rotation, I can only think of one soudntrack that I can listen to anytime. That would be [Hedwig and the Angry Inch](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005LNJ4/ref=pd_lpo_k2a_1_txt/002-1225635-9401628?%5Fencoding=UTF8). I can live vicariously as Hedwig and belt out the tunes. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/58 "2006-01-23T20:23:00Z")
Last of the Mohicans ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/59 "2006-01-23T20:53:23Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > That would be [Hedwig and the Angry Inch](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005LNJ4/ref=pd_lpo_k2a_1_txt/002-1225635-9401628?%5Fencoding=UTF8). I can live vicariously as Hedwig and belt out the tunes. Yanno, I don’t even think of that as a soundtrack, it’s such a good album. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620/60 "2006-01-23T21:14:55Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Oh, and the most obvious other example I can think of is _The Wall_ - though I can’t stand **Pink Floyd** , I’m sure their fans would agree. Actually, the original album “The Wall” came out about five years or so before the movie, so I don’t know that it really counts as a “soundtrack”. But I didn’t really come here to nitpick – I came here to add another vote for “Repo Man”! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-enduring-movie-soundtrack/340620.md?page=2)