# Best Soundtrack CDs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856 "2006-04-08T14:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/21 "2006-04-10T23:01:16Z")
The [soundtrack](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/soundtrack) for [Fandango](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/) is excellent. I always especially like the way the film closes with _Can’t Find My Way Home_, a truly fitting piece of music for the action on the screen. Kudos to **Whifton\_Polekitty** for mentioning **Repo Man**. And if **Stop Making Sense** can be in this list, then by Og [The Decline of Western Civilization](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082252/) & [Urgh! A Music War](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138902/) should be here too. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/22 "2006-04-10T23:56:35Z")
I received the soundtrack to [“Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005N8Z4/qid=1144713149/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5970031-7140668?s=music&v=glance&n=5174) at the newspaper and only got around to listening to it a few months ago. It’s great stuff, a mix of rock, rap and hip-hop, and I would have gotten off on this stuff big-time back in my teens, especially Stroke 9’s “Kick Some Ass.” This also has Steppenwolf’s Magic Carpet Ride, Run DMC’s Tougher Than Leather, Bon Jovi’s Bad Medicine and Marcy Playground’s The Devil’s Song. In fact, it sounds like a mix tape a friend put together for you. And even though I haven’t seen the movie, the snippets of dialog in between the tracks are hilarious, especially Jay’s rap that kicks off the CD. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/23 "2006-04-11T05:25:08Z")
The Devil’s Rejects is great compilation of Classic Rock hits. Oddly, no Rob Zombie on the track list. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/24 "2006-04-11T05:36:09Z")
As a bona fide Pixar junkie, I’ll nominate Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack for _The Incredibles._ Butt-kickin’ old-fashioned big brassy action-adventure music roxxors my soxxors. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/25 "2006-04-11T07:04:09Z")
Another vote for _O Bother, Where Art Thou?_ and _The Big Lebowski_. A lame movie with a great soundtrack is _Sleepless in Seattle_. I also like Lisa Gerrard’s work on the _Gladiator_ soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/26 "2006-04-11T10:36:03Z")
**Mark Knopfler’s** soundtrack for Local Hero is superb. Wonderful movie, as well. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/27 "2006-04-11T10:46:22Z")
Just one more: [The Commitments](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002OGL/002-8484989-7236034?v=glance&n=5174) - Good R&B by white Irish guys. This album was a staple in my car stereo for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/28 "2006-04-11T10:49:26Z")
And another: Garden State ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/29 "2006-04-11T10:56:32Z")
[Natural Born Killers](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7e851v0ozzpa) and [Down With Love](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1ad1vwvqa9uk) - both very different, both very, well, I won’t say enjoyable because NBK is far from that, but very… well repeat listenable. mm ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/30 "2006-04-11T13:50:26Z")
My favorite is the soundtrack to “Finding Forrester”: Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Bill Frisell, Israel Kamakwiwo’ole. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/31 "2006-04-11T14:09:31Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > But, of course, the best sound tracks are those for musicals: > > **Kiss Me Kate > Chicago > The Music Man > Damn Yankees > The Pajama Game > Oklahoma! > Annie Get Your Gun** etc. NITPICKY TIME: Every theatre fanatic knows that only movies have soundtracks. Musicals have cast recordings. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/32 "2006-04-11T14:14:01Z")
I’ll vote for Swingers, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and 2, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and Garden State for my favorites. American Graffiti is the best collection of oldies, though. For movie musicals, I always come back to Chicago and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode soundtrack, “Once More With Feeling.” As for cast recordings, I rather like Wicked (even though I’ve never seen it). ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/33 "2006-04-11T15:59:53Z")
The \*\*Scrubs \*\*soundtrack is pretty good. I’ve heard the theme song \*I’m No Superman \*too much, but there’s a lot of good stuff on there, notably Colin Hay’s _Overkill_, from a memorable first season episode. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/34 "2006-04-11T21:02:45Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I’ll vote for … Pulp Fiction… **Pulp Fiction** has good music on it, but the sound clips from the movie detract from it a great deal for me. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the movie and the language didn’t bother me… in the theater. But I find it really bothersome to be listening to a CD and something comes on like Honeybun saying “I’m gonna kill every last mother fucking one of you.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/35 "2006-04-11T21:47:47Z")
Whenever soundtrack threads come up, I am compelled to mention the soundtrack to _Angus_. I’m just struck by the gulf between how good I think the songs are – including one of Green Day’s best and a couple of real gems by the Irish band Ash – and the complete lack of impact at the box office that the film itself actually made. The film, which I haven’t seen, just sank like a stone. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/36 "2006-04-11T22:01:10Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > The soundtrack from **Dazed and Confussed** is great. Lots of great old rock songs in that one I agree! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/37 "2006-04-12T02:09:37Z")
“Passion: Music From the Last Temptation of Christ” by Peter Gabriel. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/38 "2006-04-12T05:30:19Z")
**Animal House** …period! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/39 "2006-04-12T05:41:04Z")
A good compilation: _Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels_. Any soundtrack that includes dialog from the film Ocean Colour Scene AND E-Z Rollers can’t be bad in my book. A unique, original, nostalgic (and as yet unmentioned) soundtrack: _That Thing You Do_. Featuring fictional early 1960s bands. There are so many hooks in the title track by the Wonders, it probably would’ve charted had it been released in the timeframe of the film. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/40 "2006-04-12T05:54:46Z")
**Hamlet** –the version released in 2000. **Donnie Darko, Master and Commander, Brokeback Mountain** too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856.md?page=3)