# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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 12, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/41 "2006-04-12T17:46:43Z")
_Grosse Pointe Blank_ is another fantastic soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/42 "2006-04-12T18:27:20Z")
My personal favorites: \*O Brother, Where Art Thou? Tin Cup City of Angels\* (except the instrumental stuff at the end; the only Alanis Morrissette song I can stand is on this) _The Sting_ (what can I say - I’ve loved Scott Joplin’s music since I was 11) _Somewhere in Time_ (for music to cry to) _FM_ ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/43 "2006-04-12T19:11:33Z")
For 80’s cheese, nothing beats the **Top Gun** soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/44 "2006-04-12T20:38:06Z")
The **Grey’s Anatomy** soundtrack is one of the best I’ve heard in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/45 "2006-04-12T21:22:33Z")
_Saturday Night Fever_ is great if you want the disco classics, but I’m more into the stuff that isn’t played ad nauseum, so for me, the _54_ soundtrack (volumes 1 and 2) fits the bill. **Volume 1:** 1. Allstar 54 - The 54 Allstars 2. Keep On Dancin’ - Gary’s Gang 3. The Boss - Dianna Ross 4. Dance Dance Dance - Chic 5. Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman 6. You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real) - Sylvester 7. Move On Up - Destination 8. Love Machine (Part I) - The Miracles 9. Contact - Edwin Starr 10. Knock On Wood - Mary Griffin 11. Let’s Start The Dance - Bohannon 12. I Got My Mind Made Up - Instant Funk 13. Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton 14. Native New Yorker - Odyssey 15. Que Sera Mi Vida - The Gibson Brothers 16. Wishing On A Star - Rose Royce **Volume 2:** 1. If You Could Read My Mind - Stars On 54/ Ultra Nate/Amber/ Jocelyn Enriquez 2. Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet - Gonzalez 3. Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer 4. Loving Is Really My Game - Brainstorm 5. Disco Nights (Rock-Freak) - GQ 6. Found A Cure - Ashford & Simpson 7. Don’t Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston 8. Come To Me - France Joli 9. Take Your Time (Do It Right) - S.O.S. Band 10. Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda 11. Spank - Jimmy ‘Bo’ Horne 12. Galaxy - War 13. I Need A Man - Grace Jones 14. Heart Of Glass - Blondie 15. Cherchez La Femme/ Se Si Bon - Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band 16. Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/46 "2006-04-12T23:33:22Z")
**Footloose** had a great soundtrack, I think. But my all time favorite is: **The Rocky Horror Picture Show**. I loves me some Frank M. Furter! ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/47 "2006-04-13T00:23:51Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > 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. You should watch **Angus**. That movie made me laugh and cry and it had a good soundtrack. I don’t know why it didn’t do well at the box office. Maybe there weren’t enough former fat kids in the audience. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/48 "2006-04-13T00:55:31Z")
**American Graffiti** - which someone already mentioned. **Pretty Woman** - not a good movie. Good late 80s music, though. **Joe vs. the Volcano** - I’ve never actually seen this soundtrack, though rumors are that it existed. I’d like a copy. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/49 "2006-04-13T02:44:53Z")
**The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly** **The Mission** **Blade Runner** Dunno of this counts, as it is a documentary about a musician, **Ghengis Blues** : Blues singer travels to Tuva to enter a throat singing competition. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/50 "2006-04-13T03:03:15Z")
My first thought was _Repo Man_; I can’t think of another soundtrack so perfectly matched to its film. Since that’s already been named, I’ll nominate _Lost in Translation_; the soundtrack album, while it’s not the type of music I generally listen to, does an amazing job of evoking the feel of the movie. It’s lovely, dreamy music. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/51 "2006-04-13T03:35:57Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > You should watch **Angus**. That movie made me laugh and cry and it had a good soundtrack. I don’t know why it didn’t do well at the box office. Maybe there weren’t enough former fat kids in the audience. I remember Roger Ebert’s remark that he liked how the lead really was a fat kid instead of merely being some Hollywood producer’s watered-down idea of fat. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/52 "2006-04-13T05:58:30Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > **American Graffiti** - which someone already mentioned. > > **Pretty Woman** - not a good movie. Good late 80s music, though. > > **Joe vs. the Volcano** - I’ve never actually seen this soundtrack, though rumors are that it existed. I’d like a copy. The soundtrack you want is on eBay, but there are only 1 or 2 copies and several bids on both. At least you know for sure it exists, though. ---
**Author:** ![swissmtndog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@swissmtndog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swissmtndog)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856/53 "2006-04-13T06:15:49Z")
**The Crow** was my first thought. Although I really enjoyed **Garden State.** as well. **Purple Rain** is one of my all-time favorites, and sure it was for the movie, but it just seems like a fantastic Prince album to me. I actually thought the movie was pretty good as well. **Magnolia** is largely an Aimee Mann performance, which I also think is a terrific disc. One I’ve really enjoyed over the years that I rarely hear mentioned is **Thief** , a James Caan vehicle. The soundtrack is pretty much all Tangerine Dream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-soundtrack-cds/351856.md?page=2)