# Great soundtrack albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280 "2009-06-19T10:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/21 "2009-06-19T22:05:07Z")
\*Tune In Tomorrow Robert And Elizabeth\* And, well, _Woodstock_, duh. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/22 "2009-06-19T22:11:34Z")
> [@mack](#): > > \*\*The Man In The Moon \*\*(the Reese Witherspoon/Sam Waterston one) I like this one too! I’m not at home, so I can’t check out my CD collection. Off the top of my head: **Cousins** - Hearing the variations on Maria’s theme really brings to mind the emotions of the movie **Some Kind of Wonderful** - Loved the no-name groups. “Turn to the Sky” should have been a hit. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/23 "2009-06-19T22:15:28Z")
My two favorite Soundtrack albums are **Flash Gordon** and **It’s a Kind of Magic** (a.k.a **The Highlander** songs), both by Queen and, I have to come out and admit, **The Wedding Singer** ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/24 "2009-06-19T22:45:52Z")
**Streets of Fire** (Why yes, I did go to high school in the 80’s, why do you ask?) ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/25 "2009-06-20T00:00:32Z")
**Zabriski Point** I bought it because Pink Floyd was on it, and then heard Dark Star by The Dead. The rest is hazy history… Just some _good_ tunes on that one… I have never seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/26 "2009-06-20T00:29:57Z")
**Naked Lunch** - it’s kinda like those ‘…with strings’ albums that Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown and others recorded, except in this case, the solo artist is Ornette Coleman and the strings are arranged/composed by Howard Shore. It’s wild and delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/27 "2009-06-20T02:02:59Z")
\*\*Rocky Horror[/] **Heavy Metal** **The Muppet Movie** **The Music Man** **The Sting** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/28 "2009-06-20T02:16:01Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > **Streets of Fire** (Why yes, I did go to high school in the 80’s, why do you ask?) I was 30 when this came out and I bought the soundtrack. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/29 "2009-06-20T03:15:51Z")
1. Natural Born Killers – Everything from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and “A Night on Bald Mountain” to L7 and Lard, with Patsy Cline and Dr. Dre somewhere in the midst, and all mixed together by Trent Reznor. Also a perfect audio representation of the movie-- moreso than any other movie/soundtrack combination, in my opinion. 2. Josie and the Pussycats – Awesome songs, the Du Jour songs are hilarious, but its the actual power-pop-punk songs that bring me back, sung by Kay Hanley. 3. Pixel Perfect – My favourite soundtrack from a Disney Channel Original Movie (but the Princess Protection Program one has yet to be released), just a neat collection of songs. 4. Nashville – All the actors were forced to write their own country songs, and this is what emerged. 5. The Fifth Element – One of my favourites. 6. Invitation to a Suicide – My favourite John Zorn soundtrack, mostly for the tango-ish stuff but his typical stuff is there as well. 7. Any Given Sunday – 2 volumes, a nice collection of songs, heavily rap and hard rock based but finds the time for some nice bluesy and soul tracks. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/30 "2009-06-20T04:44:26Z")
The Fantasticks – the version with the original cast, with Jerry Orbach as El Gallo, Kenneth Nelson, Rita Gardner, et al. It was the longest-running off Broadway play, and it closed in 2002 before I had a chance to go see it. ☹ I love the music, though. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/31 "2009-06-20T04:55:28Z")
**Toys**. Pretty much utterly forgettable movie, but the soundtrack was fantastic. Oh, and second **Josie and the Pussycats**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/32 "2009-06-20T04:57:31Z")
Blade Runner - The bootlegged “Esper Edition”. It’s pretty damn awesome. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/33 "2009-06-20T05:02:52Z")
The Boat That Rocked - 60s classics Bed of Roses - I liked the music so much that I bought the DVD Bride & Prejudice South Pacific. & if anyone knows of a CD of Camelot where everyone can sing let me know - they are great songs. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/34 "2009-06-20T05:11:56Z")
> [@Stauderhorse](#): > > you can’t go wrong with Beatles covers. [So let me introduce to you…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band_(film)) (I love that movie, and its soundtrack, but I love it for its awfulness…) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/35 "2009-06-20T05:39:04Z")
OK, that said, most of mine have been mentioned: Across the Universe (specifically, the two-disk version) Forest Gump The Crow Heavy Metal Josie and the Pussycats Cowboy Bebop One that’s on both my list of favourites, and my list of most disappointing: Watchmen. It’s a great album…but it lacks two of my favourite tracks used in the movie - 99 Luftbaloons, and First We Take Manhattan…If they were only going to use one of the Leonard Cohen tracks, at least cut the extremely overused Hallelujah! (OK, Hallelujah was used in the movie proper, First We Take Manhattan only over the credits, but that just makes the lack of putting it on the soundtrack more mindboggling to me. Why bother licencing it if only a small portion of the audience will ever hear it?) A couple non-movie ones…video games, specifically: The Katamari games The World Ends With You (both albums taken as one) Several of the Final Fantasy OSTs - X and X-2 being my favourites. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/36 "2009-06-20T09:28:53Z")
I think I say this in every soundtrack thread: Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/37 "2009-06-20T10:40:42Z")
My current OST fix is [Triangle](http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCR-17077) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/38 "2009-06-20T12:06:46Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I think I say this in every soundtrack thread: Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ Oh, yeah! 🆒 You can sit over here by me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/39 "2009-06-20T15:13:57Z")
_Dune_. I listened to that soundtrack over and over. Never finished the movie. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280/40 "2009-06-20T18:25:14Z")
My list wil be different from everyone else’s **The Films of Bernard Hermann** – themes from _The devil and Daniel Webster, The Seventh Voyahge of Sinbad, Psycho, Citizen Kane(!), Jason and the Argonauts, The Mysterious Island, North by Northwest_ and others\* **The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad** – Hermann at his best **Forbidden Planet** – Louis and Bebe Barron’s pre-electronic music electronic score **Patton** – Jerry Goldsmith’s music. Also includes George C. Scott’s opening speech. **1776** – because it’s underappreciated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-soundtrack-albums/500280.md?page=3)