# Recent Great Movie Soundtracks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies, music\
**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415 "2021-10-28T21:48:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415/1 "2021-10-28T21:48:34Z")

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Although most people now favour songs over albums, there are maybe half-a-dozen or a dozen movies with exceptionally good soundtracks. These were very popular twenty years ago. Previous threads list people’s favourites but most are pretty dated, peaking around 2002.

**What is the most recent movie which you thought had an exceptional soundtrack? What soundtrack has recently had significant popular success?**

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415/2 "2021-10-28T23:09:27Z")

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Actually the recent Disney movie **Cruella** has an incredibly good sound track.

> **[Cruella (2021) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3228774/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd)**
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> Cruella (2021) SoundTracks on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more...

_Obviously both Guardians of the Galaxy movies did also._

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415/3 "2021-10-29T02:39:07Z")

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Not very familiar with the Guardianses soundtracks. The ones I like: Trainspotting, Koyaanisqatsi, The Commitments, Pulp Fiction, Blues Brothers etc. are somewhat dated movies.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415/4 "2021-10-29T13:35:16Z")

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**The Incredibles** (1 and 2)  
The **Star Trek** reboots – really almost anything by Michael Giacchino; good to see someone giving Danny Elfman a run for his money.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415/5 "2021-10-29T23:21:42Z")

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I’m maybe less interested in soundtracks that are compilations of existing songs, and more interested in brand new scoring. Two that I think are great are Jonny Greenwood’s score for _Phantom Thread_, his fourth for Paul Thomas Anderson. I also really like Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’s soundtrack for _Hell or High Water._