Today I will look at my favorite movie soundtrack albums. This is a pretty broad category, so I’m narrowing it down a bit and excluding all albums that are just orchestral scores. (Sorry John Williams.) Also, I’m not listing any Broadway shows that have been made into movies either. At first I thought I was going to have a hard time coming up with ten choices, but once I started looking at my collection, I noticed that it was going to be hard to limit the list to just ten. So here’s the list of my favorite movie soundtracks.
- Top Gun – The ultimate 80’s soundtrack artist, Kenny Loggins has two songs on this album, with “Danger Zone” being the better of the two. Between that and Berlin’s ultimate 80’s movie love theme, “Take my Breath Away” this was an easy choice for the top spot.
- Last Action Hero – Awful movie, awesome soundtrack. My personal favorite on this album is a live version of Aerosmith’s “Dream On” with a backup orchestra.
- (tie) American Graffiti & Forrest Gump – Both of these are double disc albums and are great ways to bolster your collection of oldies. A.G. has all the essential songs of the 50’s and F.G. is great for the 60’s.
- Dazed and Confused – Pretty good collection of classic rock from the 70’s. Skynyrd’s “Tuesday’s Gone” is the highlight of this album.
- The Blues Brothers – I’d really categorize this movie as a musical, but I think Broadway would have a hard time adapting all the car crashes to the stage. This soundtrack is just a beginning to all the great blues songs that the Blues Brothers performed and recorded. A lot of other music legends have songs on this album as well. A must have.
- Saturday Night Fever – All the disco you’ll ever need is on this one album. Interesting tidbit: Walter Murphy, who wrote the Family Guy theme and a lot of the music for that TV show, has a song, “A Fifth of Beethoven” on this album.
- Swingers – This album just makes you feel cool when you listen to it. When I was looking up the link for this, I noticed that there is a Swingers Too Soundtrack that has extra music from the movie. It has the lounge cover of “Stayin’ Alive” that is being played as the guys enter The Dresdin club. I must have this.
- Spider Man – Everyone has heard “Hero,” but my favorite track on this album is “Bother” by Corey Taylor. This is a ballad with just him singing and accompanied by a guitar. It’s quite a contrast from his stuff with his band, Slipknot.
- Footloose – Kenny Loggins makes his name on yet another soundtrack.
- City of Angels – A good mix of blues and sad, eerie ballads can be found on this album. Sarah McLachlan's “Angel” is my favorite on here.
With this list, I’ve covered music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 2000+. I’d call that pretty comprehensive.
8 comments:
Any list that leaves out Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction isn't a very good list;)
Um, you seem to be forgetting a little movie starring Corey Feldman and Corey Haim where they battle vampires.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Was Corey Haim one of the voices in that as well? I think I actually owned that tape once. MC Hammer's "This Is What We Do" was the main reason I owned it.
Kahn, you left another good album off your list.
Sorry, I never owned the Lost Boys, Romeo and Juilette, or Reservoir of Dogs soundtracks. Pulp Fiction had consideration, but I like these others better.
Putting Last Action Hero as #2 was brave, yet shameful. I would've buried in #7 or 8, felt good about staying true to myself and hoped others didn't poke fun.
Two I could definitely bump City of Angels and Footloose for:
- Pulp Fiction
- Singles
Some other great soundtracks that could possibly crack my top 20 are:
- Cable Guy
- Garden State
- Elektra
- The Lost Boys
- Waynes World 1 & 2
- O, Brother Where Art Thou?
- Batman Forever
- Spider-man 2
- Rock Star
- Boogie Nights
- High Fidelity
Damn... I'm way up over 20. I guess it is hard. Overall, decent top 10.
I'll throw my vote in for "O, Brother Where Art Thou?" and "Batman Forever" (and "Pulp Fiction" too).
I'll agree that "American Graffiti" and "Forrst Gump" are filled with classics, but "Footloose" and "Top Gun" are just dated.
"Last Action Hero" used to be one of my favorites, 'Big Gun' by AC/DC and 'Angry Again' by Megadeth rocked.
I totally forgot about Beavis and Butthead Soundtrack!!! Good Chili Peppers on there! Batman Forever - I hope you're all saying that for the kickass U2 song, not the dumb Seal crap:)
Actually, I realized I was talking about the less appreciated "Batman & Robin" soundtrack, with "The End is the Beginning is the End" and "The Beginning is the End is the Beginngin" by Smashing Pumpkins, and "Revolution" by R.E.M. I do like the U2 song on "Batman Forever", and I did like that Seal song for a while too.
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