Spin-off meme! I’ve been meaning to start this thread too.
Singles, Reality Bites, Dazed & Confused, O, Brother Where Art Thou? = everyone’s got ‘em. And rightly so, they’re great. But what obscure soundtrack do you own that’s not weird, per se, but just surprisingly awesome?
Stereogum’s? The Jackal. Never saw the movie; heard it was shit. But check the tracklist:
01. Fatboy Slim – “Going Out of My Head”
02. Prodigy – “Poison”
03. Massive Attack – “Superpredators (Metal Postcard)”
04. Primal Scream – “Star”
05. Bush – “Swallowed (Goldie/Toasted On Both Sides Mix)”
06. Ani Difranco – “Joyful Girl (Peace And Love Mix)”
07. Moby – “Shining”
08. Dolls Head – “It’s Over, It’s Under”
09. Black Grape – “Get Higher”
10. Goldie And J. Majik – “Sunray 2″
11. BT Featuring Richard Butler – “Shineaway”
12. Agent Provocateur – “Red Tape”
13. The Charlatans UK – “Toothache (Chemical Bros Remix)”
14. Lunatic Calm – “Leave You Far Behind”
15. Apollo Four Forty – “Raw Power”
16. L.T.J. Bukem – “Demon’s Theme”
I will never tire of these:
BT & Richard Butler – “Shineaway” (MP3 Link Expired)
Primal Scream – “Star” (MP3 Link Expired)
And that Black Grape tune, which subverts a Ronald Reagan anti-drug speech, is just hilarious.
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I don’t have the full soundtrack listing, but that movie Road Trip surprised me with some decent shit by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Ween.
I have a soft spot for the Empire Records soundtrack
1. Til I Hear It From You – Gin Blossoms Listen Listen
2. Liar – The Cranberries
3. A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins
4. Free – The Martinis
5. Crazy Life – Toad The Wet Sprocket
6. Bright As Yellow – The Innocence Mission
7. Circle Of Friends – Better Than Ezra
8. I Don’t Want To Live Today – Ape Hangers
9. Whole Lotta Trouble – Cracker
10. Ready, Steady, Go – The Meices
11. What You Are – Drill
12. Nice Overalls – Lustre
13. Here It Comes Again – Please
14. The Ballad Of El’ Goodo – Evan Dando
15. Sugarhigh – Coyote Shivers
And the Kill Bill soundtracks are FANTASTIC!! I love love love them and everything the RZA touches is gold.
How about the soundtrack for Basquiat? Self-indulgent flick, but the songs can’t be beat: Van Morrison covering Dylan, John Cale covering Leonard Cohen, oh and some Joy Division and PiL too.
And, don’t forget the soundtrack to the ORIGINAL Batman movie, a great effort by Mr. Prince. It played in the background while I was making out with my sixth grade boyfriend, who always wore a Batman tshirt and a GnR hat…
I’m pretty sure someone has mentioned it in the 100 odd comments, but I’m not going to read through all of them but
High Fidelity
Very nice soundtrack.
Also, I don’t know if The Squid and the Whale released an official soundtrack but the music in that movie (granted a lot of pink floyd) flowed very nicely.
Until the End of the World (helped me out in high school):
1. Opening Titles – David Darling
2. Sax And Violins – Talking Heads
3. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – Julee Cruise
4. Move With Me (Dub) – Neneh Cherry
5. The Adversary – Crime & The City Solution
6. What’s Good – Lou Reed
7. Last Night Sleep – Can
8. Fretless – R.E.M.
9. Days – Elvis Costello
10. Claire’s Theme – David Darling
11. (I’ll Love You) Till The End Of The World – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. It Takes Time – Patti Smith & Fred Smith
13. Death’s Door – Depeche Mode
14. Love Theme – David Darling
15. Calling All Angels – Jane Siberry
16. Humans From Earth – T-Bone Burnett
17. Sleeping In The Devil’s Bed – Daniel Lanois
18. Until The End Of The World – U2
19. Finale – David Darling
AND
Beverly Hills Cop (were talking grade school – 1984 – here; what kid who owned an instrument back in the day didn’t try to learn “Axel F”?):
1. New Attitude – Patti Labelle
2. Don’t Get Stopped In Beverly hills – Shalamar
3. Do You Really (Want My Love?) – Junior
4. Emergency – Rockie Robbins
5. Neutron Dance – The Pointer Sisters
6. The Heat Is On – Glenn Frey
7. Gratitude – Danny Elfman
8. Stir It Up – Patti Labelle
9. Rock ‘N Roll Me Again – The System
10. Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
I can’t believe no-one’s mentioned the soundtrack to Pi yet.
1. PiR2 – Clint Mansell
2. PETROL – Orbital
3. Kalpol Intro – Autechre
4. Bucephalus Bouncing Ball – Aphex Twin
5. Watching Windows – Roni Size
6. Angel – Massive attack
7. We Got The Gun – Clint Mansell
8. No Man’s Land – David Holmes
9. Anthem – Gus Gus
10. Drippy – Banco De Gaia
11. Third From The Sun – Psilonaut
12. Low Frequency Inversion Field – Spacetime Continuum
13. 2Pir – Clint Mansell
Oh and whoever mentioned TwentyFourSeven earlier. Not only does it a great soundtrack but it’s a great film. As is every Shane Meadows film. Except ‘Once upon a time on the midlands’ obviously.
MALLRATS!!
Threesome
1. New Star – Tears For Fears
2. I’ll Take You There – General Public
3. Dancing Barefoot – U2
4. Like A Virgin – Teenage Fanclub
5. Boom Shack-A-Lak – Apache Indian
6. Is Your Love Strong Enough? – Bryan Ferry
7. Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
8. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) – Duran Duran
9. He’s My Best Friend – Jellyfish
10. Buttercup – Brad
11. What Does Sex Mean To Me? – Human Sexual Response
12. That Was The Day – The The
Warren- come to think of it, the Squid and the Whale DID release a soundtrack, and I think I’ve got it around here somewhere…post TK
Basquiat
1. Van Gogh Boat – Michael Wincott
2. Public Image – Public Image Ltd.
3. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Theme) – Van Morrison
4. Suicide Hotline (Dialogue And Music Montage) – Nick Marion Taylor
5. I’m Not In Love – Toadies
6. Is That All There Is? – PJ Harvey
7. White Lines – GrandMaster Flash And Melle Mel
8. Rise – Tripping Daisy
9. These Days – Joy Division
10. She Is Dancing – Brian Kelly
11. Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) – Tom Waits
12. A Small Plot Of Land – David Bowie
13. Summer In Siam – Pogues
14. The Last Song I’ll Ever Sing – Gavin Friday
15. Hallelujah – John Cale
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guys…wicker park? never saw the movie, but look (and excuse the lifehouse):
1. Maybe Tomorrow – Stereophonics
2. Everybody Is Someone – Lifehouse
3. A Movie Script Ending – Death Cab for Cutie (acoustic version)
4. How to Be Dead – Snow Patrol
5. Lover’s Spit – Broken Social Scene
6. Retour A Vega – The Stills
7. Flowers in December – Mazzy Star
8. When the Day is Gone – The Legends
9. When I Goosestep – The Shins
10. Light Switch – Jaime Wyatt
11. These Days – Mates of State
12. All I Do – +/-
13. We All Have a Map of the Piano – Mum
14. Against All Odds – Postal Service
15. Strange and Beautiful – Aqualung
16. I Know You Are But What Am I? – Mogwai
17. The Scientist – Johnette Napolitano & Danny Lohner (exclusive)
No Bollywood soundtracks? someone’s gotta be a fan.
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!
and the sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation.
The Orbital song on the first soundtrack is still one of my favorites.
Check out these gems:
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 1979
Freaks and Geeks 2004
Over The Edge 1979
The Anniversary Party 2001
Diner 1982
The Warriors 1979
i was about to post this, verbatim, but i was beat to it. i too bought this for a dollar. heh, must also be a Canadian – Dollarama, I presume?
“Never saw Love and a .45, but I bought the soundtrack for a dollar. Track five is worth it alone, but the rest is solid.
1. Turn It On – The Flaming Lips
2. Animal – Meat Puppets
3. Ghost Highway – Mazzy Star
4. Come On – The Jesus and Mary Chain
5. Love Hurts – Kim Deal, Bob Pollard
6. Devil’s Chasing Me – Reverend Horton Heat
7. Black – April’s Motel Room
8. Unter Dem Doppeladler – FSK, David Lowery
9. Who Was in My Room Last Night? – Butthole Surfers
10. Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
11. Am I in Love
12. King of the Road – Roger Miller”
REPO MAN – Am I just old, or did this not inspire millions (OK, dozens) of teenage punk rock epiphanies…?
RUMBLEFISH – Not so much a soundtrack as a score but Stewart Copeland’s instrumentals took this Coppola film to another level entirely.
SHE’S HAVING A BABY – In fairness, one must consider when this came out. Not superb but pretty cool at the time.
REPO MAN – OST
1. Repo Man – Iggy Pop
2. TV Party – Black Flag
3. Istitutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies
4. Coup D’Etat – The Circle Jeks
5. El Clavo Y La Cruz – The Plugz
6. Pablo Picasso – Burning Sensations
7. Let’s Have A War – Fear
8. When The Shit Hits The Fan – The Circle Jerks
9. Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man) – The Plugz
10. Bad Man – Juicy Bananas
11. Reel Ten – The Plugz
SHE’S HAVING A BABY – OST
1. She’s Having A Baby – Dave Wakeling
2. Haunted When The Minutes Drag – Love And Rockets
3. Desire (Come And Get It) – Gene Loves Jezebel
4. Happy Families – XTC
5. Crazy Love – Bryan Ferry
6. You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby – Kirsty Maccoll
7. Apron Strings – Everything But The Girl
8. This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush
9. It’s All In The Game – Carmel
10. Full Of Love – Dr. Calculus
i have to agree the tomb raider soundtrack kicks ass, especially because it has “where’s your head” at before it got a video and shit, when they use the song in the movie it is an amazing part.
also, both South Park soundtracks. I’ve lost a lot of interest in Matt and Trey’s work over the last couple years, but these soundtrakcs are still great
on the movie Soundtrack, (other than the songs from the movie)
13. Good Love – Isaac Hayes as Chef
14. Shut Yo Face (Uncle F**KA) – Trick Daddy, Featuring Trina & Tre
15. Riches To Rags (MMMKay) – Nappy Roots
16. Kyle’s Mom’s A Big Fat B**ch – Joe C. featuring Kid Roc
17. What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II – D.V.D.A.
18. I Swear It (I Can Change) – Violent Femmes
19. Super – RuPaul
20. O Canada – Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush featuring Terrance and Phillip
and the South Park TV album “Chef Aid”, long since dumped in everyones delete bins, I always thought was really fun.
1. South Park Theme – Primus
2. Nowhere To Run (Vapor Trail) – The Crystal Method/Ozzy Osbourne/DMX/Ol’ Dirty Bastard/Fuzzbubble
3. Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) – Chef
4. Brad Logan – Rancid
5. Come Sail Away – Eric Cartman
6. Kenny’s Dead – Master P
7. Simultaneous – Chef
8. Will They Die 4 You – Mase/Puffy/Lil’ Kim/System Of A Down
9. Hot Lava – Perry Farrell/D.V.D.A.
10. Bubblegoose – Wyclef Jean/Stan/Kyle/Cartman/Kenny
11. No Substitute – Chef
12. Wake Up Wendy – Elton John
13. Horny – Mousse T. Vs. Hot ‘N’ Juicy
14. Huboon Stomp – Devo
15. Love Gravy – Rick James/Ike Turner
16. Feel Like Makin’ Love – Ned Gerblansky
17. The Rainbow – Ween
18. Tonight Is Right For Love – Chef/Meat Loaf/Meredith Baxter-Birney
19. It’s A Rockin’ World – Joe Strummer
20. Mephisto And Kevin – Primus
21. Mentally Dull (Think Tank Remix) – Vitro Featuring The Cast Of South Park
I really like the First Love, Last Rights soundtrack. All of the songs are written and performed by Shutter to Think, but with different guest vocalists like Jeff Buckley and Liz Phair. Overall, the soundtrack sounds pretty dreamy, like hot weather night music.
1. I Want Someone Badly – Jeff Buckley
2. Erecting a Movie Star – Liz Phair
3. Diamonds, Sparks & All
4. When I Was Born, I Was Bored – Billy Corgan
5. Appalachian Lullaby – Nina Persson
6. Airfield Dream
7. Automatic Soup – Robin Zander
8. Lonesome Dove
9. Speed of Love – John Doe
10. Day Ditty – Angela McCluskey
11. The Wedding Is Over – Lena Karlsson
12. Jelly on the Table – Matt Johnson
13. Just Really Wanna See You
14. I Want Someone Badly
15. Final Dream
my copy of the “higher learning” soundtrack got lots of listens, mostly for the two tori amos songs (including a cover of “losing my religion”) and liz phair’s “don’t have time.”
How about a mix of old and new (well, mostly old) with the 24 Hour Party People soundtrack?
1. Anarchy In The UK – Sex Pistols
2. 24 Hour Party People – Happy Mondays
3. Transmision – Joy Division
4. Ever Fallen In Love – Buzzcocks
5. Janie Jones – The Clash
6. New Dawn Fades – New Order Ft Moby
7. Atmosphere – Joy Division
8. Otis – The Durutti Column
9. Voodoo Ray – A Guy Called Gerald
10. Temptation – New Order
11. Loose Fit – Happy Mondays
12. Pacific State – 808 State
13. Blue Monday – New Order
14. Move Your Body – Marshall Jefferson
15. Shes Lost Control – Joy Division
16. Hallelujah – Happy Mondays
17. Here To Stay – New Order
18. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
The BADLANDS soundtrack, which I suspect is nonexistent. It has a bit from Carl Orff’s “Musica Poetica” that may be the most beautiful thing imaginable – it’s respectfully payed homage to in Lynne Ramsay’s RATCATCHER and egregiously ripped off in Tarantino/Scott’s TRUE ROMANCE. I suspect the only reason Aphex Twin’s “Goon Gumpas” is used in Ramsay’s follow-up MORVERN CALLAR is because of it’s similarity to the Orff composition.
Um, Coneheads and Wayne’s World.
Crucial Taunt…They wail.
Spinal Tap is kinda sweet as well.
Uncle Buck soundtrack. I still want an official release with the cool jazz/soul stuff they play later in the movie! Damnit!
Oh and The Planet of the Apes will always be one of my all time favorites.
Oh and how about the underrated Psychomania soundtrack and movie.
What about video game soundtracks? Check out the Stubbs the Zombie Soundtrack:
1. Ben Kweller ? Lollipop
2. The Raveonettes ? My Boyfriend?s Back
3. Death Cab For Cutie ? Earth Angel
4. Rose Hill Drive ? Shakin? All Over
5. Cake ? Strangers In The Night
6. The Walkmen ? There Goes My Baby
7. Rogue Wave ? Everyday
8. The Dandy Warhols ? All I Have To Do Is Dream
9. Oranger ? Mr. Sandman
10. The Flaming Lips ? If I Only Had A Brain
11. Clem Snide ? Tears On My Pillow
12. Milton Mapes ? Lonesome Town
13. Phantom Planet ? The Living Dead
Wu-Tang Clan even put out their own fighting game with a soundtrack chock full of WTC tracks.
Then there’s the Grand Theft Auto games with excellent music coming out of recently-jacked car stereos
CLUELESS is kinda underrated:
1 Kids in America – Muffs
2 Shake Some Action – David Lowery
3 The Ghost in You – Counting Crows
4 Here – Luscious Jackson
5 All the Young Dudes – World Party
6 Fake Plastic Trees[Acoustic Version]-Radiohead
7 Change – Lightning Seeds
8 Need You Around – Smoking Popes
9 Mullet Head – Beastie Boys
10 Where’d You Go?- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
11 Rollin’ With My Homies – Coolio
12 Alright – Supergrass
13 My Forgotten Favorite – Velocity Girl
14 Supermodel – Jill Sobule
It’s not really an obscure film but the soundtrack to Cruel Intentions rocks my boat
# 1. Every You Every Me-Placebo [Single Mix]
# 2. Praise You-Fatboy Slim [Radio Edit]
# 3. Coffee and TV-Blur
# 4. Bedroom Dancing-Day One [First Recording]
# 5. Colour Blind-Counting Crows
# 6. Ordinary Life-Kristen Barry
# 7. Comin’ Up From Behind-Marcy Playground
# 8. Secretly-Skunk Anansie
# 9. This Love-Craig Armstrong Feat. Elizabeth Fraser
# 10. You Could Make A Killing-Aimee Mann
# 11. Addictive-Faithless
# 12. Trip On Love-Abra Moore
# 13. You Blew Me Off-Bare Jr
# 14. Bitter Sweet Symphony-Verve
SPAWN soundtrack:
1.FILTER & THE CRYSTAL METHOD – (can’t you)trip like i do
2.MARYLING MANSON & SNEAKER PIMPS – long hard road out of hell
3.ORBITAL & KIRK HAMMETT – satan
4.KORN & THE DUST BROTHERS – kick the p.a.
5.BUTTHOLE SURFERS & MOBY – tiny rubberband
6.METALLICA & DJ SPOOKY – for whom the bell tolls(the irony of it all)
7.STABBING WESTWARD & WINK – torn apart
8.MANSUN & 808 STATE – skin up pin up
9.PRODIGY & TOM MORELLO – one man army
10.SILVERCHAIR & VITRO – spawn
11.HENRY ROLLINS & GOLDIE – t4 strain
12.INCUBUS & DJ GREYBOY – familiar
13.SLAYER & ATARI TEENAGE RIOT – no remorse(i wanna die)
14.SOUL COUGHING & RONI SIZE – a plane scrapped its belly on a sooty yellow moon
200 Cigarettes:
1. Cruel To Be Kind – Nick Lowe
2. In The Flesh – Blondie
3. Just What I Needed – The Cars
4. Save It For Later – Harvey Danger
5. Our Lips Are Sealed – Go-Go’s
6. I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
7. I Don’t Care – The Ramones
8. Boogie Wonderland – Girls Against Boys
9. Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
10. It’s Different For Girls – Joe Jackson
11. Nowhere Girl – B-Movie
12. More Than This – Roxy Music
13. Romeo & Juliet – Dire Straits
14. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding – Elvis Costello And The Attractions 15. Blondie Medley: Rapture, Maria, No Exit (The Loud Allstar Rock Remix Featuring Coolio & The Loud AllStars – Havoc And Prodigy Of Mobb Deep, Inspectah Deck & U-God Of Wu-Tang Clan) – Blondie
my other fave album/comp soundtrax are:
*BJORK – drawing restraint 9
*BJORK – selmasongs
*EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY – friday night lights
*AIR – virgin suicides
*VIRGIN SUICIDES – music from the motion picture
*LOST IN TRANSLATION – music from the motion picture
*DECODER RING – somersault
*BADLY DRAWN BOY – about a boy
*MUM – battleship potemkin
*ISAAC HAYES – shaft
*THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA – man with a movie camera
*WILD STYLE – music from the motion picture
*AMON TOBIN – chaos theory
*GTA VICE CITY OST – volume 6: fever 105
the last two are actually game soundtrax, but theyre still worth the mention.
the crow, doom generation, any wes anderson movie, any cameron crowe movie, blow, friday night lights, any sophia coppola movie, i am sam
Wicker Park, easily.
as far as scores go, the ones for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, and Amelie are gorgeous. and i will always and forever have a thing for the Empire Records soundtrack, but my favorite soundtrack of all time, easily, is from The Lost Boys. you know, kiefer sutherland? jason patric? both coreys?
1. Good Times – INXS
2. Lost in the Shadows – Lou Gramm
3. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Roger Daltrey
4. Laying Down the Law – INXS
5. People Are Strange – Echo & the Bunnymen
6. Cry Little Sister (Theme from The Lost Boys) – Gerard McMann
7. Power Play – Eddie and the Tide
8. I Still Believe – Tim Cappello
9. Beauty Has Her Way – Mummy Calls
10. To the Shock of Miss Louise – Thomas Newman
My fave sndtk of all time is Vanilla Sky, so I concur with whoever has listed that earlier. Even the songs that didn’t make the cd soundtrack are great.
Next on my list is Igby Goes Down. I’d also give some credit to Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation.
I’d have to put in my vote for Magnolia as well, though the same songs can be found on the great album Bachelor #2. I could only stand to watch that movie for about 20 minutes, but the movie was great.
How about the soundtrack to the the Wong Kar Wai film, In The Mood For Love …
1. Yumeji’s Theme – Umebayshi Shigeru
2. Mo-wan’s Dialogue – In The Mood For Love ST
3. Angkor Wat Theme I – Michael Galasso
4. ITMFL I – Michael Galasso
5. Aquellos Ojos Verdes – Nat King Cole
6. Shuang Shuang Yan – Deng Bai Ying
7. ITMFL II – Michael Galasso
8. Radio Zhou Xuan Announcement/Hua Yang De Nian Hua – Zhou Xuan
9. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Nat King Cole
10. Bengawan Solo – REBECCA PAN
11. ITMFL III – Michael Galasso
12. Si Lang Tan Mu – Tan Xin Pei
13. Shuang Ma Hui – Zhang Yun Xian/Hou Li Jun
14. Blue – Michael Galasso
15. Hong Niang Hui Zhang Sheng – Zheng Jun Mian/Li Hang
16. Li-zhen’s Dialogue/Te Quiero Dijiste (Magic Is The Moonlight) – Nat King Cole
17. Angkor Wat Theme II – Michael Galasso
18. Yue Er Wan Wan Zhao Jiu Zhou – Chiu Wai Ping
19. Casanova’s Flute – Michael Galasso
20. Yumeji’s Theme/Li-zhen’s Dialogue – Umebayasi Shigeru
21. Angkor Wat Theme Finale – Michael Galasso
and there’s also the soundtrack to the unofficial sequal film 2046 .. it’s a classic
1. 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion) (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
2. Siboney Instrumental
3. Sway (Performed By Dean Martin)
4. Christmas Song (Fast Version) (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
5. Julien Et Barbara
6. Siboney (Performed By Connie Francis)
7. Interlude I (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
8. Polonaise (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
9. Casta Diva From The Opera Norma
10. Perfidia
11. 2046 Main Theme (Rumba Version)
12. Lost (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
13. Dark Chariot
14. Sysiphos At Work
15. Decision From A Short Film About Killing (Composed By Zbigniew Preisner)
16. Long Journey (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
17. Adagio (Performed By Secret Garden)
18. Interlude Ii (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
19. Christmas Song (Performed By Nat King Cole & The Nat King Cole Trio)
20. 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion-Train Remix) (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
Or the film Demonlover which is mainly by Sonic Youth.
1. Move Away
2. Control Freak
3. Safe In Hell
4. Electric Noisefield
5. Slambient Desire
6. Melodikim
7. Teknikal Illprovisation
8. Superdead
9. Lovely Head (feat. Goldfrapp)
10. Dirge (feat. Death In Vegas)
11. Hedgehoppers (feat. Dub Squad)
12. Back To The Primitive (feat. Soulfly)
And who could forget the Friday Night Lights soundtrack by Explosions In The Sky …
1. From West Texas
2. Your Hand In Mine
3. Our Last Days As Children
4. An Ugly Fact Of Life
5. Home
6. Sonho Dourado
7. To West Texas
8. Your Hand In Mine
9. Inside It All Feels The Same
10. Do You Ever Feel Cursed?
11. Lonely Train
12. Seagull
13. The Sky Above, The Field Below
14. A Slow Dance
I’d post some more, but I’d be here all day.
I really feel the need to concur with the Batman Forever mentions. Also to throw up a track list:
1. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – U2
2. One Time Too Many – P.J. Harvey
3. Where Are You Now? – Brandy
4. Kiss From A Rose – Seal
5. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – Massive Attack With Tracey Thorn
6. Nobody Lives Without Love – Eddi Reader
7. Tell Me Now – Mazzy Star
8. Smash It Up – The Offspring
9. There Is A Light – Nick Cave
10. The Riddler – Method Man
11. The Passenger – Michael Hutchence
12. Crossing The River – The Devlins
13. 8 – Sunny Day Real Estate
14. Bad Days – The Flaming Lips
Also, there’s a movie based on Irvine Welsh’s The Acid House, which I’ve read but not seen. The soundtrack is pretty boss:
1. Insect Royalty – Primal Screem
2. Break – The Gyres
3. Nothing to Be Done – The Pastels
4. Sweetest Embrace – Barry Adamson/Nick Cave
5. This is Carbootechnoodicotechnobooto – Bentley Rhythm Ace
6. You’ll Never Know – The Sould Renegades With Texas
7. Precious Maybe – Beth Orton
8. Hot Love – T-Rex
9. Slow Graffiti – Belle & Sebastian
10. I Still Miss You – Arab Strap
11. Going Nowhere – Oasis
12. Leave Home – The Chemical Brothers
13. Bobby Dazzler – The Sons of Silence
14. Claiming Marilyn – Death in Vegas
15. Toujours L’Amore – Dimitri from Paris
16. On Your Own – The Verve
There is indeed a squid and the whale soundtrack, and yes, it is good:
1. Park Slope – Britta Phillips/Dean Wareham
2. Courting Blues – Bert Jansch
3. Holland tunnel – John Phillips
4. Lullaby – Loudon Wainwright III
5. Heart Like a Wheel – Anna McGarrigle
6. The Bright New Year – Bert Jansch
7. Drive – The Cars
8. Let’s Go – The Feelies
9. Figure Eight – Blossom Dearie
10. Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We All Can Get Along the Lumpy… – Bert Jansch
11. Hey You – Dean Wareham
12. Family Conference – Britta Phillips/Dean Wareham
13. Street Hassle – Lou Reed
14. The Swimming Song – Loudon Wainwright III
I’d be lying if I said I knew most of these artists, but the soundtrack turned me on to all of them cause it’s pretty damn good.
I second Some Kind of Wonderful! As well as both of the Kill Bill soundtracks and Romeo+Juliet.
But I’d have to say that the Pretty in Pink soundtrack has definitely stuck with me the longest (even if it’s more old than it is underrated):
1. If You Leave – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2. Left of Center – Suzanne Vega w/ Joe Jackson
3. Get To Know Ya – Jesse Johnson
4. Do Wot You Do – INXS
5. Pretty In Pink – The Psychedelic Furs
6. Shell-Shock – New Order
7. Round, Round – Belouis Some
8. Wouldn’t It Be Good – Danny Hutton Hitters
9. Bring On The Dancing Horses – Echo & The Bunnymen
10. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
6. Kick Out The Jams – Bad Brains
This is the musical equivalent of nuclear fission.
Remember the Titans has a really good soundtrack. Lots of good old soul and oldies
1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
2. Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum
3. Peace Train – Cat Stevens
4. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam
5. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) – The Hollies
6. I Want To Take You Higher – Ike and Tina Turner
7. Up Around the Bend – Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Spill the Wine – Eric Burdon & WAR
9. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Leon Russell
10. Act Naturally – Buck Owens
11. Express Yourself – Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
12. Titans Spirit (Score)
Someone already mentioned Forrest Gump but the soundtrack is really good and the score is really pretty.
music supervisors of the world, unite
There are a ton of great comments, but I did not see anyone post the soundtracks from “Rad” or “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”! Here’s hoping “Rad” gets a proper DVD release!
I completely agree with everyone who said Batman Forever.
A Life Less Ordinary has always been one of my favorites:
1. Deadweight – Beck
2. Love Is Here – Lucious Jackson
3. A Life Less Ordinary – Ash
4. Velvet Divorce – Sneaker Pimps
5. Kingdom Of Lies – Folk Implosion
6. Leave – REM
7. Don’t Leave – Faithless
8. Oh – Underworld
9. It’s War – The Cardigans
10. Always On My Mind – Elvis Presley
11. Peace In The Valley – A3
12. Beyond The Sea – Bobby Darin
13. Put A Lid On It – Squirrel Nut Zippers
14. Deeper River – Dusted
15. Full Throttle – Prodigy
The soundtrack for “To Live And Die In L.A.” by Wang Chung is awesome. Half of it is instrumental. They carried over one song (“Wait”) from their debut album Points On The Curve.
“Zero Effect” – underrated movie, excellent soundtrack
1. Mystery Dance – Elvis Costello
2. One Dance – Dan Bern
3. Starbucked – Bond
4. Into My Arms – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5. Some Jingle Jangle Morning – Mary Lou Lord
6. Emma J – Brendan Benson
7. The Method Pt. 2 – The Greyboy Allstars
8. Drifting Along – Jamiroquai
9. Till You Die – Candy Butchers
10. Lounge – Esthero
11. Blackmail Drop – The Greyboy Allstars
12. Three Days – Thermadore
13. Rest My Head Against The Wall – Heatmiser
14. The Zero Effect – The Greyboy Allstars
i also forgot to mention my other fave. the original soundtrack & score to DONNIE DARKO (2CDs). any compilation that has “love will tear us apart” in there is always a winner!
One From the Heart – Tom Waits and Crystal Gale.
Most of my top picks have already been mentioned…”Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels” is, by far, my favorite. “Spinal Tap” and “Repo Man” are also great. But one that’s slipped through is “Songs in the Key of X”. While not technically a soundtrack (it’s a collection of songs inspired by the X Files), it’s got some GREAT tracks on it, including the only listenable Foo Fighters song, their cover of Gary Numan’s “Down in the Park.”
Songs in the Key of X:
X-Files Theme – Mark Snow
2. Unmarked Helicopters – Soul Coughing
3. On The Outside – Sheryl Crow
4. Down In The Park – Foo Fighters
5. Star Me Kitten – William S. Burroughs & REM
6. Red Right Hand – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
7. Thanks Bro – Filter
8. Man Of Steel – Frank Black
9. Unexplained – Meat Puppets
10. Deep – Danzig
11. Frenzy – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
12. My Dark Life – Elvis Costello With Brian Eno
13. Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn) – Rob Zombie And Alice Cooper
14. If You Never Say Goodbye – P.M. Dawn
15. X-Files Theme (P.M. Dawn Remix) – P.M. Dawn
And since nobody posted the “Lock, Stock…” track list, here it is (make sure you get the imported version, which includes The Stone Roses “Fools Gold”):
Hundred Mile City – Ocean Colour
2. “It’s A Deal, It’s A Steal – Tom, Nick & Ed
3. The Boss – James Brown
4. “Skanga – Truly, Madly Deeply
5. Hortf**kinculturalist – Winston
6. Police And Theives – Junior Murvin
7. 18 With A Bullet – Lewis Taylor & Carleen Anderson
8. Spooky – Dusty Springfield
9. The Game – John Murphy & David Hughes
10. “Muppets – Harry, Barry, & Gary
11. Man Machine – Robbie Williams
12. Walk This Land – E Z Roller
13. Blaspheming Barry – Barry
14. I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
15. It’s Kosher – Tom & Nick
16. Liar Liar – Castaways
17. I’ve Been Shot – Plank & Dog
18. Why Did You Do It – Stretch
19. Guns 4 Showknives For Pro – Ed & Soap
20. Oh Girl – Evil Superstars
21. If The Milk Turns Sour – John Murphy & David
22. Zorba The Greek – John Murphy & David Hughes
23. I’ll Kill Ya – John Murphy & David Hughes
24. The Payback – James Brown
25. Fools Gold – The Stone Roses
26. It’s Been Emotional – Big Chris
27. 18 With A Bullet – Pete Wingfield
Lots of folks talking about Dead Man on Campus soundtrack, but how about Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man soundtrack? Lots of guitar noodling by Neil Young, spooky, haunting, dirty–it fits the film perfectly. Highly underrated.
forget regulate, the Above the Rim soundtrack has the song “big pimpin’” by tha dogg pound that is unbelievably tasty – starts out sounding like a nintendo game and ends with big pimpin’ delemond saying stuff like “unpimp my pen in the hot california sun / and the bitch didn’t strip, smear or run” – ’94 never got better
“A MATTER OF DEGREES” SOUNDTRACK
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100122/
(I’ve never seen the movie, but the soundtrack rawks)
1. Max and Wells – fIREHOSE
2. Shadow to You – Giant Sand
3. Liz Beth – Eleventh Dream Day
4. Homer – Miracle Legion
5. Something to Do – Yo La Tengo
6. Where Is My Mind? – Pixies
7. Stove – The Lemonheads
8. Rock Hard – Alex Chilton
9. Who’s Schoolin’ Who? – Schoolly D
10. Evergreen Memorial Drive – Nova Mob
11. Academy Fight Song – Miracle Legion
12. Won’t Forget – Uncle Tupelo
And the best so-bad-it-is-good soundtrack, how can you beat this:
“THE CRAFT” SOUNDTRACK
(Jewel Raps…seriously.)
1. Tomorrow Never Knows – Our Lady Peace
2. I Have The Touch – Heather Nova
3. All This And Nothing – Sponge
4. Dangerous Type – Letters To Cleo
5. How Soon Is Now? – Love Spit Love
6. Dark Secret – Matthew Sweet
7. Witches Song – Julianna Hatfield
8. Jump Into The Fire – Tripping Daisy
9. Under The Water – Jewel
10. Warning – All Too Much
11. Spastica – Elastica
12. The Horror – Spacehog
13. Bells, Books, And Candles – Graeme Revell
I heard the Garden State soundtrack is Indie-tastic.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Stealing Beauty yet:
1. 2 Wicky – Hoover
2. Glory Box – Portishead
3. If 6 Was 9 – Axiom Funk
4. Annie Mae – John Lee Hooker
5. Rocket Boy – Liz Phair
6. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
7. My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone
8. I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday
9. Rhymes Of An Hour – Mazzy Star
10. Alice – Cocteau Twins
11. You Won’t Fall – Lori Carson
12. I Need Love – Sam Phillips
ill agree with the stealing beauty equally suprised nobody mentioned it, but im even more suprised nobody mentioned the soundtrack to morvern callar, not to mention that the entire movie was based around the soundtrack
1: Can: I Want More
2. Aphex Twin: Goon Gumpas
3. Boards Of Canada: Everything You Do Is A Balloon
4. Can: Spoon
5. Stereolab: Blue Milk (edit) 6. The Velvet Underground: I’m Sticking With You
7. Broadcast: You Can Fall
8. Gamelan Drumming
9. Holger Czukay: Cool In The Pool
10. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: Hold Of Death
11. Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra: Some Velvet Morning
12. Ween: Japanese Cowboy
13. Holger Czukay: Fragrance
14. Aphex Twin: Nannou
Another that hasnt been mentioned is demon lover as the soundtrack was done by sonic youth
ill agree with the stealing beauty equally suprised nobody mentioned it, but im even more suprised nobody mentioned the soundtrack to morvern callar, not to mention that the entire movie was based around the soundtrack
1: Can: I Want More
2. Aphex Twin: Goon Gumpas
3. Boards Of Canada: Everything You Do Is A Balloon
4. Can: Spoon
5. Stereolab: Blue Milk (edit)
6. The Velvet Underground: I’m Sticking With You
7. Broadcast: You Can Fall
8. Gamelan Drumming
9. Holger Czukay: Cool In The Pool
10. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: Hold Of Death
11. Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra: Some Velvet Morning
12. Ween: Japanese Cowboy
13. Holger Czukay: Fragrance
14. Aphex Twin: Nannou
Another that hasnt been mentioned is demon lover as the soundtrack was done by sonic youth
morvern cavern and demon lover have both been mentioned already. how about brian eno’s apollo? that shit revolutionized film scoring.
What, no ‘Labyrinth’ soundtrack? The first half is gloriously Bowie-tastic, and the second half… well, you can skip it.
‘The Last Unicorn’, all music by America. Incredibly dorky, but one of my favorite flicks as a kid.
‘Hype!’ had a great soundtrack that stood on its own without the film. I can’t recommend either one enough. A great documentary about Seattle in the early 90s.
Hype! tracklisting:
1. K Street – Fastbacks
2. Return of the Rat – Wipers
3. Dig It A Hole – U-Men
4. Swallow My Pride – Green River
5. Nothing To Say – Soundgarden
6. Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney
7. Negative – Nirvana
8. Mousetrap – Some Velvet Sidewalk
9. 54/40 – Dead Moon
10. My Hometown – Girl Trouble
11. Giant Killer – Tad
12. Hotcakes – Gas Huffer
13. Low Beat – Young Fresh Fellows
14. I Say Fuck – Supersuckers
15. Knot – 7 Year Bitch
16. Second Skin – The Gits
17. Julie Fancavilla – Flop
18. Throwaway – Posies
19. Not For You – Pearl Jam
20. The River Rise – Mark Lanegan
21. Fire’s Coming Down – Pigeonhed
22. Just Say – Fastbacks
The hidden track is a snippet of the Muzak version of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.
Lost Highway, A Life Less Ordinary, Love and a .45, Stealing Beauty — all excellent.
Curdled is probably not a movie for all tastes (although Angela Jones, aka Esmeralda Villalobos in Pulp Fiction, is completely adorable in it), but the soundtrack is a completely fantastic collection of Latin music. Not a bad song on it, even if you’re not necessarily a fan of the genre.
1. Cumbia Del Sol – The Blazers
2. El Talisman – Rosana
3. Obsession Confession (Instumental) – Slash And Jed Leiber
4. El Punal Y El Corazon – Cafe Tacuba
5. Cumbia De Surf – Joseph Julian Gonzalez
6. Cumbia Del Monte – Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros
7. Lunas Rotas – Rosana
8. Guajira De Gabriela – Joseph Julian Gonzalez
9. Cumbia Colombiana – La Integracion
10. Mambo De Muerte – Joseph Julian Gonzalez
11. Ritmo De Tambo – La Sonora Dinamita
12. Danza Macabra Suite – Joseph Julian Gonzalez
13. Te Llevare – Tulio Zuloaga
14. Buscandote – The Latin Brothers
15. Jardin De Amor – Los Destellos
16. Obsession – Slash with Marta Sanchez
Yesyesyesyesyes
Empire Records soundtrack.
Anyone who has a soft spot for mid 90′s alt rock would love this one. I do, yeah, that’s right.
Granted it’s a musical, but Hedwig and the Angry Inch? Great album. The Basketball Diaries – had The Cult, PJ Harvey, The Posies etc. Danny the Dog/Unleashed was kind of cool just to at least hear some new Massica Attack songs. And Purple Rain was kinda awesome back in the day. Backbeat was cool to hear Greg Dulli and friends tackle Beatles covers. Strange Days was kinda interesting, if only to hear Juliette Lewis sing a song PJ Harvey wrote.
Best Soundtracks:
The Chocolate War
and
Tank Girl
Most of my faves have already been mentioned (Virgin Suicides, Squid and the Whale, Repo Man, Garden State) – but there are a couple other really good ones not mentioned.
Betty Blue (Gabriel Yared)and Blade Runner (Vangelis) both have great scores. And the Run Lola Run soundtrack will put some giddyup in your gallop.
All Over Me Soundtrack
Nobody has mentioned this one
Somethings Burning – 12 Rounds
Dynamite – Alison Piptone
Empty Glasses – The Amps
Shy – Ani DiFranco
Hello – Babes in Toyland
6AM Jullander Shere – Cornershop
Superglider – Drugstore
Dragon Lady – The Geraldine Fibbers
Hole in the Ground – Helium
Dimming Soul – Michelle Malone
Squeezebox Days – The Murmurs
Jackie Blue – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Pissing In A River – Patti Smith
Descent – Remy Zero
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone – Sleater-Kinney
Game Song – Tuscadero
You probably don’t recognize many of the bands but this one is totally worth it, like totally….worth I…T!
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels worked pretty well for me:
Hundred Mile High City – Ocean Colour Scene
The Boss – James Brown
Truly, Madly, Deeply – Skanga
Police and Thieves – Junior Murvin
18 with a Bullet – Lewis Taylor & Carleen Anderson
Spooky – Dusty Springfield
Man Machine – Robbie Williams
Walk This Land – E Z Roller
I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
Liar Liar – Castaways
Why Did You Do It – Stretch
Oh Girl – Evil Superstars
Zorba the Greek – John Murphy & David Hughes
The Payback – James Brown
Fool’s Gold – The Stone Roses
18 with a Bullet – Pete Wingfield
A double dose of James Brown (“I don’t know karate, but I know ca-ray-zee”), one of Robbie Williams’ best songs, classics by Dusty, Junior Murvin, Stone Roses and The Stooges, and pretty good incidentals from Murphy and Hughes.
And also some of the quotes are absolute 24-carat; “It’s a deal, it’s a steal, it’s sale of the fucking century. In fact, fuck it Nick, I think I’ll keep it.”
Cliff Martinez’s ambient score for Traffic is absolutely brills.
Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer’s likeness…
can someone please send me the song “we all have a map of the piano” by mum? ive been looking for this but no luck. please please please
I agree with ’24 hour party people’. Great soundtrack and movie if you are into the Madchester sound of the late 80′s to early 90′s. Another soundtrack I don’t see here is from the Mike Myers movie ‘So I Married an Axe Murderer…’
1. There She Goes – THE BOO RADLEYS
2. Brother – Toad The Wet Sprocket
3. The Break – Soul Asylum List
4. Starve To Death – Chris Whitley
5. Rush (New York City Club Version) – Big Audio Dynamite II
6. This Poem Sucks – Mike Myers
7. Saturday Night – Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
8. Long Day In The Universe (Remix) – The Darling Buds
9. Two Princes – Spin Doctors
10. My Insatiable One – Suede
11. Maybe Baby – Sun-60
12. There She Goes – The La’s
Yes both my choices are from the early 90′s but they remind me of college and lots o’ beersesss,
hello
blowin’ the dust off this! Great listings here too many to mention – good stuffies indeed. IMHO “To Live and Die in LA” by Wang Chung – a little dated BUT for those into the mid80s sound of the DX7 and synth the “second side” instrumental is marvelous.
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Can’t believe no one has mentioned THE great missing soundtrack of the 80′s:
Ferris Bueller
Never officially released but the tracklisting is here:
http://www.idiotsavant.com/bueller/soundtrack.htm
what about the paris/texas soundtrack by ry cooder?
or the Pink flamingos soundtrack?
Both fantastic, Don’t know if they’re underrated but if you haven’t listened to them. DO.