OT: Best Movie Soundtrack

[iowajerms]

Here is my favorite soundtrack, not sure if there is an album on it though.

IMDB - Dazed and Confused

According to IMDB - the movie had a $6.9 million budget and 1/6 of it ($1.15 million) was to get the rights to all the 70s songs.

Soundtrack

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Highway Star - Deep Purple
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas
Why Can't We Be Friends - War
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
Low Rider - War
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
I Just Want To Make Love To You - Foghat
Love Hurts - Nazareth
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
There's Never Been Any Reason - Head East
Tush - ZZ Top
Fox on the Run - Sweet
Slow Ride - Foghat
Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
Lord Have Mercy On My Soul - Black Oak Arkansas
Balinese - ZZ Top
Rock & Roll All Nite - KISS
Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John
Livin' In The USA - Steve Miller
Hey Baby - Ted Nugent
Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
Summer Breeze - Seal and Croft
Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group​

 

[blindbaby]

Fandango is another great one...

1. We're Going Somewhere [0:32]
2. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting [4:54]
3. We've got to dig up Dom [0:24]
4. Cream - Badge [2:47]
5. You called off your wedding [0:40]
6. Carole King - It's Too Late [3:54]
7. Pat Metheny And Lyle Mays - September Fifteenth [7:39]
8. That car's afflicted [1:12]
9. Classics IV - Spooky [2:52]
10. There's nothing wrong [0:44]
11. Pat Metheny - Farmer's Trust [6:24]
12. Here's to us, by God [0:43]
13. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild [3:31]
14. Pat Metheny And Lyle Mays - It's For You [8:14]
15. Goodbye friend [1:12]
16. Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home [3:15]

 

[Jared]

For me,

Garden State
Juno
Oh Brother Where Art Thou

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I see someone said it 4 years ago, but Goodfellas over everything.

Best this century would be Almost Famous or Garden State, depending on your age and/or mood.

 

[BGDave]

For those of us old enough to remember the 70s, this was a good one in its day

 

[BGDave]

And you wont like this one, but I am a huge mark for. Not rock, but not everything has to be

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[BGDave]

Which leads me to the definitive movie soundtrack.

 

[Comeds]

I'm not even participating in this thread and somehow it got "I Feel Pretty" and "America" from West Side Story stuck in my head. Thanks guys.

 

[pixburgher66]

For those of us old enough to remember the 70s, this was a good one in its day

Played a set in marching band in high school that had "Tommy" as the feature song we ended with. Freaking love that song.

 

[pixburgher66]

If we're including composed soundtracks:

Last of the Mohicans
Jurassic Park

 

[Nasty_Magician]

This was a hell of a bump.

 

[pixburgher66]

Oh, keep thinking of more.

As a recent entry, Guardians of the Galaxy was kickin'. Also makes me think of The Wonder Years. TV show, obviously, but I'm re-watching on Netflix now, and what a soundtrack that show had. They had to replace a few songs on Netflix for money reasons, but it's still great.

 

[lilchi721]

The Lion King had a good soundtrack

 

[BGDave]

The Lion King had a good soundtrack

Many "children's" movies did. Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, etc. I figured I better stop before I get banned from this site.

 

[BGDave]

Although I love a lot of the movies listed, I have a preference for "original" soundtracks. Seems unfair that a movie can be considered to have a great soundtrack if all they did was poach Top 40 hits from all eras.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Although I love a lot of the movies listed, I have a preference for "original" soundtracks. Seems unfair that a movie can be considered to have a great soundtrack if all they did was poach Top 40 hits from all eras.

That's what I loved about Garden State's soundtrack - Braff took a bunch of music only the most hardcore of indie folks would know and turned it into the perfect compilation. I know that's still not what you were getting at (you're aiming more for the SNF soundtrack) but it's as close as you'll ever get to "original" in today's world.

 

[UK Cowboy]

Vision Quest

 

[Jared]

I forgot to add Friday Night Lights, which is more of a score than a soundtrack. But I love Explosions in the Sky, so I'm counting it anyway.

 

[beantownmaniac]

1. Marvin Gaye (1968): "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (extended version) (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 5:03
2. The Temptations (1965): "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:55
3. The Young Rascals (1966): "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 2:28
4. The Miracles (1965): "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin) – 2:53
5. Three Dog Night (1970): "Joy to the World" (Hoyt Axton) – 3:24

Side Two

1. The Temptations (1966): "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 2:31
2. Aretha Franklin (1968): "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler) – 2:41
3. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1967): "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland) – 2:46
4. Procol Harum (1967): "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher) – 4:03
5. The Exciters (1963): "Tell Him" (Bert Berns) – 2:29
   
   

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Bad Moon Rising"
2. The Beach Boys – "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
3. Four Tops – "It's the Same Old Song"
4. Percy Sledge – "When a Man Loves a Woman"
5. Martha and the Vandellas – "Dancing in the Street"
6. Marvin Gaye – "What's Going On"

Side Two

1. The Young Rascals – "In the Midnight Hour"
2. Steve Miller Band – "Quicksilver Girl"
3. The Spencer Davis Group – "Gimme Some Lovin'"
4. The Marvelettes – "Too Many Fish in the Sea"
5. The Band – "The Weight"

 

[blindbaby]

Complete masterpiece from Vangelis.