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The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time
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This is a list of the greatest soundtracks ever recorded, as ranked by the Ranker Community. Sometimes a great soundtrack can elevate a mediocre movie into something that makes it iconic. Top Gun, Footloose, Grease... these are all compilation albums that you listened to over and over, making the songs themselves so ingrained with the movie that they BECAME the movie in your head. PIck your faves, add what's missing and rank the best!
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The Revolution1984Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Synthpop, New Wave, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Funk, Contemporary R&B, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Minneapolis sound MoreMost Listed - 2
Pulp Fiction
1994Rock music, Pop music, Soul music, Surf rock - 3
Disco - 4
The Beatles, George Martin1964Rock music, Beat music - 5
The Graduate
Simon and Garfunkel1968Folk rock - 6
The Blues Brothers1980Blues-rock, Blue-eyed soul, Blues - 7 John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John1978Film soundtrack, Soundtrack
- 8 2001Controversial
- 9 Richard O'Brien1994
- 10 2000Old-time music, Soundtrack
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Trainspotting
1996Controversial - 12 Pink Floyd
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Top Gun
1986SoundtrackControversial - 14
The Wizard of Oz
Harold Arlen - 15 1993
- 16 The Who, The High Numbers1969Rock music, Art rock, Concept album, Hard rock, Power pop
- 17 Bill Conti1976
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West Side Story
- 19 1984Pop rock, Synthpop, Dance-pop
- 20 Pop rock, Soft rock
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- 21 Talking Heads1999Post-punk, Soundtrack
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Dirty Dancing
1987Rock music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music, Rock and roll More - 23 Curtis Mayfield
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The Sound of Music
Richard Rodgers1965 - 25
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999 - 26
Singles
1992Alternative rock, Rock music, Grunge music - 27 2000
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The Last Waltz
The Band2002Rock musicControversial - 30
Empire Records
1995Controversial - 31 1985Controversial
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The Big Chill
1983Rhythm and blues, Soul music - 33 Spinal Tap2000Heavy metal, Comedy rock
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Pretty in Pink
Rock music, New Wave, Post-punk, College rock - 35
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
The Beatles, George Martin1999Rock music - 36 1985Rock music, New Wave
- 37 Alan Silvestri1994
- 38 Danny Elfman1993
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Romeo + Juliet
Nellee Hooper1996Soundtrack - 40
Easy Rider Soundtrack
Soundtrack -
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The Lion King
1994Soundtrack - 42 John Williams1977
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Mary Poppins
Sherman Brothers1964 - 44
The Crow
1994Alternative rock, Heavy metal, Gothic rock, Industrial rock - 45
The Blues Brothers
The Blues BrothersBlues-rock, Blues, Blue-eyed soul - 46 1983Pop music
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Amadeus
Gustav Lorentzen1997 - 48 2003Soundtrack
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Rushmore
1999 - 50 Maurice Jarre1990
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The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time at 4/20/2012 2:06 PM
The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time at 4/05/2012 7:09 AM
As for more modern-day soundtracks, how about Titanic, The Commitments, or The Bodyguard?
And no Elvis movie soundtracks?
Check out this list of the top 50 soundtracks of all time: http://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.com/2011/11/top-50-soundtracks-of-all-time.html