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The Blues Brothers is behind Slumdog Millionaire on this list. Seriously? Aside from Jai ho and the general bollywood aesthetic there wasn't anything that memorable about the soundtrack to that movie at all. Don't get why this film is so high on the list at all.
Also, no Watchmen? The soundtrack was one of the best things about the whole movie. Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence in the funeral scene gives me chills every time, let alone to rest of the soundtrack. Bad omission there.
The Adventureland OST has some absolute gems and is a great compilation of 80s rock music with the likes of The Cure, Crowded House, The Replacements, The Velvet Underground and Big Star all featuring. The movie is definitely worth checking out too, I feel that it's massively underrated. Jesse Eisenberg is excellent in it!
I know it's just me, but I've always used the word 'soundtrack' for a collection of songs compiled for a film. As such, this is a great list. But I've alway used the term 'film score' for music composed for a film. To drop some 'film scores' into this list, leaves it missing loads of cool stuff. It also leaves me sounding like a right nerd.
@Sandrine, these aren't in any particular order, just a collection of our favourites.
@rover7, great call on Adventureland, love me a bit of Crowded House.
Forgive me, but the version of "Mad World" on the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack was not the Tears For Fears original but a cover by Gary Jules & Michael Andrews; am I right?
@JohnnyMac Haha thankyou :) I remember being very happy when that cover got to #1 in '03, although it was another 2.5 years before I actually saw "...Darko".
How in god's green earth is 'The Harder They Come' not in the list. Ever track is a classic from "You Can Get It If You Really Want" to "Rivers of Babylon". You're all fools I tell you for leaving this out.
The Lost Boys? and erm.... Top Gun. They were the two soundtracks that everyone owned in the 80's and 90's even though not everyone had seen the films. Point Break has a pretty good soundtrack as well
Further to my rant about 'The Harder They Come' not being in the list here are my 'coolest' soundtracks:
The Harder They Come
Dumb & Dumber
The Big Lebowski
Casino
Boogie Nights
All of which seem to have missed your list
Yes Donnie Darko, no to the song Mad World. Better was Blue Moon or even Head Over Heels. Both far FAR better songs of the period than Mad World, especially that awful cover.
A pure jem of a soundtrack is Larry Clarks 'Kids', every track is amazing, on another note the only good thing with Tron:Legacy was the soundtrack...the film was dump!
James Horner's Aliens score should be on here. If Star Wars is then Raiders should be too, for the truck chase alone. Should be 30 cool soundtracks not coolest.
Please add Rob Zombies - The Devil's Rejects to this list. That's an amazing Soundtrack!
Let me also share my favorite movies with you. I recommend movies at (trailers & real time film news feeds also up)
www.haveyouseenthisone.com
Mean Streets? Clearly the Best Movie Soundtrack ever, why is it not on the list? MADNESS! I agree Adventureland should be on there. Wong kar-wai is fantastic at sourcing great and obscure music for his films. 2046 is a classic but I have a soft spot for the strange urban stuff in Fallen Angels. And where's the intense yet slick music from Michael Mann's Manhunter?
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Sandrine
Sep 22nd 2011, 8:24
The Blues Brothers is behind Slumdog Millionaire on this list. Seriously? Aside from Jai ho and the general bollywood aesthetic there wasn't anything that memorable about the soundtrack to that movie at all. Don't get why this film is so high on the list at all. Also, no Watchmen? The soundtrack was one of the best things about the whole movie. Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence in the funeral scene gives me chills every time, let alone to rest of the soundtrack. Bad omission there.
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rover7
Sep 22nd 2011, 10:42
The Adventureland OST has some absolute gems and is a great compilation of 80s rock music with the likes of The Cure, Crowded House, The Replacements, The Velvet Underground and Big Star all featuring. The movie is definitely worth checking out too, I feel that it's massively underrated. Jesse Eisenberg is excellent in it!
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JohnnyMac
Sep 22nd 2011, 10:45
I know it's just me, but I've always used the word 'soundtrack' for a collection of songs compiled for a film. As such, this is a great list. But I've alway used the term 'film score' for music composed for a film. To drop some 'film scores' into this list, leaves it missing loads of cool stuff. It also leaves me sounding like a right nerd.
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joshwinning
Sep 22nd 2011, 11:59
@Sandrine, these aren't in any particular order, just a collection of our favourites. @rover7, great call on Adventureland, love me a bit of Crowded House.
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MikeyRix
Sep 22nd 2011, 12:00
Forgive me, but the version of "Mad World" on the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack was not the Tears For Fears original but a cover by Gary Jules & Michael Andrews; am I right?
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JohnnyMac
Sep 22nd 2011, 12:11
@MikeyRix. Your not wrong.
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JasonF049
Sep 22nd 2011, 12:12
Surely Back To The Future should have made the list??
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MikeyRix
Sep 22nd 2011, 12:34
@JohnnyMac Haha thankyou :) I remember being very happy when that cover got to #1 in '03, although it was another 2.5 years before I actually saw "...Darko".
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FBAAkers
Sep 22nd 2011, 13:28
How in god's green earth is 'The Harder They Come' not in the list. Ever track is a classic from "You Can Get It If You Really Want" to "Rivers of Babylon". You're all fools I tell you for leaving this out.
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ChrisWootton
Sep 22nd 2011, 14:15
The Lost Boys? and erm.... Top Gun. They were the two soundtracks that everyone owned in the 80's and 90's even though not everyone had seen the films. Point Break has a pretty good soundtrack as well
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FBAAkers
Sep 22nd 2011, 14:35
Further to my rant about 'The Harder They Come' not being in the list here are my 'coolest' soundtracks: The Harder They Come Dumb & Dumber The Big Lebowski Casino Boogie Nights All of which seem to have missed your list
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higgins78
Sep 22nd 2011, 17:51
Yes Donnie Darko, no to the song Mad World. Better was Blue Moon or even Head Over Heels. Both far FAR better songs of the period than Mad World, especially that awful cover.
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higgins78
Sep 22nd 2011, 17:52
EDIT: The Killing Moon (of course).
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DonisFun
Sep 22nd 2011, 18:55
A pure jem of a soundtrack is Larry Clarks 'Kids', every track is amazing, on another note the only good thing with Tron:Legacy was the soundtrack...the film was dump!
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Murphy0806
Sep 22nd 2011, 23:40
James Horner's Aliens score should be on here. If Star Wars is then Raiders should be too, for the truck chase alone. Should be 30 cool soundtracks not coolest.
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Murphy0806
Sep 22nd 2011, 23:42
My (sort of) mistake. It says cool on the main TF page then coolest when you start reading it.
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AleksDgreatNYC
Sep 24th 2011, 16:47
Please add Rob Zombies - The Devil's Rejects to this list. That's an amazing Soundtrack! Let me also share my favorite movies with you. I recommend movies at (trailers & real time film news feeds also up) www.haveyouseenthisone.com
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huntjo1
Sep 25th 2011, 21:55
Cemetery Junction should have definitley made the list. One of ,y favourite soundtracks of recent times
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Thebeard
Sep 26th 2011, 22:25
Mean Streets? Clearly the Best Movie Soundtrack ever, why is it not on the list? MADNESS! I agree Adventureland should be on there. Wong kar-wai is fantastic at sourcing great and obscure music for his films. 2046 is a classic but I have a soft spot for the strange urban stuff in Fallen Angels. And where's the intense yet slick music from Michael Mann's Manhunter?
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PsycoSaurus
Apr 19th 2012, 21:12
Where... the f**k... is Watchmen?
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