honestly, has any movie's soundtrack ranked up there with this one? I'm not even a baby of the 80's, but the music is just so perfect for the feel of the film I can't think of any better use of music in any movie
shareSo true. But hey, Joe Strummer (RIP) did the score.
-raj dash
of course - the wizard of oz!
but if you mean soundtrack to be a collection of great songs from an era, then maybe american graffiti is in the same ballpark. gpb is awfully good though.
Dazed and Confused for me, with that opening of Sweet Emotion, the muscle car. Damn that's a great opening.
As someone mentioned, The Crow
"Madness Were Easy To Bear Compared To Truth Like This," Bram Stoker
Best Soundtracks:
Trainspotting
Grosse Point Blank
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
High Fidelity
That would be my top 5 in order. Criminal that Trainspotting was not mentioned earlier than the 4th page!
+1 for Dazed and Confused for me bar none
shareNo-ones mentioning The Wedding Singer which had The Smiths, New Order, Bowie, The Police, The President of the USA (covering Buggles) and Billy Idol (ok maybe not the last one)
shareSpeaking of music in this movie,
Did someone else notice the incredible music-change when he enters the Ultimart? :D First it's Live and let die, quite heavy guitarrs etc. and when he enters it, it turns into a silly Supermarket-muzak version of the song. :D lovely!
I'm not a big GNR fan, but I did love that segue from heavy rock to mazak (sp?). I bet that went right by the causal viewers.
I haven't been through the entire thread, but a great, rare soundtrack is Time Square. I've never seen the movie, but the soundtrack has The Pretenders, Joe Jackson, Talking Heads, Patti Sith, The Cure, Roxey Music and a kick-ass punk version of You Can't Hurry Love.
I did listen to Empire Records yesterday while working in the yard. GPB is one of my favorite soundtracks. I'll put it on today.
I'm really surprised no one has mentioned "Dumber and Dumber". Best soundtrack of the 90's. Or "Singles", another great one that represented the 90's.
As far as 80's, "Fast times at Ridgemond high".
Awesome....never noticed that, and sure enough....
Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
So true, this movie had awesome soundtrack.
As most of the people here mentioned 'High Fidelity' 'Dazed and Confused'
Also, 'Lords of dogtown' it wasn't the best movie, but the soundtrack was pretty cool - Jimi Hendrix, AC/CD, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent and loads others!
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Great movie. Great Music. I would say Mean Streets had a pretty badass soundtrack as well.
sharesad to see the royal tenenbaums get so few nominations. i like all of wes anderson's soundtracks. nobody picks music like him. martin scorsese is also up there. his use of the cadence of layla in goodfellas will kick you in the balls with awesomeness. gpb and high fidelity are great. tarantino also picks great soundtracks, especially jackie brown (loooovvvvveeee across 110th st.). but in the end, its wes anderson, hands down.
shareDidn't read the entire thread...but if already mentioned they deserve to be mentioned again...SLC Punk, Pulp Fiction, and Reservoir Dogs...
shareIt is widely known that John Cusack was a huge fan of the great Joe Strummer, lead singer of the Clash, the Mescaleros, the Latino Rockabilly War, the 101ers (and more), solo artist, and famed soundtrack artist. Joe's songs are frequently used in movies, and he even acted in a few before his untimely death in 2002. Cusack used Joe to score several movies and this is the most well known. Cusack talks about his love of Strummer and his work in the documentary, "The Future is Unwritten"
Many of the songs are Clash songs, Pogues (where Joe spent some time) or reggae style songs that The Clash made popular, plus incidental music, and the instrumental song "War Cry". (Debi in the movie likes her reggae accent...)
Here is a link to a beautiful tribute to Joe, written by John Cusack: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-cusack/thanksgiving-calling_b_11173.html.
If you don't know about Joe, you ought to. Rolling Stone Mag called the London Calling (double) album by The Clash the number one album in any genre by any artist during the entire decade of the 1980s. VH1 had it number 4 all time in the Rock Album category. Their debut is considered a top album all-time, and they are considered the fathers of bands as diverse as Public Enemy, Red-Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Green Day, Billy Bragg, Rage Against the Machine, etc.
It's great although Jonathan Demme's Something Wild would be a close second in my book.
I love this soundtrack. Other movies that had great soundtracks or soundtracks that went very well with the mood of the movie are:
Fight Club
Any Tarantino flick
Carlito's Way
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou