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The 1993 crime thriller, starring Cuba Gooding Jr, Emilio Estevez, and Denis Leary, boasts an experimental soundtrack full of rap-rock, truly putting the genre on the map.
Some unlikely pairings on the score included De La Soul with Teenage Fanclub, Sir Mix-A-Lot with Mudhoney, and Cypress Hill with both Sonic Youth and Pearl Jam.
This 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson drama turns a feelgood film into one focused on guilty pleasures.
And what better way to score this film than by filling the soundtrack with guilty pleasures like Walter Egan's 'Magnet and Steel,' and Night Ranger's 'Sister Christian.'
Capturing grunge in its peak, Cameron Crowe portrayed the growing movement through young singles mingling in the Seattle underground music scene.
He incorporated inspirations like 1980s Paul Westerberg, 1970s Nancy Wilson, and Jimi Hendrix, to show the development of Alice in Chains and Screaming Trees of the era.
Coming out in 2018, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper aimed to recreate the whole experience of 'A Star Is Born.'
Through the two characters' differing styles, rootsy alt-rock and pop, the biopic remake depicts the constant struggle between personal expression and providing entertainment, between being genuine and wanting fame.
The Oscar-winning, 1960's film favorite depicts a grimy New York City, leaning towards harder sex and drugs than the hippie attitude of an earlier time.
The soundtrack lays bare the trials and tribulations, as well as the bliss and mind-bending ecstasy that comes with the precarious lifestyle.
Out of all the Beatles' films this is by far the worst to watch, however, the soundtrack is back-to-back classics.
Their other films include 'A Hard Day's Night,' 'Help,' and 'Yellow Submarine.'
Starting the cliche 1980s and 1990s scene of jolly middle-aged folks bopping around the house to a pop classic.
This film portrays the transformations from hippie to yuppie, and alongside that the score bears the culture of something genuine and important being lost.
The 1987 dance classic based in the early 1960s had a story, and a soundtrack, that was incredibly popular for its time and has stuck with us for decades.
Yes, the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time made it to number 16. Whitney Houston's rendition of Dolly Parton's 'I will Always Love You' even spent 14 consecutive weeks as Billboard's number one song on the Hot 100 Singles chart.
The score was full of 1990s contemporary pop, light jazz, and soft soul, as well as Houston's soaring numbers.
Hype Williams is known for his music videos, and it seems that the translation to the big screen was a bit of a flop. However, the soundtrack that accompanies it is one to be remembered.
With Jay-Z, Nas, DMX, D’Angelo, and several members of the Wu-Tang Clan contributing to the soundtrack, the score depicts East Coast rap's move in a different direction.
Wes Anderson's brilliance, like Tarantino's, comes with a style and formula.
In 'Rushmore,' he used a score of 1960s British Invasion tunes, creating a dramatic flair while also displacing the picture from its own time.
For his film named after the Psychedelic Furs song, John Hughes used a score of angsty British pop to emulate the teen drama and romance of the 1980s film.
The soundtrack included the likes of The Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, New Order, etc.
Turning a niche music style into a club craze was Robert Stigwood's 1977 classic.
Bringing disco into the limelight and changing the way people danced was the 'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack, including Walter Murphy, The Trammps, and the Bee Gees.
Prince was an undeniable genius, and this film is a fictionalization of his own rise to fame.
The soundtrack is full of songs that turned Prince from a pop oddball to a culture-pervading superstar.
George Lucas, before 'Star Wars,' had mediocre promise with little expectation for his breakthrough film at the time.
However, in 1973, 'American Graffiti' saw instant success, not just for his impressionistic portrait of restless teens, but for the authentic musical backdrop that was the soundtrack.
It included authentic songs by Fats Domino, the Platters, Chuck Berry, and the like, at hefty licensing fees, but ended up rounding out the film to its success.
Also go back in time to revisit these hit songs that were originally written for movies.
In 2014, 'Guardians of the Galaxy' graced us with the mixtape of the decade—the 1970s to be exact.
With a likable mix of Top 40 hits from the era, the soundtrack lends heavily to the main character's own music choices, the mixtape being his last connection to his late mother.
This 1996 UK film based on Scottish heroin addicts, has a score full of party tunes and genres including druggy glam, post-punk disco, and 1990s rave faves.
The soundtrack is mostly pretty and mostly danceable, but is underlaid throughout with a sense of worldly danger."
One for all audiences, this 1967 A-list film aimed to please both the youths of the day and the older generations, and they definitely succeeded with the songs in their soundtrack.
R&B innovator Isaac Hayes brought to light the low-budget action genre, that came to be known as "blaxploitation," by covering hits by white artists.
The score also won an Oscar for its theme song by Hayes, as well as for the album itself.
Quentin Tarantino has always had a formula for his films, but with 'Kill Bill' the soundtrack truly shined.
Similar to his filmmaking style, the score is scattered with pop culture and ambiguity, this time including Nancy Sinatra, composers like Ennio Morricone and Luis Bacalov, as well as the title theme from the Japanese crime picture 'New Battles Without Honor and Humanity.'
The greatest movie soundtracks ever
What are movies without music?
MOVIES Film soundtracks
What are movies without music? Even silent films had showtunes playing in the background, and since then the modern movie soundtrack has become a staple of contemporary cinema. For films like 'Pulp Fiction' or 'Black Panther,' the music can become as memorable as the movie itself. Such is true of 'The Lion King,' the 1994 cartoon classic featuring hit songs like 'Hakuna Matata' and 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight?'. As you may know, 'The Lion King' has had a big-budget remake, starring Beyoncé, Donald Glover, and a host of world-class entertainers. Naturally, the cast has recreated songs from the original movie, putting a unique spin on some childhood tunes. What's more, Beyoncé has produced 'The Gift,' a companion album with new music from herself, Jay-Z, and even daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Click on to revisit 'The Lion King,' as well as the most iconic movie soundtracks ever released.