Spin-off meme! I’ve been meaning to start this thread too.
Singles, Reality Bites, Dazed & Confused, O, Brother Where Art Thou? = everyone’s got ‘em. And rightly so, they’re great. But what obscure soundtrack do you own that’s not weird, per se, but just surprisingly awesome?
Stereogum’s? The Jackal. Never saw the movie; heard it was shit. But check the tracklist:
01. Fatboy Slim – “Going Out of My Head”
02. Prodigy – “Poison”
03. Massive Attack – “Superpredators (Metal Postcard)”
04. Primal Scream – “Star”
05. Bush – “Swallowed (Goldie/Toasted On Both Sides Mix)”
06. Ani Difranco – “Joyful Girl (Peace And Love Mix)”
07. Moby – “Shining”
08. Dolls Head – “It’s Over, It’s Under”
09. Black Grape – “Get Higher”
10. Goldie And J. Majik – “Sunray 2″
11. BT Featuring Richard Butler – “Shineaway”
12. Agent Provocateur – “Red Tape”
13. The Charlatans UK – “Toothache (Chemical Bros Remix)”
14. Lunatic Calm – “Leave You Far Behind”
15. Apollo Four Forty – “Raw Power”
16. L.T.J. Bukem – “Demon’s Theme”
I will never tire of these:
BT & Richard Butler – “Shineaway” (MP3 Link Expired)
Primal Scream – “Star” (MP3 Link Expired)
And that Black Grape tune, which subverts a Ronald Reagan anti-drug speech, is just hilarious.
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Until the End of The World.
Lost Highway.
1. I’m Deranged (Edit) – David Bowie
2. Videodrones; Questions – Trent Reznor
3. The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails
4. Red Bats With Teeth – Angelo Badalamenti
5. Haunting & Heartbreaking – Angelo Badalamenti
6. Eye – The Smashing Pumpkins
7. Dub Driving – Angelo Badalamenti
8. Mr. Eddy’s Theme 1 – Barry Adamson
9. This Magic Moment – Lou Reed
10. Mr. Eddy’s Theme 2 – Barry Adamson
11. Fred And Renee Make Love – Angelo Badalamenti
12. Apple Of Sodom – Marilyn Manson
13. Insensatez – Antonio Carlos Jobim
14. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Edit) – Barry Adamson 15. I Put A Spell On You – Marilyn Manson
16. Fats Revisited – Angelo Badalamenti
17. Fred’s World – Angelo Badalamenti
18. Rammstein – Rammstein
19. Hollywood Sunset – Barry Adamson
20. Heirate Mich – Rammstein
The soundtrack to Hal Hartley’s Amateur…which also has the great score by Hartley himself (under the pseudonym Ned Rifle).
Track List:
1. Mind Full Of Worry – Aquanettas
2. Only Shallow – My Bloody Valentine
3. Water – P.J. Harvey
4. Japanese To English – Red House Painters
5. Shaker – Yo La Tango
6. Tom Boy – Bettie Serveert
7. Girls! Girls! Girls! – Liz Phair
8. Then Comes Dudley – The Jesus Lizard
9. Here – Pavement
10. Opening
11. Cue #3a, 2, 3b
12. Cue #10
13. Cue #11
14. Cue #18c
15. Cue #15c
16. Cue 24
17. Cue #35b
18. Cue #33
19. Closing
20. Cue #4
The first half of the Dead Man On Campus soundtrack:
1. Golden Years – Marilyn Manson (Bowie cover)
2. Cowboy Song – Blur
3. Human – Elastica
4. We Still Need More (Than Anyone Can Give) – Supergrass
5. Paint By Numbers – Self
6. Realize (Chemical Brothers Remix) – Dust Brothers
7. Super Bon Bon (Propellerheads Mix) – Soul Coughing
On a side note, you might also recognize this piece of Hartley’s score to his film Flirt, which is used regularly on This American Life:
http://www.possiblefilms.com/music/samples/PMCD/13%20Hal%20Hartley%20Get%20Your%20Truck%20-%20Flirt.mp3
And let’s not forget the Boomerang soundtrack:
1. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
2. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
3. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
4. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
5. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
6. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
7. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
8. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
9. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
10. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
11. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
12. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
I think the soundtrack for Underworld certainly holds the biggest “quality of soundtrack compared to quality of movie” discrepancy. A quick search turned up a rather interesting CMT.com article about the soundtrack. Here’s a relevant quote:
“For the past six months, Danny Lohner ? a producer, multi-instrumentalist and member of Nine Inch Nails ?
has been quietly bringing together artists like David Bowie, ex-Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland, Filter mastermind Richard Patrick, A Perfect Circle members Josh Freese and Maynard James Keenan, and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante.”
I mean, any one of them is absolutely amazing; take Josh Freese, for instance. Another google quote: “was recently presented with the key to Los Angeles when the Mayor declared July 24th “Josh Freese Day” in Los Angeles”. And then all these people went and created songs with a kind of free-love-play-with-anyone procedure, informally laying down the tracks all in the artists’ home studios. Kindof like the Broken Social Scene of movie soundtracks.
Other than that, I’d have to chime in with the Lost Highway statement.
The CMT article: http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1476854/08132003/bowie_david.jhtml
It still gets a few props for its groundbreaking combo of rock and hip hop, but I sense the “Judgement Night” soundtrack is underrated.
1. Just Another Victim – Helmet/House Of Pain Listen
2. Fallin’ – Teenage Fanclub/ De La Soul Listen
3. Me, Myself & My Microphone – Living Colour,/Run D.M.C. Listen
4. Judgment Night – Biohazard/Onyx
5. Disorder – Slayer/Ice-T
6. Another Body Murdered – Faith No More/Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
7. I Love You Mary Jane – Sonic Youth/Cypress Hill
8. Freak Momma – Mudhoney/Sir Mix-A-Lot
9. Missing Link – Dinoasur Jr./Del The Funky Homosapien
10. Come And Die – Therapy?/Fatal
11. Real Thing – Pearl Jam/Cypress Hill
And who could forget the nearly-forgotten “Suburbia” sountrack?
1. Unheard Music – Elastica/Stephen Malkmus
2. Bee-Bee’s Song – Sonic Youth
3. Bullet Proof Cupid – Girls Against Boys
4. Feather In Your Cap – Beck
5. Berry Meditation – U.N.K.L.E.
6. I’m Not Like Everybody Else – Boss Hog
7. Cult – Skinny Puppy
8. Does Your Hometown Care? – Superchunk
9. Sunday – Sonic Youth
10. Human Cannonball – Butthole Surfers
11. Tabla In Suburbia – Sonic Youth
12. Hot Day – The Flaming Lips
13. Psychic Hearts – Thurston Moore
14. Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney
I agree with the two people that said Lost Highway. Trent Reznor did a great job putting that soundtrack together.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure no question. Worth it for the opening song on its own!
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Singles
Ah, yeah — Singles. Smashing Pumpkins’s “Drown” is awesome. And the two Pearl Jam songs alone are worth it.
I was always fond of the “Who’s the Man?” soundtrack. But I was also a loser suburban kid who liked House of Pain, so that doesn’t really count.
* About A Boy
* A Life Less Ordinary
* Beautiful Girls
* Big Lebowski
* Dead Man Walking
* Kill The Moonlight
* Jesus’ Son
* Kids
* I Shot Andy Warhol
* One From The Heart
* Rushmore
* Velvet Goldmine
CQ
“Space Jam.”
The Crow soundtrack is waaayyy dope::
1. Burn – The Cure Listen Listen
2. Golgotha Tenement Blues – Machines Of Loving Grace
3. Big Empty – Stone Temple Pilots
4. Dead Souls – Nine Inch Nails
5. Darkness – Rage Against The Machine
6. Color Me Once – Violent Femmes
7. Ghostrider – Rollins Band
8. Milktoast – Helmet
9. The Badge – Pantera
10. Slip Slide Melting – For Love Not Lisa
11. After The Flesh – My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
12. Snakerider – The Jesus And Mary Chain
13. Time Baby III – Medicine
14. It Can’t Rain All The Time – Jane Siberry
So is Lords of Dogtown:
1. Death Or Glory – Social Distortion
2. Hair Of The Dog – Nazareth
3. I Just Want To Make Love To You – Foghat
4. Fox On The Run – Sweet
5. Motor City Madhouse – Ted Nugent
6. Turn To Stone – Joe Walsh
7. One Way Out – The Allman Brothers Band
8. Fire – Jimi Hendrix
9. Space Truckin’ – Deep Purple
10. Success – Iggy Pop
11. Suffragette City – David Bowie
12. Iron Man – Black Sabbath
13. Nervous Breakdown – Rise Against
14. 20th Century Boy – T.Rex
15. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
16. Wish You Were Hear – Sparklehorse
Both have their resident shitty ness, but on the whole both incredibly solid
Peter Gabriel’s Passion (music for Martin Scorsese’s film _The Last Temptation of Christ_). timeless and stunning.
…and if middle eastern fusion doesn’t rest well with you indie folk, how about Grosse Pointe Blank:
1. Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
2. Rudie Can’t Fail – Clash
3. Mirror In The Bathroom – English Beat
4. Under Pressure – David Bowie, Queen
5. I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
6. Live & Let Die – Guns N’ Roses
7. We Care A Lot – Faith No More
8. Pressure Drop – Specials
9. Absolute Beginners – Jam
10. Armagideon Time – Clash
11. El Matador – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
12. Let My Love Open The Door (E. Cola Mix) – Pete Townshend
13. Blister 2000 – Violent Femmes
or perhaps Trainspotting (w/ a killer Pulp song):
1. Lust For Life – Iggy Pop
2. Deep Blue Day – Brian Eno
3. Trainspotting – Primal Scream
4. Atomic – Sleeper
5. Temptation – New Order
6. Night Clubbing – Iggy Pop
7. Sing – Blur
8. Perfect Day – Lou Reed
9. Mile End – Pulp
10. For What You Dream Of – Bedrock
11. 2:1 – Elastica
12. A Final Hit – Leftfield
13. Born Slippy – Underworld
14. Closet Romantic – Damon Albarn
Layer Cake – film & soundtrack = astounding
1. Hayling – FC Kahuna
2. Opening – Ilan Eshkeri
3. She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
4. Can’t Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue/Ulterior Motives
5. You Got The Love – The Source/Candi Staton
6. Drive To The Boatyard – Ilan Eshkeri
7. Junky Fight – Lisa Gerrard
8. Making Plans For Nigel – XTC
9. Ordinary World – Duran Duran
10. Ruthless Gravity – Craig Armstrong
11. Four To The Floor – Starsailor
12. Drive To The Warehouse – Lisa Gerrard
13. Aria – Lisa Gerrard
14. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Joe Cocker
I second the mention of Velvet Goldmine. I hated the movie, but loved the s/t, especially Shudder to Think’s “Ballad of Maxwell Demon.”
I know this may not be that cool, but the soundtrack to Party Monster has some cool stuff on it. Definietly not the best one I own, but the most random. Never saw the movie, just randomly bought it at a used record store, partly because it was six bucks, also because it had a non-album track by the Scissor Sisters. And damn do I like the Scissor Sisters.
The soundtrack to the movie “SCRAPPLE” is the absolute shit. All ’70s obscure folk jams.
Beautiful Girls
the movie was quite cheesy but it was a Greg Dulli currated soundtrack
had Afghan Whigs doing a Barry White tune
a touching (!?) Ween tune
Sweet Caroline by Neil fucking Diamond
Beth by Kiss
…then again it had Chris Issac and teh singer from Fine Young Cannibals
Here’s a second vote for “I Shot Andy Warhol,” especially Bettie Serveert doing Dylan…and I’d like to nominate “Times Square.” I never saw the movie, but a friend loaned me the soundtrack when I was just a squirt, and it was the first place I heard the Cure, XTC and Roxy Music. That’s gotta count for something.
The soundtracks to Dead Man on Campus and Go are pretty damn good too.
Only somewhat obscure (it accompanies a Wim Wenders film, after all), but the soundtrack to “The End of Violence” – introspective, wistful, low-key, interestingly diverse (and definitely awesome) – has gotta be up there:
1. Define Violence – Ry Cooder
2. Shouldn’t You Know – [spoken by] Traci Lind
3. Every Time I Try – Spain
4. Untitled Heavy Beat (Part 1 & 2) – DJ Shadow
5. I’m Not Your Baby – U2 & Sinead O’Conner
6. Strange World – [spoken by] Bill Pullman
7. Little Drop Of Poison – Tom Waits
8. Disrobe – Medeski, Martin & Wood
9. Injured Bird – Michael Stipe & Vic Chestnutt
10. Bailare (El Merecumbe) – Raul Malo
11. Me Estas Matando – Los Lobos
12. Mr. Wobble – Latin Playboys
13. Theme For A Trucker – Whiskeytown
14. Unintentional Prayers – [spoken by] Andie McDowell
15. You May Feel Me Crying – Roy Orbison
16. Bad News – Eels
17. Don’t Even Know She Got One – Howie B.
18. In A Heartbeat – [spoken by] Bill Pullman
Ditto “CQ”.
I’m going to get crap for this, but my guilty pleasure is the original Tomb Raider soundtrack. Most of the songs have been ripped and downloaded onto my computer.
1. Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix) – U2
2. Deep – Nine Inch Nails
3. Galaxy Bounce – Chemical Brothers
4. Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliott (featuring Nelly Furtado)
5. Speedballin’ – Outkast
6. Ain’t Never Learned – Moby
7. The Revolution – BT
8. Terra Firma (Lara’s Mix) – Delerium (featuring Aude)
9. Where’s Your Head At – Basement Jaxx
10. Illuminati – Fatboy Slim (featuring Bootsy Collins)
11. Absurd (Whitewash Edit) – Fluke
12. Song Of Life – Leftfield
13. Edge Hill = Groove Armada
14. Satellite – Bosco
15. Devil’s Nightmare – Oxide & Neutrino
BATMAN FOREVER!
I get a little thrill every time I hear the “Out of Sight” soundtrack, or any soundtrack David Solmes has done– even extending to “Ocean’s 12,” sadly enough.
I Swear to Sufjan that the first thing that came to mind was “Batman Forever” – the first cd I ever bought. Looking at the track list (I haven’t burned it to my pc yet), every song is at least good, and a some are great (like the Flaming Lips one). There’s even a scary Michael Hutchence cover of “The Passenger.”
I think i love everything about Grosse Point Blank, too: the movie, the soundtrack, and the giant poster that’s still rolled up in my closet soewhere. There was a vol. 2 to the soundtrack, but I never bought that one.
fear & loathing
1. Combination Of The Two – Big Brother & The Holding Company
2. One Toke Over The Line – Brewer & Shipley
3. She’s A Lady – Tom Jones
4. For Your Love – Yardbirds
5. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
6. A Drug Score-Part 1 (Acid Spill) – Tomoyasu Hotei & Ray Cooper
7. Get Together – Youngbloods
8. Mama Told Me Not To Come – Three Dog Night
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again – Bob Dylan
10. Time Is Tight – Booker T. & The MGs
11. Magic Moments – Perry Como
12. A Drug Score-Part 2 (Adenochrome, The Devil’s Dance) – Tomoyasu Hotei & Ray Cooper
13. Tammy – Debbie Reynolds
14. A Drug Score-Part 3 (Flashbacks) – Tomoyasu Hotei & Ray Cooper
15. Expecting To Fly – Buffalo Springfield
16. Viva Las Vegas – Dead Kennedys
rules of attraction
1. Carol of the Bells – tomandandy
2. Six Different Ways – The Cure
3. Out of the Races and On to the Tracks – The Rapture
4. Colours – Donovan
5. Situation – Yaz
6. Sunday Girl – Blondie
7. So Alive – Love and Rockets
8. Pre-Saturday Night Party Party – tomandandy
9. Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
10. Without You – Harry Nilsson
11. European Vacation – tomandandy (feat. Kip Pardue)
12. The Gentleman Who Fell – Milla Jovovich
13. Snow Theater/Final Steps – tomandandy
14. Stop – Erasure
lost highway, definitely
Without a doubt, the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack, followed by the Trainspotting soundtrack, and the Life Aquatic soundtrack. All are great.
The Virgin Suicides Soundtrack by Air is my all time favorite. Lost in Translation is pretty great too.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Amores Perros Soundtrack (awesome music by some of Latin Alternatives best artists,Julieta Venegas’ “Me Van A Matar” is my favorite one!
Disc: 1
1. Tema Amoras Perros – Gustavo Santaolalla
2. Si Senor – Control Machete
3. Lucha De Gigantes – Nacha Pop
4. El Afiche – GS
5. La Vida En Un Carnaval – Celia Cruz
6. Memorias – GS
7. Corazon – Titan
8. Quibre Fuego Y Revelacion – GS
9. Coolo – Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas
10. Un Amor Encontrado – GS
Disc: 2
1. Me Van A Matar – Julieta Venegas
2. Avientame – Cafe Tacvba
3. Dog:God – Cafe Tacvba
4. Stop, Muerte – Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas
5. Una Vez Mas – Zurdok
6. De Perros Amores – Control Machete
7. Love Is A Bitch – Dover
8. Perro Amor Explota – Bersuit Vergarabat
9. Dime Cuando Comenzo El Dolor – Ely Guerra
10. Tienen El Odio Enjaulado – Fiebre
I second “A Life Less Ordinary” and add “Great Expectations” (the Gwyneth Paltrow/Ethan Hawke abomination) and the Baz Luhrmann “Romeo + Juliet” soundtracks to the list. Weird how a lot of these soundtracks are from the late 90s…
Batman Forever, Grosse Pointe Blank, Rushmore, Trainspotting, the Crow, the Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Singles are all great soundtracks.
I love the one for The Royal Tenenbaums. Who can resist A Charlie Brown Christmas? Plus, that scene where Gwyneth steps out and Nico starts playing is perfectly cued.
1. 111 Archer Avenue – Mark Mothersbaugh
2. These Days – Nico
3. String Quartet In F Major – Ysaye Quartet
4. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon
5. Sonata For Cello And Piano In F Minor – The Mutato Muzika Orchestra
6. Wigwam – Bob Dylan
7. Look At That Old Grizzly Bear – Mark Mothersbaugh
8. Look At Me – John Lennon
9. Lullaby – Emitt Rhodes
10. Mothersbaugh Canon – Mark Mothersbaugh
11. Police & Thieves – The Clash
12. Scrapping And Yelling – Mark Mothersbaugh
13. Judy Is A Punk – Ramones
14. Pagoda’s Theme – Mark Mothersbaugh
15. Needle In The Hay – Elliott Smith
16. Fly – Nick Drake Listen Listen
17. I Always Wanted To Be A Tenenbaum – Mark Mothersbaugh
18. Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guaraldi Trio
19. Stephanie Says – The Velvet Underground
20. Rachel Evans Tenenbaum (1965-2000) – Mark Mothersbaugh
From what I understand, The Saint sucked (never watched it), but I definitely listened to the soundtrack:
1. The Saint Theme – Orbital
2. 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit) – Sneaker Pimps
3. Oil 1 – Moby
4. Atom Bomb – Fluke
5. Roses Fade (Mojo Mix) – Luscious Jackson
6. Setting Sun (Instrumental) – The Chemical Brothers
7. Pearl’s Girl – Underworld
8. Out Of My Mind – Duran Duran
9. Da Funk – Daft Punk
10. Dead Man Walking – David Bowie
11. Polaroid Millenium – Superior
12. A Dream Within A Dream – Dreadzone
13. In The Absence Of Sun – Duncan Sheik
14. Before Today – Everything But The Girl
I also love the Portuguese covers of the David Bowie songs from The Life Aquatic. Damn, I listen to a lot of soundtracks… but I must admit, my real guilty pleasure is the Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Once More With Feeling” soundtrack.
city of angels soundtrack is surprisingly good (and i’m not talking about goo goo dolls)… also, royal tenenbaums and high fidelity
The soundtrack for “Juice” was hot back-in-da-daze, yo
i 2nd the following nominations (i was going to mention them myself).
velvet goldmine
trainspotting (i worked in a record store when this came out and we couldn’t keep them in stock)
about a boy (love badly drawn boy)
also going to include:
grease (an oldy campy goody)
garden state
24 party people
me without you
the only soundtrack i own besides “Trainspotting” is the one for “Nowhere”, and it’s got some solids, including what I think is a pretty rare Radiohead track. Sadly, 311 kind of taints it:
1. Intro – Various Artists
2. Freak Out – 311
3. How Can You Be Sure – Radiohead
4. In The City – Elastica
5. Dicknail – Hole
6. Life Is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix) – The Chemical Brothers
7. Daydreaming (Blacksmith Remix) – Massive Attack
8. Killing Time (Qureysh-Eh? 1 Remix) – Coco And The Bean
9. Intravenous – Catherine Wheel
10. Nowhere – Curve
11. I Have The Moon – Lush
12. Flippin’ Tha Bird (Ceasefire Remix) – Ruby
13. Thursday Treatments – James
14. Generation Wrekkked (Danny Saber Rock Remix) – Chuck D.
15. Kiddie Grinder (Remix) – Marilyn Manson
16. Trash – The London Suede
-Go
-Josie & The Pussycats *best fake band ever*
-CSI Soundtrack
-Confidence
-Spawn *almost like an updated Judgement Night*
-Blade 2 *again, love the concept*
How about Hackers?
1. Original Bedroom Rockers – Kruder & Dorfmeister
2. Cowgirl – Underworld
3. Voodoo People – Prodigy
4. Open Up – Leftfield
5. Phoebus Apollo – Carl Cox
6. The Joker – JOSH ABRAHAMS
7. Halcyon & On & On – Orbital
8. Communicate (Headquake Hazy Cloud Mix) – Plastico
9. One Love – Prodigy
10. Connected – Stereo MC’s
11. Eyes, Lips, Body (Mekon Vocal Mix) – Ramshackle
12. Good Grief – Urban Dance Squad
13. Richest Junkie Still Alive (Sank Remix) – Machines Of Loving Grace
And/Or Vanilla Effing Sky?!?!
1. All The Right Friends – R.E.M.
2. Everything In Its Right Place – Radiohead
3. Vanilla Sky – Paul McCartney
4. Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
5. I Fall Apart – Julianna Gianni
6. Porpoise Song (Theme From ‘Head’) – The Monkees
7. Mondo ’77 – Looper
8. Have You Forgotten – Red House Painters
9. Directions – Josh Rouse
10. Afrika Shox – Leftfield
11. Svefn-g-englar – Sigur Ros
12. Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley
13. Can We Still Be Friends – Todd Rundgren
14. Fourth Time Around – Bob Dylan
15. Elevator Beat – Nancy Wilson
16. Sweetness Follows – R.E.M.
17. Where Do I Begin – The Chemical Brothers
Michelle — since you like a Latin soundtrack, do you have “The Tango Lesson?” I like it, though not every track, but my favorite tango soundtrack song comes from the “Scent of a Woman” soundtrack. SoaW has other good music on it as well, though nothing anyone heard on the radio.
natural born killers.
1. Waiting For The Miracle – Leonard Cohen
2. Shitlist – L7
3. Moon Over Greene County – Dan Zanes
4. Rock N Roll Nigger – Patti Smith
5. Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
6. You Belong To Me – Bob Dylan
7. Trembler, The – Duane Eddy
8. Burn – Nine Inch Nails
9. Route 666 – Robert Downey Jr./Brian Berdan
10. Totally Hot
11. Back In Baby’s Arms – Patsy Cline
12. Taboo – Peter Gabriel/Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan
13. Sex Is Violent
14. History (Repeats Itself) – A.O.S.
15. Something I Can Never Have – Nine Inch
Nails
6. I Will Take You Home – Russel Means
17. Drums A Go-Go – Hollywood Persuaders
18. Hungry Ants
19. Day The Niggaz Took Over, The – Dr. Dre
20. Born Bad – Juliette Lewis
21. Fall Of The Rebel Angels – Sergio Cervetti
22. Forkboy – Lard
23. Batonga In Batongaville
24. Warm Place, A – Nine Inch Nails
25. Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar
26. Future, The – Leonard Cohen
27. What Would U Do? – Tha Dogg Pound
You basically cannot go wrong with any Cameron Crowe movie. But Singles and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are the best of them.
As for others, Forrest Gump and About A Boy are my favorites by far.
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
1. Some Days It’s Dark – Death Lurks
2. Painted Soldiers – Pavement
3. Happiness – Matthew Sweet
4. Happiness Pie – Death Lurks
5. Six Dick Pimp – Liz Phair
6. I’m Gay – Scott Thompson And Joe Sealy
7. Spiralling Shape – The Might Be Giants
8. Swoon – Pell Mell
9. Birthday Cake – Cibo Matto
10. Butts Wigglin – The Tragically Hip
11. Postal Blowfish – Guided By Voices
12. Pablo And Andrea – Yo La Tengo
13. How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight! – Stereolab
14. Nata Di Marzo – Pizzicato Five
15. Eat My Brain – Odds
16. Long Dark Twenties – Paul Bellini
Never saw Love and a .45, but I bought the soundtrack for a dollar. Track five is worth it alone, but the rest is solid.
1. Turn It On – The Flaming Lips
2. Animal – Meat Puppets
3. Ghost Highway – Mazzy Star
4. Come On – The Jesus and Mary Chain
5. Love Hurts – Kim Deal, Bob Pollard
6. Devil’s Chasing Me – Reverend Horton Heat
7. Black – April’s Motel Room
8. Unter Dem Doppeladler – FSK, David Lowery
9. Who Was in My Room Last Night? – Butthole Surfers
10. Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
11. Am I in Love
12. King of the Road – Roger Miller
“One from the Heart” by Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle is amazing. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1982.
Waaay ahead of its time.
Another vote for facking Until the End of the World. Essential.
Hoodwinked. That animated movie. Very, very good soundtrack, and it’s all original. I really enjoy it.
the movie “Angus” has a great mid-90s soundtrack, cept for googoodolls
1. J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) – Green Day
2. Jack Names The Planets – Ash
3. Enough – Dance Hall Crashers
4. Kung Fu – Ash
5. Back To You – The Riverdales
6. Mrs. You And Me – Smoking Popes
7. You Gave Your Love To Me Softly – Weezer
8. Ain’t That Unusual – Goo Goo Dolls
9. Funny Face – The Muffs
10. White Homes – Tilt
11. Deep Water – Pansy Division
12. Am I Wrong – Love Spit Love
and for non-cheesy, try “Morvern Callar”:
1. Can: I Want More
2. Aphex Twin: Goon Gumpas
3. Boards Of Canada: Everything You Do Is A Balloon
4. Can: Spoon
5. Stereolab: Blue Milk (edit)
6. The Velvet Underground: I’m Sticking With You
7. Broadcast: You Can Fall
8. Gamelan Drumming
9. Holger Czukay: Cool In The Pool
10. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: Hold Of Death
11. Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra: Some Velvet Morning
12. Ween: Japanese Cowboy
13. Holger Czukay: Fragrance
14. Aphex Twin: Nannou
i have to agree with cooler…Judgement Night…not only does it f’ up others in the of “wicked awesome soundtrack compared to movie” but I honestly, actually still listen to the Dinosaur Jr. – Sir Mix-a-lot track. I mean, I’m not really your average “indie-hipster”…but, i’m as close as you might find on this board. Judgement Night.
i have to agree with coolfer…Judgement Night…not only does it f’ up others in the of “wicked awesome soundtrack compared to movie” but I honestly, actually still listen to the Dinosaur Jr. – Sir Mix-a-lot track. I mean, I’m not really your average “indie-hipster”…but, i’m as close as you might find on this board. Judgement Night.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned “A Mighty Wind: The Album.” Worth it for the folk version of “Start Me Up.”
And really, “A Mighty Wind” is just a tongue-in-cheek folk version of the amazingly kickass “Spinal Tap” soundtrack.
the soundtrack to alex cox 1987 film WALKER….
joe strummer….we miss you, man.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096409/soundtrack
TANK GIRL!
one of the first soundtrack albums i bought after fast times was one of the cheesiest movies of the 80′s….
THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN….
but, the soundtrack was killer, dude…
i mean….journey & U2…..the commodores & devo……and james ingram & the police….
on the same record?
damn…..
you can’t front on that!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084234/soundtrack
If we are talking about soundtracks that are obscure, i was surprised that the soundtrack to “Friday Night Lights” didn’t get talked about more than it did.
Aside from 2 other decent instrumental guitar tracks, it’s essentially just a fantastic Explosions In The Sky album.
And anyone in their late teens/early 20s who did not own the “Space Jam” soundtrack was definitely not sitting at the cool kids’ lunch table.
obscure? sntrk for Walls in the City all by the Denison-Kimbal Trio… a low budget and if I remember correctly (it’s been years) marginally unwatchable flic starring David Yow… but the soundtrack… jittery guitar jazz (as in a caffinated wes montgomery)… from fellow jesus lizarder Duane Denison. The sound of steam rising from a street grate at 4:30 am.
Cool World
1. Real Cool World – David Bowie
2. Play With Me – Thompson Twins
3. Disappointed – Electronic
4. Papua New Guinea (7′ Original) – The Future Sound of London
5. N.W.O. – Ministry
6. The Witch – The Cult
7. Sex On Wheelz (Glamour Dyke Mix) – My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
8. Ah-Ah (Mix 1) – Moby
9. Mindless – Mindless
10. Next Is The E (Long Arms Mix) – Moby
11. Do That Thang (Polite Mix) – Da Juice
12. Her Sassy Kiss – My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
13. Greedy – Pure
14. Under – Brian Eno
15. Industry And Seduction – Tom Bailey
Mr. Jealousy
The Acid House
Transformers, The Movie
1. The Touch – Stan Bush
2. Instruments Of Destruction – N.R.G.
3. Death Of Optimus Prime – Vince DiCola
4. Dare – Stan Bush
5. Nothin’s Gonna Stand In Our Way – Spectre General
6. The Transformers (Theme) – Lion
7. Escape – Vince DiCola
8. Hunger – Spectre General
9. Autobot/Decepticon Battle – Vince DiCola
10. Dare To Be Stupid – ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Batman Forever and The Mask
Nashville Soundtrack
From the Robert Altman classic, none of the songs are indie songs or whatever, but it is huge in the alt-country community. On a tribute album to the movie, TWO members of New Pornographers (Carl Newman and Neko Case) sang their praises (terrible wordplay, I know).
Now for Magnolia and Boogie Nights:
Magnolia was the first great Aimee Mann album.
Boogie Nights (Part 1 and 2 of the soundtrack) had great 70s and 80s songs – not songs from the usual suspects (Bee Gees, Donna Summer), but under-the-radar gems from The Move and Melanie. Plus, the beginning excerpt from the movie (“Heat will rock you”) and the bonus Dirk Diggler cover of Stan Bush’s song for the Transformers movie (“You’ve Got the Touch”) make it all worthwhile.
Pretty in Pink when I was a wee one My introduction to new wave/alternative music.
Thumbsucker for the too few Elliott Smith covers.
the Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels soundrack is great. Rushmore also sounds like w hole perfect album.
Crime & Punishment in Suburbia is an excellent soundtrack–it’s got Frank Black, Sleater-Kinney, and Modest Mouse. The rest of it is full of mostly unknown artists, but their songs are great anyway–especially “sand” by Op8.
I concur with whomever brought up “Judgement Night”. Faith No More, and the Boo-Yaa Tribe collabo? C’mon now. Unfortunately the film was as entertaining as a paper cut.
Far and away the best: The Life Aquatic soundtrack. The scene with the Stooges song rules and the “Ping Island” song will forever be embedded in my feeble brain.
i have always really liked the ‘swingers’ soundtrack… thought it was a great compilation that reflected the spirit of the movie. a lot of genre-jumping, but no song, nor track-order, feels forced.
I still love the Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack.
Do Anything – Pete Shelley
Brilliant Mind – Furniture
Cry Like This – Blue Room
I Go Crazy – Flesh For Lulu
She Loves Me – Stephen Duffy
The Hardest Walk – Jesus And Mary Chain
The Shyest Time – Apartments
Miss Amanda Jones – March Violets
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Lick The Tins
Turn To The Sky – March Violets
I still love the sheer bizarreness that’s the Small Soldiers soundtrack…
1. War Performed by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, featuring flesh-n-bone with Henry Rollins, Tom Morello and Flea. Produced by Damon Elliott.
2. Another One Bites the Dust Performed by Queen with additional vocals by Wyclef Jean featuring Pras and free. Remixed by Wyclef Jean.
3. The Stroke Performed by Billy Squier. Remixed by Dallas Austin.
4. Love Is A Battlefield Performed by Pat Benatar with additional vocals by Queen Latifah. Remixed by KayGee.
5. Rock and Roll (Part 2) Performed by Gary Glitter. Remixed by Dutch.
6. Love Removal Machine Performed by The Cult. Remixed by Mickey Petralia.
7. My City Was Gone Performed by The Pretenders with additional vocals by Kool Keith. Remixed by The Butcher Bros.
8. Surrender Performed by Cheap Trick. Remixed by Rich Costey.
9. Tom Sawyer Performed by Rush. Remixed by DJ Z-Trip.
10. War Performed by Edwin Starr. Produced by Norman Whitfield.
did anyone say Pump up the Volume? minus the neville song of course.
1. Everybody Knows – Concrete Blonde
2. Why Can’t I Fall In Love – Ivan Neville
3. Stand – Liquid Jesus
4. Wave Of Mutilation (U.K. Surf) – The Pixies
5. I’ve Got A Secret Miniature Camera – Peter Murphy
6. Kick Out The Jams – Bad Brains
7. Freedom Of Speech – Above The Law
8. Heretic – Soundgarden
9. Titanium Expose – Sonic Youth
10. Me And The Devil Blues – Cowboy Junkies
11. Tale O’ The Twister – Chagall Guevara
twentyfourseven, it’s some obscure brit film with bob hoskins in it. never saw it, but i bought the soundtrack for $3 or something…
1. boo hewerdine/neill maccoll – tim and darcy no. 3
2. van morrison – wild night
3. hewedine/maccoll – courtroom no. 2
4. sunhouse – monkey dead
5. tim buckley – look at the fool
6. beth orton – i wish i never saw the sunshine
7. the vienna philharmonic – the blue danube waltz
8. the charlatans – north country boy
9. hewerdine/maccoll – blues no. 3
10. primal scream – damaged
11. strauss hofmannstahl grainger – ramble on love
12. tim rose – long time man
13. les nouvelles polyphonies corses – introitu
14. nick drake – fruit tree
15. hewerdine/maccoll – funeral
16. paul weller – broken stones
The Beach!! So-so movie, but soundtrack is incredible…Moby, Faithless, Blur even (gasp!) Sugar Ray has a decent song on it…not a bad song on the album.
oh my god, that transformers soundtrack has got to win. i had it on cassette.
“you got the touch!”
was that really in boogie nights? how did i miss that?
amateur soundtrack is amazing!
also, i have the soundtrack to a weird little flick called “floundering” which has an awesome basshead song called “Not Over You.” also has an idaho song, some stan ridgway, red house painters, and a bunch of other stuff i never heard of.
girl’s town soundtrack is worth it for queen latifah’s “u.n.i.t.y” – who you calling a bitch?
groove soundtrack is cool for the last song, this really melodic, rave track by alter-ring called “Infinitely Gentle Blows”
some more shout outs to magnolia (above) and some kind of wonderful!
i am surprised no one mentioned pretty in pink but i guess it’s not really obscure.
for actual score, the soundtrack to “twin falls idaho” is haunting and amazing. really amazing, actually.
ok – back to bed.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER:
1. Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
2. How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees
3. Night Fever – Bee Gees
4. More Than A Woman – Bee Gees
5. If I Can’t Have You – Yvonne Elliman
6. A Fifth Of Beethoven (Based On Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony) – Walter Murphy
7. More Than A Woman – Tavares
8. Manhattan Skyline – David Shire
9. Calypso Breakdown – Ralph McDonald
10. Night On Disco Mountain (Based On ‘Night On Bald Mountain’) – David Shire
11. Open Sesame – Kool & The Gang
12. Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gees
13. You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
14. Boogie Shoes – K.C. And The Sunshine Band
15. Salsation – David Shire
16. K-Jee – M.F.S.B
17. Disco Inferno – Trammps
Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation for sure. and with New order in Sofia Coppola’s new film, I’m gonna guess that’ll be on the list too.
do you guys mean CQ the soundtrack (various artists) or CQ the score (by Mellow)?
Oh man Naanking, I was actually about to say Lost in Translation. With the Jesus and Mary Chain and all.
I second Lost in Translation. Now please go to Amazon and check out the Nashville sountrack as well
as the tribute album with Carl Newman and Neko Case from the New Pornographers
I’ll second Morvern Callar Soundtrack, too.
Now & Then! It introduced me to Freda Payne’s “Band Of Gold”.
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. COME ON PEOPLE, BEST MAKE-OUT SOUNDTRACK EVER! (EXCEPT THE GO-GO’S “WE GOT THE BEAT”!)
How could be that nobody remembered this one…
SPLENDOR OST:
1. Sho’ Nuff – FatBoy Slim
2. Shine – Slowdive
3. The Chemistry Between Us – The London Suede
4. Before Today – Everything But The Girl
5. I Don’t Know Why I Love You – House Of Love
6. Kelly Watch The Stars – Air
7. The Jag – The Micronauts
8. Elecktrobank – The Chemical Brothers
9. Beetlebum – Blur
10. Mesmerise – Chapterhouse
11. Only The Strangest Will Survive – Hurricane #1
12. Sweetness & Light – Lush
13. Flowerz – Armand Van Helden
14. Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
What?
How could be that nobody remembered this one…
SPLENDOR OST:
1. Sho’ Nuff – FatBoy Slim
2. Shine – Slowdive
3. The Chemistry Between Us – The London Suede
4. Before Today – Everything But The Girl
5. I Don’t Know Why I Love You – House Of Love
6. Kelly Watch The Stars (Moog Coockboock Remix) – Air
7. The Jag – The Micronauts
8. Elecktrobank – The Chemical Brothers
9. Beetlebum – Blur
10. Mesmerise – Chapterhouse
11. Only The Strangest Will Survive – Hurricane #1
12. Sweetness & Light – Lush
13. Flowerz – Armand Van Helden
14. Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
What?
How has no one mentioned Jon Brion’s score and original pop songs that were used in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love and ESPECIALLY I Heart Huckabees. Helllllllo.
4AD put out a pretty great soundtrack to a pretty crappy movie called JOYRIDE (1997) that had a really interesting cast. See: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119426/ Not to be confused with Joy Ride (2001)
1. Light From A Dead Star (instrumental) by Lush
2. Chlorine Dream by Spirea X
3. Game Of Broken Hearts by Tarnation
4. Cherry Stars Collide by Swallow
5. Unbearable Lightness Of Bean by Baked Bean
6. Human Bean by Baked Bean
7. Something Borrowed by This Mortal Coil
8. Cannon by Scheer
9. Subsonic Interferences by Oliver Lieb
10. Shoot Out by Colourbox
11. Breakdown by Michael Brook
12. Ivy And Neet by This Mortal Coil
13. A Thousand Stars Burst Open by Pale Saints
14. Desire Lines by Lush
15. Meniscus by This Mortal Coil
16. No Motion by Dif Juz
17. This World Is Not My Home / Home by His Name Is Alive
the gummo soundtrack. easily the most brutal anything ever.
1. The Gold Torques Of Ulaid-Absu
2. Serving Time In The Middle Of Nowhere-Eyehategod
3. D.W.S.O.B.-Electric Hellfire Club
4. Matando Gueros-Brujeria
5. The Medicined Man-Namanax
6. Hellish Blasphemy-Nifelhiem
7. Skin Peeler-Mortician
8. Give The Human Devil His Due-Mystifier
9. Mom’s And Dad’s Pussy-Destroy All Monsters
10. Verschleierte Irrelgiositat-Bethleham
11. Suite No. 2 For Solo Cello In D Minor(Prelude)-Mischa Maisky
12. Some Grass-Sleep
13. Jesus Loves Me-Rose Shepard And Ellen M. Smith
14. Gummo Love Theme-Spazz
15. Schuld Uns’res Knoch’rigen Faltpferd – Bethlehem
16. Rundgang Um Die Transzendentale Saule Der Singuaritat-Burzum
17. Equimanthorn-Bathory
18. Smokin’ Husks-Dark Noerd
19. Dragonaut-Sleep
Blow:
Track Listing
1. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones
2. Rumble – Link Wray
3. Glad and Sorry – Faces
4. Strange Brew – Cream
5. Black Betty – Ram Jam
6. Blinded By the Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
7. Let’s Boogaloo – Willie Rosario
8. Keep It Comin’ Love – KC & the Sunshine Band
9. Yellow World
10. That Smell – Lynyrd Skynyrd
11. All the Tired Horses – Bob Dylan
12. Can’t You See – The Marshall Tucker Band
13. Push & Pull – Nikka Costa
Although it brings a different genre into the mix, I must nominate all of the soundtracks to the film Amadeus…simply magnificent! Another nod for the best would be the soundtrack to DEAD MAN!! Neil Young rockin’ out the entire way…brilliant and chilling!
Also: Forrest Gump, Royal Tenenbaums, The Crow, Lost in Translation, Vanilla Sky, Dark Days, Last of the Mohicans, PULP FICTION, The Commitments, All the Real Girls, and, a personal favorite, Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass!!)
no mention of JUDGEMENT NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Just Another Victim – Helmet & House Of Pain
2. Fallin’ – Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul
3. Me, Myself & My Microphone – Living Colour &
Run D.M.C.
4. Judgement Night – Biohazard & Onyx — Onyx & Biohazard
5. Disorder – Slayer & Ice-T
6. Another Body Murdered – Faith No More & Boo-Yaa T.R.I. B.E.
7. I Love You Mary Jane – Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill
8. Freak Momma – Mudhoney & Sir Mix- A- Lot
9. Missing Link – Dinosaur Jr. & Del The Funky Homosapien
10. Come And Die – Therapy? & Fatal
11. Real Thing – Pearl Jam & Cypress Hill –
The Stand by Me soundtrack is thoroughly solid with a bunch of great oldies on it:
1. Everyday – Buddy Holly
2. Let The Good Times Roll – Shirley/Lee
3. Come Go With Me – Del Vikings
4. Whispering Bells – Del Vikings
5. Get A Job – Silhouettes
6. Lollipop – Chordettes
7. Yakety Yak – COASTERS
8. Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
9. Mr. Lee – Bobbettes
10. Stand By Me – Ben E. King
(Another soundtrack that everyone has is Garden State.)
i’m not sure if it’s underrated, but the lost in translation sountrack is pretty much the greatest soundtrack ever (and a good compliment to a killer movie).
check this shit out.
1. Intro/Tokyo
2. City Girl – Kevin Shields
3. Fantino – Sebastien Tellier
4. Tommib – Squarepusher
5. Girls – Death In Vegas
6. Goodbye – Kevin Shields
7. Too Young – Phoenix
8. Kaze Wo Atsumete – Happy End
9. On the Subway – Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr
10. Ikebana – Kevin Shields
11. Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine
12. Alone in Kyoto – Air
13. Shibuya – Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr
14. Are You Awake? – Kevin Shields
15. Just Like Honey – The Jesus and Mary Chain
If Tarnation had had a commercially available soundtrack, it would’ve been incredible. Some artists included in the movie include:
Low (“Laser Beam” and “Embrace”)
Magnetic Fields (“Strange Powers”)
Chocolate Watch Band (cover of Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”)
Mark Kozelek
Iron & Wine (“Naked As We Came”)
cesar,
i think Judgement Night’s been mentioned 3 times.
Cleary it’s snow falling on cedars.
Sorry, that may not be ironically kitch enough… ermm how about the original ninja turtles movie sountrack?