Great Songs from Great Movie Soundtracks
July 12th 2010 07:53
After finding my equilibrium, I cited any number of others which in my humble view would probably rate above it on a scale of 1-100 including songs from The Big Chill, American Graffiti and Saturday Night Fever not to mention standout classics such as Easy Rider, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and even A Hard Day's Night or Purple Rain.
But therein lies the beauty of the movie soundtrack.
We all have an opinion and within the subset of that opinion individual songs from soundtracks which strike a chord with us - be it Bill Conti's Gonna Fly Now from Rocky or Mrs Robinson from The Graduate.
But what are the truly great songs or complete soundtracks from the great (or not so great) movies in your own mind.
Afterall, a film’s soundtrack is every bit as important as the actors, dialog and et al that go into making a movie.
Imagine if, instead of “Stayin’ Alive,” John Travolta strutted through the opening sequence of Saturday Night Fever to the sounds of Walk Like A Man by the Four Seasons - it just simply wouldn't work.
So folks - enter the movietone soundtrack confessional.
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Scorsese soundtracks compile existing tunes well like "Layla" in Goodfellas.
Tarantino drags obscurity into the main stream with little diddies like "Chick Habit' and "Little Green Bag"
Paul Thomas Anderson made any number of disco tunes his own with Boogie Nights
David Lynch took a Marilyn Manson cover of 'I Put a Spell on You" into interesting places with Lost Highway
And The Big Lebowski took "I just checked in to see what condition my condition was in" to new heights