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5 Great Soundtracks

Not every soundtrack is an excuse to bring together the most popular artists of the day for a quick buck. Some soundtracks are devoid of commercial aspirations and remarkably consistent, maybe even having something to the film . . . imagine that.

Iggy Pop, The Circle Jerkz, a young Suicidal Tendencies and Black Flag's "TV Party". A soundtrack that was pure hardcore and a little bit dangerous.


At the time, most country purists derided country music in the 80s as formulaic and overproduced. While that may be true, at least it was still country (I'm looking at you, Faith Hill and Steve Urban). The Urban Cowboy soundtrack is the perfect example of 80s country and it is still one of my favorite albums. I could've done without The Eagles but Mickey Gilley's contributions are instant country classics and Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" is still one of the greatest C&W songs of all time.


This may be cheating as Hedwig and The Angry Inch was a musical before it was a movie. Cheating or not, though, this soundtrack is one of the finest albums of the past 10 years and "Wig In A Box" is one of the most perfect pop songs I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.


Once again, I'm not sure if this is considered cheating but I don't care. It's a perfect musical companion to Hedwig and The Angry Inch with it playful tone and theatrical delivery and it showed us that not only is Tim Curry one of the most underrated actors of all time but he's also one of the most underrated singers as well.


There are many instances of a soundtrack making a good movie better but this soundtrack took a great movie and made it into a modern horror classic. The music's raw sound and sense of fun melded perfectly with the film's tone and every time I watch the scene of the skeleton rising from it's grave accompanied by the opening line of 45 Graves' "Partytime", a jolt of pure unadulterated joy still shoots through my body.