Stop & Think Question: What's the best movie soundtrack of all time?

[BG318]

4 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

No one has mentioned Yentl, The Jazz Singer, or Fiddler on the Roof either.  

What does that say?  Not one post beyond me even mentioned Saturday Night Fever

I second your Saturday Night Fever mention. The others you just mentioned great too.  Grease hasn't been mentioned at all either, a bit of a surprise for me. 

[KRunch61]

Saturday Night Fever.

[gormag38]

First one I thought of was Into the Wild. But you gotta be into the acoustic stuff. Personally I think Eddie Vedder nailed it. 

[Havanaaddict]

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

 

[Boxer31]

Any movie track by Guy Ritchie or Quentin Tarantino

[BrightonCorgi]

1 hour ago, BG318 said:

I second your Saturday Night Fever mention. The others you just mentioned great too.  Grease hasn't been mentioned at all either, a bit of a surprise for me. 

Not sure why, but another one of the biggest selling movie soundtracks wasn't mentioned Trainspotting

[MoeFOH]

2 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Not sure why, but another one of the biggest selling movie soundtracks wasn't mentioned Trainspotting

I was waiting for this one. High up on my list, too. 

[Chucko8]

I enjoyed the Pulp Fiction sound track.

For sure guardians of the galaxy also.

[Mr. DD]

I’m thinking Animal House, Apocalypse Now, Repo Man!  

Does ‘The Song Remains the Same’ count?

[Ford2112]

Harold and Maude was another great one. Cat Stevens. 

Bud Cort just passed away too. Great movie as well.

[TheGipper]

On 2/18/2026 at 6:51 AM, Rhod said:

But... the soundtrack that I listen to most is a film not many people have seen, but I love. Until the End of the World. Wim Wenders masterpiece.

Oh yes, +1 for me on Until the End of the World. Title track is U2's most underrated song, it's perfect.

For me, the below two scores/soundtracks are truly great.

Trevor Jones did most of the heavy lifting on The Last of the Mohicans score.  I think Randy Edelman filled in some gaps.

 

John Powell does great work with small orchestras, and the first Bourne sequel was his best work. Be careful putting this on the car stereo while driving down the freeway, you'll end up driving 30 miles over the speed limit.