November 26th, 2007
Well here’s a result I can’t quite believe – Purple Rain has been voted best soundtrack of all time in a recent survey. I would have said Pulp Fiction; the mix of classics, unknowns that became classics, music as plot (Chuck Berry during the dancing scene), - it has it all as well as a fantastic cover (see above).
The Beatles came second with A Hard Day’s Night and while it has some great song – Can’t Buy Me Love for example – it’s really just a Beatles album and a movie at the same time (if you see what I mean). A great soundtrack should have a mix of songs that match the sights on screen or even augment them; adding to the feelings the movie invokes itself, rather than ramming-them-down-your-throat like a bad Hollywood movie will do often do.
High Fidelity and Almost Famous didn’t make the top 10 either which is surprising – the scene with Elton John’s Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous is – go on youtube to get a taster for it and then watch the film.
But there must be hundreds of choices that could be worthy of a top 10 spot – so let us know what you think are some of the best soundtracks.
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