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Since no one said it... if you like 90s alternative, Empire Records. Just a terrific record from start to finish, even if you never saw the movie.
Damn the man. Save the Empire!
Not on Rex Maning Day!!
I think it’s Empire Records because it has the added dimension of completely nailing a time and place.
Other movies in the thread are obviously incredible (Interstellar, LOTR, etc.) but watch Empire records and it’s like your literally transported back to 1995.
As well as High Fidelity
For 90s film soundtracks, the essential list:
singles
reality bites
empire records
natural born killers
pulp fiction
boys in the hood
Trainspotting
Mortal Kombat film soundtrack
the crow
Judgement Night
For 90's electronic music, Hackers had an absolutely phenomenal soundtrack. I listened to it a few weeks ago for the first time since I was young, and it was just as good as I remember.
My sister and I still say “it’s in that place I put that thing that time”
Last of the mohicans
Alasdair Fraser absolutely killed it with his fiddle work on this one.
Walked down the aisle to Cora’s song 🥰
Oh brother where art thou
I just put in Big Chill, which I absolutely love, and then went aw HELL, this is the answer. Soggy bottom boys isn't even the best song. The ladies on this were so good. Anything with Allison Krouse/Gillian Welch, sing happy birthday, and I am good.
Yeah them singing I'll Fly Away is so good. I still listen to it regularly.
Take me down to the river
As I went down in the river to pray, studying about that good old way…
I’m atheist AF but some of those old gospel tunes are just too good to deny.
Soggy bottom boys LFGGG
That was gonna be my vote, I could listen to Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, and Emmylou Harris sing the phone book and it would be the best stuff ever.
Imo this is the only answer. Every track is an absolute banger
Starting at about 3 years old my son went to sleep to this for at least 2 years. Will always hold a special place in my heart.
All those from Ennio Morricone
The Mission soundtrack is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard. The oboe solos are exquisite.
This is way too low.
Tron: Legacy. Daft Punk did wonders with that score.
It's wild that they filmed a whole movie to accompany that album
And that would be their second time doing it too lol
This feels much lower than it should be
Personally I think reconfigured is the goat
It feels like just an extended Daft Punk music video
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Blues brothers
Introduced me to James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Booker T..... (strangely for my generation, I was already well aware of Cab Calloway)
The movie was great, but that sound-track was an education leading to decades of enjoyment...
(Edited to correct J L-H)
And The Good Old Boys!
You're gonna look pretty funny tryin' to eat corn on the cob with no fuckin' teeth!
Still cracks me up 😂
John Lee Hooker. But yeah, this is the right answer. My wife pointed out that my favorite movie is a musical. Totally true.
John Lee Hooker, who performed part of “Boom Boom” in the movie. 👍🏼
Blues Brothers!
Shit, they still owe you money, fool.
Don’t you blaspheme! Don’t you blaspheme in HERE! This is my man and my restaurant and you two are gonna just walk right on out of here without your dry white toast…without your fried chicken.
And WITHOUT Matt Guitar Murphy!
This is the correct answer. No other film even comes close.
Yessss! This should be higher up
Tarzan
Phil collins did amazing! And this is also the movie that i thought of
We didn’t deserve what Phil collins gave us for Tarzan. It was wonderful
Just had to be. Phil sang those songs in like 3-4 languages for the dubbed films
He is an unreal talent. Every single song slaps. He didn’t have to go so hard but forever grateful that he did!
I love this soundtrack so much. You’ll Be In My Heart 😭❤️
It's Son of Man for me😁
Came here to say this one!
Pirates of the Caribbean
“The Kraken” is the track I play when I want to show people how good that ensemble of work is. The one 7-minute track has everything in it.
Somehow it wasn't even NOMINATED for best soundtrack!
Return of the King won that year, which.... I get, but the first LOTR film should have won the award, not the third.
It was like the academy didn't like Zimmer dude should have 20 awards by now and has... Two
And somehow neither pirates, Inception, nor Interstellar won, three of the greatest soundtracks ever.
Highlander. Queen was not fucking around on that album.
If you think Queen was good for Highlander, I will raise you Flash Gordon.
The entire album was brilliant, the film -unfortunately- has aged terribly
HAWKMEN!!!!!
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
First of all, how dare you?
Fun fact, a soundtrack for the original Highlander was never released. The Queen album "A Kind of Magic" is the closest that we got. It actually happens to be my favorite Queen album!
I came here to say this and the Queen soundtrack to Flash Gordon. Fantastic album. The film (FG) is pure glam cheese, and I still love it.
Dazed and Confused and Reservoir Dogs.
I will never hear "Stuck in the Middle With You" the same way again.
Slow riiiiiiide
scrolled to far to find D&C
Pulp Fiction
This is criminally low
The Crow
Came here thinking no one will have said The Crow. I am immeasurably happy that not only has someone said it, but loads of people have agreed! In my top 10 albums of all time. Amazing soundtrack!!
Can't rain all the time
It's The Crow and it's not close.
came here to say this, have now found my people 🖤🐦⬛
Easily.