Favorite Soundtracks

I just finished watching the full length director’s cut of the Wim Wenders film “Until the End of the World“. 

I had never checked out that version, only the 2.5 hour original release in the theater. 

It is a really unusual work of speculative fiction and is worth the time, 4.5 hours, to take a worldly, Sci Fi road trip film! 

The film is available at Criterion.

Besides being a visionary film it also has one of the amazing & legendary soundtracks.

Watching it made me think about my favorite soundtracks and what makes one good and is it only good with the movie?

Here are some of my favorite soundtracks, in no particular order. There are some scores, music films & musicals on this list, but those would also have their own specific lists.

I guess these choices mean I return to them and listen to them without watching the film itself, and also doesn’t mean I necessarily love the films, though in most cases I do.

What are yours? (Post a title & link in the comments + maybe why you like it?)

Until the End of the World

Harder They Come

Say Anything

Purple Rain

Do the Right Thing & Score

Sweet Love Bitter

Jungle Fever

The Indian Runner

Naked Lunch

Repo Man

Love is the Devil

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Deep Blues

Ghost Dog

Blow Up

Anatomy of a Murder

In the Mood For Love

The Lost Boys

Under the Cherry Moon

West Side Story

Crumb

The Basketball Diaries

Our Latin Thing

Singles

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