Original Soundtracks
AMC Movie List

Original Soundtracks

Listen up: Which soundtrack of original songs (we've bypassed instrumental scores) is the best of the best?

rank title points votes your vote
1 The Wizard of Oz
Judy Garland turned Harold Arlen's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" into a classic both in and out of Oz. 128 278
2 Saturday Night Fever
A top-selling album which defined an era, it never comes close to feeling antiquated. Long live the BeeGees. 115 281
3 A Hard Day's Night
Interestingly, this movie spawned the only Beatles album to feature Lennon-McCartney compositions exclusively. 43 219
4 Purple Rain
The soundtrack to this movie yielded five hit singles, including the catchy, yet tortured, "When Doves Cry." 6 204
5 Shaft
With all due respect to star Richard Roundtree, the best thing about this blaxploitation hit is the funky score by Isaac Hayes. -6 178
6 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Bob Dylan's gorgeously moody soundtrack is topped by his plaintive "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." -48 156
7 Superfly
The distinctive funk-soul grooves of Curtis Mayfield perfectly complement the blaxploitation movie's narrative. -67 161
8 Nashville
Robert Altman let his eccentric cast write the songs for his epic panorama of America's country-music capital. -68 140
9 Singles
This soundtrack merges all types of grunge from Pearl Jam to Screaming Trees, and from Alice in Chains to Smashing Pumpkins. -68 152
10 One From the Heart
The noirish duets of Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle speak to the in-and-out-of-love couple played by Frederic Forrest and Teri Garr. -77 127