10. The Breakfast
Club
Possibly one of my favourite movies from the 80’s (there are
a lot of them) the soundtrack for The Breakfast Club is still played on my IPod
regularly. Don’t You Forget About Me
by Simple Minds and We Are Not Alone -
Karla DeVito are the best song on the album and the ones that are found in
playlists on my IPod (l have about 5 movie playlists all depending on the mood
I'm in). While the rest of the Album is not as good as these two songs it’s
still worth listening to.
9. Dirty Dancing
I don’t recall the
first time l saw Dirty Dancing, l do however remember my Nan being the one to
let me watch it and l fell in love with it - not just the movie but the music
as well. Especially I've had the time of my life. I used to sit and rewind the ending
over and over and it wasn't just to see the epic dance scene between Patrick
Swayze and Jennifer Gray, most of the time l wasn't watching but dancing along
to the music. From the opening song (Big
Girls Don’t Cry) to the last song l love them all particularly Do You Love Me? And Hey Baby. Whenever l play this album in my head l am transported back to
Kellerman’s and reliving the movie in my head all thanks to a great set of
songs.
8. Dark Shadows
I'm a big Tim Burton fan and will give all his movies a go.
Dark Shadows- one of his newer ones - didn't get amazing reviews but I enjoyed it
for what it was - a bit of fun and with that being said that’s exactly what
this soundtrack is. The soundtrack features a score of several contemporaneous
1970s rock and pop songs along with
others from later and slightly earlier, including songs by Alex Cooper, Top of the World by the Carpenters and
T-Rex’s Get It On, my only complaint
with this album was they left off two song used in the movie- Crocodile Rock by Elton John and Superfly by Curtis Mayfield, not worry
now though as l simply added them in!
7. Beastly
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| On the Radio lyrics - Regina Spektor |
Let me start off by saying l hated this movie. Apart from an
appearance by Neil Patrick Harris this movie didn't have much going for it. Loosely
based on the book by Alex Flinn It’s a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and
the Beast set in modern day, the acting was mediocre and you could see what
was coming way before it happened. I was
ready to give up and about to turn it off when Regina Spektor’s On the
Radio started to play this made me stop (l am a huge fan of hers). l left the movie on simply to see if we would
hear any more of her work, while we don’t the songs you do hear are pretty good.
Pixie Lott has two songs on the album along with a fun song called Vanity by Hanover Swain & Garden of Exile by Toby
Martin. This Soundtrack remind of
Twilight - while the movie isn't great the music choice is (I'm not a big fan of
Twilight but l do love the songs they use, they have good taste when it comes
to music)
6. The First Time
This my newest soundtrack and while it took me a little
while to get into the movie l noticed the songs straight away, whoever was in
charge of the picking the soundtrack for this movie did well. The movie itself
is a little quirky and while it’s labelled a teen romantic comedy, l feel it’s
more of a teen drama. The soundtrack has
a great mix of songs, all of them were unknown to me and when l searched the
album l found a few songs missing and l had to go searching for the rest
luckily someone out there listed every song. While this was only added to my
IPod Sunday night it’s become one of my favourites to listen to. 
5. The Nightmare before Christmas
So while this is technically a musical of sorts , it is
one of the most played albums l own and l could probably recite the songs word
for word (especially Kidnap the Sandy
Claws) this would have to be my all time favourite of Tim Burton’s and not
one that l wait to listen to/watch till Christmas. Danny Elfman was in charge
of composing and he was brilliant at it - not one song on this is boring; the
soundtrack is fun to listen to and has that great dark undertone to it while
still being upbeat in places. (I know technically this isn't a compilation of
songs for a movie but l just couldn't leave it off my list).
4. Empire Records
Let’s
face it as much as we love the characters from Empire Records (Lucas is my
favourite) it’s the songs we hear that makes this movie a somewhat cult classic
now. The music varies in the movie
giving you an eclectic mix depending on who is choosing the music within the
store, there is the dreadful song by Rex Manning but you find it funny to
listen to more than off putting and thankfully it’s only played in the film and
not on the soundtrack. There are only 16 tracks listed on the soundtrack, you
hear a lot more songs throughout the film and if you want any of these songs
you need to track them down yourself, which is what l did and now have a
playlist simply for songs used in Empire records l think it’s about 30 songs my
favourite being Money (that’s what l want)
by Flying Lizards.3. Take Me Home Tonight
This film is obviously a nod to John Hughes work from the
80’s the film is great and you really get the 80’s vibe thanks to the clothes
worn and the awesome music. Most of this album is in the top 25 most played on
my IPod. There are some fantastic songs
on here including Bette Davis Eyes, Video Killed the Radio Star and Let My Love Open the Door. This
soundtrack also have sound clips from the movie which l quite like - you finish
a song then you get a small extract from the movie, it takes you back that
scene and gives you a small chuckle. The only thing that annoys me is that the
song by the same name as the movie (only used in the trailer) is not played in
the movie so of course is not on the soundtrack.
This clip was made for the movie the song is Don't You Want Me by Atomic Tom - try to guess all the 80's flick the cast act out through the clip!
2. Warm Bodies
I was waiting very impatiently for this movie as l’m a big
fan of the book and while l wasn't 100% taken with it l did love the songs
used. There is a mix of quite different songs on the Warm Bodies soundtrack -
one minute you are listening to Roy Orbison singing Pretty Woman to then you get Midnight
City by M83 and l think that’s why l like it, with such an eclectic range
of songs it never gets boring to listen to and if you’re not really sure what
you want to listen to this soundtrack is one of the best. It’s usually the one
l choose driving home from work. I was
hoping for some Frank Sinatra songs as his music was used in the book quite a
bit, but was left out in the movie so l simply added a few into the album when
uploading to my IPod.
1. (500) Days of Summer
“(500) Days of Summer is not a love story.
It is a story of “boy meets girl", begins the wry, probing narrator, and
with that the film takes off. This is also exactly how the soundtrack starts. We
get our intro and then comes Regina Spektor’s Us (as mentioned in Beastly l’m a big fan of Regina’s) and bonus -
this is not the only song we hear from her. Later on we get Hero, add in a few songs from The Smiths
(one being There is a Light that Never
Goes Out) and you have yourself a great soundtrack. The rest of the
soundtrack could have been terrible and l wouldn’t have minded, having two of
my favourite artists this was already a winner for me but luckily the
soundtrack wins all the way - with songs from Temper Trap, Feist and Hall and
Oats the soundtrack never falters. The final song is by Zooey Deschanel’s band She
and Him and this is the cherry on top of an already perfect soundtrack. 
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