The Greatest Movie Soundtracks! (6 Lists that just MUST be right)

In honour of this week’s movie, Titanic, which has one of the most memorable and flawlessly performed themes in movie history (imho), let’s take a look at some of the great songs, soundtracks, and music moments from the silver screen. Let me know if there are any you think I’ve missed?

The Top 10 Coolest Movie Soundtracks (or the Greatest Pop-in-the-CD-and-Drive Movie Soundtracks).

10. Anchorman	5. Forrest Gump
9. The Bodyguard	4. Dirty Dancing
8. Hard Day’s Night	3. Top Gun
7. Slumdog Millionaire	2. Wayne’s World
6. Pretty Woman	1. Footloose

The Top 12 Most Fitting Songs for their Respective MoviesTitanic kicks butt in this category

12. “Blaze of Glory” (Young Guns II)	6. “Lose Yourself” (8 Mile)
11. “To Sir With Love” ( )	5. “Ghostbusters” (Ghostbusters)
10. “Wind Beneath My Wings” (Beaches)	4. “St. Elmo’s Fire” (St. Elmo’s Fire)
9. “Tradition” (Fiddler on the Roof)	3. “Don’t You Forget About Me” (The Breakfast Club)
8.  “Eye of the Tiger” (Rocky III)	2. “Power of Love” (Back to the Future)
7. “Everything I Do” (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)	1. “Stayin’ Alive” (Saturday Night Fever)

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10. “Because You Loved Me” (Up Close and Personal)	5. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (Manequin)
9. “Against All Odds” (Against All Odds)	4. “Separate Lives” and “Say You Say Me” (White Nights)
8. “You Light Up My Life” (You Light Up My Life)	3. “Crazy for You” (Vision Quest)
7. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (Criminal Minds)	2. “9 to 5” (9 to 5)
6. “Two Hearts and Groovy Kind of Love” (Buster)	1. “I Just Called to Say I Love You” (The Woman in Red)

The Top 10 Sing-along Movie Soundtracks.

10. The Jungle Book	5. Beauty and the Beast
9. The Little Mermaid	4. Grease
8. Help!	3. Frozen
7. Mary Poppins	2. The Sound of Music
6. Lion King	1. The Wizard of Oz

The Top 10 Epic Orchestral Movie Soundtracks.

10. The Last of the Mohicans	5. Indiana Jones
9. Superman	4. James Bond franchise
8. Jurassic Park	3. Jaws
7. Chariots of Fire	2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. ET: the Extra Terrestrial	1. Star Wars

The Top 16 Most Iconic Music Scenes in Movies.

Pretty self explanatory. My favourites are 12, 9, and 5.

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Congratulations Titanic. This is your week.

And the Oscar goes to…

Best Actress: Other than Kate Winslet, I’d say Gloria Stuart, who played the aged Rose in Titanic deserves the distinction this week. Loved her in this movie.

Best Actor: Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I realize he’s up against Leo and Johnny, but in this particular movie he is at his best. (And for me, even better than the other two performances mentioned here. And that says a lot.)

Best Quote: “Young boys should never be sent to bed… they always wake up a day older.” — JM Barrie (Jonny Depp) in Finding Neverland.

And my personal favourite movie music moments:

5. “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath being played after Tony Stark does some blowing up of stuff in Iron Man.

4. “Oh Yeah” plays as Ferris and Cameron check out his dad’s car in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

3. Marty McFly skateboards to school while “Power of Love” plays in the background in Back to the Future.

2. Kermit Sings “Rainbow Connection” in The Muppet Movie.

1. Star Wars song plays and logo appears after “A long time ago in a galaxy far far away.”