New Yorker Magazine's 50 Greatest (Mostly) Rock Soundtracks of All Time

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"These are the soundtracks that opened our ears and smashed our assumptions."

New Yorker, Fall 2007

  1. 1.
    Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain"
    by Prince & the Revolution

  2. 2.
    A Hard Day's Night

  3. 3.
    The Harder They Come
    by Desmond Dekker

  4. 4.
    Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture
    by Various Artists

  5. 5.
    The Graduate (1967 Film)
    by Dave Grusin

  6. 6.
    Superfly (1972 Film)

  7. 7.
    Trainspotting: Music From The Motion Picture
    by Various Artists

  8. 8.

  9. 9.
    41 Original Hits From The Soundtrack Of American Graffiti
    by Various Artists - Soundtracks

  10. 10.
    The Big Chill - Deluxe Edition
    by Various Artists

  11. 11.
    Rushmore: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    by Various Artists

  12. 12.
    24 Hour Party People [Music from the Motion Picture]
    by Various Artists

  13. 13.
    The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording
    by The Blues Brothers

  14. 14.
    Easy Rider: Music From The Soundtrack (1969 Film)
    by Various Artists - Soundtracks

  15. 16.
    Midnight Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Score
    by Harry Nilsson

  16. 18.
    Dazed And Confused (1993 Film)
    by Various Artists

  17. 19.
    Almost Famous
    by Various Artists - Soundtracks

  18. 20.
    Goodfellas: Music From The Motion Picture
    by Various Artists

  19. 21.
    Shaft: Music From The Soundtrack (1971 Film)
    by Isaac Hayes

  20. 22.
    Moulin Rouge
    by Various Artists

  21. 23.
    Reservoir Dogs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    by Various Artists

  22. 24.

  23. 25.
    The Commitments: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    by The Commitments

  24. 26.
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    by Various Artists

  25. 27.
    Marie Antoinette
    by Various Artists

  26. 28.
    Crooklyn
    by Various Artists

  27. 29.
    Tommy (1975 Film)
    by The Who

  28. 30.
    Help!
    by Richard Lester

  29. 31.
    Performance (1970 Film)
    by Ry Cooder

  30. 33.

  31. 35.
    Repo Man (1984 Film)

  32. 36.
    American Gigolo

  33. 37.
    Top Gun Soundtrack

  34. 38.
    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

  35. 39.
    Friday: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    by Various Artists

  36. 40.
    Rock N Roll High School
    by Various Artists

  37. 41.
    Once
    by Original Soundtrack

  38. 42.
    Grease (Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    by Olivia Newton-John

  39. 43.
    Garden State

  40. 44.
    High Fidelity
    by Various Artists

  41. 45.
    This Is Spinal Tap
    by Spinal Tap

  42. 46.
    Last King of Scotland
    by Various Artists

  43. 48.
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

  44. 49.
    Broken Flowers
    by Original Soundtrack

  45. 50.
    Viva Las Vegas
    by Elvis Presley

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Created by Perlle on Jan 14, 2008.
 

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