The 50 Greatest Movie Soundtracks
By Complex Magazine | Mar 3, 2010 | 1:35 pm | Permalink
Purple Rain
Genre: Pop
Year: 1984
Best Song: Prince, "I Would Die 4 U"
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Forget soundtracks—this Grammy and Oscar-winning set from Prince is one of the greatest albums of all time. But it's still hard to divorce the soundtrack from The Kid's classic story of trying to make it on the local Minneapolis music scene—whether he's humping onstage to "Darling Nikki," taking Appolonia for a chopper ride to the sounds of "When Doves Cry," or winning over the haters with the title song in the final scene. Our only question: Where the hell are all the hot Morris Day jams??
yo March 3rd, 2010 at 09:42 AM
Juno is top 50. Easily. Purple Rain = GOAT.
dylan March 3rd, 2010 at 09:44 AM
you forgot about Space Jam.
ZombieMutantBaby March 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 AM
what was it you said bout scores ?!? @ complex ... nice SCORE tho ...
suckitmarshall March 3rd, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Um, best song "Uptown Anthem"???? FOH. "Know The Ledge" might be the best rap song EVER, let alone on this kinda shitty soundtrack.
/// March 3rd, 2010 at 03:08 PM
the wackness is easily top 5
michael March 3rd, 2010 at 03:24 PM
the only wes anderson movie this ist features is rushmore, and that's at 32? FOH. Tenenbaums is in the top 10. Seu Jorge's Bowie covers for life aquatic deserve a spot as well. His soundtrancks are like art (kudos, music supervisor randal poster).
D Leino March 4th, 2010 at 12:43 AM
No reservoir dogs? no Fast and The Furious? my 2 favourite soundtracks by far.
a. March 4th, 2010 at 07:28 AM
yall had to forget about beaches huh?
ryan March 4th, 2010 at 11:36 AM
c.o.l.o.r.s. by ice t in the movie colors should have been on this list
JasonZ March 4th, 2010 at 01:24 PM
More Than A Game? Drake, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Eminem-Forever? That alone makes it a great soundtrack, but it also has Drop It Low.