The 50 Greatest Movie Soundtracks
By Complex Magazine | Mar 3, 2010 | 1:35 pm | Permalink
Valley Girl
Genre: '80s
Year: 1983
Best Song: Men At Work, "Who Can It Be Now?"
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'80s
Nicolas Cage's first flick had a production budget of $350,000. Acquiring the rights to every song on the soundtrack cost nearly as much. In retrospect, it was well worth it (especially at cheap ass '83 prices) to have all these tunes in the movie, and, for a while, the movie is all that fans of the songs had. The soundtrack was never officially released (until 1994) due to song clearance issues. Hell, several songs featured in the credits aren't even in the movie for the same reason. Despite all the legal drama, the songs are classic enough for this soundtrack to still hold up as one of the best.
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.