My Favorite Soundtrack
The 'Chungking Express' Soundtrack Makes Repetition Beautiful
By hearing the same songs over and over, we enter a daydream: one expertly detailed with the nuanced pains and pleasures of life.
The ‘Pi’ Soundtrack Is Still a Classic Aronofsky Sonic Headfuck
Twenty years on, the number-obsessed movie has just as powerful a musical mix of the intelligent and the insane.
Reflecting on the Donnie Darko Soundtrack, An Opera of Teenage Angst
Fifteen years after the release of Richard Kelly’s cult classic, we take a look at how it’s musical backdrop became so culturally and emotionally significant.
'Top Gun' Still Kicks Ass and So Does the Soundtrack
On the 30th anniversary of Tom Cruise's most iconic role, one writer looks back at the glory of "Danger Zone," "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," and, of course, "Take My Breath Away."
My Favorite Soundtrack: 'Detroit Rock City'
We can all agree that Gene Simmons is an asshole but the soundtrack for 'Detroit Rock City' is a stone cold classic.
My Favorite Soundtrack: 'Django Unchained'
In between all of the white people being shot, there are some pretty killer tunes.
The Lost in Translation Soundtrack Makes me Pine for Every Stranger I Was Too Scared to Give my Number To
Coppola's choice of songs will turn anyone into an emotional sap capable of actual feelings.
My Favorite Soundtrack: 'SubUrbia'
The 1996 Giovanni Ribisi film is not good, it's not bad, it's just depressing. Killer songs though.
My Favorite Soundtrack: 'Pulp Fiction'
Tarantino's gleefully sick sense of humour thrills thanks to expert music choices. What better example is there than in his most iconic offering: 'Pulp Fiction'?