Best “non score” movie soundtracks ?

Favorite movie Soundtrack that use actual pre recorded music not a score written for the film (Example: Taxi Driver Soundtrack would not count but Goodfellas Soundtrack absolutely does)

My top 10

1. Forrest Gump
   
   
2. Boogie Nights
   
   
3. Goodfellas
   
   
4. Almost Famous
   
   
5. Dazed and Confused
   
   
6. Casino
   
   
7. American Graffiti
   
   
8. Pirate Radio
   
   
9. The Big Lebowski
   
   
10. High Fidelity
    

Honorable mentions: Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Donnie Brasco, The Big Chill, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Outside Providence, The Wolf of Wallstreet, Mean Streets, Trees Lounge, A Bronx Tale, Everybody Wants Some!

So yeah... thoughts?

 

I always think of the Beatles Capitol albums of "A Hard Days Night", "Help!" & George Martins "Yellow Submarine".

But, they are scores after all.....

 

The Harder They Come soundtrack has one new song -- the title track -- on it so maybe it's not 100% pre-recorded found music, but it's 92% found music and one of the few movie soundtracks that I listen to as an album.

 

Less Than Zero's another great one.

 

The Lost Boys
Valley Girl
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Woodstock
The Last American Virgin
Two Lane Blacktop
The Wanderers
The Crow

 

A great soundtrack in search of a film! Truly execrable adaptation of an epochal novel. Tommy Mottola has an exec producer credit and Rick Rubin curated the soundtrack

 

The Truth About Charlie (Jonathan Demme, 2002). Well, all of his films have wonderful soundtracks

 

Pump Up the Volume

Empire Records

Times Square (1980)

 

Saturday Night Fever. One of the best of all.

 

Check out The Movies That Made Me podcast with guest Edgar Wright. He runs through a bunch of favorites. For me, Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull, pick a Tarantino, Repo Man, Boogie Nights

 

Singles (Cameron Crowe, 1992)

 

Until The End Of The World - REM, U2, Costello, L. Reed and many others

 

The one I continually go back to it Music from the Film Married to the Mob. The movie is OK. But the soundtrack is spectactular.
Various - Music From The Film Married To The Mob

 

and
The Sting

 

Trainspotting

Adventureland

The Wall

 

Baby Driver
O Brother Where Art Thou

 

From Dusk til Dawn.

It's loaded with coolness. And just hearing "After Dark" by Tito and Tarantula brings forth a vivid image of Salma Hayak dancing wearing little more than a big snake.

 

Urban Cowboy

 

Absolute Beginners. Includes a fab Bowie track, Gil Evans, Slim Gaillard, Style Council, Sade and others.

 

Return of the Living Dead - a classic rock and roll soundtrack

 

Clerks (1994)

 

Aren’t a lot of these being posted invalid or am I misunderstanding the OP? I thought he was asking for soundtracks consisting solely of songs that were already recorded and not songs specifically recorded for the film.

 

In which case, REPO MAN is clearly out

 

Another Jonathan Demme picture. Silence of the Lambs has a tremendous soundtrack, too.

that “Bizarre Love Triangle” needle drop is amazing

 

My faves -

Almost Famous
The Virgin suicides
Guardians of the galaxy 1 & 2
Dazed and Confused
Over the Edge
Fear and Loathing is Las Vegas