I must admit, my disinterest in classical music keeps me from enjoying a lot of soundtracks, but looking up on my shelf I can see the following:
A Life Less Ordinary - mediocre movie, great soundtrack. Worth owning for Beck's woozy bossa nova 'Deadweight' alone.
The Royal Tenenbaums - a brilliant selection of tracks from all eras, interspersed with Mark Mothersbaugh's jazzy score. Elliott Smith's chilling 'Needle In The Hay' is a standout.
Fight Club - everyone my age owns the movie, and everyone my age owns the soundtrack. And for once, y'know, everyone my age is right.
Mulholland Drive - uneasy listening.
City of God - wisely concentrating on the more obscure tracks at the expense of James Brown and 'Kung Fu Fighting', this is a stunning mix of samba, bossa nova, chilled funk and Blaxploitation score that makes you wish you too were shooting at the pigs with a case full of smack in a clapped-out car in 70s Frisco. Or maybe that's just me.
Perfume V - he tries, bless him.
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