Soundtracks Of Our LivesSoundtracks Of Our LivesIn Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists” compilations made to complement films on screen but that often end up taking on lives of their own.

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20 years ago, Rushmore took the soundtrack back to school

Trainspotting’s soundtrack was a gateway for musical addictions to come

Scream asked, if you like scary movies, why don't you care about their soundtracks?

The Beavis And Butt-head Experience sucked, which was pretty cool

Grosse Pointe Blank’s soundtrack reveals what its main character couldn’t

Lost Highway put David Lynch onto America’s car stereos

High Fidelity captured the snob’s—and the soundtrack’s—waning powers

Garden State taught the indie kids to share

The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack is the film dork’s secret musical weapon

The Reservoir Dogs soundtrack made everything a little cooler

On the Josie And The Pussycats soundtrack, reality and bullshit are inseparable

Like its inspiration, Spawn’s soundtrack cobbled together coolness

The Lost Boys soundtrack walked awkwardly between worlds

The Natural Born Killers soundtrack was a more sophisticated splatterfest

The Until The End Of The World soundtrack promised a hipper future

The Judgment Night soundtrack foretold the rap-rock apocalypse

The Romeo + Juliet soundtrack captured 1996’s awkward phase

The soundtrack for The Crow resurrected grunge kids as goths