Trainspotting’s soundtrack was a gateway for musical addictions to come
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…
Soundtracks Of Our Lives
In 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.
Scream asked, if you like scary movies, why don't you care about their soundtracks?
Horror movies are dominated by film scores, as opposed to film soundtracks. It’s where you’ll find some of the…
The Beavis And Butt-head Experience sucked, which was pretty cool
In her recent review, Gwen Ihnat argues that Mike Judge’s new Tales From The Tour Bus promises to turn country music…
Grosse Pointe Blank’s soundtrack reveals what its main character couldn’t
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…
Lost Highway put David Lynch onto America’s car stereos
If Twin Peaks brought David Lynch into America’s living rooms, then Lost Highway put him on America’s car stereos. The…
High Fidelity captured the snob’s—and the soundtrack’s—waning powers
“What really matters is what you like, not what you are like,” John Cusack’s Rob Gordon declares midway through High…
Garden State taught the indie kids to share
I never owned the Garden State soundtrack. I didn’t have to: When I first saw the feature-length debut from…
The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack is the film dork’s secret musical weapon
As meticulously crafted as everything else about his films, Wes Anderson’s soundtracks are indispensable primers for…
The Reservoir Dogs soundtrack made everything a little cooler
There are exactly two pop culture moments that changed me in adolescence—neither of them unique, both clichés. The…
On the Josie And The Pussycats soundtrack, reality and bullshit are inseparable
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…
Like its inspiration, Spawn’s soundtrack cobbled together coolness
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…
The Lost Boys soundtrack walked awkwardly between worlds
When The Lost Boys arrived in 1987, popular music was in a state of change, transitioning from the brooding,…
The Natural Born Killers soundtrack was a more sophisticated splatterfest
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…
The Until The End Of The World soundtrack promised a hipper future
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…
The Judgment Night soundtrack foretold the rap-rock apocalypse
Rap-rock, nu-metal, rap-metal, shit-metal, douche-rock. Whatever variably damning epithet you wanted to call it (just…
The Romeo + Juliet soundtrack captured 1996’s awkward phase
Some things are best appreciated by the very young: Clove cigarettes. Wine coolers. The Rocky Horror Picture Show.…
The soundtrack for The Crow resurrected grunge kids as goths
In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists”…