10 Hollywood Movies With The Best Soundtracks

Background music plays an important role in every movie. It is responsible not only to fill the silence but to ease the audience into the necessary state. Action scenes are accompanied by fast paced loud music, slower scenes with piano accompaniments. And sometimes, this music becomes imprinted on one’s memory for its soulfulness. For a movie to be recognized as art, it is necessary that it have proper music. Here’s a list of some of the best background tracks:

1. Theory Of Everything

Undoubtedly the best scene in the movie and the most memorable because of the music that accompanied it. The original soundtrack titled “Arrival of the Birds”, written by Dominic Smith and Jason Swinscoe and performed by The Cinematic Orchestra has been rightly touted as the best one of 2014. Director James Marsh said his proudest moment was when he saw Stephen Hawking’s nurse wipe a lone tear falling from his eye during the movie.

2. The Imitation Game Click to look into! >> Read More...

The theme of the opening scene by Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Desplat, whose full name is Alexandre Mi >> Read More... and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra subtly sets the despondent and soulful tone of the entire movie. It uses the same piano accompaniments over and over again, slowly accompanied by more, varying in speed, but repeating the same few bars at its core. A classic example of simplicity at its best. The movie ends with the same chords.

3. Memoirs Of A Geisha

\With music composed by John Williams Born on February 8, 1932, in New York City in USA, >> Read More... , Memoirs of a Geisha is a movie adaption of the book by Arthur Golden of the same name. The soundtrack presented a challenge as the movie centered on Japanese geishas, yet the using of Japanese traditional music would not have sat well with today’s audience. It was John Williams who finally created a hauntingly beautiful mix of both, combining both Eastern and Western styles.

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The movie opens with Coldplay’s break through song Yellow, the chords flowing through the imagery and slowly weaving their way into your mind. There are several songs peppered throughout the movie by artists such as Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Family of the Year and others. It’s interesting to note that the film has no original soundtrack but borrows from various artists to create a pleasurable mix.

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With tantalizing music by Hans Zimmer German-born musician Hans Zimmer is known as one o >> Read More... and direction by Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolanwears mutliple hats. He is one of >> Read More... – both experts in their respective fields – this movie was a guaranteed hit. Zimmer has admitted that most of it are just slowed-down or sped-up versions of the Edith Piaf track. On being questioned over cutting corners, he simply responded by saying that he was surprised at how long it took people to figure that fact out for it wasn’t meant to be secret at all.

6. The Godfather

Hailed as one of the best movies of all time with a soundtrack list to match. With the likes of Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola and Johnny Farrow contributing their talents to it, it’s no surprise that this movie always tops every list of best music. Nino Rota composed most of them.

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Who doesn’t remember the famous song “My Heart Will Go On” by now worldwide famous singer Celine Dion which people still croon today, almost two decades later? Produced and orchestrated by James Horner under Sony Classical Records, the movie has several songs which surprisingly remain uncredited.

8. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale

The movie which left even the manliest of us in tears. And the soundtrack plated an important role in this. Jan A. P. Kaczmarek created magic with his 22 beautiful soundtracks

9. Kill Bill: Volume 1

Quentin Tarantino’s movies have been criticized, acclaimed, raved about and ranted on but they all manage to have one thing in common – good music. With music by Nancy Sinatra, Meiko Kaji, Charlie Feathers, Luis Bacalov and several other contemporary artists, Tarantino created a masterpiece.

10. The Harry Potter Franchise

Another gem by John Williams. Music which rolls off the tongue of every child born since 1997 and even before! Produced under the label of Atlantic Records, this music is as captivating as it is widely acclaimed. What would Harry Potter be without the tantalizing music that signals the start of every movie?

At the end of the day, good music can make or break a movie.