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Soundtracks were a great way to discover bands before the Internet took over. We would hear a track or two in a movie, go buy the album, and share/copy with friends. Then we'd get curious about a particular band and set out to find more of their music. Sharing and enjoying music was a more tactile social experience compared to today's passive playlist sharing. That said, care to share a soundtrack or two that you really enjoy(ed)?

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I'll start with The Crow. The movie itself is whatever, but this really is a monster of a soundtrack. Burn is one of my favorite Cure songs, Nine Inch Nails' Joy Division cover is fantastic, Big Empty is my favorite by Stone Temple Pilots, plus tracks by Vilent Femmes, Rollins, Helmet, Pantera, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. A friend just reminded me of this album and I put it on, it still holds up for me to this day.

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Okay, Easy Rider (1969) - youtube.com

"The Pusher" - Steppenwolf
"Born to Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
"The Weight" - Smith
"Wasn't Born to Follow" - The Byrds
"If You Want to Be a Bird (Bird Song)" - The Holy Modal Rounders
"Don't Bogart Me (aka Don't Bogart That Joint)" - The Fraternity of Man
"If Six Was Nine" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Kyrie Eleison / Mardi Gras (When the Saints)" - The Electric Prunes
"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" - Roger McGuinn
"Ballad of Easy Rider" - Roger McGuinn

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-26 07:03 AM | Reply

The Graduate (1967)

www.youtube.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-26 10:55 AM | Reply

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Main Theme Ennio Morricone
www.youtube.com

The Ecstasy Of Gold (2004 Remaster)
www.youtube.com

Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Opening Scene of 2001 A Space Odyssey
www.youtube.com

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 'The Blue Danube' (waltz) scene [1080p]
www.youtube.com

'Ride of the Valkyries' | Apocalypse Now
www.youtube.com

Judgement at Nuremberg (Overture)
www.youtube.com

OK, Ride of the Valkyries wasn't popular in my house until high school.

#3 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-26 11:01 AM | Reply

From The Mission - "Gabriel's Oboe" - Morricone conducts Morricone
youtu.be

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-26 12:25 PM | Reply

Re 3

Nice selection!

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-26 12:28 PM | Reply

#5 | Posted by donnerboy

Product of my parents, shall we say, eclectic tastes in music. And my being dumped one afternoon, age 11, at the movies. Mom just saw it was a Western and, what could be the harm in that? It was The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Never looked at John Wayne the same after that.
Working at a theater when I was 15(I lied about my age) and having A Clockwork Orange showing probably twisted me up a bit, too. But, I was really prepared when my English teacher assigned the novel the following year.
Ludovico Technique - Ode to joy
www.youtube.com

#6 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-26 05:45 PM | Reply

Back in the day, before pink floyd became PINK FLOYD!!!

They were a soundtrack band.

OK, the songs are too numerous to mention individually, but let me note the movies and, if available, the soundtracks ...

Zabriskie Point (film) (1970)
en.wikipedia.org(film)

... The soundtrack to Zabriskie Point includes music from Pink Floyd, The Youngbloods, Kaleidoscope, Jerry Garcia, Patti Page, Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, and John Fahey. Roy Orbison wrote and sang the theme song, over the credits, called "So Young (Love Theme from Zabriskie Point)".
Unused music

Richard Wright of Pink Floyd wrote a song called "The Violent Sequence" for inclusion in the film.[15] Antonioni rejected the song because it was too subdued and instead synchronized a re-recording of the band's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", retitled "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up", with the film's violent ending scene. Roger Waters states in Classic Albums " Pink Floyd " Making The Dark Side of the Moon that while he loved the song, Antonioni said it was "too sad" and that it reminded him of church. Eventually it was reworked into a new song known as "Us and Them", which was released on their album The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. "The Violent Sequence" remained unreleased until it was included on a 2011 boxed set of Dark Side of the Moon, where it was named "Us and Them (Richard Wright Demo)".[15]

Other discarded pieces recorded for the film by Pink Floyd were released on a bonus disc with the 1997 CD re-release of the soundtrack album, along with pieces by Jerry Garcia.[15] ...


fwiw, Richard Wright in the PBS special, "The Making of Dark Side of the Moon" acknowledges that early versions of "Us and Them" were in that soundtrack.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 08:18 PM | Reply

More (soundtrack)
en.wikipedia.org(soundtrack)

... More is the first soundtrack album and third studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 13 June 1969 in the United Kingdom by EMI Columbia and on 9 August 1969 in the United States by Tower Records.[3] The soundtrack is for the film of the same title, which was primarily filmed on location on Ibiza and was the directorial debut of Barbet Schroeder. It was the band's first album in which their former frontman and principal songwriter Syd Barrett had no involvement.

The album was a top ten hit in the UK, but received mixed reviews. Several songs were performed in Pink Floyd concerts over the following years. ...


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 08:22 PM | Reply

Obscured by Clouds (1972)
en.wikipedia.org

... Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album, and second soundtrack album, by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 2 June 1972 by Harvest and Capitol Records. It serves as the soundtrack for the French film La Valle, by Barbet Schroeder. It was recorded in two sessions in France, while Pink Floyd were in the midst of touring, and produced by the band.

The album's only single was "Free Four". Obscured by Clouds has been seen as a stopgap for the band, who had started work on their next album, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). The album reached number six in the United Kingdom and number 46 in the United States; retrospective opinions from both fans and critics have been mixed, some critics noting the similarities to their later material. ...


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 08:25 PM | Reply

From Obscured by Clouds ...

Pink Floyd - Childhood's End
www.youtube.com

(a quiet, slow, fade-in starter, so be patient ...)


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 08:29 PM | Reply

From the More soundtrack ...

Pink Floyd - Cirrus Minor
www.youtube.com

Pink Floyd - Cymbaline
www.youtube.com

Pink Floyd - The Nile Song
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Pink Floyd - Green Is The Colour
www.youtube.com

etc ...


Enjoy!

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 08:35 PM | Reply

The Breakfast Club
en.wikipedia.org

... The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The film tells the story of five teenagers from different high school cliques who serve a Saturday detention overseen by their authoritarian Vice Principal. ...

The film's soundtrack, The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), was produced by British pop musician Keith Forsey and released on February 19, 1985, by A&M Records. The album peaked at No. 17 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. The song "Don't You (Forget About Me)", performed by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, was released as a single on February 23, 1985, in the United States and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[65] It was released on April 8, 1985, in the United Kingdom. ...



Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
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#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 10:50 PM | Reply

Grantchester Meadows, Roger Waters' first elite composition for Pink Floyd, written in spring of 1969, performed live here, back when he and David Gilmour got along both on and off the stage:

youtu.be

#13 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2026-07-26 11:48 PM | Reply

@#13 ... Grantchester Meadows ...

A fav Pink Floyd tune for me.

thx.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 11:56 PM | Reply

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