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The 101 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time

Starring Prince, the Beatles, Eminem, and many more

From Elvis gyrating in prison stripes in Jailhouse Rock to Prince putting Apollonia on the back of his bike in Purple Rain, rock & roll and movies have been inseparable for nearly 60 years. In making this list, we included soundtrack albums built around original songs (hey, Superfly) as well as expertly curated compilations (we see you, Quentin); some great soundtracks feature fresh tunes, others are killer mixtapes. And while great movies and great soundtracks can go hand in hand (A Hard Day’s Night), sometimes a so-so film is full of historic tunes, so the actual quality of the movie in question wasn’t much of a consideration.

Before we jump into our list, a couple of caveats. We didn’t include any original film scores or musicals. Those are different categories with their own rich histories. We kept it to collections of songs that can stand outside the movie and function on their own as great LPs, staying inextricably embedded in the film they soundtrack while having a life outside of it.

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