We’re ‘Hopelessly Devoted’ To These 7 Movie Soundtracks—From ‘Dirty Dancing’ to ‘Grease,’ The Best of All Time
These are some of our favorite movie soundtracks of all time
Whether it’s original tracks or compilations of iconic hits, film soundtracks have a way of transporting you into a movie, enveloping you in the moment. From Whitney Houston’s stunning rendition of “I Will Always Love You” in The Bodyguard to the Bee Gees revitalizing disco in Saturday Night Fever, these are some of the best movie soundtracks of all time.
1. Dirty Dancing, 1987
The Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey film produced a very popular soundtrack, with songs like “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” “Be My Baby” and “Hungry Eyes.” The soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 chart for 18 weeks, selling over 24 million copies. The soundtrack became one of the best-selling of all time, with “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
2. Garden State, 2004
From the Simon & Garfunkel classic “The Only Living Boy In New York” to Coldplay’s “Don’t Panic,” Garden State had quite the immersive soundtrack. Garden State was written, directed and starred Zach Braff, who was also responsible for compiling the soundtrack.
“Essentially, I made a mix CD with all of the music that I felt was scoring my life at the time I was writing the screenplay,” Braff explained.
Although it wasn’t a meticulously chosen group of songs, it did end up winning Braff a Grammy award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. “I didn’t ever think a Grammy was something I should even dream about,” he said. “I never in a thousand years would have thought this would be what happened to this movie.”
3. Saturday Night Fever, 1977
It’s disco fever on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, with Bee Gees songs like “Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep Is Your Love” and “Night Fever.” But the soundtrack also included hits such as “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman. Starring John Travolta as disco fanatic Tony Manero, Saturday Night Fever was responsible for bringing disco back into the spotlight.
“Those first five songs,” says producer Bill Oakes, “which I put on the first side of the soundtrack double album—’Stayin’ Alive,’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love,’ ‘Night Fever,’ ‘More than a Woman,’ and ‘If I Can’t Have You’ — that’s the side you couldn’t stop playing.”
The soundtrack ended up becoming a Bee Gees album, winning the group a Grammy for Album of the Year.
4. A Hard Day’s Night, 1964
The Beatles made their film debut in A Hard Day’s Night, a film that followed a day in the life of the group as they—and the audience—experience Beatlemania at its craziest. The soundtrack was The Beatles’ third studio album, which was released just a month before the film.
Some of the hit songs on the soundtrack were “And I Love Her,” “Can’t Buy Me Love” and the title song, which won The Beatles one of their first Grammy awards.
5. Grease, 1978
We’re “Hopelessly Devoted” to the Grease soundtrack, which features so many major hit songs. Tunes sung by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, like “You’re The One That I Want,” “Summer Nights” and “We Go Together,” are some of the best on the album. But the Grease soundtrack also includes the hit “Grease” from Frankie Valli and “Freddy My Love” by Cidny Bullens.
The soundtrack soared the charts, with both “You’re The One That I Want” and “Grease” becoming number-one hits. The soundtrack was even nominated for Album of the Year at the 1979 Grammys.
6. Almost Famous, 2000
The Almost Famous soundtrack featured so many hit songs that we just loved to listen to repeatedly. From the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” and Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer,” it’s no secret the album became a big hit. Although the soundtrack didn’t hit number one, it did go on to win a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack.
7. The Bodyguard, 1992
As the best-selling soundtrack of all time, The Bodyguard album has sold more than 45 million copies. Heavily featuring the star of the film, Whitney Houston, the soundtrack has become a special piece of pop culture history, winning an Album of the Year Grammy in 1994.
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