Is that a dove crying?....

In a companion publication to this week's (11/26/07) New Yorker called Movies Rock (apparently from the editors of Vanity Fair) is The List: 50 Greatest (mostly) Rock Soundtracks of All Time, ...."from Prince's purple masterpiece to Eminem's defining battle, to Elvis's spin through Sin City, these are the soundtracks that opened our ears and smashed our assumptions." Or not, you make the call. In addition, it gives the top 5 soundtracks for punk (Blank Generation-1980), jazz (Elevator to Gallows-1958), cult films (Expresso Bongo-1959), documentaries (Eat the Document), and unreleased soundtracks (Harold and Maude-1971). - article

Here are the top ten; I'm searching for the listing online to post here.

Purple Rain (1984) A Hard Day's Night (1964) The Harder They Come (1973) Pulp Fiction (1994) The Graduate (1967) Superfly (1972) Trainspotting (1996) Saturday Night Fever (1977) American Graffiti (1973) The Big Chill (1983)

Notable among the rest are: #44 High Fidelity (a big favorite!) #45 This Is Spinal Tap #40 Rock 'N Roll High School #13 Blues Brothers