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Top 20 Film Soundtracks: Purple Phantom

My favorite film soundtracks of all time! Disclaimer: I'm a huge horror movie buff, and sound design and score in movies is one of the most important parts of the experience to me, so a handful of these are horror-esque. 

I'll give some basic info about each soundtrack to help you decide if you should listen to it or not. The format is: Artist/Composer - Album/Movie Name  ||  Film Genre  ||  Music Genre  ||  Release Year.

The tacit understanding should be that I enjoy each film attached to each soundtrack. 

Scroll to the bottom for a playlist with my favorite song from each soundtrack. 


20. John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon  ||  Family / Fantasy  ||  Cinematic Classical  ||  Released 2010

19. The Dust Brothers - Fight Club  ||  Psychological Thriller  ||  Trip Hop  ||  Released 1999

18. John Murphy - 28 Days Later  || Post-Apocalyptic / Horror  ||  Film Score / Ambient  ||  Released 2002

17. Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles  ||  Superhero / Animated / Family  ||  Spy Music / Cinematic Classical  ||  Released 2004

16. Elvis Perkins - The Blackcoat's Daughter  ||  Supernatural Horror / Psychological Drama  ||  Dark Ambient / Contemporary Folk  ||  Released 2017

15. Madredeus - Ainda (Soundtrack for Lisbon Story)  ||  Drama  ||  Chamber Folk  ||  Released 1995

14. Bobby Krlic - Midsommar  ||  Folk Horror / Psychological Drama  ||  Chamber Music / Nordic Folk Music  ||  Released 2019

13. James Horner - Searching for Bobby Fischer  ||  Biopic / Coming of Age  ||  Cinematic Classical  ||  Released 1993

12. Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers  ||  High Fantasy  ||  Cinematic Classical / Orchestral  ||  Released 2002

11. Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Soundtrack to Jack Johnson) ||  Documentary  ||  Jazz Fusion / Jazz Rock  ||  Released 1971

10. Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread  ||  Romance / Period Drama  ||  Modern Classical / Minimalism  ||  Released 2018

9. Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Annihilation  ||  Science Fiction / Cosmic Horror  ||  Dark Ambient  ||  Released 2018

8. John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back  ||  Science Fiction / Space Opera  ||  Cinematic Classical / Orchestral  ||  Released 1980

7. Danny Elfman - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas  ||  Fantasy / Gothic / Halloween  ||  Show Tunes / Holiday Music  ||  Released 1993

6. Mica Levi - Under the Skin  ||  Science Fiction / Psychological Horror  ||  Electroacoustic / Drone / Minimalism / Modern Classical  ||  Released 2014

5. Vangelis - Blade Runner  ||  Science Fiction / Cyberpunk  ||  Progressive Electronic / Space Ambient  ||  Released 1994

4. Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain  ||  Romance / Drama  ||  Pop Rock  ||  Released 1984

3. Ennio Morricone / John Carpenter - The Thing  ||  Body Horror / Science Fiction  ||  Cinematic Classical  ||  Released 1982

2. Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud  ||  Police Procedural / French New Wave  ||  Cool Jazz / Dark Jazz  ||  Released 1958

1. Jon Brion - Synecdoche, New York  ||  Surrealism / Psychological Drama  ||  Modern Classical / Jazz  ||  Released 2008

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