A soundtrack will take an already great movie or show, and elevate it to an entirely new level. Here are 10 soundtracks that did exactly that, and stand alone as great projects even outside of their visual partner.
Cowboy Bebop has one of the coolest soundtracks ever. The outlaw meets jazz kind of sound really isn't found anywhere else, and this is a timeless anime on top of that.
Cowboy Bebop
Black Panther might have the strongest soundtrack of this millenium due to Kendrick Lamar's work on the album for it. It features some of the greatest acts of our time, and is a masterpiece on its own.
Black Panther
GOTG speaks for itself, and really re-popularized a lot of older music for the new generation through its choices.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hans Zimmer is widely known as the best music supervisor in the game, and it is because of songs like “Time” from Inception and countless others.
Inception
Coraline has an underrated score attached to it, but that does not make it's sonic impact any less important than the others on this list.
Coraline
Minecraft's compilation album, specifically volume alpha, is easily the best video game sound track ever created.
Minecraft
This one is more of a round about inclusion, but not many people know that there is actually a screenplay for this album that goes way deeper than you would first imagine.
Because the Internet
Grammy award winning vide game soundtrack. Need I say more?
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
The animated Spider-man movies are untouchable when it comes to soundtracks, and this is the only movie that strongly contends Black Panther for the top spot.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Whiplash is almost like if Cowboy Bebop's music had a modern day movie. The jazz score inspired a generation of drummers, and even more so dove into a side of music that people don't see.
Whiplash
John WIlliams is one of the best supervisors of our time, and his work on Harry Potter and Star Wars deserves its flowers.
Harry Potter
Mac Miller's album WMWTSO has a unique upbringing, and is commonly played alongside the documentary, “Turtle: The Incredible Journey.” It is one that has to be experienced and not explained, so just search it up for yourself and prepare to be amazed.
Watching Movies with the Sound Off
All Studio Ghibli films boast impressive soundtracks, and Totoro is one that stands close to the top for me.
My Neighbor Totoro
Ratatouille has one of the most slept on soundtracks ever, and orchestrates what may just be the sweetest walk through Paris.
Ratatouille
Star Wars has award winning video game soundtracks, but we can't overlook the movie scores. John Williams is one of the greatest to ever do it, and I would be remiss not to mention him.