From Submarine to Trainspotting .... Films with the BEST Soundtracks.

A film's soundtrack can make or break a film. A film with a slightly above average storyline can be greatly improved to something watchable using the choice of music. It takes a skilled song writer to create music specifically for a film, and a skilled song selector to choose from the outstanding number of songs out there to find the perfect ones for that film moment. Here are my personal favourite films, based on their soundtracks....

 Submarine 

Submarine is this generation's emotional indie film, directed by Richard Ayoade, and with a beautifully written soundtrack by Alex Turner. This soundtrack consists of four, fairly slow songs that reflect the atmosphere of the film absolutely perfectly. I think the songwriting skills here are what makes me think Alex is an absolute genius. Stripped of the rest of the Arctic Monkeys, its just Alex and his guitar. You can hear emotion in his voice as he sings the words songs filled with beautiful imagery.

Lord of the Rings 
The soundtrack for Lord of the Rings heads in a completely different direction, as the whole thing was composed using entire orchestras for use in the film. However, I think it should definitely be credited as a soundtrack genius. The choirs of people singing and the build up of the instruments really reflects the trials and trauma of the films storyline! Whilst it is a very stereotypical sound for a fiction film, it is done so perfectly. You can hear uplifting sections in the music, which builds up to catastrophic ends.

 Trainspotting 
Trainspotting is an absolutely amazing film with some real britpop hits. The whole film has a very 'screw everything' attitude to it, which is reflected with its 80s and 90s pop songs. This films wins with its soundtrack purely with the use of Lou Reed's Perfect Day as Mark Renton enters a heroin induced state in which nothing everything is distorted. I can't say I've ever found myself in that state, but I can say that's one of the songs I can imagine playing in my head. And, saying that, if anyone can be trusted to write a heroin song it's most definitley Mr Lou Reed.