THE 50 MOST ESSENTIAL MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS. Today: #1. This post concludes the countdown. 

Caffè Lattè presents:

THE MOST ESSENTIAL

MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

For decades, songs and movies have been matched. The most successful are effective tools, cross-promoting both the music and the film in which they are featured; giving one or both longevity. Here are 50 Motion Picture Soundtrack Albums that evoke memories of the films they appeared in. The criteria was to include only movie soundtracks which consisted largely of new material, rather than a compilation of older songs or remakes.

 

1

S ATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

1977

Disco was losing momentum by the time work began on this film starring John Travolta. Suddenly, the movie became a box office smash and had a profound impact on popular culture. The watershed that was ‘Saturday Night Fever’ became the best-selling soundtrack of all-time. In fact, its global sales figures, (in excess of 40 million copies) broke records for any album. The Bee Gees deserve the most credit here, with the trio performing new major hits such as “How Deep Is Your Love”, “Night Fever”, “More Than A Woman” and “Stayin’ Alive”. Previously released hits by The Bee Gees (“Jive Talkin’” and “You Should Be Dancing”), Kool & The Gang (“Open Sesame”) and The Trammps (“Disco Inferno”) were also added. Most of the aforementioned Bee Gees hits reached #1 in their own right, as did Yvonne Elliman’s “If I Can’t Have You” and Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth Of Beethoven”. In all, there are 7 chart-topping singles on this LP. The album’s popularity revived disco’s appeal and provided the music industry with one of its most lucrative periods.