Welcome to bestmoviesoundtracks.co.uk
This site was conceived as a side project by a "tekkie" friend of mine who suggested I use my journalistic experience to write about something I love. We bandied about some ideas before settling on this one - largely because I had collected movie soundtracks for much of my life and thought I could write about them. We wanted the site to be user friendly, well-written and reliable.
Over time, I hope to attract other writers keen to contribute to the site, who don't mind foregoing the financial benefits they may be used to in the short-term for something that may, or may not, be profitable further down the line.
The gradual demise of the cd format, re-emergence of vinyl, along with the expansion of blu-ray dvd and downloads translate to an ever-changing market place; despite this, most of us still buy cd's and dvd's and I hope that you will use the Amazon links on this site to buy online.
We have also included mini YouTube video links that accompany the reviews, so that you can listen to your favourite theme music while watching a related trailer or clip from the movie; because film is a visual medium, there seems no better way of presenting it.
Finally, a note on the type of soundtracks featured. Though purists generally view albums such as "Top Gun", "Flashdance" and others like them, as unworthy of coverage on a film soundtrack site, preferring instead to focus on orchestral scores, we have taken the view that these albums have earned their place based on their continued saleability and affection with a large section of cinema-goers. We wanted to reach as broad an audience as possible and have developed the site with this in mind, without forgetting those fans for whom composers such as Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith, among many others, are considered on a par with the master composers. We hope you can find your best movie soundtracks on this site.
Enjoy it.
Jackie Brown Soundtrack CD
Jackie Brown.
1997, Miramax.
Various.
Maverick, CD, 1997, 9362-46841-2.
Rating: 
Pam Grier stars as a drug smuggling flight attendant, who after being caught in the act, agrees to set up her murderous supplier (Samuuel L. Jackson), in Quentin Tarantiono’s slow as syrup crime caper based on a novel by Elmore Leonard (’Get Shorty’). Neither the soundtrack, or the dialogue clips featured, are as memorable as those in ‘Pulp Fiction’ but they ain’t bad either; opening with Bobby Womack’s lyrically edgy ‘Across 110th Street’, the album is a soul/funk fuelled journey through many a record labels forgotten back catalogue - along with Tarantino’s own extensive collection - with a few oddities thrown in, such as Johnny Cash’s ’Tennessee Stud’ and rap number ’(Holy Matrimony) Letter To The Firm’ (Foxy Brown) giving it a more contemporary slant. As usual, Tarantino has cast his net wider than your average compiler; the result is a cool, varied, surprising score with plenty of genuine soul. Minnie Ripperton’s ‘Inside My Love’ and Bloodstone’s ‘Natural High’ are key mellow moments, while ‘The Lions And The Cucumber’ (The Vampire Sound Inc) is a psychodelic sound trip. Kaleidoscopic.
Jackie Brown Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack).
2. Beaumont’s Mament (Dialogue).
3. Strawberry Letter 23 (Brothers Johnson).
4. Melanie, Simone And Sheronda (Dialogue).
5. Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) (Bill Withers).
6. Tennessee Stud (Johnny Cash).
7. Natural High (Bloodstone).
8. Long Time Woman (Pam Grier).
9. Detroit 9000 (Dialogue).
10. (Holy Matrimony) Letter To The Firm (Foxy Brown).
11. Street Life (Randy Crawford).
12. Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time (The Delfonics).
13. Midnight Confessions (The Grass Roots).
14. Inside My Love (Minnie Ripperton).
15. Just Ask Melanie (Dialogue).
16. The Lions And The Cucumber (The Vampire Sound Inc.)
17. Monte Carlo Nights (Elliot Easton’s Tiki Gods).
Inglorious Basterds Soundtrack CD
Inglorious Basterds.
2009, Universal.
Various.
Warners, CD, 2009, 9362497444.
Rating: 
Quentin Tarantino’s latest bombastic offering sets a group of Jewish/American soldiers loose in Nazi occupied France; the result is a violent and caricatured combination of historical (though, far from historically accurate) set pieces, in which the characters crash into, or merely skirt past each other. As with previous efforts, ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Jackie Brown’ et al, the soundtrack borrows heavily from other sources (Tarantino rarely commissions a composer to write a score for his films), with the likes of Billy Preston’s 1970s raucous funk rock, ‘Slaughter’ and David Bowie’s ‘Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)’, alongside film score music from Ennio Morricone and Lalo Schifrin. While ‘Inglorious’ may have trouble finding a market - it could be too off the wall for regular listeners, too familiar to soundtrack collectors - the diverse styles generally work well together and it at least brings Morricone’s atmospheric work to a wider audience, which, despite its shortcomings, makes it a lot more interesting than many of the film tie-in fodder on the market.
Inglorious Basterds Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Green Leaves Of Summer (Nick Perito).
2. Verdict (Dopo la Condanna) (Ennio Morricone).
3. White Lightning (Main Title) [from White Lightning] (Charles Bernstein).
4. Slaughter (Billy Preston).
5. Surrender (La Resa) (Ennio Morricone).
6. One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato) (The Film Studio Orchestra).
7. Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter (From Die Grosse Liebe) (Zarah Leander).
8. Man With The Big Sombrero (Samantha Shelton).
9. Ich Wollt Ich Waer Ein Huhn (Willy Fritsch/Lilian Harvey).
10. Main Theme From Dark Of The Sun (Jacques Loussier).
11. Cat People (Putting Out The Fire) (David Bowie).
12. Tiger Tank (Lalo Schifrin).
13. Amico (Ennio Morricone).
14. Rabbia E Tarantella (Ennio Morricone).
