Here’s my personal all-time ultimate movie soundtrack, which runs the gamut from funk to bluegrass, by way of heavy rock and serene folk. With a few notable exceptions, almost every song on the list comes from a film I absolutely love – fellow critics be damned!

1. Duelling Banjos (“Deliverence”)
2. The Soggy Bottom Boys – I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (“O Brother, Where Art Thou”)
3. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (“Trainspotting”)
4. Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle Without Honor Or Humanity (“Kill Bill, Vol. 1”)
5. Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (“Napoleon Dynamite”)
6. Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta (“Office Space”)
7. Little Richard – Long Tall Sally (“Predator”)
8. Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In (“The Big Lebowski”)
9. Guns N’ Roses – You Could Be Mine (“Terminator 2”)
10. Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat (Day-O) (“Beetlejuice”)
11. Seal – Kiss From A Rose (“Batman Forever”)
12. Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin (“Midnight Cowboy”)
13. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson (“The Graduate”)
14. Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger (“Rocky III”)
15. Public Enemy – Fight The Power (“Do the Right Thing”)
16. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (“Shaft”)
17. Huey Lewis & The News – Hip To Be Square (“American Psycho”)
18. Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (“Donnie Darko”)
19. Pixies – Where Is My Mind? (“Fight Club”)
20. The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup (“There’s Something about Mary”)
21. The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black (“Full Metal Jacket”)
22. Aimee Mann – Wise Up (“Magnolia”)

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