My choice: "Pretty In Pink"  8)

Picking one is a tough choice.  I'd have to take the whole lot of them and make one  super-duper Best of '80s Soundtracks CD!
8)

I noticed Repo Man wasn't on the poll.  That's definitely one of the best.  Other good ones are Salvation, Something Wild, The Last American Virgin, and Modern Girls.

There are some goldies on the 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack, especially Bryan Ferry's Slave to Love, always been a special song to me.  It's not about S/M, BTW.  It's also got Eurythmics The City Never Sleeps, as well as tracks by John Taylor, Stewart Copland, Corey Heart, and Devo's cover of "Bread & Butter," which is fun in an obnoxious sorta way.

Other:

I always liked these from the '80s  ( :D )

Diva (1982)
Cinema Paradiso (1989)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

And these had one or two good songs ( :) )

Once upon a Time in America (1984)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)



:D

Heavy Metal

Other: Flash Dance followed by Dirty Dancing/Eddie and the Cruisers




Cat

Dirty Dancing...Footloose is good too!

It was so hard to decide, but I picked Pretty in Pink.

Definitely Vision Quest!

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I chose Pretty In Pink for the Smiths and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark factor. But it has no Depeche Mode, damn it! :) For that, I'd pick the Say Anything... soundtrack, because not only does it have Depeche Mode ("Stripped"), it has one of my favourite Peter Gabriel songs on it ("In Your Eyes"). ;D

Absolutely Vile

The Lost Boys soundtrack is pretty cool.  Lots of good songs.  I also loved Footloose, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain.  The Purple One was/is cool.

I have to go for any John Carpenter film soundtracks! (OK..scores). Especially since he is my favourite director and has always used synths!!!

As for the soundtracks listed here Say Anything or The Lost Boys

The Breakfast Club

The Lost Boys soundtrack is pretty cool.  Lots of good songs.  I also loved Footloose, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain.  The Purple One was/is cool.

I chose Purple Rain, but I looooved the Lost Boys soundtrack. (Fave song on that album is Cry Little Sister)

The Lost Boys soundtrack is pretty cool.  Lots of good songs.  I also loved Footloose, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain.  The Purple One was/is cool.

I chose Purple Rain, but I looooved the Lost Boys soundtrack. (Fave song on that album is Cry Little Sister)


Is there any chance we could've been separated at birth?  That's my fave song, too!  ;D

I chose "Back To The Future" simply for the Lindsey Buckingham song "Time Bomb Town"...AND there was another 1985 movie based in the 50's called "Mischief" that had a great soundtrack as well ;)

Is there any chance we could've been separated at birth?  That's my fave song, too!   ;D

I guess anything is possible.  ;)

I chose "Pretty In Pink."  I recently made a 2 CD compilation of 80s movie songs.  It's below...

Disc 1
1.  Back In Time – Huey Lewis & the News  Back To The Future
2.  Only The Young – Journey    Vision Quest
3.  Somebody’s Baby – Jackson Browne    Fast Times At Ridgemont High
4.  Soul Man – Blues Brothers    The Blues Brothers
5.  Crying – Roy Orbison & K.D. Lang    Hiding Out
6.  Everybody Wants Some – Van Halen    Better Off  Dead
7.  I’m Alive – ELO    Xanadu
8.  In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel    Say Anything
9.  Invincible – Pat Benatar    The Legend Of Billie Jean
10. Night Moves – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band    American Pop
11. One Vision – Queen    Iron Eagle
12. Love Somebody – Rick Springfield    Hard To Hold
13. When Doves Cry – Prince    Purple Rain
14. Romancing The Stone – Eddy Grant    Romancing The Stone
15. I’m Alright – Kenny Loggins    Caddyshack
16. It’s In The Way That You Use It – Eric Clapton    The Color Of Money
17. Roadhouse Blues – Jeff Healey Band    Roadhouse
18. The Girl Gets Around – Sammy Hagar    Footloose

Disc 2
1.  Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds    The Breakfast Club
2.  If You Were Here – Thompson Twins    Sixteen Candles
3.  Tenderness – General Public    Weird Science
4.  Pretty In Pink – Psychedelic Furs    Pretty In Pink
5.  Bad – Big Audio Dynamite    Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
6.  Working In A Coalmine – Devo    Heavy Metal
7.  Live It Up – Mental As Anything    Crocodile Dundee
8.  I Know What Boys Like – The Waitresses    The Last American Virgin
9.  Melt With You – Modern English    Valley Girl
10. Slave To Love – Bryan Ferry    9-1/2 Weeks
11. Rave On – John Cougar Mellencamp    Cocktail
12. Good Times – INXS & Jimmy Barnes    Lost Boys
13. You Might Think – The Cars    Sure Thing
14. Take It Easy – Andy Taylor    American Anthem
15. A View To A Kill – Duran Duran    A View To A Kill
16. I Can Dream About You -  Dan Hartman    Streets Of Fire
17. Call Me – Blondie    American Gigolo
18. Someday Someway – Marshall Crenshaw    Night Shift
19. On The Dark Side – John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band    Eddie & The Cruisers
20. The Secret Of My Success – Night Ranger    The Secret Of My Success

Other:Say Anything

I chose St Elmo's Fire. John Parr's 'Man in motion' is such a classic song! I think my second choice is the Beetlejuice soundtrack, complete with the two Harry Belafonte singles (Jump in line (Shake, shake, shake senora) and The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)).

heavy metal. awesome movie, great soundtrack.

other footloose

What about Valley Girl? that was a classic!!

Purple Rain. There wasn't a bad song on that soundtrack.

my vote was other cuz i loved the sound track of the Big Chill

Marvin Gaye Lyrics I Heard It Through The Grapevine 
The Temptations Lyrics My Girl
The Rascals Lyrics Good Lovin'
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Lyrics The Tracks Of My Tears
Three Dog Night Lyrics Joy To The World
The Temptations Lyrics Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Aretha Franklin Lyrics Natural Woman
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Lyrics I Second That Emotion
Procol Harum Lyrics A Whiter Shade Of Pale
The Exciters Lyrics Tell Him
Creedence Clearwater Revival Lyrics Bad Moon Rising
Percy Sledge Lyrics When A Man Loves A Woman
The Rascals Lyrics In The Midnight Hour
The Spencer Davis Group Lyrics Gimme Some Lovin'
The Band Lyrics The Weight
The Beach Boys Lyrics Wouldn't It Be Nice
Bert Kaempfert Lyrics Strangers In The Night
Church Version Lyrics You Can't Always Get What You Want
Lyrics J.T. Lancer Theme
Four Tops Lyrics It's The Same Old Song
Martha & The Vandellas Lyrics Dancing In The Street
Marvin Gaye Lyrics What's Going On
The Marvalettes Lyrics Too Many Fish In The Sea
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Lyrics Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Jimmy Ruffin Lyrics What Becomes Of The Broken-hearted
Jr. Walker & The All Stars Lyrics Shotgun
Isley Brothers Lyrics Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
The Supremes Lyrics Ask Any Girl
Lesley Gore Lyrics You Don't Own Me
Spanky & Our Gang Lyrics Like To Get To Know You
The Mamas And The Papas Lyrics Monday, Monday
Moody Blues Lyrics Nights In White Satin
Joe Cocker Lyrics Feeling Alright
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Lyrics Game Of Love
James Brown Lyrics I Got You
Blues Magoos Lyrics Nothing Yet
The Zombies Lyrics Time Of The Season
Howard Tate Lyrics Get It While You Can
 

Pretty In Pink!

Rio

Purple Rain

Tanya

Some Kind Of Wonderful is my #1 pick. It has one of my fav Stephen Duffy songs (She Loves Me), plus The March Violets (Turn To The Sky) and Licking The Tins (Can't Help Falling In Love With You), among others.

I chose "Back To The Future" simply for the Lindsey Buckingham song "Time Bomb Town"...AND there was another 1985 movie based in the 50's called "Mischief" that had a great soundtrack as well ;)


Hey, how could this guy leave out "Footloose"? Was he afraid such a killer soundtrack would sweep the voting?
BTW RNR, I also chose BTTF(but with my name, can you blame me?), for the 2 Huey Lewis songs, "Back In Time" & "The Power Of Love". Also, "Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation" had a good soundtrack, including your man Lindsey's classic "Holiday Road". Just thought you'd be interested!

Your Pal,
Doc

Hmm, I guess the Breakfast Club right now.  What disappoints me is that they never put together a Ferris Bueller's Day Off soundtrack, because IMO this movie had THE BEST music.

Hey, how could this guy leave out "Footloose"? Was he afraid such a killer soundtrack would sweep the voting?
BTW RNR, I also chose BTTF(but with my name, can you blame me?), for the 2 Huey Lewis songs, "Back In Time" & "The Power Of Love". Also, "Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation" had a good soundtrack, including your man Lindsey's classic "Holiday Road". Just thought you'd be interested!

Your Pal,
Doc
I am, thanks Doc ;)

She's Having a Baby soundtrack is really good.
Kate Bush "This Woman's Work"
Dave Wakling
Gene Love Jezebel "Desire"

Better Off Dead soundtrack is really good too

other:  My favourite is the soundtrack to "Teachers".  It featured 4 hits:


Teacher Teacher - 38 Special
Understanding - Bob Seger
Edge of A Dream - Joe Cocker
One Foot Back in Your Door - Roman Holliday

You forgot the Trick Or Treat Soundtrack. The songs are obscure, unknown to most & not popular by a band virtually unknown to most called Fastway. Anyone who was into hardrock or heavy metal back then should know the songs & the band though & it had it's target audience. All the songs were done by one band & as a result it's definitly the most consistant listenable & rockin soundtrack & the only soundtrack i own. I have it on vinyl & CD.

Sixteen Candles and Say Anything

what? no "breakin'"? lol.

it's tough cuz i love the heavy metal soundtrack most definitely, but the award's just gotta go to "the breakfast club."

for the headbangers, "zombie nightmare" has a great soundtrack. terrible movie, though.

http://www.mst3ktemple.com/images/Zombie_Nightmare_-_OS.jpg

another honorable mention: the river's edge. (which is actually a brilliant and disturbing movie.) ah, who could forget these timeless classics?

"Kyrie Eleison"
Fates Warning

"Captor of Sin"
Slayer

"Tormentor"
Slayer

"Evil has no boundaries"
Slayer

"Die by the sword"
Slayer

"Lethal Tendencies"
Hallow's Eve

"Let me know"
Wipers

"Fire in the rain"
Agent Orange

"Happy Day"
Burning Spear

"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"
Hank Ballard

"I'm Gonna Miss You"
Hank Ballard"

Other : FLASHDANCE!

Maniac and What a Feeling! Still excellent today!

Back To The Future