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A movie soundtrack or motion picture soundtrack conveys emotions that the dialogues or the visuals of the film cannot. It adds texture to a specific scene, pumping it with energy, adding a hint of irony and humor, or punctuating its melancholy.
Many soundtracks feature original songs by established recording artists. Some of the best are compilation of songs that are surprisingly hidden gems, unearthed by the auteur director. The best soundtracks take you to the world that the movie inhabits. Many of them gives you pure listening pleasure, even without the movie context.
Although some of the most effective movie soundtracks consist of instrumental and classical music that enhances the film’s mood, many contain pop and rock music that help not only the movie’s artistic merit, but its commercial success as well.
Below are the best pop and rock movie soundtrack albums that should be a part of an enthusiast’s music collection:
"Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf from Easy Rider Movie Soundtrack
2008 is going to be remembered as a tough year. It is the year where people are besieged by a terrible economic crisis, war, the election craziness, among others. These themes permeated some of the best albums. It was also a year of new sounds, mixing of genres, experimentation and discoveries. Because of the economic crisis, people tend to buy less music, especially the physical cds, as downloads are much cheaper. Many resorted to sharing (stealing?). Below are the best albums of 2008, tallied from the lists of the top music magazines:
Folk music, defined loosely, is music which the people of a nation or group identify themselves. It is music that comes from small towns or villages. It is often used in contrast to the so-called elitist classical or art music culture.
In America, folk music refers to the style of music that comes from the heartlands or the rural areas. In the 60s folk music was used as a powerful tool for change in the American social revolution.
Folk music has simple melody and structure, usually with guitar accompaniments and simple key structure and choral sequence. The most important element of folk music are the words of the songs.
The subgenre of folk music are folk songs, traditional folk, political folk & protest songs, the folk revival, folk rock, folk pop, UK folk, Irish folk, alternative folk, contemporary folk, neo-traditional folk.
Bob Dylan sings "Blowin' in the Wind" from the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The following are folk music recordings that should belong to the library of every collector:
