Headline : The 101 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time

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From Elvis gyrating in prison stripes in Jailhouse Rock to Prince putting Apollonia on the back of his bike in Purple Rain, rock & roll and movies have been inseparable for nearly 60 years. In making this list, we included soundtrack albums built around original songs (hey, Superfly) as well as expertly curated compilations (we see you, Quentin); some great soundtracks feature fresh tunes, others are killer mixtapes. And while great movies and great soundtracks can go hand in hand (A Hard Day’s Night), sometimes a so-so film is full of historic tunes, so the actual quality of the movie in question wasn’t much of a consideration.

Before we jump into our list, a couple of caveats. We didn’t include any original film scores or musicals. Those are different categories with their own rich histories. We kept it to collections of songs that can stand outside the movie and function on their own as great LPs, staying inextricably embedded in the film they soundtrack while having a life outside of it.

OK, granted, the back half of this is mostly schlock — can we interest you in two Kenny G songs, a dance-pop cover of Bill Withers, and some overproduced Eighties Joe Cocker? However, this 18-times-platinum monolith stands as one of the 10 best-selling albums of all time for a reason. That would be Side A, 26 minutes of once-in-a-generation vocal talent Whitney Houston yearning (“I Have Nothing”), grooving (“I’m Every Woman”), hurting (“Run to You”), hard-rocking (“Queen of the Night”), and singing the gospel (“Jesus Loves Me”). And of course, there’s “I Will Aways Love You,” a bravado, world-conquering crescendo of a song that peaks with what is probably the most iconic key change in pop history.

What’s more ambitious than Todd Haynes’ nonlinear biopic where six different actors play disparate parts of Bob Dylan’s creative self? How about a two-CD soundtrack — longer than the movie itself — featuring a who’s who of indie rockers covering Zimmy’s catalog. Sonic Youth scuzz-and-fuzz their way through the title track, Cat Power does a bluesy version of “Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again,” Yo La Tengo brings a low-fi crunch to “I Wanna Be Your Lover,” and Anohni and the Johnsons soar through “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” with their inimitable mix of fragility and fearlessness. A house band of sorts was assembled with members of Sonic Youth, Wilco, Television, and Medeski, Martin and Wood, allowing luminaries like Eddie Vedder, Karen O, and Stephen Malkmus to go electric alongside some of the best.

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