History Main / CultSoundtrack

It is the existance of several {{Cult Soundtrack}}s from the late 70's and 80's that lead to the more modern practise of focusing on getting a soundtrack and movie tie in for mutual publicity that leads to today's BreakawayPopHit phenomenon.

* DonkeyKongCountry: While The Prerendered Graphics [[YourMileageMayVary might]] have aged poorly, it's soundtrack still has quite a following to this day.

* ''{{MeanGuns}}''. You don't believe how many threads in Russia and Ukraine music search forums dedicated to fibd at least something from the film's score. Though film itself also has a dedicated fanbase.

* ''Mean Guns''. You don't believe how many threads in Russia and Ukraine music search forums dedicated to fibd at least something from the film's score. Though film itself also has a dedicated fanbase.

* GrimFandango: The soundtrack by Peter McConnell is made up of a mixture of Film-Noir style jazz and mexican folk music, perfectly matching the game's aesthetic. While it's hard to find, many fans offer free downloads to others as a way to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes]].

* ''Inception'' of course.

* ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'' became a cult film in large part because of its soundtrack.
* The 1985 {{TransformersTheMovie}} Soundtrack, an epic mix of Hair Metal and Synthesize music with the masterpiece "The Touch," makes it a require listening for Transformers fans. The album had additional remixes and releases in 1997's Till "All Are One" set, 2001's "Lighting Their Darkest Hour", and the 2007 edition. Since the release of Bay's Live action movie in 2007, Stan Bush got into spotlight again for a new generation of Transformers fans, including new remixes, and a Guitar Hero level. Stan Bush still plays in conventions, and WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN LINKING PARK.

* The 1985 {{Transformers}} Movie Soundtrack, an epic mix of Hair Metal and Synthesize music with the masterpiece "The Touch," that's makes it a require listening for Transformers fans. The album had additional remixes and releases in 1997's Till "All Are One" set, 2001's "Lighting Their Darkest Hour", and the 2007 edition. Since the release of Bay's Live action movie in 2007, Stan Bush got into spotlight again for a new generation of Transformers fans, including new remixes, and a Guitar Hero level. Stan Bush still plays in conventions, and WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN LINKING PARK.

This is music in a film which becomes one of its major selling points or unique identifiers. Generally regarded as a CrowningMusicOfAwesome, this music really helps a number of cult films keep a profile through the decades and is often the thing that people mean when they defend it with talk about its "atmosphere".

* Apparently, ''{{Xanadu}}'' became a cult film because of its soundtrack.

* Kevin Smith's debut ''{{Clerks}}'' probably would not have been nearly as successful had he not ended up with a soundtrack filled with various alternative, grunge and punk bands. Supposedly half his movie budget went towards getting rights for the music.

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* ''CowboyBebop'' fans have two sections of their brains. One section is for enjoying the quirky and engaging character, intruiging aesthetics and well developed universe. The other section is for the music which is a sound unlike most other anime and musical director/ composer Yoko Kanno given as a reason to watch the show equal to everything else. It is observed through MRI scans that the bigger the fan, the more engorged the latter section of the brain.

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* {{Queen}}'s ''FlashGordon'' film soundtrack and ''A Kind of Magic'', an unofficial soundtrack album album for ''{{Highlander}}'' (using six out of nine of the album's listing). ''Flash Gordon'' and ''Highlander'' were quite kitsch and dated in their own way but the songs gave them both something memorable that people could look back fondly on and which nearly always get brought up in critiques.
* Apparently, ''{{Xanadu}}'' became a cult film because of its soundtrack.

* ''BattlestarGalactica'' gained as much praise for the score by BearMcCreary as it did for its diverse characterization, engaging plot, and high production values. For example, when the Season 4 album was released in July 2009, the only albums that outsold it upon release were of MichaelJackson.

* ''BattlestarGalactica'' gained as much praise for the score by Bear McCreary as it did for its diverse characterization, engaging plot, and high production values. For example, when the Season 4 album was released in July 2009, the only albums that outsold it upon release were of MichaelJackson.