Best Movie Soundtracks from the 80's and Why?

[DJ_Skrilla]

I will have to start off with a few of my favorites...

TOP GUN 1986
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins - Playing With The Boys
BerlinTake - My Breath Away

BACK TO THE FUTURE 1987
feat Huey Lewis - Power of Love & Back in Time
Etta James - The Wall Flower (roll with me henry)
Marvin Berry & The Starlighters - Johnny Be Good

LA BAMBA 1987
everysong on this is classic...

STAND BY ME 1986
again all classics from the era...

BREAKFAST CLUB 1985
not as solid as the above 4 but its got some good songs
mostly Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
and Gary Chang- Dream Montage (Instrumental)

what else?

[g-mile7]

Purple Rain:

Darling Niki
Purple Rain
Beautiful Ones


and also it produced Jungle Love by Morris Day and the Time...a classic

[nypb]

I just saw Vision Quest on cable the other day and that had a good soundtrack.

Dio
Journey
Madonna
John Waite
Style Council
Don Henley
Red Rider (Lunatic Fringe)
Sammy Hagar

Think I'll dig out the cassette later on.

[roosta]

Teen Wolf.
WIN IN THE END - MARK SAFAN.
plus it closes with some beautiful number called "shoot for the moon" or something that makes me cry.

[alexandra]

nothing wrong with '94, man.

run Forrest, run! (http://www.stlyrics.com/f/forrestgump.htm)

[mickill]

Colors (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:mq508q9bbt94)
Casino Royale (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:anfwxqe5ldje)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3lkqoarabijr)
Valley Girl (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:526cmpsd9f7o) (reissued)
Wild Style (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:8jaxlf3escqt) (reissued)

[nypb]

While digging out the Vision Quest cassette I also found another great 80’s movie soundtrack, Less Than Zero. This soundtrack rules for the same reason as Vision Quest, a great variety of artists and tunes.

Public Enemy
Slayer
Roy Orbison
LL
Bangles
Aerosmith
Joan Jett

Honorable mention goes to She’s Having a Baby

[Thundercracker]

TRANSFORMERS '86:
Stan Bush - The Touch
Stan Bush - Dare
Spectre General - Hunger
Spectre General - Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way
N.R.G. - Instruments of Destruction
Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid

[Funky Pepp]

Breakfast Club is cool of course. But La Boum
is one of THE (!) 80s soundtracks...