Mojo Filter's Top 15 80's Original Motion Picture Soundtracks

I don't know most of the songs on these soundtracks, but these are the songs that I know and love:

"(Don't You) Forget About Me - Simple Minds" from The Breakfast Club
"Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne" from Fast Times at Ridgemont High
"Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara" from Flashdance
"Maniac - Michael Sembello" from Flashdance
"Meet Me Half Way - Kenny Loggins" from Over the Top (But I thought this song was from the movie Top Gun.)
"The Moment Of Truth - Survivor" from The Karate Kid

I've linked every track for each of the soundtrack albums to the songs on Youtube.

What is your number 1 favorite movie soundtrack of the 80's, MoFo's?

The only Madonna song that I like is "Crazy For You" from Vision Quest.

The Jazz Singer (1980)

To be honest with you, that one completely slipped my mind. I'll have to place it at number 16.
I love this song



And this one, too

I didn't even have to think about it. I saw the movie The Jazz Singer in the theater when it came out, but I didn't even know who Neil Diamond was when I saw the movie. My friend and I had a deal back then that every Saturday, we would take turns choosing what movie to see, and she wanted to see that movie, but I had no interest in it. When the movie was over, we went straight to Sam Goody to buy the soundtrack, and Neil Diamond has been one of my favorite singers ever since then.

Another great soundtrack from the 80's that probably didn't make your list is my #2 choice.

When Harry Met Sally... (1989). Harry Connick, Jr. is another one of my favorite singers.

I watched Jazz Singer several times when I was young. My parents were fans of the movie and Neil Diamond. Mind you, most of the music I listened to as a child and grew up loving were what my parents used to listen to at home or in the car.

The only songs I know from the Purple Rain soundtrack are the title song, and "When Doves Cry".

I listened to a lot of the music my parents listened to, stuff like Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Steve Lawrence, Dean Marin, Broadway showtunes, etc., which is probably why I never really got into rock music.

Semi-long post ahead. First, favorite songs.

The Karate Kid
You're the Best
Young Hearts

Vision Quest
Shout To The Top
Crazy For You

Purple Rain
I Would Die 4 U
The Beautiful Ones
But I have to give a bonus song to this soundtrack and say:
When Doves Cry
"Let's Go Crazy" is incredibly good, too, though.

For top 1980's soundtracks, "Purple Rain" would probably be my #2. My #1 just happens to be the second choice of gbg's:

It was ridiculous because I had this HUGE crush on Harry Connick, Jr. right then, too.

I will never deny my love for Neil Diamond. And my favorite of his from "The Jazz Singer" is right here:



It is interesting that you guys say that because in my house, the music was all over the place. It seemed that everyone had their "main" musical taste (as a little kid I was so obsessed with classical and at night I had to sleep with the station on that played the "fancy" music ). So, that was 8 people in my house. It varied from, as I said, classical to showtunes to classic rock 'n roll to R&B to pop to rap and so on and so forth. And what is interesting is that even though each person had a "main" taste, everybody seemed to listen to the music that everyone else in the house was listening to, too. That included my parents (but my mother more than my father).

Anyway, as long as we are on the topic of movie soundtracks, and as it has just been mentioned, I just want to randomly say that I still own my "I Love The Karate Kid" bookmark. Except the "love" is replaced with a big red heart. Ah, to be a kid again....

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Im going to let Mojo finish before I mention a soundtrack... I think its one of the best from the 1980s and I want to see if its included.

Wanna guess what my number 1 is?