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Top Music Soundtracks

Recently released and widely acclaimed film "Eat, Pray, Love" is just one example of a film with a wonderful soundtrack. Based on the memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert and co-written and directed by Ryan Murphy, this hit movie features a soundtrack made up of a unique blend of sounds and artists. Trailers for the film popularised Florence and the Machine's "Dog Days Are Over," One Republic's "Good Life," and The Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition." As for the film's original score, veteran composer Dario Marianelli was responsible for putting together a stunning background to the events of the film.

Proving that movies with popular soundtracks don't fit any single mold, Disney's tween favourite television series "Hannah Montana," not to mention the spinoff movie - which itself spawned a number of sequels - has also produced a best-selling score. This is due in large part to the tween idol playing the central role of the film - the young actress and pop sensation Miley Cyrus, who plays, fittingly enough, a famous pop singer leading a double life. For the various soundtracks to the series and accompanying films, much of the music is sung by Cyrus herself, capitalising on her popularity as both actress and singer.

Of course, it's not only the recent releases that have topped the charts in terms of soundtrack quality. Plenty of soundtracks to classic movies are in themselves considered timeless. According to Entertainment Weekly, one of the greatest soundtracks of all time - if not THE greatest soundtrack of all time, full stop - belongs to none other than the 1964 hit "A Hard Day's Night," featuring - of course - the Beatles. Other classic film soundtracks include "The Sound of Music," featuring the unmatched, pure soprano of Julie Andrews and the compositions of Broadway mega hit producers Rodgers and Hammerstein, the chilling Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho" whose assigned composer Bernard Herrmann popularised the use of those famous shrieking violins for mounting suspense sequences, and "The Wizard of Oz," which features a score that has long been ingrained into public American culture - particularly "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," originally sung and popularised by one Miss Judy Garland, and more recently covered by various modern day artists.

Clearly, top rated soundtracks can feature quite the diverse array of sounds, genres, and artists! From suspense heightening horror to sweeping orchestral movements popularised by epic adventure films to classic Broadway sounds, music fills our collective consciousness every bit as much as the films they're composed for.

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Why do all drugs make music sound better?

Except alcohol, it's harder to pay attention to music when you're drunk. What I really want to know is why all drugs have that in common, they all make music sound really good.

Drugs diminish your ability to make good choices. Say you're drinking at a club, it's after midnight & you're still alone. This is where the expression: "There are no ugly people after midnight", kicks in. The alcohol has dulled your ability to discern between beauty & coyote ugly. Drugs do the same for music. It's hard to separate the crap from the great.

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