It’s true: One of the best things to say about She’s All That is that it’s a movie that exists. Sixpence None the Richer, “Kiss Me” She’s All That (1999)

(Which made their breakup even sadder.)Ģ3. So where most soundtracks become the platform for burgeoning indie acts, it was Once itself that brought legitimacy to a band that actually existed before its leads sought to tell a story. The thing is, the songs came before the film. While we know stars – Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – went on to fall in love and form the two-piece folk band, the indie hit Once offered a realish glimpse into the makings of their music and of their then-relationship. Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová “Falling Slowly,” Once (2007)įans of the Swell Season, this one’s for you.

And that when you find that person, you pull a real Rachel Green and, despite having a life elsewhere, get off the plane.Ģ4. So, no: “Let Go” wasn’t as big a moment as Natalie imposing her headphones on a strange dude in a doctor’s office, but it lent itself to the message that finding a person who truly “gets” you is magic. But look: Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek” may have gone on to soundtrack one of the biggest moments in television history (see: when Marissa shot Trey on The O.C.), but she also deserves credit as half of the duo who closed out Garden State, a movie about a sad man. To be honest, it was a toss-up between Frou Frou’s film closing anthem and that song by the Shins (that Natalie Portman believed would change Zach Braff’s life).

So, for the sake of inclusion, and in an effort to celebrate some relatively recent classics of cinematic songwriting, we’ve chosen to commemorate 25 movie anthems from the last couple decades - to try to do this for the entire history of film would be borderline impossible - alongside the masterpiece that made the perils of Jack and Rose seem even more romantic. In some cases, these soundtrack songs are now more famous than the films they came from. Where some of us had our biggest moments soundtracked by Céline Dion and vaguely Celtic instrumentals, others grew up watching films that prominently featured tracks by Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, and Eminem (to name a few). In 2017, we celebrated (and continue to celebrate) the 20th anniversary of Titanic, and with it, the release of Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” - one of the most important songs of all time.

Magnolia soundtrack album cover