Why Aren't All Film Soundtracks This Amazing?

Films can be made so much better by an amazing soundtrack and often promote a song like it couldn't be promoted in any other way.

Five songs I've fallen in love with from films are as followed, in no particular order:

Anthony Hamilton - Do You Feel Me?

Taken from American Gangster, 2007

As soon as I heard this, literally, still during the film, I googled it and downloaded it. It's smooth, slow and funky. All you need to do is close your eyes and you can pretend you're in a blues soul club in the late 60s in America. Just. So. Good.

The Smiths - Asleep

Taken from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, 2012

I'm gonna throw this out there, The Smiths are just simply brilliant. This song is incredibly depressing, as it is about suicide, but it fits in with the film so perfectly. It's something you can play on repeat for at least three times before you have to turn it off before you start crying. It's just so beautiful.

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Taken from Reservoir Dogs, 1992

For those of you that haven't seen Reservoir Dogs, you're tossers. Just kidding, you do need to see it though. Anyway, I digress, if you haven't seen Reservoir Dogs, this song is played whilst a crazy bastard named Mr Blonde is about to torture a hostage police officer. Grim, I know, yet the song adds such an unusual feeling to the scene and you don't really know how to feel. The song definitely sticks in your head after the film and for some odd reason... makes you wanna boogie?

Quindon Tarver - Everybody's Free

Taken from Romeo & Juliet, 1996

I first heard this song when I watched the film in an English class at school when I was 14. It plays when Romeo and Juliet are getting married and it just touches your heart when that little boy raises his head and starts singing in such an angelic voice... you know everything is going to be okay. Well, you think it is. It's not. They both die. But still...

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

Taken from The Departed, 2006

The Stones, just so legendary. Just seriously, what a band. Who doesn't love them? The song is played at the start of the film when ultimate boss, Jack Nicholson, walks on set and does his thing. It sets the tone for the film and you just know it's going to be an amazing film. You just can't not love this song. There is just no way.