The Best New Wave Sountracks

I haven't seen Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette yet, but I was immediately intrigued the first time I saw the trailer because she used the song "Age of Consent" by my favorite band, New Order. I then found out that the film actually opens with my second favorite song of all time,
 "Natural's Not In It" by Gang of Four. A quick look at the soundtrack listing reveals Marie Antoinette is a pretty decent New Wave soundtrack. (Though, admittedly, Gang of Four is post-punk and not New Wave.) There are better New Wave soundtracks out there, however.

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You said it! I love those movies and the music. My favorite all time movie is Valley girl! I came of age in that era and I totally agree. The songs were much better than today's homogenized music that says nothing about what you may be feeling at a particular time of your life. Would you also include the soundtrack for American Psycho on your list? or is that too deep into the 80's. Great article. Bye

Posted on 01/09/2007 at 11:01:00 PM

Makes me want to go play on youtube. Actually I had the Flock's Space Age left over and queued up from a weekend romp on the yt.

Posted on 01/08/2007 at 6:01:00 PM

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