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The best movie soundtrack

I'm not referencing my iTunes library as I write this so it's possible I'm missing something obvious, but is Top Gun the best movie soundtrack or what??
It is a fact that listening to the soundtrack for Top Gun will make you more excited to do whatever it is you have to do. I have used Top Gun to get me fired up for driving on the crazy roads in Oman, when working really hard in spinning class, and to give me courage for a dentist appointment. Plus, if I ever become a figure skater, the Top Gun anthem will be the music for my long program. OH YEAH.


I listened to Top Gun a lot as a kid - like A LOT. That's how I know ALL the lyrics to ALL the songs, even the ones that didn't make sense to six-year-old me. Actually, I can sing along phonetically to the entirety of Take My Breath Away but I guess I don't know the "words" per se - does anyone? "Never hesitating to become a favorite was"? "Haunted by the notion somewhere there's a love that inflames"?

What's your favorite movie soundtrack? Besides Top Gun, of course.

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