MP3 Movie Soundtracks

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MP3 movie soundtracks let you listen to your favorite movie music with the click of a mouse. Great soundtracks are like a great mixtape. They bring together good music from all over the musical map in one place and often have just the right mix of classic material and new discoveries to keep music fans interested.

MP3 Movie Soundtracks – Best Selling Movie Soundtracks

Dirty Dancing. Grease. Juno. Shrek. Some movie soundtracks become as popular (or in some cases, more so) than the movie itself. For record labels, movie soundtracks are a goldmine. Not only do they get to give their back catalogue a little boost, but if they are the record label releasing the soundtrack, they get to double dip by making money from the soundtrack sales and the royalty from the sale of songs in their catalogue attached to the soundtrack. Plus, movie soundtracks have a long shelf life. As long as people are discovering the movie, people are discovering the soundtrack.

Soundtrack sales are flying in the face of convention in the industry today. While more and more people are buying songs rather than whole albums, thanks to MP3 culture, people still tend to buy soundtracks as a full album rather than cherry picking a song here and there.

The following soundtracks rank among the best selling of all time:

The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston had the radio airwaves on lockdown with her cover of the Dolly Parton classic I Will Always Love You, the theme song to this movie. You couldn’t turn around without hearing it, but many people just couldn’t get enough. This soundtrack moved over 17 millions units.

Purple Rain – Purple Rain stands on its own so well as a Prince album that it makes sense even without the movie. Prince may be the only artist for whom a soundtrack marked the peak of their career.

Dirty Dancing – The original collection of 60s classics from the beloved chick flick was so popular they had to follow up with More Dirty Dancing.

Titanic – Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On sent 11 million people to the store for this one.

Footloose – Songs from Kevin Bacon’s story of dancing triumph continues to have people tapping their feet (law permitting, of course) more than two decades after its release.

O Brother, Where Art Thou – Masterful performances by Gillian Welsh, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris, among others, woke people up to the fact that maybe they like folk and traditional country music after all.

The Big Chill – Self absorbed 80s yuppies hanging out in one of the best houses in the movies (check it out if you’re ever in Beaufort, SC), mourning a friend and listening to the 60s music of their college years made for a soundtrack that serves as a beloved introduction to Motown.

Waiting to Exhale – This might not be an obvious inclusion in a list of best selling soundtracks, but the combo of Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan and a who’s who of 90s female R&B artists has made this soundtrack a steady seller - over 7 million units moved and counting.

MP3 Movie Soundtracks

By now, you must be ready to start downloading some movie soundtrack tunes! These websites all have good collections of MP3 movie soundtracks.

EZ Tracks – If you are looking for free movie soundtrack downloads, EZ Tracks has you covered. They don’t have every soundtrack ever created, however they do have the most popular ones.

Amazon.com – Amazon doesn’t offer free downloads, but they do offer a huge selection of soundtracks for download at a fair price. Plus, you can rest assured that the files are safe – something you don’t always get from free services.

eMusic – eMusic requires a monthly membership fee, but if you like arthouse cinema/foreign films, it will be worth it for the great selection of soundtracks found here.

Download.com – This is another good site for free soundtrack downloads. Their selection isn’t as great as some paid sites, but you can find a surprisingly diverse collection of soundtracks here.