A pet peeve about movie soundtracks
Recently, the Colony Theater, an arthouse cinema I quite like, showed as part of its Music at the Movies series a wonderful film, High Fidelity, that has a great soundtrack. From the first time I saw it in theaters on its theatrical release to this latest viewing, I've wanted to listen to every song the cast plays or mentions. Fulfilling that desire should be easy: I should just have to buy the soundtrack.
The problem is, the soundtrack is far from complete.
I want all studios to offer complete soundtracks for all films.
I understand that for some movies, such as High Fidelity, the only way to do that is with a huge, multi-disc set. I'm fine with that. I will pay happily to hear all the music in full.
Instead, to get the same effect, I would have to do Web research, assemble a playlist, buy all the albums involved (though admittedly I have most of them), and then finally listen. I never get around to doing that.
Come on, studios: Give us complete soundtracks!
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