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Top Soundtracks Bands of 1980s

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1	Talking Heads	2.8899	Alt. Rock, Classic Rock, Pop	09/1977	21	1.Remain in Light 2.Fear of Music 3.More Songs About Buildings & Food 4.Little Creatures See all Talking Heads album rankings
2	Prince	2.8265	Alt. Rock, Classic Rock, Dance & DJ	12/1969	70	1.Sign 'O' the Times 2.1999 3.The Hits 1 4.Dirty Mind See all Prince album rankings
3	John Williams	2.5124	Broadway & Vocalists, Classical, Classical: Instrumental	07/1954	130	1.Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 2.Jaws 3.Thomas And The King 4.The Art Of The Guitar: Andres Segovia And John Williams See all John Williams album rankings
4	Ennio Morricone	2.4132	Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Dance & DJ	08/1989	177	1.Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection 2.With Love: Music Composed & Conducted By 3.Once upon a Time in the Cinema 4.Mondo Morricone: The Trilogy See all Ennio Morricone album rankings
5	John Zorn	2.2818	Alt. Rock, Children's, Classical	03/1980	76	1.Naked City 2.Godard/Spillane 3.The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays The Music Of Ennio Morricone 4.Spy Vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman See all John Zorn album rankings
6	Michael Nyman	2.2409	Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Dance & DJ	12/1989	28	1.The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 2.Prospero's Books 3.Drowning By Numbers 4.Draughtman's Contract See all Michael Nyman album rankings
7	Michael Feinstein	2.2279	Broadway & Vocalists, Classical, Misc.	04/1988	25	1.Isn't It Romantic 2.Pure Gershwin 3.Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 2 4.Romance on Film/Romance on Broadway See all Michael Feinstein album rankings
8	Vangelis	2.1798	Dance & DJ, New Age, Pop	12/1969	49	1.Blade Runner 2.Opera Sauvage 3.Chariots of Fire 4.Themes See all Vangelis album rankings
9	Mike Post	2.1757	Jazz, New Age, Pop	01/1988	4	1.NYPD Blue: The Best of Mike Post 2.Music from L.A. Law & Otherwise 3.Hill Street Blues 4.Inventions from the Blue Line See all Mike Post album rankings
10	Henry Mancini	1.9882	Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Interna.	08/1963	97	1.Days of Wine and Roses 2.The Music from Peter Gunn 3.Charade 4.Music from the Films of Blake Edwards See all Henry Mancini album rankings
11	John Barry	1.9839	Pop, Soundtracks, Classical	12/1969	54	1.Out of Africa 2.The Film Music of John Barry 3.Body Heat 4.The Best of John Barry See all John Barry album rankings
12	Ry Cooder	1.9160	Blues, Pop, Soundtracks	01/1989	31	1.Chavez Ravine 2.Paradise and Lunch 3.Music by Ry Cooder 4.Chicken Skin Music See all Ry Cooder album rankings
13	Original Cast	1.7897	Alt. Rock, Broadway & Vocalists, Children's	04/1947	121	1.The Life 2.All Shook Up 3.Jesus Christ Superstar 4.Mr. Wonderful See all Original Cast album rankings
14	Peter Gabriel	1.6481	Classic Rock, Pop, Rock	01/1989	34	1.So 2.Us 3.Secret World Live 4.Peter Gabriel See all Peter Gabriel album rankings
15	Hans Zimmer	1.5809	Pop, Soundtracks, Classical	12/1989	37	1.The Wings of a Film: The Music of Hans Zimmer 2.The Simpsons Movie: Limited Edition Donut Packaging 3.Crimson Tide: Music From The Original Motion Picture 4.Beyond Rangoon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack See all Hans Zimmer album rankings
16	Andy Williams	1.3703	Alt. Rock, Broadway & Vocalists, Christian & Gospel	04/1962	86	1.I Like Your Kind Of Love: The Best Of The Cadence Years 2.16 Most Requested Songs 3.Merry Christmas 4.The Andy Williams Christmas Album See all Andy Williams album rankings
17	Mark Isham	1.3570	Pop, Soundtracks, Classical	02/1989	36	1.A Windham Hill Retrospective 2.Castalia 3.Vapor Drawings 4.Tibet See all Mark Isham album rankings
18	Georges Delerue	1.2538	Interna., Pop, Soundtracks	05/1989	13	1.Agnes Of God 2.Great Composers 3.Le Mepris 4.Best Original Music Scores Vol 1 See all Georges Delerue album rankings
19	David Foster	0.8844	New Age, Pop, Rock	01/1989	9	1.Touch of David Foster 2.David Foster 3.The Christmas Album 4.O Canada 2001 See all David Foster album rankings
20	James Horner	0.7131	Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Pop	08/1988	35	1.All the King's Men 2.The Land Before Time: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 3.We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story 4.An American Tail: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack See all James Horner album rankings
21	Barbra Streisand	0.4975	Broadway & Vocalists, Classical, Classical: Instrumental	02/1963	68	1.The Broadway Album 2.Higher Ground 3.Just for the Record... 4.The Barbra Streisand Album See all Barbra Streisand album rankings
22	Danny Elfman	0.1222	Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists	06/1988	34	1.Dick Tracy 2.A Civil Action 3.Sleepy Hollow: Music from the Motion Picture 4.Darkman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack See all Danny Elfman album rankings

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