The best movies and series with electronic music soundtracks

Over the years there have been many soundtrack/OST’s with electronic music. Since there are too many great soundtracks to cover we made a selection of some our favorites.

The best movies with an electronic music soundtrack/OST

The Social Network

Trent Reznor

The Neon Demon

Now realistically we can pretty much put up any OST. Though the film will not please everyone, it is undeniable that the soundtrack combined with the amazing visuals have a mesmerizing effect. It is also worth a mention that Nicolas Winding Refn cousin, Julian Winding, also produced one of the tracks “The Demon Dance”. You can follow him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/julianwindingmusic/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf

Upstream Color
Original Soundtrack by Shane Carruth

30 days of nights

Thought the movie was met with mixed reviews (51% on rotten tomatoes) the soundtrack delivers on all fronts.
Irréversible
While thinking of movie soundtracks produced by Daft Punk Tron would be the first film that comes to mind, but because most of you probably already know about that soundtrack we wanted to point you to one that is less known.Irreversible is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, as well as a solo album by Thomas Bangalter. The album was produced by Bangalter, who is best known for being one-half of the French house duo Daft Punk. The tracks “Outrun” and “Extra Dry” were featured on the Midnight Club II soundtrack. North American pressings of the soundtrack omit the Mahler, Daho and Beethoven selections. “Outrun” and “Ventura” were previously released on Bangalter’s Trax on da Rocks EP while “Extra Dry” had appeared in Trax on da Rocks Vol. 2.

Scarface

this list wouldn’t be complete without at least featuring one of Giorgio Mordors production

Blade

Ah, Blade. Who can forget that infamous nightclub scene with the track *insert* playing. That track that has been remixed by countless artists.

Human traffic

Human Traffic is heralded as one of the better films about rave culture, sort of a coming-of-age story wrapped with political commentary and banging beats. The two-disc set features a Dillinja track (!!) alongside appearances from William Orbit, Orbital, Death in Vegas, CJ Bolland, and Fat Boy Slim; the second disc is mixed by none other than Pete Tong, who went in deep with the tracklist, using nothing from the first disc.

The Jackal

Similar to the soundtrack for The Saint (especially since both were 1997 remakes of old TV shows), but this one had a richer selection. While there wasn’t much in the way of exclusive material, Goldie got two features on here (with a remix of Bush’s “Swallowed” and the classic “Sunray 2” with J Majik), LTJ Bukem, Apollo440, Moby, a Chemical Brothers remix of The Charlatans, The Prodigy, Fat Boy Slim, and Massive Attack.

Pi
Darren Aronofsky’s directorial debut is so complex and thrilling that it could only be matched by the music of Aphex Twin, Autechre, Banco de Gaia, Orbital, and Massive Attack. It even features the classic Ed Rush & Optical remix of Reprazent’s “Watching Windows.” This is a perfect example of a soundtrack that perfectly complimented the source material with the use of the RIGHT tracks.
Lola Rennt – Run lola run soundtrack

Mr Robot – Mac Quayle

AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE HAVE BEEN CAPTIVATED BY THE UNIQUE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF EMMY-WINNING AND GRAMMY-NOMINATED COMPOSER, MAC QUAYLE. MAC IS CURRENTLY SCORING RYAN MURPHY’S NEW SERIES, FX’S “FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN,” STARRING JESSICA LANGE AND SUSAN SARANDON, ABOUT THE NOTORIOUS RIVALRY BETWEEN BETTE DAVIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD ON THE SET OF THE 1962 CULT CLASSIC THRILLER, “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE”, WHICH PREMIERES MARCH 5TH. MAC RECENTLY WON AN EMMY FOR HIS SCORE FOR USA NETWORK’S GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING SUSPENSE-THRILLER “MR. ROBOT,” STARRING CHRISTIAN SLATER AND RAMI MALEK. MAC ALSO COMPOSED FX’S EMMY-WINNING “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON,” STARRING JOHN TRAVOLTA, SARAH PAULSON AND CUBA GOODING JR., WHICH WAS CELEBRATED BY CRITICS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE.

The Knicks – Cliff Martinez

Twin Peaks

The music of the American television series Twin Peaks, and its 1992 sequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, was composed by Angelo Badalamenti. Twin Peaks’ co-creator David Lynch wrote lyrics for five songs used throughout the series—including “Falling”, “The Nightingale”, “Into the Night”, “Just You” and “Sycamore Trees”—and three songs featured in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, including “A Real Indication”, “Questions in a World of Blue” and “The Black Dog Runs at Night.” Julee Cruise, who made cameo appearances in both the series and film, provided vocals for four of Lynch’s and Badalamenti’s collaborations, and jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott performed on “Sycamore Trees.” Three of the series actors, James Marshall, Lara Flynn Boyle and Sheryl Lee, provided vocals for “Just You.”
Badalamenti’s compositions have been released on three soundtrack albums: Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and Twin Peaks Music: Season Two Music and More (2007). Starting in March 2011, David Lynch began distributing The Twin Peaks Archive, a collection of previously unreleased and unused songs on his official web site for digital download. In total, 215 songs were made available for download.
Twin Peaks’ music has received widespread critical acclaim. The Guardian has said that the original soundtrack “still marks the summit of TV soundtracks”[1] and Allmusic reviewer Stephen Eddins has referred to it as “a model of film music ideally matched to the images and actions it underscores.”[2] The main theme song to Twin Peaks, composed by Badalamenti, also received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards.