What is the best movie soundtrack? You’ll get a different answer from everyone you ask. As moviegoers, we love the acting and scenery of our favorite movies, but the music ties it all together. From the soaring theme of ‘Jurassic Park’ to the haunting ‘Lord of the Rings’ motifs, soundtracks enhance movies.
Imagine the staircase scene in ‘Rocky’ or the bicycle scene in ‘E.T.’ without the iconic music accompanying it. Spoiler: you can’t! The music is what makes those moments great, and the composers behind it make the soundtracks.
Whether you are a John Williams or John Barry fan, you should know the answers to these soundtrack-themed trivia questions. We will quiz you on everything from ‘Elf’ to ‘Up’, so prepare for a musical journey through your favorite movies! Prove you’ve got what it takes and show off to your friends with these soundtrack trivia questions and answers.
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The song ‘New York New York’ is from which 1949 film?
Gone With The Wind
Godzilla
On The Town
King Kong
The song from which film won the 1995 Oscar for ‘Best Song’?
Pocahontas
Don Juan Demarco
Toy Story
Dead Man Walking
The song ‘Streets Of Philadelphia’ by Bruce Springsteen is from which movie soundtrack?
Independence Day
Philadelphia
Three Musketeers
The Outsiders
Which band released the movie soundtrack ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ in the 1960s?
The Beatles
The Doors
The Beach Boys
The Kinks
Who composed the film soundtrack to Star Wars?
John Williams
Simon and Garfunkel
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Michael Giacchino
What is the name of the Selena Gomez song which features in the soundtrack for the film ‘Monte Carlo’?
Who Am I
Who Dunnit
Who Knows
Who Says
Which band recorded the song ‘Pretty In Pink’, which features on the soundtrack to the movie of the same name?
Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Cure
The Psychedelic Furs
Echo & the Bunnymen
Who performed ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’ with Bill Medley on the ‘Dirty Dancing’ soundtrack?
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Beal
Jennifer Warne
Jennifer Grey
Which pop diva was ‘Holding Out For A Hero’ on the soundtrack to the 1984 movie, ‘Footloose’?
Sheena Easton
Bonnie Tyler
Adele
Madonna
Which Snow Patrol song featured on the soundtrack of ‘Spider-Man 3’?
Run
Signal Fire
Chasing Cars
Open Your Eyes
You’ve Got A Friend In Me’ by Randy Newman was the soundtrack from which movie?
Top Gun
Mission Impossible 2
Skyfall
Toy Story
The classic movie soundtrack ‘Mrs. Robinson’ was released in which year?
1968
1969
1966
1970
Which Beyoncé track featured on the film soundtrack to ‘The Pink Panther’?
Me Myself And I’
Naughty Girls
Baby Boy
Check On It
Who sang ‘Danger Zone’ on the soundtrack to the 1980’s blockbuster ‘Top Gun’?
Don Henley
Richard Marx
Kenny Loggins
Barry White
Which of these films did Curtis Mayfield provide the soundtrack to?
Supersize Me
Superman
Superfly
Superbad
Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ is the lead track from which cult movie?
Reservoir Dogs
A Beautiful Mind
Sliding Doors
Pulp Fiction
Who did the music for the soundtrack for the 1989 movie ‘Batman’?
Elton John
Prince
Madonna
Quincy Jones
Name the original song Beyoncé recorded for the film soundtrack to ‘Dreamgirls’?
Listen
Speak
Sense
Watch
The song ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ from the movie with the same name was released by which artist?
Easy-E
Riff
Snoop Dogg
Onyx
The 1965 movie ‘Help’, starred which band, who also provided the soundtrack?
Sting
The Beatles
Neil Diamond
The Who
The song ‘Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ by Urge Overkill is from which movie soundtrack?
Pulp Fiction
The Bodyguard
The Shining
Ghost
These were all winners of the ‘Best Song’ Oscar, but which came first?
Evergreen
My Heart Will Go On
The Way We Were
Theme from Shaft
Complete the name of the famous movie soundtrack composer, ‘Hans _____’.
Zimzimmer
Zimmerman
Zimmer
Simmer
Who composed the film soundtrack to Indiana Jones film series?
Danny Elfman
Simon and Garfunkel
Rodgers and Hammerstein
John Williams
Which song by ‘The Who’ features on the soundtrack for the TV show ‘Sons of Anarchy’?
My Generation
Who Are You?
I Can’t Explain
Slip Kid
Which band provided the majority of songs for the movie soundtrack to ‘Rushmore’?
The Kinks
White Snake
The Who
Pink Floyd
The song ‘Take My Breath Away’ by Berlin is from which movie soundtrack?
The Karate Kid
Dirty Dancing
Top Gun
Bad Boys II
Which 1977 movie soundtrack album is the second best selling of all time?
Saturday Night Fever
When Harry Met Sally
Grease
Star Wars
Who composed and performed the soundtrack to the movie ‘Harold and Maude’?
Cat Stevens
Sami Yusuf
Patti D’Arbanville
Linda Ronstadt
The soundtrack for the film Monte Carlo, features numerous contributions from which British singer?
Adele
Robbie Williams
Ellie Goulding
Mika
The song ‘The End Is The Beginning Is The End’ by The Smashing Pumpkins is from which movie soundtrack?
Batman & Robin
The Matrix
Philadelphia
The Princess Bride
1990 saw Eric Clapton’s ‘Layla’ appear on which movie’s soundtrack?
Scarface
The Godfather
Goodfellas
The Firm
From which film soundtrack was the 2001 version of ‘Lady Marmalade’ taken?
Moulin Rouge
Bridget Jones’ Diary
Ocean’s Eleven
Ocean’s Twelve
Corbin Blue sings in ‘We are all in this together’ in which teen movie?
Frozen
High School Musical
Hannah Montana
Tangled
Which duo composed the music for ‘Oklahoma!’ and ‘Carousel’?
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Simon and Garfunkel
Sonny and Cher
Elton John and Tim Rice
Which of these songs did not feature in the soundtrack of the movie ‘Mary Poppins’?
No Way to Stop It
A Man Has Dreams
The Life I Lead
Stay Awake
The song ‘Maniac’ by Michael Sembello is from which movie soundtrack?
Flashdance
Top Gun
License to Kill
Aliens
Which of these bands featured on the soundtrack to the movie ‘Juice’?
Cypress Hill
Wu-Tang Clan
House of Pain
Beastie Boys
Unchained Melody’ proved to be a huge hit in 1990 with the release of which film?
Ghost
The Matrix
The Bodyguard
The Postman
Drake’s song ‘Moment 4 Life’ features on the soundtrack for which of these movies?
The Is The End
Pineapple Express
The Bling Ring
Spring Breakers
How many soundtrack albums were released for the movie ‘Trainspotting’?
1
2
0
3
Which iconic movie was Rodgers and Hammerstein last ever movie collaboration?
Seven Brides and Seven Brothers
Top Gun
Casablanca
The Sound of Music
The soundtrack to the movie ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou? featured which of these singers?
Alison Krauss
Brad Paisley
Jerry Douglas
Pat Bergeson
Which of these people did NOT perform a James Bond theme in the ’90s?
Gladys Knight
Garbage
Tina Turner
Sheryl Crow
Great Balls of Fire’ by Jerry Lee Lewis appeared in which 1986 film?
Stand By Me
The Fly
Top Gun
Pretty In Pink
The Ramones song, ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ was originally going to be the soundtrack to which 1991 movie?
Terminator II
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
Look Who’s Talking 3
Aliens
The song ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Celine Dion is from which movie soundtrack?
The Spy Who Shagged Me
Titanic
The Breakfast Club
Dirty Dancing
Who created the soundtrack to the classic movie ‘Blade Runner’?
Hans Zimmer
Michael Kamen
John Williams
Vangelis
Who sang the song ‘Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?’ for the 1995 movie ‘Don Juan DeMarco’?
Shania Twain
Ace of Base
Bon Jovi
Bryan Adams
Which band composed the music for the movie ‘The Virgin Suicides’?
Air
Röyksopp
Zero 7
Phoenix
What Bryan Adams worldwide hit was No. 1 in the UK charts for sixteen weeks and featured on the soundtrack for the film ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’?
Please Forgive Me
A Little Love
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
All For Love
What kind of eyes did Eric Carmen sing about on the soundtrack to ‘Dirty Dancing’?
Blue Eyes
Brown Eyes
Bigger Eyes
Hungry Eyes
Which band recorded the song ‘Decode’, which featured on the ‘Twilight’ soundtrack?
Paramore
Panic! at the Disco
Fall Out Boy
Evanescence
Which hit from the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ soundtrack starts ‘Listen to the ground’?
Tragedy
More Than a Woman
Stayin’ Alive
Night Fever
When You Wish Upon a Star’ is from which famous kids movie?
Mary Poppins
Pinocchio
Happy Feet
Lion King
What duo sang ‘When You Believe’ on the soundtrack to Prince of Egypt?
Maria Carey & Tina Turner
Sonny & Cher
Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
Tina Turner & Christina Aguilera
Whose ‘Night on Bald Mountain’ was adapted as ‘Night on Disco Mountain’ on the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ soundtrack?
Amilcare Ponchielli
Igor Stravinsky
Johann Sebastian Bach
Modest Mussorgsky
The song ‘Stuck In The Middle with You’ features on which movie?
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Jackie Brown
The Usual Suspects
Which movies starred Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell?
The Outsiders
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Armageddon
Batman & Robin
The song ‘Safe & Sound’, by Taylor Swift, features on the soundtrack of which movie?
The Hunger Games
The Avengers
Avatar
After Earth
Lady Marmalade’ was recorded for the soundtrack of which film?
Moulin Rouge!
A Beautiful Mind
American Pie
Donnie Darko
Which of these singers features on the soundtrack to the movie ‘The Big Chill’?
Al Green
Otis Redding
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Underworld’s music track ‘Born Slippy’ is from which movie?
The Breakfast Club
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Trainspotting
Bad Boys
Which band sang ‘Kokomo’ on the soundtrack to ‘Cocktail’?
Boyz II Men
Bryan Adams
The Beach Boys
The Backstreet Boys
The song ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ by Aerosmith is from which movie soundtrack?
The Lion King
Armageddon
The Goonies
Philadelphia
The song ‘When You Say Nothing At All’ by Ronan Keating is from which movie soundtrack?
Grease
Star Wars: Episode VI
Pretty Woman
Notting Hill
Bill Medley and who sang the hit song, ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’ from Dirty Dancing?
Madonna
Olivia Newton John
Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Warnes
Which of these movies has James Horner NOT composed music for the soundtrack?
Alien
Psycho
Titanic
Apollo 13
Which Beyoncé hit featured on the soundtrack to ‘Austin Powers: Goldmember’?
Baby Boy
Me Myself And I’
Work It Out
Crazy In Love
A Hard Day’s Night’ is a movie soundtrack by which band?
The Kings
Guns N’ Roses
The Beatles
Scorpion
Name the film that won Oscars for ‘Best Song’ and ‘Best Score’ in 1989?
Parenthood
Field of Dreams
The Little Mermaid
Born of the 4th of July
Alice Cooper’s song ‘School’s Out’ featured in which 1993 movie?
Almost Famous
Dazed and Confused
Con Air
Parenthood
Who recorded the soundtrack album for the movie ‘Dead Man’?
Stephen Stills
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
The song ‘You Could Be Mine’ by Guns ‘n’ Roses is from which movie soundtrack?
Blade Runner
Back to the Future
Terminator II
Notting Hill
Howard Shore created the soundtrack to which 1986 film?
Stand By Me
The Fly
Terminator 3
Top Gun
Who sang ‘She’s Like The Wind’ on the soundtrack to ‘Dirty Dancing’?
Lenny Kravitz
Eric Carmen
Rick Astley
Patrick Swayze
Let It Go’ by Demi Lovato is the lead track from which animated kids movie?
Tangled
Finding Nemo
Frozen
Happy Feet
Christina Aguilera contributed to the soundtrack for which animated movie?
Finding Nemo
Aladdin
The Little Mermaid
Mulan
In which movie, does Jessica Simpson’s hit record, ‘Final Heartbreak’ form part of the soundtrack?
The Tigger Movie
Rugrats In Paris
Digimon: The Movie
Happy Feet
In which 1985 movie did the Simple Minds tune, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ feature on the soundtrack?
Back To The Future
The Breakfast Club
Blade Runner
The Color Purple
Come Fly With Me’ and ‘The Look of Love’ appeared in which of these films?
The Beach
Catch Me If You Can
The Aviator
Titanic
The song ‘Kiss From A Rose’ by Seal is from which movie soundtrack?
The Prince Of Egypt
Beverly Hills Cop
Batman Forever
Aliens
Which Lisa Loeb song appeared on the soundtrack of ‘Reality Bites’?
Get Ur Freak On
Cry
I Turn To You
Stay (I Missed You)
Which rock band was ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’ on the soundtrack to the film ‘Footloose’?
Metallica
Foreigner
Bon Jovi
Journey
Which film had the first commercially issued film soundtrack?
Star Wars
Tangled
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grease
The fourth biggest selling album of all time is the soundtrack to which 1992 film?
Dirty Dancing
Aladdin
Grease
The Bodyguard
Which band recorded the song ‘Lovefool’, which appears on the soundtrack to the movie ‘Romeo & Juliet’?
Garbage
The Cardigans
The Cranberries
Sixpence None the Richer
The song ‘Axel F’ by Harold Faltermeyer is from which movie soundtrack?
Beverly Hills Cop
Flashdance
Lethal Weapon 3
Top Gun
Which song from the Swedish duo Roxette was used on the soundtrack to the 1990 movie ‘Pretty Woman’?
Spending My Time
Listen to Your Heart
It Must Have Been Love
The Look
Who composed much of the soundtrack to the movie ‘Sid and Nancy’?
Topper Headon
Joe Strummer
Paul Simonon
Mick Jones
The song ‘Beautiful Stranger’ by Madonna is from which movie soundtrack?
Mission Impossible 2
RoboCop
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Aladdin
The song ‘When You Believe’ by Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston is from which movie soundtrack?
Full Metal Jacket
The Prince Of Egypt
Goldeneye
Flashdance
The Jurassic Park’ movie was composed by whom?
Phil Spector
Hans Zimmer
John Williams
Bill Bailey
Which British singer was on the soundtrack for the film ‘Spring Breakers’?
Tinie Tempah
Rita Ora
Ellie Goulding
Calvin Harris
Which Stevie Wonder song features on the soundtrack for the TV show ‘Sons of Anarchy’?
Sir Duke
Superstition
Topic
Higher Ground
Which of these Bee Gee hits was NOT on the soundtrack of ‘Saturday Night Fever’?
Stayin’ Alive
Tragedy
More Than a Woman
How Deep Is Your Love?
The song from which film won the 1997 Oscar for ‘Best Song’?
Titanic
Hercules
Con Air
Good Will Hunting
In which year was the ‘Stayin’ Alive’ film soundtrack released as an album?
1981
1982
1984
1983
In which year was the ‘Dirty Dancing’ movie soundtrack released?
1986
1977
1987
1985
The ‘Twilight’ Soundtrack debuted at what number on the Billboard 200?
#6
#10
#3
#1
Who performed ‘Hungry Heart’ on the soundtrack to the 1983 movie, ‘Risky Business’?
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Rod Stewart
Bruce Springsteen
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