25 Of The Very Best Action Movie Soundtracks
Indiana Jones
There is just no way you could create a list like this and omit the theme of Indiana Jones. It’s classy yet catchy and exciting. It always means good fun and action are ahead.
But a lot of that is down to Steven Spielberg’s masterful direction. Would we really have remembered this so much if it was covering a shaking camera CGI mess for some Michael Bay movie? Stuntmen, clear action, old school sets… it really does take you back.
The only good thing about that horrendous fourth movie was the nostalgic kick of the theme.
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Way back in the 1990s, almost 20 years ago now actually, they got things right when they rebooted Mission: Impossible. It seems that back then reboots were a more considered option.
But what they really got right was the soundtrack. That theme alone helped the trailers that got this movie off the ground no end. Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen really rejigged that score in the best way possible.
A fifth movie is coming in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation and I’d really like it if they put some retro hints of this old classic back in there, more than they have in the recent movies.
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