- Royal Tenenbaums

- A Mighty Wind

- High Fidelity

- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

- O Brother, Where Art Thou

- Dancer In The Dark

- Juno

- Garden State

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As some sort of cultural artifact for the time capsule this has to be the biggest soundtrack.

I mean, was there another soundtrack that sent ripples through American/Canadian culture like this one did?

The rest you listed had their moments but yeah, they're pretty much indie fare and a good "collection" of songs. I'd put Almost Famous on there if that's the criteria.

I'll throw out:

Once
There Will Be Blood


Also, the guy who did American Beauty and Six Feet Under. Not so much that I'm a big fan but anything that came after those that had a remotely similar sound was described as "sounds like Six Feet Under" or something. Pretty tough thing to do.

500 Days of Summer is good too.

say what you will, but the Fountain soundtrack should be on a list somewhere

Personally, I like most any soundtrack Clint Mansell does. Moon, for one, is awesome. Requiem for a Dream ain't to bad either.

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I Heart Huckabees

Kill Bill

I'm Not There

I'll ditto O Brother and Kill Bill.

And throw in Ghost World for good measure.

People seemed to go age shit over those Lord of the Rings soundtracks, though I always held them in genuine disdain. While not the key reason, the music of those movies certainly played a role in me saying "I never want to see those movies again".

Amelie