Top 10 Pixar Movies with the Greatest Soundtracks
Pixar always knows how to create fantastic original soundtracks and scores to really get you into the movie you're watching. Here is a list of the best of them.You've Got a Friend in Me is a wonderful song about friendship and love. It explores the friendship of Woody and Buzz throughout the Toy Story movies, showing that they will be friends forever, to infinity and beyond.
"You've Got a Friend in Me" and "Strange Things" are classics. This is the soundtrack that we all grew up with, and it still holds up more than 20 years later. Thanks, Randy Newman.
"You've Got a Friend in Me" gets stuck in my head after I watch any Toy Story movie.
My favorite Pixar movie with some of my favorite music EVER! The theme is great, and it's so fun to hear and play!
Just a flat-out amazing score with a fantastic action main theme.
The greatest Pixar OST ever - very beautiful and heartfelt. Yet, no one cares about the music, only the movie (which is still great).
Pixar's greatest score, in my opinion. It helps to evoke every emotion expressed in the film.
The scene with Bing Bong sacrificing himself made me cry, and I get goosebumps every time I think about it.
This movie and soundtrack are incredibly underrated. I'll save the movie rant for another list, but Sh-Boom, Our Town, Route 66, and obviously Life Is a Highway? Cars should be much higher on this list.
Route 66, Sh-Boom, and the wonderful Our Town make this the best Pixar soundtrack in my opinion, though the movie is just alright.
P.S. How can Wall-E be at the bottom?
It has a great selection of rock and roll and country music.
The soundtrack of Up conveys a lot of the emotions this "kids' movie" expresses. After re-watching one of my favorite films, I now realize the depth of the story and how the music adds significant weight to the beautiful scores. "The Spirit of Adventure" is a brilliant song. If I heard it outside the film, I might think it was on one of those "Top Hits of the '30s!" lists.
The music that played at the beginning of the film... when the transition went from happy to sad, I almost felt like crying when the piano was being delicately played as it showed Carl all alone at his late wife's funeral.
The music makes the best moments of the film even better. From the opening titles, to Nemo hearing about his dad's journey, to Nemo lying on the ocean floor, telling Marlin he doesn't hate him, it's all brilliant. Thomas Newman is extremely underrated.
Nemo Egg is the best music theme of any animated movie, alongside Test Drive from How To Train Your Dragon. Both are really great movies with great soundtracks!
An amazing score that truly reflects an underwater feeling, coupled with a classic rendition of "Beyond the Sea."
Just a beautiful arrangement that celebrates and embraces the movie's French setting.
The music in Ratatouille is so uplifting and beautiful, and "Le Festin" by Camille is absolutely gorgeous, even if I don't speak French!
Another fantastic soundtrack led by another Oscar-winning Randy Newman song.
The song from this movie is We Belong Together. I loved this song.
This theme is great, especially the part where Andy is driving off and the screen zooms in on Woody.
Randy Newman hits another home run with this jazzy score.
The Newcomers
The music beautifully emulates the spirit of brotherhood and magic.
The music in this film is so powerful. I love the touching, gentle music in Jessie's song, but I also love the grand score in the opening scene with Buzz flying.
There are no lyrical songs, but look at the scene Define Dancing. The soundtrack is incredible!
Marvelous score that gives you an ominous "space-future" vibe.
The music of Monsters University is great! I especially like the drum and college-themed music.
I love how Pixar really went all out with the college band music.
I don't know any songs from Up, Finding Nemo, or Inside Out... Also, Toy Story is getting kinda overrated. Monsters University is just music to my ears - literally and idiomatically.
No, Cars 2 doesn't deserve to be last. I like the soundtrack. Even if I hated the film, I still like the music in it. And why is Inside Out at number 2? It's a good movie for sure, but it doesn't have any memorable music.
The music for Brave is so beautiful, and it is historically accurate. Most instruments used in the score were actually used in ancient Scotland.
This score is amazing. It mixes Scottish bagpipes and classical European instruments to create a truly enchanting tone that I still listen to today.
Even though Brave is definitely Pixar's most "meh" production, you have to admit that those bagpipes sound pretty awesome.
To be honest, I haven't seen this movie yet. How was it?