Feature: The 10 Most Downloadable Soundtracks of the Decade

Never underestimate the importance of a soundtrack.

In this cinematic climate, where CGI must always strive to become bigger and better to quell an audience’s ever-increasing expectations – where 3D movies are exasperatingly relentless in their number – it’s all too easy to focus on the visuals. But it would be a mistake to think that what makes a great film is all in its cinematography and the performances of its lead actors. Just one good song can transform a scene or sequence into something entirely more beautiful.  Songs can give meaning, or convey and sustain emotion to a strength that even the best actors can’t quite reach on their own. They can also be one of the foremost things that you take in as a viewer, fresh from the cinema. Not everyone has the instrumental score of a classic film on their iPod, but on every MP3 player there will always be that one song or album that you just felt compelled to download, because you heard it in a film or on a TV show/advert and couldn’t get it out of your head. This list is dedicated to songs from compilation soundtracks exactly like that from the last 10(ish) years, spanning from 2003 to now.