Blues Brothers movie soundtrack tops music poll

LONDON, UK (BBC digital radio) - The Blues Brothers has been rated the best movie soundtrack in a British straw vote. It beat the soundtracks of Pulp Fiction and Trainspotting in a vote conducted for BBC digital radio.
"It's a Sound of Music for hipsters, a film that lives and breathes music," said Andrew Collins, who drew 10,000 voters for his survey.

The stars of the 1980 film, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, sang several of the songs including Jailhouse Rock, Everybody Needs Somebody to Love and the theme from Rawhide.

Guest appearances included Ray Charles in Shake Your Tailfeather, James Brown in The Old Landmark, Aretha Franklin in Think and Cab Calloway with Minne the Moocher.

The Top Ten Film Soundtracks:
1. The Blues Brothers (1980)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Trainspotting (1996)
4. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
5. Dirty Dancing (1987)
6. Grosse Point Blank (1997)
7. Kill Bill 1&2 (2003/4)
8. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
9. Lost In Translation (2003)
10. Fight Club (1999)