The Pop Soundtrack

You as an audience member may be used to a pop filled soundtrack with familiar bands and their familiar songs but this is a rather new concept. Since the 1970s, there has been a new use of this style of soundtrack. One of the first notable examples of this was American Graffiti, one of Lucas's pre-Star Wars film, that uses the backdrop of a teenage favorite DJ spinning the discs that score the last night childhood spend together.

The format has become popular with directors in recent years, especially among directors like Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and Tarantino. These directors have used both original score and preproduced songs. Recently, even the directors who started with soundtracks heavy with the pop standards have erred towards original score in recent years. Anderson had an original score on The Grand Budapest Hotel and Tarantino has an original score from Ennio Morricone on his newest film, The Hateful Eight.