When a soundtrack is particularly moving, it can stick with you forever and even influence your opinion of the very film it underscores. Of single-artist soundtracks, the ones that come to mind are Simon and Garfunkel's The Graduate, Kendrick Lamar's newly released Black Panther [1], and of course Prince's Purple Rain. Then there are the ones that feature various artists, like the soundtracks for Almost Famous, High Fidelity, Waiting to Exhale, and Lost in Translation — to name a few. See how hard this is already?

On Twitter, writer Ben Howe sent a tweet out into the abyss [2] asking people to "name the best soundtrack in the history of film." Boy, did the internet deliver. While some couldn't simply pick just one favourite — totally understandable — several seemed to agree on a lot of the same ones. Even CNN's Jake Tapper got into the mix by suggesting The Graduate and About a Boy. In less than a day, the tweet managed to attract nearly 4,000 replies. Read some of the more popular suggestions ahead.

Mixed artist on one artist? If the latter it's The Graduate followed by About A Boy

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 19, 2018 [3]

Impossible, so top 5:
Lost in Translation
Royal Tenenbaums
Life Aquatic
Marie Antoinette
Dazed and Confused https://t.co/Fi1z97uExg [4]

— Gem Jones 💎 (@Gemenist) March 19, 2018 [5]

Purple Rain is the correct answer

— Jason in WA (@JasonInWA) March 19, 2018 [6]

Dazed and Confused https://t.co/dwY3eypfvO [7]

— Mark Harrison 🇪🇺 (@MarkIHarrison) March 19, 2018 [8]

"Last Of The Mohicans" of course.

— Joey Tweedy (@joey_tweedy) March 19, 2018 [9]

gimme The Graduate, 500 Days of Summer or Perks of Being a Wallflower https://t.co/LQAQEY4Pj8 [10]

— Joon Lee (@iamjoonlee) March 19, 2018 [11]

Oh Brother Where Art Thou was pretty great.

— George Wept (@GeorgeWept) March 19, 2018 [12]

Space Jam, not even a question

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 19, 2018 [13]

C'mon. We all know it's Almost Famous. https://t.co/2JSjkfuLw7 [14]

— Courtney (@oh_cocobeann) March 19, 2018 [15]

The correct answer is Almost Famous. https://t.co/iYrkm718lp [16]

— Ben (@BenHowe) March 19, 2018 [17]