One of the biggest hits of the summer, Twisters leaned more into country for its soundtrack compared to its Van Halen powered predecessor, with Luke Combs providing “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” as the leading single.

Coming out 30 years ago today, Airheads features Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser, and Steve Buscemi as the fictional rock band The Lone Rangers, and the actual band White Zombie appears in the movie and on the movie’s soundtrack. 

In the early days of Dreamworks Animation, the company consistently tried to outdo Disney. For 2000’s The Road to El Dorado, they not only brought in Elton John a la The Lion King for multiple songs on the movie’s soundtrack but animated him into the movie itself as the narrator.

The live-action Inspector Gadget turns 25 this week, and, as was the style in 1999, it had a boy band pop song for its main soundtrack song, “I’ll Be Your Everything” by Youngstown.

One of the deeper cut tracks from The Karate Kid universe, “Listen to Your Heart” by Little River Band appeared over the end credits of The Karate Kid Part III.

Although she left the group the same year Lethal Weapon 2 opened, co-star Patsy Kensit’s band Eighth Wonder had a song on the movie’s soundtrack, “I’m Not Scared.”

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut opened 25 years ago this past weekend, and the songs on the movie’s soundtrack are as catchy and memorable as ever. 

An homage to 80s classics like Bloodsport and Kickboxer, The Last Kumite was funded on Kickstarter and recently released on 4K/Blu-ray.  Along with featuring appearances from the likes of Billy Blanks, Mathias Hues, and Cynthia Rothrock, the movie also features a score from composer Paul Hertzog and original songs from the legendary Stan Bush, including the title song “No Surrender.”

Although it feels like it would be more at home on the soundtrack for a Bad Boys movie, “#1” by Nelly was the lead single off the soundtrack for 2001’s Training Day.

You probably wouldn’t think of Irish music for a movie from a Hong Kong director featuring anthropomorphic kangaroos. Still, Irish band Clannad brought some Celtic vibes to 1997’s Warriors of Virtue, which arrives on Blu-ray for the first time this week. 

Before he was Tom Cody in Streets of Fire, Michael Paré was Eddie Wilson, the lead singer of Eddie and The Cruisers in the 1983 movie of the same name.