The Needle Drop What Fuels the Best Movie Soundtracks

Hear More of the Best Movie Soundtracks More Directing Videos In this filmmaking video essay, we look at some of the best movie soundtracks to see how filmmakers music cues or needle drops create iconic cinema. The term needle drop refers to when a popular song is placed strategically in a scene. Here, our case studies of epic movie soundtracks are American Psycho, Thor: Ragnarok, and Almost Famous. In a scene that famously features Huey