Top Film Soundtrack Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
47
 Prince and The Revolution Purple Rain Pop Rock, Synth Funk 1984
2
161
 The Original Soundtrack Saturday Night Fever Disco 1977
3
174
 Curtis Mayfield Superfly Chicago Soul, Funk 1972
4
661
 Prince and The Revolution Parade Pop Rock, Psychedelic Soul 1986
5
708
 Various Artists Woodstock Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock 1970
6
1029
 Isaac Hayes Shaft Film Score Funk, Soul 1971
7
1682
 Ennio Morricone C'era una volta il West / Once Upon a Time in the West Film Score Spaghetti Western 1968
8
1851
 Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi Film Score Minimalism 1983
9
1869
 The Original Soundtrack West Side Story Show Tunes 1961
10
1884
 Art Ensemble of Chicago Les Stances a Sophie Avant-Garde Jazz 1970
11
1910
 Ennio Morricone Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Film Score Spaghetti Western 1966
12
1956
 Miles Davis Ascenseur pour l'échafaud/Jazz Track Film Score Cool Jazz 1958
13
2054
 The Original Soundtrack The Sound of Music Show Tunes 1965
14
2070
 The Original Soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? American Folk Music, Country 2000
15
2179
 The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers Rhythm & Blues 1980
16
2222
 John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra Star Wars Film Score Orchestral 1977
17
2256
 Ry Cooder Paris, Texas Film Score Acoustic Blues 1985
18
2284
 Peter Gabriel Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) Film Score Ambient, New Age, Regional Music 1989
19
2536
 Duke Ellington Anatomy of a Murder Film Score Big Band 1959
20
2718
 Air The Virgin Suicides Film Score Ambient Pop 2000
21
2735
 Elvis Presley King Creole Rock & Roll 1958
22
2783
 The Original Motion Picture Cast The Wizard of Oz 1956
23
2804
 Marvin Gaye Trouble Man Soul 1972

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany's Film Score Lounge 1961
Mica Levi Under the Skin [Original Soundtrack] Film Score Drone 2014
Henry Mancini The Pink Panther Film Score Jazz, Lounge 1964
Vangelis Blade Runner Film Score Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient 1994
Various Artists The Bodyguard Adult Contemporary, Contemporary R&B 1992
Tom Waits One from the Heart Vocal Jazz 1982
Bernard Herrmann Taxi Driver OST Film Score Cool Jazz 1976
Prince Graffiti Bridge Dance-Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Funk 1990
Vangelis Chariots of Fire Film Score Progressive Electronic 1981
Various Artists The Rocky Horror Picture Show OST Glam Rock, Rock Opera 1975
Badly Drawn Boy About a Boy Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2002
Björk Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture 'Dancer in the Dark' Art Pop 2000
Various Artists Black Panther: The Album [OST] Hip Hop 2018
Eddie Vedder Into the Wild Acoustic Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2007
The Swell Season / Various Artists Once: Music from the Motion Picture Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2007
Thom Yorke Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) Film Score Ambient 2018
Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2005
OutKast Idlewild Hip Hop 2006
Plan B Ill Manors Conscious Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop 2012
Cliff Martinez Drive [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Film Score Ambient, Synthwave 2011