Done right, there are few moments in film more adrenaline spiking or emotionally impactful than those soundtracked by an inspired choice from the catalogues of our favourite bands. The best songs can set the mood, change the tone, anchor the intended time period or switch the momentum in all the time it takes to hit play. Some are fresh cuts written with the movie in mind, some are pulled deep from the filmmakers’ personal collections. All of them bring that intangible something – depth of feeling, real world connection, unwritten subtext – that simply cannot be sourced anywhere else. After an almighty screening session, we’ve managed to whittle down our top 25, excluding cuts confined to soundtrack albums or played solely over the closing credits. This is the internet in 2020, of cou...
