‘Blues Brothers’ called best soundtrack

updated 1:14 p.m. ET Aug. 8, 2004

LONDON - "The Blues Brothers" was rated the best movie soundtrack in a British straw vote. It nipped the soundtracks of "Pulp Fiction" and "Trainspotting" in a vote conducted for British Broadcasting Corp. digital radio.

"It's a `Sound of Music' for hipsters, a film that lives and breathes music," said Andrew Collins, who drew 10,000 voters for his survey.

The stars of the 1980 film, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, sang several of the songs including "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" and the theme from "Rawhide." Guest appearances included Ray Charles in "Shake Your Tailfeather," James Brown in "The Old Landmark," Aretha Franklin in "Think" and Cab Calloway with "Minnie the Moocher."

Not one of the top 10 in the BBC vote placed in a similar survey done three years ago by British radio station Classic FM, in which "Star Wars" came in first, followed by "Gone With the Wind" and "Lawrence of Arabia."

The BBC vote for best film soundtrack: 1. "The Blues Brothers," 2. "Pulp Fiction," 3. "Trainspotting," 4. "Saturday Night Fever," 5. "Dirty Dancing," 6. "Grosse Point Blank," 7. "Kill Bill" Vols. 1 and 2, 8. (tie) "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Lost in Translation" and 10. "Fight Club."

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