25 Incredible Movie Soundtracks That Will Have You Singing Along

12. American Graffiti (1973)

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Before his whole life became all about Star Wars, George Lucas was known around Hollywood as a nerdy cinephile with experimental inclinations. Because of his rep, expectations were low for what turned out to be Lucas’s breakthrough film. Set in small-town California in 1962, Graffiti capitalized on nostalgia for the not-too-distant past, with early-’60s rock songs from Bill Haley and the Comets, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, and many, many others.