"Here we have a director who knows a girl's room inside and out and who knows how to switch between images and words, between the quietness and the pop soundtrack."

Combining pop, soundtrack and experimental influences, they have since been reissued on CD by LTM.

And their continuing confusion on how best to acknowledge - while pretending to ignore - the growing prevalence of pop soundtracks is downright comical.

The 'Moonwalker' game combines Jacko-esque fantasy fun with a scorching pop soundtrack.

Moroder's version of the film was tinted throughout, featured additional special effects, subtitles instead of intertitles and a pop soundtrack featuring well-known singers, instead of a traditional score.

What are some instances where pop soundtracks have found particular success or failure?

Actually, "Beautiful Girls" has an effervescent pop soundtrack to make its feel-good mood feel even better, not to mention its Neil Diamond sing-along staged in a bar.

PLUSES - Even if the roller-coaster plot makes little sense, it carries you along, buoyed by a wonderful pop soundtrack.

Although the novel is set in the 80's and the movie's pop soundtrack focuses on that decade, the computers, television sets and other gadgets are from today.

The film was notable for having a contemporary pop soundtrack, with music by artists like Blondie, Rickie Lee Jones, Supertramp, The Cars, and Iain Matthews.