Prince managed to make ruffles and creepy hand puppets seem cool in "Purple Rain."

Movies Rock magazine recently published its version of the 50 best movie soundtracks of all time.

As a dyed-in-the-purple-wool Prince fan, I find it hard to argue with number one.

The top 10:

"Purple Rain"
"A Hard Day's Night"
"The Harder They Come"
"Pulp Fiction"
"The Graduate"
"Superfly"
"Trainspotting"
"Saturday Night Fever"
"American Grafitti"
"The Big Chill"

Some notable omissions:

"Pump Up the Volume"

This tale of teen angst starring a young Christian Slater at his Jack-Nicholson-aping best hasn't aged well, but its soundtrack is one of the most overlooked of its time. Not only does it include tracks by Bad Brains, Soundgarden and Sonic Youth, but it also introduced the sublime U.K. Surf version of "Wave of Mutilation" to these ears, for which they are ever grateful.

"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"

It ain't pop music, but Ennio Morricone's moody arrangements made a huge impression on a number of rockers (Listen to the latest album by the Wedding Present, for example, who should be sending Morricone royalty checks).

"The Virgin Suicides"

A slight, forgettable movie with a tremendous soundtrack by Air, who are at their smooth, narcotizing best throughout.

"Ghost Dog"

RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan gave Jim Jarmusch's tale of a reclusive samurai in New York City a raw, pulsing intensity that will stick with you far longer than the storyline.

"Do the Right Thing"

Although I'm no fan of Branford Marsalis (who contributed jazz tracks to the soundtrack), this deserves recognition for launching the most epochal rap song in music history to the fore of American consciousness.

"Until the End of the World"

Nobody watched this Wim Wenders art flick, but practically everybody bought the soundtrack back in '92, and looking at the song list, it's not hard to see why. Here you'll find otherwise hard-to-find non-album tracks by Elvis Costello, R.E.M, Can, Julee Cruise and more.

Anything I'm missing? Any thoughts on the Movies Rock list?

Edit: Ben Neff kindly pointed out to me that we discussed this very topic on this site back when it first launched (chalk it up to a premature senior moment on my part) -- see what people said then here.