1. Jurassic Park
Jurassic park was an absolute 90s classic. Spielberg’s dinosaur themed epic made history with its special effects. The score was written by film composer John Williams and became the soundtrack to a wave of 90s kids’ favourite movie.
2. Star Wars Episode I
A Phantom Menace – John Williams’ second in the list, A Phantom Menace is not widely regarded as a classic, certainly not when compared to the rest of the Star Wars series, but the movie is undeniably well scored, and an orchestral masterpiece drives Anakin Skywalker on his adventures from start to finish. You’d expect nothing less than anthemic for a Star Wars movie, and John Williams certainly delivers here.
3. Trainspotting
Trainspotting was a movie that encapsulated a generation. Danny Boyle’s masterpiece has developed a cult following and will surely go down in history as one of the greatest pieces of cinema of its time. This movie is not in here for original music scored for the movie, but for a classic selection of nineties tunes. Blur, Underworld, Elastica and Leftfield are just some of the British 90s heroes that make this soundtrack an alternative masterpiece.
4. Pulp Fiction
Another film in here purely for the magnificent choice of music. Tunes such as ‘Son of a Preacher Man”, “Flowers on the Wall”, “Jungle Boogie” and more set the scene for the 90s most seminal of gangster movies, featuring huge names such as Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson, but it is the inspired inclusion of Dick Dales “Misirlou” in both the movie and the trailers released beforehand that became truly iconic in the history of film. Tarantino’s music inclusion is always spot on, hence our next choice.
5. Reservoir Dogs
The second of Quentin Tarantino’s gangster movies to find its way onto the list. Reservoir Dogs was released before Pulp Fiction, and features music from the 60s through to the 80s, including “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede, a selection of music performed by Steven Wright and of course the amazing Stealers Wheel song “Stuck in the Middle With You”, another incredible selection of music to set a sinister tone to the movie. Quentin’s music choice is always original and seems to work perfectly, as demonstrated with the unusual choice of Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut” over the end credits.
Rugrats was around for about 14 years and aired on Nickelodeon. It focuses on the lives of several toddlers. It was so popular that it managed to make a place for itself on the Hollywood walk of fame. The show was adorable and all the characters were quite bizarre in their own unique way.
Tiny Toon Adventures aired on Cartoon Network from 1990 till 1992. It was about young characters that were enrolled at a university. Most of them strongly resembled the classic and popular Warner toons that we are all familiar with. The Loony Toones characters are a part of the faculty that teaches them to be funny.
Beavis and Butt-head aired on MTV for 4 years during which it completed 7 seasons. The two teenager characters were shown to be quite dumb and usually had very sarcastic conversations. They also made fun of music videos at the time which was always fun to watch!
Animaniacs aired on Kids WB from 1993 till 1995. The main characters were Dot, Yakko and Wakko. It lasted for over 90 episodes and was so popular that a movie based on the show was made soon after.
Ren and Stimpy was first aired in 1991 but was discontinued in 1996. It was picked up by by another channel in 2003 and was back on air after 7 long years. Ren is a dog and Stimpy is a cat. The former is quite neurotic and the latter is calm and simple but because the two work well together, they go on adventures which usually end up being quite nonsensical.
