Various Artists - The Graduate

Of course, the headlines for this OST are always given to Simon & Garfunkel thanks to their seminal contribution, Mrs Robinson, plus the repackaged Sound Of Silence and Scarborough Fair. Who remembers the last creative member of the soundtrack, Dave Grusin? Grusin has had an important career, winning an Oscar for The Milagro Beanfield War, as well as Oscar nominations for The Champ, The Fabulous Baker Boys and more. Grusin, who has worked with the likes of Sarah Vaughan, Benny Goodman and Quincy Jones, is the glue on this soundtrack that presaged the modern Hollywood ‘compilation’ soundtracks of today.