Electronic Oscars: 10 Film Genres That Need A DJs' Spin

February 21, 2013 - 5:26 pm by Gabrielle Pharms

With the 2013 Academy Awards going down this weekend, our beat-filled brains started revving up to 130 BPMs. Skrillex has contributed some of his signature dubstep tunes to the Spring Breakers soundtrack that is slated to drop later this spring. The soundtrack for the action packed thriller, Hanna (released in 2011), was produced by the legendary big beat duo, The Chemical Brothers. Daft Punk came stepped out to release their score for Tron: Legacy in 2010, Paul Oakenfold laid the tracks for 2001’s Swordfish and so forth and so on.

How would a trapstep soundtrack enhance Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln? What if trance DJ/producer Ferry Corsten produced the score for The Notebook? We decided to put together a top ten wish list of the DJs that should land a gig in producing a movie soundtrack. Lights, camera, untz untz, untz…