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I am curious to see what movies had an original song (or album) composed for the movie itself.

I phrased it this way: What are the top five soundtracks...What are the top five soundtracks... but it was closed as being off topic because for two reasons.


First, it asks for a list, which I understand is not the type of question which should be asked for this Q&A site.

I thought about asking it like this:

Is there a website listing movie soundtracks where at least one of the songs was composed for the movie?

But that only skirts around the issue by asking the same question a different way.

The second issue brought up is that the question is more music trivia rather than movie related. This makes me wonder if the question can be rephrased to the point of being relevant and still obtaining the answer I want.

There is a "soundtrack" tag and I'm asking it as it pertains to a movie so it seems like it should pass as a valid topic.

Could I have an idea of how to make this a well-worded question and stay within the guidelines of the site?

I am curious to see what movies had an original song (or album) composed for the movie itself.

I phrased it this way: What are the top five soundtracks... but it was closed as being off topic because for two reasons.


First, it asks for a list, which I understand is not the type of question which should be asked for this Q&A site.

I thought about asking it like this:

Is there a website listing movie soundtracks where at least one of the songs was composed for the movie?

But that only skirts around the issue by asking the same question a different way.

The second issue brought up is that the question is more music trivia rather than movie related. This makes me wonder if the question can be rephrased to the point of being relevant and still obtaining the answer I want.

There is a "soundtrack" tag and I'm asking it as it pertains to a movie so it seems like it should pass as a valid topic.

Could I have an idea of how to make this a well-worded question and stay within the guidelines of the site?

I am curious to see what movies had an original song (or album) composed for the movie itself.

I phrased it this way: What are the top five soundtracks... but it was closed as being off topic because for two reasons.


First, it asks for a list, which I understand is not the type of question which should be asked for this Q&A site.

I thought about asking it like this:

Is there a website listing movie soundtracks where at least one of the songs was composed for the movie?

But that only skirts around the issue by asking the same question a different way.

The second issue brought up is that the question is more music trivia rather than movie related. This makes me wonder if the question can be rephrased to the point of being relevant and still obtaining the answer I want.

There is a "soundtrack" tag and I'm asking it as it pertains to a movie so it seems like it should pass as a valid topic.

Could I have an idea of how to make this a well-worded question and stay within the guidelines of the site?

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Need an appropriate way to rephrase a soundtrack question

I am curious to see what movies had an original song (or album) composed for the movie itself.

I phrased it this way: What are the top five soundtracks... but it was closed as being off topic because for two reasons.


First, it asks for a list, which I understand is not the type of question which should be asked for this Q&A site.

I thought about asking it like this:

Is there a website listing movie soundtracks where at least one of the songs was composed for the movie?

But that only skirts around the issue by asking the same question a different way.

The second issue brought up is that the question is more music trivia rather than movie related. This makes me wonder if the question can be rephrased to the point of being relevant and still obtaining the answer I want.

There is a "soundtrack" tag and I'm asking it as it pertains to a movie so it seems like it should pass as a valid topic.

Could I have an idea of how to make this a well-worded question and stay within the guidelines of the site?