Hughes went way off the beaten path in finding music for the movie Some Kind of Wonderful. And the music was the same – usually consisting of semi-obscure, new-wave artists such as Altered Images, Oingo Boingo and Echo & the Bunnymen. His movies were formulaic, usually involving some awkward, misunderstood teen or someone who was a maverick, a latter-day James Dean who dressed differently and had no money. Music from such films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Weird Science usually had at least one Top 40 hit, and Hughes always seemed to be able to find the right song to capture whatever teen angst was being experienced on-screen. Perhaps the only thing more quintessentially 1980s than a John Hughes movie is the soundtrack to a John Hughes movie.
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