Easy Rider

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Revolutionizing cinematic history, Dennis Hopper's 'Easy Rider' largely abandoned traditional orchestral scoring to instead heavily feature contemporary, pre-existing rock and roll. The resulting compilation perfectly captures the restless, counter-cultural zeitgeist of the late 1960s, heavily sequencing driving psychedelic rock alongside pastoral folk-rock from artists like The Byrds and Steppenwolf. The album's massive commercial success permanently established the rock-oriented soundtrack as a viable, culturally dominant art form.