Better yet, skip the sketchy downloads entirely. The official soundtrack is often on sale—why risk your device for a $9.99 album?

The soundtrack has become an integral part of the film's charm, and its success can be attributed to Yann Tiersen's beautiful and eclectic score.

Few film soundtracks transcend their source material to become a cultural phenomenon on their own. Yet, the soundtrack to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 2001 masterpiece, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (released in English as Amelie ), achieved exactly that. Composed primarily by the Breton multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen, the music is a sonic postcard from Paris—full of accordion waltzes, toy piano melodies, and the gentle strumming of a mandolin.