Listen to the Best Songs From Movie Soundtracks in March (Playlist)

Sometimes it’s really all about the soundtrack.

While the U.S. box office has been rocked for several weeks by the phenomenon of “Black Panther,” and upcoming titles like the LGBTQ dramedy “Love, Simon” are poised to give us unprecedented examples of representation — the music in our current crop of film releases is, well, dope.

TheWrap asked up-and-coming singer Russell Dickerson to compile his favorite tracks from the movies in theaters as well as those about to hit, like the long-brewing horror sequel “Strangers: Prey at Night.”

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“Good music is essential to movies and these films got it right,” said Dickerson, who is nominated for New Male Vocalist of the Year at the upcoming American Country Music Awards, which will go down April 15 in Las Vegas. He’s also hitting the road this summer with Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker.

“Everyone’s got a workout list or party playlist, but this has some of the most unique and talented artists making music today. Also including some throwback vibes. In the last few years, it feels like the return of the movie soundtracks, especially with movies like ‘Black Panther,'” he said.

Get his complete list and embedded Spotify player here:

Best Movie Music – March 2018

“All of the Stars” – SZA ft Kendrick Lamar (“Black Panther”)

“This Is Me” – Keala Settle (“The Greatest Showman”)

“Feel It Still” – Portugal The Man (“Game Night”)

“Kids In America” – Kim Wilde (“Strangers: Prey at Night”)

“The Ways” – Khalid (“Black Panther”)

“God’s Plan” – Drake (“Pacific Rim: Uprising”)

“Magic” – Sia (“A Wrinkle In Time”)

“Love Lies” – Khalid (“Love, Simon”)

“Pray For Me” – The Weeknd ft Kendrick (“Black Panther”)

“Homemade Dynamite” – Lorde, SZA, Khalid, Post Malone “(Love, Simon”)

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20. Eric Church, Maren Morris and the Brothers Osborne turned what should have been an incredibly touching moment -- in which they paid tribute to those killed at concerts in England and Las Vegas -- into the joke of the evening with an excruciating rendition of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven."
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19. Sting and Shaggy represented a cycle that seemingly occurred over and over again throughout the Grammys: a couple of great performances would make the show feel like it was really moving, and then an incredibly boring performance would ruin the flow. Sting and Shaggy were perfect representatives of the wrong part of that cycle.
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18. Ben Platt paid tribute to Leonard Bernstein, and it was wholly out of place.
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17. Sam Smith's performance of "Pray" was just, like -- we don't even know. In a vacuum it was probably fine. In the context of this show it was extremely lackluster.
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16. By the time Chris Stapleton and Emmylou Harris took the stage to play "Wild Flower" late in the show, we were simply not in the mood.
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15. Little Big Town gave probably the least memorable performance of the evening. We're not even sure this really happened.
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14. We have no technical complaints with Pink's performance of "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," but it just felt like something was missing. It lacked the power we usually expect from Pink.
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13. I'm not sure how Patti LuPone performing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" fit into the show, but it's Patti LuPone so we'll allow it.
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12. Elton John and Miley Cyrus performing a duet of "Tiny Dancer" represented the right kind of change of pace in between powerful anthems and energetic dance numbers: just a regular fun, unexhausting rendition of a song we all like, by artists we all like.
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11. Jon Batiste and Gary Clark Jr, likewise, gave a breezy tribute to Chuck Berry and Fats Domino that was just an all around pleasant time.
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10. SZA was a blast as always. Better than good, but not quite reaching the heights of those who are higher on this list. We bet she'll move up next year, though.
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9. On the tail end of an inspiring speech from Camila Cabello about Dreamers, which concluded with her reading the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, U2 performed "Get Out of Your Own Way" on an outdoor stage with Lady Liberty in the background. It was as impeccable as every U2 performance is, and the context Cabello provided added some meaningful heft to the whole thing.
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8. Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi performed "Despacito" without Justin Bieber... and it was kinda better that way?
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7. Rihanna, DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller performed "Wild Thoughts" in what was one of the more delightfully fun showcases of the evening.
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6. Lady Gaga's performance of "Million Reasons" was the first of many heartfelt performances Sunday night, and it shouldn't be forgotten just because 73 hours of Grammy performances came after it.
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5. Cardi B and Bruno Mars crushed the performance of their almost too-good-to-be-true New Jack Swing revival track, and at any other Grammys, it would have been the night's standout. Much respect for the dope rhymes and period-authentic, knee-destroying gymnastics.
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4. Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid delivered the climax of the Grammys after the In Memoriam with Logic's anti-suicide anthem "1-800-273-8255." That the performance came after the In Memoriam concluded with Chester Bennington, who committed suicide last year, inspired chills.
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3. Childish Gambino gave a performance that was so strong it's tough for us to articulate it without sounding idiotic. It's just one of those you really needed to have seen to understand its power.
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2. Kendrick Lamar's Grammy ceremony opener was one for the ages that even a brief, pompous appearance by Bono and the Edge couldn't mar. "Damn." didn't win Album of the year but some small consolation is that he blew away nearly everyone else who took the stage Sunday night with this performance.
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1. What can we even say about Kesha's emotional performance of her survivor anthem "Praying"? We can't do it justice, so we'll just say this: about 30 seconds into the performance we knew that none of the other artists would be able to create a moment like this one.
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