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Imagine a film without any music. It feels weird doesn't it? A lot of time and effort goes into the movie soundtrack, whether it is background music or a full-blown score. Music has always been added to movies, from the silent era to today. Sometimes, a song will become a hit as part of the publicity for a film, but is only played as the credits roll and everyone has left the theatre.

Songs have a strong connection to some film scenes, such as the theme song from Titanic, Iggy Pop's Lust for Life in Trainspotting or the standard, As Time Goes By from Casablanca. Movie soundtrack albums are another moneymaking opportunity. Audiences who have loved the film want the songs to remind them of the experience. Of course, in the case of musicals, the songs are the experience. The music in The Sound of Music and West Side Story tells the story with each song moving the narrative along. Sometimes, the actor or actress isn't up to the task of singing and a singer dubs their parts. Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady were both dubbed.

Film music is used to evoke certain emotions, such as sadness, tension, fear, romance or excitement. The sounds are carefully chosen for the effect as the wrong selection can completely alter a scene. Everyone knew something unpleasant was coming when the violins started to screech in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Some musical effects are calling cards for the appearance of a character, as in Jaws whenever the shark comes along. The movie soundtrack may not have a conscious impact on the audience but the film would not work if it were taken away. It's an international language and understood by anyone from anywhere who has heard the chase music from a Keystone Cops film.

Film directors and film composers work closely together to produce a creative collaboration. Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was much involved with the musical choices for each scene. There are the playful tunes of the Shire, home of the Hobbits and the dark, menacing music of the Orcs. A movie soundtrack for a movie franchise usually has key phrases running through it, as in the James Bond score or the Superman films. The similarities in the music give the series a sense of continuity. The music for a film is as important as the editing, cinematography or script.

Is there anything more difficult than figuring out the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time? The guitar has been the definitive instrument of rock and roll for more than 50 years, with virtuosos of different eras, differrent styles and different countries all leaving their mark on the guitar landscape.

Where, then, does one begin with a list? Do you start with Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode"? Would you consider Marty McFly's loving rendition of the same in "Back to the Future" a worthy entring on the list of 100 greatest guitar solos? Or would you prefer to head straight to the most recognized virtuosos, the likes of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani?

So you see, it's not the easiest list to make. It's not even the easiest list to think about, because guitar solos have a way of effecting different people in disparate ways. I may love David Gilmour's chops as shown on "Money," but someone from a more technical point of view would never list that particular solo in his or her top hundred. It's a very personal thing.

I spent a lot of time thinking about the 100 greatest guitar solos when I was in my "Pearl Jam" phase in the mid-90s. "Alive" comes readily to mind. Since then the guitar solo has not precisely gone away, but it's played less of a central role over the last fifteen years of music. Luckily there are still guitar gods like Jack White of The White Stripes, whose 7 Nation Army reminds us all of the raw power and emotional impact of the instrument. His driving, thunderous solo is appreciated by guitarists, critics, fans and even anti-fans. Do you know anyone - I mean anyone! - who doesn't recognize Jack White's greatness?

I suppose that, then, is what should come to mind first when looking at the 100 greatest guitar solos. Even if you're not a fan of the song... is it undeniably great? I may not be the biggest Van Halen fan ever, but even I can recognize that Eddie Van Halen's "Explosion" belongs on the list. As do probably half a dozen other solols he churned out over the years.

One solo that I really don't feel belongs on the list is Keith Richards' from "(Can't Get No) Satisfaction." It's an overrated song that's all about a boringly repetitive hook and some lame, grade-school sexual innuendo. And Richards' solo is wholly uninspiring.

Of course, I've waited until the end to mention the two men who will probably show up most often on the list of the 100 greatest guitar solos: Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page. Page, of course, was the supercharged dark lord of "Led Zeppelin," and he's solos ranged from the moody and and innovative "Dazed and Confused" to the straight-forward, raw firepower of "Whole Lotta Love." Hendrix, meanwhile, is probably still considered the greatest guitarist ever to wear the axe. And "Red House" is his greatest solo - and for my money, the greatest solo of all time.

Narrowing down the list of folks who've played the guitar to the 100 best guitarists is, well, challenging. So many people have played the axe that it's nigh impossible to come up with a list of the "best." It's pretty darn hard to come up with a set of criteria, to boot!

So where do we start? How about with the dawn of the instrument's impact on the American music and cultural scene. We have to go back all the way to Robert Johnson, probably considered the first guitar hero. Does that earn him a spot on the list of the 100 best guitarists? In my mind it does - originality counts for a lot, and no one was more original than Robert Johnson.

He was one of the original Delta Bluesmen. The "Delta," of course, is the Mississippi River Delta, which empties out into the Gulf of Mexico after traveling through New Orleans. You could say the Big Easy is the spiritual home of blues and jazz music, and therefore the spiritual home of the guitar - at least as it's known in America.

The list of Delta Bluesmen that Johnson influenced could in itself be the list of the 100 best guitarists. Muddy Waters. BB King. Howlin' Wolf. Bo Diddley. And on and on and on.

What's great about that is you can see the influence that Johnson had still in evidence today. Muddy Waters was the favorite bluesman of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, both members of the British Invasion (through the Yardbirds, the Jeff Beck group and, of course, Led Zeppelin) of the 1960s and both surefire members of the list of 100 best guitarists. Moving further down the road we have someone like Dave Grohl, an accomplished singer, songwriter, drummer and guitarist with Nirvana and Foo Fighters, who lists Jimmy Page as his biggest influence.

Does Grohl belong on the list of the 100 best guitarists? Probably not, but it's a matter of personal taste. What is important, though, is that you can draw a straight line from Johnson, to Waters, to Page, to Grohl - who's still making chart-topping music today.

Back several decades ago, Johnson was referred to as "the Grandaddy of Rock and Roll," and it was fitting since, generationally, Page, Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix et al would be his grandsons. Now he might better be referred to as "The Great Grandaddy of Rock and Roll." Either way, he's your starting point for figuring the 100 best guitarists of all time.