Favourite Songs from Movies

fester

Every so often you get a gem of a song in a movie or musical. I was trying to think of some but they wouldn't come to me.

The only one i can think of at the min. is:
Pure Imagination form Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.

Can yee think of any more?

sceptre

The Oompa Loompa song for a start.

You mean songs first introduced in movies don't you?

I thought Summer in the City really worked at the start of Die Hard WAV leading into the explosion but that wouldn't count I suppose.

Disney have the very occasional gem.

fester

You mean songs first introduced in movies don't you?

Yeah i meant songs that were made specificly for the film.
But i like Summer in the City alright.

darthmise

Kudos to you on the selection of Pure Imagination my friend.


but then theres always....

The tune from Raising Arizona, and
The tune from True Romance.

aahh..., Happy Days.

Dustaz

Originally posted by darthmise

The tune from True Romance.

Thats actually from Badlands, and yes its outstanding

Wouldnt they come under the 'score' category rather than songs tho?


As time goes by is up there:)

Mr. Fancypants

All the songs from Purple Rain.....or Under The Cherry Moon....

Robbo

The very end of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Cruising through the desert in a semi-destroyed Cadillac with "Jumping Jack Flash" blaring out and an American flag limply hanging from the remains of the roof. Superb.

BJJ

The Lion King
HAKOOKA MUTTATA! ( No Worries ) by Diana Ross
CAN YOU FEEL MY LUV ( His love Relic ) by Elton John.

:eek:

The Gopher

Eye of the tiger from Rocky,s well as that track that is played when it shows Rocky in training are classics.

Pigman

air - playground love
Danny Elfman - What's This (from Nightmare b4 xmas)
Stan Bush - Dare (from Transformers)
Stan Bush - The touch (from Transformers)
Kenny Loggins - Dangerzone (from TopGun)
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug (from Lost Highway)
Noel Gallagher - Teotihuacan (from Xfiles)
Orbital - The Saint (from the Saint)
Theme From Karate Kid - You're the Best (Karate Kid 1)
Praz - Ghetto Superstar (from Bulworth)
Prince - Batdance (from Batman)
Terence and Philip - Unkle ****a (from South Park)


I think these were all originally written for movies?

Makaveli

Michael Jackson and Diana Ross - Ease On Down The Road
from the Wiz. In fact that whole soundtrack is pretty good.

Karl Hungus

I always thought Where is My Mind, by the Pixies was brilliant right at the end of Fight Club.

OLDYELLAR

the theme tune to the good the bad an the ugly , well class!

fester

All Danny Elfman's sh!t is the bomb. I always smile whenever i see his name at the start of a film.

Humm lets see, my favourite Danny Elfman is prob from 'Nightmare before christmas'... 'Something's up with jack'
("never says a word... hope he hasn't died" heehee love it)

sceptre

Originally posted by fester
Humm lets see, my favourite Danny Elfman is prob from 'Nightmare before christmas'... 'Something's up with jack'
("never says a word... hope he hasn't died" heehee love it)

Great song, great soundtrack

D-Generate

Originally posted by AngelWhore
I always thought Where is My Mind, by the Pixies was brilliant right at the end of Fight Club.

Then again that song has allready been well known for almost 10 years but it still made a good ending.

The Matrix had a fair lot of good songs in it and i still regulary play the soundtrack to the film.

the celtic tiger

My personal favourites at the moment are

Bruce Springsteen - secret garden (from Jerry maguire)

and

elephant love song medley - (Ewan Mcgregor/ Nicole Kidman) (Moulin Rouge) (and I know someone's going to point ouT that it's not an original song....but it f|_|CKING IS. OK?)

stevoslice

Oh Brother Where art thou has an excellent soundtrack, not all originals but still a brilliant cd.

"We have All The Time in the World" From the jimmy bond where his wife gets shot is good too.

superfly

who wants to live forever by queen from highlander always gets to me

Kopf

"Drown" by the smashing pumpkins was written especially for the movie, Singles. It's a beautiful song with tear-jerking lyrics and an amazing feedback solo as an outtro.

<edit>just saw thebhoy's post there. I really can't understand why people like the O Brother soundtrack so much. It won an award for best soundtrack didn't it?

as for all time best soundtracks, I'd have to go for the Magnolia soundtrack, comprising mostly of Aimee Mann songs.</edit>

the celtic tiger

we're really not talking about soundtracks.

Thanx 4 The Fish

All the right friends by REM in Vanilla Sky.

Bateman

Philadelphia by Neil Young in the film of the same name.
The opening scene of Trainspotting with Lust for Life was quite memorable as well...

java

You're the One - Maire Brennan and Shane McGowan from (cringe) Circle of Friends. Shane truely is a genius. Have a listen - you'll agree.

Conorisco

Ok the song Philadelphia by Bruce Springstien from the film philadelphia

and Goo goo dolls iris from city of angels

daveirl

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Kali

The Doors - The End.. fits the beginning (and end) of Apocalypse Now brilliantly.

These Boots Were Made For Walking from Full Metal Jacket also deserves a mention (actually theres quite a few apt and humorous songs played in that film).. Hello Vietnam, Birds The Word (when he gets his first kill) etc..

Kali

Originally posted by Kopf
<edit>just saw thebhoy's post there. I really can't understand why people like the O Brother soundtrack so much. It won an award for best soundtrack didn't it?</edit>

while theres no doubt it won an award or two, as far as the oscars go it only got nominated, crouching tiger blah... won it in 2001.

BJJ

Dirty:Dancing : The time of my life, No seriously thank F*ck all those tarts grew older, died, got pregnant or just vanished.


I'm a big fan of Oriental films and I love the Digi-Core-Punk scene in Korea.


My fav ones?

I love the creepy sounds in Ring, the Akira soundtrack is great and the music for Dead or Alive is fantastic!

fester

Originally posted by BJJ
I'm a big fan of Oriental films and I love the Digi-Core-Punk scene in Korea.

lol. Yeah gotta love that Digi-Core-Punk

yeah, music in akira was good. I seem to remember a good score in Ghost In The Shell, as well.

thedrowner

ah i *love* music from the musicals.
music of the night and the title tune from phantom of the opera
all of judas' songs from Jesus Christ super star, and the duet with peter and mary magdalene

erm...id better quit while im ahead coz i could go on for ever with these...

from films? i recently heard clair de lune which is on the oceans 11 soundtrack, which is great, althouhg not written for the movie. all of the sountrack to the virgin suicides.
i love princes of the universe by queen too....