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The 50 best uses of songs in movies. Ranking the coolest soundtrack moments of all time. Written by. Matthew Singer. Tuesday 2 April 2024. It’s possible to make a movie without music – it’s...
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- Kingsman: The Secret Service / Church Massacre / Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird
- Down by Law / Opening Travelling / Tom Waits – Jockey Full of Bourbon
- Gangs of New York / Natives vs. Dead Rabbits / Peter Gabriel – Signal to Noise
- Donnie Darko / Finale / Gary Jules – Mad World
- Saturday Night Fever / Opening Credits / Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
- Apocalypse Now / Helicopter Raid / Richard Wagner – Ride of The Valkyries
- Watchmen / Opening Credits / Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’
- Melancholia / Opening / Richard Wagner – Tristan and Isolde
- Fight Club / Final Scene / Pixies – Where Is My Mind
- The Matrix / Neo’S Phone Speech / Rage Against The Machine – Wake Up
Matthew Vaughn has been regularly accused of using violence for violence’s sake, a criticism not entirely unjustified when you take into account his über-stylized bloodshed often lacks any redemptive element. He is, however, a visual master when it comes to violent aesthetics, incredibly creative in conceptualizing complex and choreographically dem...
Jim Jarmusch is probably the last great American independent filmmaker and one of the few who stayed true to his underground origins in a 35-year spanning career. Jarmusch’s intimate, small-scale tales of crooks and misfits is told through a dizzily-paced, mesmerizing narrative that earned him a signature directorial style. With this film, Jarmusch...
Gangs of New York’s opening scene takes place in the mid-19thcentury Five Points neighborhood in New York, which was wonderfully reconstructed inside the legendary Italian Cinecitta Studios for Scorsese's film. This setting is the scene of the savage hand-to-hand combat between the two prevailing gangs of the time, Bill the Butcher’s The Natives an...
Donnie Darkois one of the most respected and celebrated film debuts ever. Drawing from the suburban fantasy flicks he grew up with, Richard Kelly managed to create an incredibly original, complex, and personal film by equally incorporating fundamental adolescent issues and sophisticated sci-fi themes. His title character, Donnie, is a gifted, but t...
“Well you can tell by the way I use my walk..." You may be cool, but you’re not "John Travolta strutting through downtown in his flares, in a vulgar display of '70s machismo" cool. Saturday Night Feveropens to the Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive," a rather perfect introduction to its main character Tony Manero, a Brooklyn youngster whose harsh reality ...
Memorably described by Coppola himself as "not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam," Apocalypse Now remains an unprecedented anti-war masterpiece, almost four decades after its release. While Spielberg focused on the physical pain of war with his masterful Saving Private Ryan, Coppola concentrated on the mental agony of it, creating perhaps the film to be...
He may be one of the most controversial directors of our time, with legions of devoted fans and sworn haters, but nobody can deny the fact that Zack Snyder is an eminent film stylist. His cinematic style has been hugely influential in modern Hollywood. His ability to create incredible visual moments in his films has provided us with a series of min...
Lars Von Trier’s version of science fiction came about as a profound and sobering comment upon the futility of human existence. Probably his best film to date, Melancholiais an intense emotional thrill-ride that centers on the rough relationship between two sisters during the last remaining days before a giant planet crashes into Earth. Trier’s cin...
A man who just went through a rollercoaster of agony and psychosis can finally comfort his woman, insisting that he's recovered and everything will be alright. He holds her hand tight. In front of them, a whole row of skyscrapers is leveled to the ground like sandcastles. Just before we cut to black, an erect member interjects in the scene, a final...
It was no less than seventeen years ago that everybody was asking “What is the Matrix?” and the Wachowskis were changing the course of cinematic history. The Matrixexploded like a bomb amongst the orders of cinephiles and movie buffs and became the new object of fandom worship. It's a movie that combined so many elements together-- Japanese manga a...
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- Elliott Smith: “Needle in the Hay” The Royal Tenenbaums. 2001. If anyone knows how to pair songs with film scenes it\‘s Wes Anderson. Along with his music supervisor Randall Poster, Anderson has been responsible for some of the most iconic and heartfelt matches in modern cinema.
- Pixies: “Where Is My Mind” Fight Club. 1999. Never underestimate the power of Pixies. David Fincher\‘s choice of “Where Is My Mind” for those infamous closing moments of Fight Club is nothing short of inspired.
- Elton John: “Tiny Dancer” Almost Famous. 2000. For a certain generation, “Tiny Dancer” is that song from the Almost Famous bus scene. That fact almost says all we need to say, but ultimately the power of this song in conjunction with the movie lies in its ability to put a smile on anyone\‘s face.
- Huey Lewis and the News: “It\'s Hip to Be Square” American Psycho. 2000. Christian Bale\‘s simultaneous critical narrative of Huey Lewis and the News and murder of Wall Street rival Paul Allen (played by Jared Leto) embodies the spirit of the Bret Easton Ellis novel (adapted by Mary Harron) in ways that we\‘re pretty sure would have been impossible otherwise.
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- “Happy Birthday to You” — Patty and Mildred J. Hill. This one may be a bit of a cop-out, but a search of films in which characters sing "Happy Birthday to You" produces quite an extensive list, from Smile to Liar Liar.
- “Eye of the Tiger” — Survivor. "Eye of the Tiger" is the ultimate '80s fight song. The fact that it is near synonymous with the Rocky series should come as no surprise.
- "September" — Earth, Wind and Fire. This song is an instant throwback to the '70s and those disco, carefree, fun-loving years. It is also incredibly engaging, and anyone who hears it will notice their hips moving to the beat.
- “Kiss Me” — Sixpence None The Richer. "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer wholly encapsulates the feeling of a late '90s romantic comedy. The original music video paid tribute to French filmmaker François Truffaut and his film Jules et Jim, even recreating some of its scenes.
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- The Social Network (2010) "It has to be the choir version of 'Creep' by Radiohead." —eyeballorigami. You can watch the trailer here: View this video on YouTube.
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) "The teaser trailer that used a combination of Tems' 'No Women, No Cry' and Kendrick Lamar’s 'Alright' is absolutely beautiful."
- Ready Player One (2018) "The Comic-Con version, which used 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush. Maybe I'm biased because I'm a fan of Rush, but it fit so well." —zwood320.
- Fresh (2022) "When they used 'Heads Will Roll' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for the teaser." —abbydixon. You can watch the trailer here: View this video on YouTube.
Mar 24, 2020 · The best songs can set the mood, change the tone, anchor the intended time period or switch the momentum in all the time it takes to hit play. Some are fresh cuts written with the movie in...
Mar 4, 2021 · From the iconic singalong in Wayne Campbell’s car to the beloved theme song from Flash Gordon, Queen’s music has been used to create a bunch of memorable movie moments over the years. The Soundtrack Of Bohemian Rhapsody
