the best use of a song for a movie scene

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  1. YoLaDu

    YoLaDu Guest

    Maduro's post on the Radiohead thread got me thinking on this one..


    The best use of a song in a movie scene. (Let me add, a song that was not written specifically for that scene or for that movie.) Two come to my mind:

    "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed in Trainspotting

    The coda from "Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes in Good Fellas
     
  2. Gone To Texas

    Gone To Texas 500+ Posts

    Sinnerman in the climax of The Thomas Crown Affair (remake).

    Surely there are others better, but this was the first that came to mind.
     
  3. Rip76

    Rip76 1,000+ Posts

    Buffalo '66 - Yes "Heart of the Sunrise"
     
  4. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    The opera/disco song as Leeloo kicks prodigious amounts of *** in 5th element.
     
  5. notreally

    notreally 1,000+ Posts

  6. mr. sunshine

    mr. sunshine 250+ Posts

    "Moving in Stereo" by The Cars. Y'all know the scene.
     
  7. Longhorny630

    Longhorny630 1,000+ Posts

    Just list any random Scorsese movie and I'm sure there's a couple goods ones in there.

    Sunshine of Your Love by Cream- GoodFellas

    I really thought of Lust for Life by Iggy for Trainspotting

    The Seeker by The Who - American Beauty

    Damn its good to a gangsta by Geto Boys - Office Space

    Act III of Die Walküre "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner - Apox Now
     
  8. Wild Bill

    Wild Bill 1,000+ Posts


     
  9. PFD

    PFD 1,000+ Posts

    "Baker Street," by Gerry Rafferty, in the playground fight scene in "Good Will Hunting"

    "Sister Christian," by Night Ranger, and "Jessie's Girl," by Rick Springfield, in the drug deal scene in "Boogie Nights"
     
  10. 90 Grad

    90 Grad 500+ Posts

    "Black Betty" ...Blow
     
  11. pasotex

    pasotex 2,500+ Posts

    Imagine - The Killing Fields
     
  12. nych 1

    nych 1 250+ Posts

    Mean Streets- Jumpin' Jack Flash (tracking shot of DeNiro's slow-motion entrance into the bar with two lady friends).
     
  13. bevo barry

    bevo barry 500+ Posts

    Annie Lennox's cover of Neil Young's Don't Let it Bring You Down, in American Beauty...the scene where Kevin Spacey is getting ready to go for broke with the cheerleader.
     
  14. YoLaDu

    YoLaDu Guest

    another one of those indelible ones in which you can't hear the song now and not think of the movie scene.

    "stuck in the middle with you" - Reservior Dogs
     
  15. TXSNOS

    TXSNOS 1,000+ Posts

    "The Big Chill" - "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"


    "The Breakfast Club" - "Don't You" by Simple Minds [​IMG]
     
  16. Chest Rockwell

    Chest Rockwell 1,000+ Posts

  17. UTEE

    UTEE 1,000+ Posts


     
  18. TRRW#31

    TRRW#31 250+ Posts

  19. Namewithheld

    Namewithheld 2,500+ Posts

    Goodfellas bar scene Atlantis by Donovan ......need I say more.

    wham bam
     
  20. TexasRx

    TexasRx 500+ Posts

    I'm a fan of Emma J by Brendan Benson (Steve comes home to Jess) and Starbucked by Bond (Daryl and Stark in the gym) in Zero Effect.

    Also pretty much every song in the movie Singles.

    And the best... the cantina band in Star Wars [​IMG]
     
  21. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin


     
  22. Texanne

    Texanne 5,000+ Posts


     
  23. HornDawg1957

    HornDawg1957 100+ Posts

    I vaguely remember "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong being played over scenes of destruction in Vietnam in "Good Morning, Vietnam." Chilling.
     
  24. TXSNOS

    TXSNOS 1,000+ Posts

    The Mickey Mouse song in "Full Metal Jacket"
    the link

    "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" in "Life of Brian"
    the link
     
  25. MezesMan

    MezesMan < 25 Posts


     
  26. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Una Palabra by Carlos Varela in Man on Fire

    Love that song
     
  27. elface

    elface 250+ Posts

    My nominees--

    Ride of the Valkyries in Apocalypse Now
    Little Green Bag in Reservoir Dogs
     
  28. SunBurntOrange

    SunBurntOrange 500+ Posts

    The very first thing that popped into my mind was "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf in "Easy Rider".
     
  29. blueglasshorse

    blueglasshorse 1,000+ Posts

    I'm turning in my man card in advance.

    Your Song - Moulin Rouge

    link
     
  30. Napoleon

    Napoleon 2,500+ Posts

    I have no idea/ memory of more than half of these. [​IMG] Especially whatever was detailed as "you know the scene"... I have no clue. [​IMG]

    Anything from THE BIG CHILL, THE BREAKFAST CLUB, ALMOST FAMOUS... and that one from GOOD WILL HUNTING, I got those. But not much else. (Ok, DESPERADO and DAZED & CONFUSED are good too.)
     

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