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Posted by Chris Byrne (Member # 1563) on 01-31-2003, 09:01 PM:

I was just thinking of some classic film songs that I think helped to make the film. Can anyone top this TOP 5.
1. Cry Little Sister / LOST BOYS
2. My Heart Will Go On / TITANIC
3. Goo Goo Dolls song from CITY of ANGELS
4. Danger Zone / TOP GUN
5. Gangsta's Paradisew / DANGEROUS MINDS.
[Cool]

Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-31-2003, 10:04 PM:

The entire soundtrack for American Graffiti.

Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 01-31-2003, 10:20 PM:

The entire "Highlander" soundtrack by Queen.

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 02-01-2003, 02:36 AM:

The soundtracks of:

Footloose
8 Mile
Waking Ned Devine (im a sucker for bag pipes)

Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-01-2003, 02:40 AM:

And, of course, John Williams` score for Star Wars. While there is no film "song", the entire soundtrack is extremely distinctive and had many remembered themes. The opening title alone is practically a "film song".

Posted by Lance C. McFetridge (Member # 95) on 02-01-2003, 12:39 PM:

The whole Forest Gump Soundtrack

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-01-2003, 05:58 PM:

Every song in "This is Spinal Tap"

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-01-2003, 06:10 PM:

Hmmm, and so far no one has mentioned Cannibal: The Musical. [Razz]

Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 02-01-2003, 06:29 PM:

Clearly Fight The Power by Public Enemy for DO THE RIGHT THING. It was the heart and soul of that movie.

Philadelphia had a lot of good songs including the one by Neil Young. But the Springsteen one became pretty popular.

Say Anything and Peter Gabriel's In yOur Eyes. No elaboration needed.

Posted by Jacob Huber (Member # 1138) on 02-01-2003, 06:46 PM:

Still a really big fan of 'Summer Overture' from Requiem for a Dream.

Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 02-01-2003, 07:50 PM:

The sound track to 1991's "The Doors" including the Atlanta Symphany Orchestra's version of Carmina Bruna.

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 02-02-2003, 12:25 AM:

Hmmm

Heavy Metal had a great rockin soundtrack albumn.

If you are into classical...2001: A Space Odyssey is great...considering not a single "tune" for that film was written for it yet they are all now associated with that film as if they were.

FAME certainly had a great soundtrack.

Flashdance

Many James Bond films had great theme songs, Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, The Spy Who Loved Me, A View to a Kill...all come to mind.

HELP! and A HARD DAYS NIGHT certainly were great Rock Soundtracks that were also Gold Albumns in their own right

TOMMY, a Rock Opera with The Who certainly would qualify.

Those that loved Queen would certainly like the FLASH GORDON soundtrack

THE BLUES BROTHERS had a GREAT soundtrack

I suppose I could go on but...those came immediately to mind.

Steve

Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 02-02-2003, 01:16 AM:

Natural Born Killers made the Cowboy Junkies song famous all over again. Leonard Cohen opens up the album.

Pulp Fiction revived the use of 60s, 70s songs in a trendy way.

Weird Science- the title song by the Danny Elfman led Oingo Boingo.

The Bodyguard : well if we are going to be including titanic song, then like it or not, one is going to have to bring up the whitney houston song.

Ghostbusters

Whos That Girl: the music video doesn't give you an indication of how truly wretched this movie is.

That THing You do: great title song. boring movie

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 02-02-2003, 03:53 AM:

(Now that I'm not in zombie-mode)

I must say that the soundtrack to Flash Gordon is most certainly what allows the movie to withstand the test of time!
Queen rocks! [Cool]

[ 02-03-2003, 01:24 AM: Message edited by: Gracia L. Babbidge ]

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 02-02-2003, 10:41 AM:

Didn't I already add FLASH GORDON to the list about 4 posts ago?

And THAT THING YOU DO was not boring...it was a wonderful film that certainly captured a feeling of its era.

Steve

Posted by Brad Haven (Member # 954) on 02-02-2003, 11:01 AM:

Even though Chris asked for songs that helped make the film, i can only add that the entire soundtrack of DREAM WITH THE FISHES and O'BROTHER WHERE ART THOU were just incredible, both of these soundtracks opened me up to unexpected areas of music that i am now obsessed with.

Posted by John Spooner (Member # 1565) on 02-02-2003, 11:07 AM:

What about the incredible scene in "Apocalypse Now", where the helicopters fly over and bomb the vc village, while doing so, Wagners "Flight Of the Valkiries" is played.
John Spooner. South Australia.

Posted by Andrew Duggan (Member # 1302) on 02-02-2003, 11:15 AM:

Summer Overture from Requiem would definitely make my list. What might even be better is the version of it that found it's way into the final Two Towers trailer....wow.

The piano ballad cover of Tears for Fears "Mad World" in Donnnie Darko

The musical segments that feature The Kinks, The Who and The Rolling Stones from Rushmore are all amazing. In fact, I can think of very few people who can find ways to use songs so perfectly as Wes Anderson

The score from Shawshank Redemption

Great use of Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me" during the fianl scene of the Breakfast Club, cheesy as it might be.

The music from the final showdown in "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly"

Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 02-02-2003, 05:03 PM:

quote:
4. Danger Zone / TOP GUN

"Danger Zone" may have been a big radio and MTV hit but I'd hardly say it "made the movie." I think "Take My Breath Away" or the "Top Gun Anthem" had a more memorable and effective presence in the movie than "Danger Zone," a song featured in the movie for barely a minute.

I'll be the first to admit that Top Gun was a rather lame movie (but a guilty pleasure). If you ask me, the "star" of the movie was the overall sound mix, appreciated best in a 70mm six-track presentation (for which there were many).

Speaking of Tom Cruise movies, I thought Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock And Roll" was memorable in Risky Business.

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 02-02-2003, 06:58 PM:

About last night
Fame
Rockey Horror pict Show
all but the latest bond
American Graffiti
Almost all the Beach party films
Back to the Beacjh
Death in Venice
Solyent Green
and my favorite muscials Sound of Music South Pacific and Paint your Wagon

Posted by Martin Brooks (Member # 1269) on 02-02-2003, 07:17 PM:

Two musical films (rather than other genres where a song played a key role):
The Commitments
Standing In The Shadows of Motown

Drama with great soundtrack:
Mean Streets (Scorcese)

Posted by Chris Markiewicz (Member # 1415) on 02-02-2003, 07:47 PM:

The soundtrack to Grosse Point Blank.

Posted by Kara J. McVay (Member # 1285) on 02-02-2003, 07:50 PM:

Gordon,
"It's astounding
time is fleeting
madness takes it's toll
but listen closly
not for very much longer............"

You just had to mention RHPS [Wink]

I agree also that "Lost Boys" had a great soundtrack. I remember turning the sound way up during the credits and just rocking.

Posted by Chris Byrne (Member # 1563) on 02-04-2003, 08:12 PM:

You couldn't pass on the Brave Heart sound track either.

Also 'Loser' was a shite film, but its Sound Track rocked.

Michael, 'Take My Breath Away' is one of my favourite songs, but 'Danger Zone' signified the adventure. Whether you like the film or not ... it was the eighties! [Big Grin]

Posted by Darren Crimmins (Member # 1116) on 02-04-2003, 10:08 PM:

In addition to the Wagner bit of "Apocalypse Now", the opening and ending scenes of the movie play The Doors, "The End". Those two songs made the movie for me.