davidlynchfan

What's your Favorite Song that was used in a film?,preferably a song that was already out before the movie was made which wasn't made exclusively for the film-(e.g... NOT "Lose Yourself" from 8 Miles)-but just preferably so.........


Mines and the reason it inspired me to make this thread:

PETER GABRIEL's IN YOUR EYES for Say Anything!
Woo-Hoo!!That song just got me in a Total state of AWE when
it was used in the film.
Just seen the film recently for the first time and it will definitely
go down as my top 10 films of All-Time!! and that song surely played a major role.

Goat3001

well I wanted to say Celine Deon- My Heart Will Go On for Titanic but I guess it doesn't work

davidlynchfan

I'll let you Slide-Goat3001

HistoryProf

I don't know why exactly, but the "Tiny Dancer" bus scene in Almost Famous is just perfect and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.....there's actually a few songs in there that do it for me, but that is the one that sticks out.

Honorable mention goes to "Let's Get it On" and "I Believe" from "High Fidelity".....good stuff.....

mookiemeister

I Will Find You by Clannad in Last of the Mohicans.

Goat3001

sweet

But playing by the rules: I'll agree with bgills. Not only is Tiny Dancer a great song but its used perfectly in Almost Famous.

bothanspy

I don't why, but I've always had an affinity for Head over Heals (tears for fears) as used in Donnie Darko.

Turn! turn! Turn! in Forrest Gump as Jenny pulls away in the bus and flashes the peace sign. it just fit very nicely.

SPY

davidlynchfan

Cameron Crowe surely knows MUSIK!

Ian11

Patriot Games: "Theme from Harry's Game" by Clannad

Almost Famous: "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John (one more in agreement )

Mulholland Drive: "Llorandro" spanish language remake of "Crying" by Roy Orbison

Trainspotting: "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop

Muriel's Wedding: "Dancing Queen" by ABBA

The Virgin Suicides: "Magic Man" by Heart

Moulin Rouge: "Your Song" by Elton John

Reservoir Dogs: "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Steelers Wheel (if memory serves me right, the soundtracks' in the car ) and "Little Green Bag" in the opening credits



Not a song but classical tunes:

Piano Trio in E Flat by Schubert used effectively in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and Tony Scott's The Hunger

Carmina Burana by Orff in John Boorman's Excalibur

jfoobar

The best answers to this question are instances where a good song is used almost as a character in a good film instead of simply as a backdrop, or as something to play over white on black credits.

Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous, In Your Eyes in Say Anything, Llorandro in Mullholland Drive, and several ABBA songs in Muriel's Wedding certainly qualify.

marty888

The Doors' THE END in Apocalypse Now.... haunting, scary use of a great song

Coral

I agree with Tiny Dancer... and an especially good call on "I Believe" for High Fidelity. It worked so well as the end credits came up.

Also have to add:

Zeppelin's Tangerine in Almost Famous. Worked out really well.
Aimee Mann's "One" at the beginning of Magnolia

And many many songs in Boogie Nights. PTA made some fantastic choices of songs, and really fit them in nicely.

Jazzbutcher

Somebody's Baby (Jackson Browne) in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Ave Maria (Aaron Neville) in Alive

Get Down Tonight (KC and the Sunshine Band) in Sid and Nancy

Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) in Forrest Gump

Dr. DVD

All of the songs used in the drug deal scene in Boogie Nights; possibly the best stand alone scene I have EVER seen in a movie.

God Moving Over the Face of Water- end of Heat

...and while it is a TV series, I would have to vote for the uses of both Tiny Tears and Thru and Thru in The Sopranos.

mdc3000

I'll second the TINY DANCER and aimee mann's ONE talk... but I think my favourite is.....

JUST DROPPED IN by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, as featured in THE BIG LEBOWSKI... that whole sequence is just perfection...absolutely brilliant....

MATT

Geofferson

That was my suggestion too.

flixtime

I always enjoy the old Irish folk song, Garry Owen, in the film - They Died With Their Boots On. I certainly feel that it qualifies - as mentioned by DVDTalker JustinS - as a character in the film.

The Theme from Carmen in The Bad News Bears

(Round Her Neck) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon in the film She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

And I'm drawing a blank on this one, but how about the song Auld Lang Syne, I know it's been used in numerous films, in which film do you think it was used most effectively?

Liver&Onions

Hell yes!

As well, Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine at the end of the Matrix is pretty fitting.

movielib

There are so many great ones.

I'll mention Wonderful World (Don't Know Much) by Sam Cooke as used in Witness. My favorite romantic scene in any movie.

waskydiver

Goes completely against my tastes in general... but I gotta say Unchained Melody from Ghost

sundog

Of the past year, Zappa's "Watermelon in Easter Hay" over the closing credits of "Y Tu Mama Tambien" was the most striking. I love FZ, but I don't think you need to be a fan to grasp the utter melancholy that fills this exquisite instrumental (and how appropiate it is to the end of this film).

conscience

The Nothing Song (Njosnavelin) by Sigur Ros

in Vanilla Sky

HistoryProf

I wanted to add:

Magic Carpet Ride from Go! Perfectly sequenced as the car chase gets going in Vegas....all of the music is very well done in that film, but that in particular is a stellar moment.

The mention of Carmina Burana for Excalibur is an excellent one too, and of course brings to mind The Ride of the Valkyries from Apocolypse Now.....

And one more honorable mention for Street Life in Jackie Brown - that song IS Pam Grier....good show ole chap, good show!!

cupcake jesus

"Good Vibrations" in Vanilla Sky
"Tuesday's Gone" in Dazed and Confused
"Sister Christian" in Boogie Nights
"Gimme Shelter" in Casino
"Not Dark Yet" in Wonder Boys
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" in Almost Famous
"Stuck in the Middle With You" in Reservoir Dogs
"You Never Can Tell" in Pulp Fiction
"Ruby Tuesday" in The Royal Tennenbaums
and
"Happy Birthday" in Full Metal Jacket

Groucho

Why not It's a Wonderful Life?

But the best use of any song in any movie is La Marseillaise in Casablanca.