Saddest movie songs?
08-10-09, 07:59 PM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
While not sad, it certainly is emotional .. and this is only from a trailer!
Wake Up by The Arcade Fire for Where the Wild Things Are.
Wake Up by The Arcade Fire for Where the Wild Things Are.
08-10-09, 08:46 PM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
I suppose "One More Day" by Sinead O'Connor from Veronica Guerin deserves some mention.
08-11-09, 12:18 AM
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08-11-09, 03:11 AM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
A personal favorite of mine would be the use of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" at the end of Wonderland. Listening to it especially when reading the text of everyone's fate seems to evoke the image of the Hollywood broken dream.
08-11-09, 03:18 AM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
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08-11-09, 08:15 AM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
More emotional than sad perhaps, but Cadillac of the Skies by John Williams from Empire of the Sun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD4Xyb2LJsA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD4Xyb2LJsA
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08-11-09, 04:05 PM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
The Joe Strummer song at the end of 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" when it metaphorically depicts glaciers falling makes me fucking miserable (no worries - this certainly is no spoiler to the film). "Ramshackle Day Parade" is the name of the track.
08-11-09, 06:28 PM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
... in Purple Rose of Cairo (absolutely heart-breaking with Mia Farrow's character watching Top Hat.)
Good choice. Mia Farrow is terrific in that final scene.
Good choice. Mia Farrow is terrific in that final scene.
08-11-09, 11:24 PM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
Solaris - I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ - JS Bach
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Werckmeister Harmonies - Valuska - Mihály Vig
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08-12-09, 12:40 PM
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Re: Saddest movie songs?
This has to be a contender. Come Sweet Death from End of Evangelion. It plays for its entire length of 8 minutes over the film's climax, which shows the end of the world.
For those who haven't seen it: no, this is not a fan edit. It's actually how the movie ends.
Song starts at around 1:35.
For those who haven't seen it: no, this is not a fan edit. It's actually how the movie ends.
Song starts at around 1:35.
