End/Credits songs that put a smile on your face
03-07-05, 10:49 AM
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Three Kings, Fight Club, and especially Magnolia (previously mentioned) are great ones.
I also love Lethal Weapon 4 (Why Can't We Be Friends), Rushmore (The Faces, I Wish I Knew Now), Boogie Nights (ELO, Livin' Thing), Grosse Pointe Blank (Violent Femmes, Blister in the Sun), and Out of Sight (The Isley Brothers, It's Your Thing).
I also love Lethal Weapon 4 (Why Can't We Be Friends), Rushmore (The Faces, I Wish I Knew Now), Boogie Nights (ELO, Livin' Thing), Grosse Pointe Blank (Violent Femmes, Blister in the Sun), and Out of Sight (The Isley Brothers, It's Your Thing).
03-07-05, 11:13 AM
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i'm going to go opposite and say an end credit song that makes me cry (and, if i remember correctly, isn't technically during the end credits but is instead just before the end credits):
Neil Young's 'Philadelphia' from the film 'Philadelphia'
Neil Young's 'Philadelphia' from the film 'Philadelphia'
03-07-05, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by pdinosaur
best. madonna. song. ever.
03-07-05, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
I'd agree with this statement if it wasn't completely, utterly false. I submit for your interest "Vogue", "Ray of Light", "Bedtime Story", "Music", "Don't Tell Me", "Frozen"...well, we could on and on...
haha.
i thought about putting a note about how hard it would to pick the 'best ever' with "something to remember", "like a prayer" also adding to your list.
but this is so haunting. it still stands out from her lengthy list o tracks as quite different. and i like the movie!
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03-07-05, 01:51 PM
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Another vote for "Keep on Rockin" at the end of "Fahrenheit 9/11". Even though the movie failed in its purpose, it's still a good movie, and the ending is just as potent now as it was then.
I have always loved "Can't Even Tell" by Soul Asylum at the end of "Clerks." It's probably the most appropriate closing song for the subject matter and the end of the day Dante has just had. (I prefer the theatrical ending over the original, FYI.)
I also loved that they used "Extreme Ways" again in "Bourne Supremacy." I will be greatly disappointed if they don't use it again for the final Bourne film, as I almost identify that song as The Jason Bourne theme as I would Bond's music as his theme.
I have always loved "Can't Even Tell" by Soul Asylum at the end of "Clerks." It's probably the most appropriate closing song for the subject matter and the end of the day Dante has just had. (I prefer the theatrical ending over the original, FYI.)
I also loved that they used "Extreme Ways" again in "Bourne Supremacy." I will be greatly disappointed if they don't use it again for the final Bourne film, as I almost identify that song as The Jason Bourne theme as I would Bond's music as his theme.
First one I thought of.
03-07-05, 03:56 PM
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ditto for the closing song in rushmore. i am also partial to the closing song in good will hunting (? by elliot smith) as he drives off to california. i'm not sure if it ran over the closing credits, however.
kms
edit -- changed WSOP to california. sorry, got my matt damon movies briefly mixed up.
kms
edit -- changed WSOP to california. sorry, got my matt damon movies briefly mixed up.
03-07-05, 06:43 PM
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kms_md: The song at the end of Good Will Hunting is (the Oscar-nominated) "Miss Misery." I also like his cover of the Beatles' "Because" in American Beauty.
One of my favorite movie/music moments is the split-screen sequence in The Rules of Attraction, set to the stereo/single mix of Donovan's "Colours."
But since that's not at the end of the film, my favorite has to be "Jailhouse Rock" at the end of The Blues Brothers. It's a damn perfect way to end the movie.
cheers,
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03-07-05, 07:41 PM
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Into the West Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Man of the Hour Big Fish
And the ending orchestral piece in The Shawshank Redemption.
Sure they may stir a few tears, but they give me a gratifying smile, too.
Man of the Hour Big Fish
And the ending orchestral piece in The Shawshank Redemption.
Sure they may stir a few tears, but they give me a gratifying smile, too.
03-07-05, 07:50 PM
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I'd like to throw in Highway [Reprised] from Mark Motherbaugh at the end of Bottle Rocket, there's something about that tune playing while Dignan turns around to walk back into prison that gets me every time.
03-08-05, 02:15 AM
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for the LOTR fanboys. Song blew just like the rest of that uninspired score. Best end song of all time has to be "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno at the end of Traffic. Blows all the ones I've seen posted so far out of the water.
03-08-05, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Burzmali
for the LOTR fanboys. Song blew just like the rest of that uninspired score. Best end song of all time has to be "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno at the end of Traffic. Blows all the ones I've seen posted so far out of the water.
03-08-05, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Burzmali
for the LOTR fanboys. Song blew just like the rest of that uninspired score. Best end song of all time has to be "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno at the end of Traffic. Blows all the ones I've seen posted so far out of the water.
03-08-05, 11:58 AM
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i'd also add 'the hands that built america' by u2 at the end of gangs of new york.
it's a great song IMO by itself. the way its led into at the end of the film makes it better than great.
it's a great song IMO by itself. the way its led into at the end of the film makes it better than great.
03-08-05, 01:13 PM
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doesn't generate a smile, but the reprise of "Mein Herz Brennt" ("My Heart Burns") by Rammstein at the end of Lilya 4-ever expresses a furious desperation perfectly suited to the moment.
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03-08-05, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cleaver
Also that Bird is the Word song at the end of Full Metal Jacket.