Favourite song/piece of music from a film

[Maltin]

There are far too many to be able to choose one favourite.

On the Disney thread, I choose my favourite songs in Disney movies.

Chim Chim Cher-ee
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius
When You Wish Upon a Star
Whistle While You a Work
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

From the AFI nominees for top (American) movie songs of the last 100 years http://http.vitalstreamcdn.com/aficom_vitalstream_com/docs/tvevents/pdf/songs400.pdf, and their top choices http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/songs.aspx I think the top 5 are simply wonderful.






Others I think are excellent (not necessarily the performance in the film and trying to restrict to one per film):

Cheek to Cheek (TOP HAT)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS)
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin) (HIGH NOON)
New York, New York (ON THE TOWN)
Oh, What a Beatiful Mornin' (OKLAHOMA)
Rock Around the Clock (BLACKBOARD JUNGLE)
Stormy Weather (STORMY WEATHER)
Summertime (PORGY AND BESS)
That's Entertainment (BAND WAGON)
There is Nothing Like A Dame (SOUTH PACIFIC)
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH)

Looking at music, their score list is a pretty good place to start to find some wonderful music.

Other films with exceptional music in them:

Genevieve
The Great Escape

Other bits of music that I can think of just now:

James Bond theme

There are obviously many, many more.

 

[Maltin]

Couple more:

 

[Maltin]

Another one not mentioned:

 

[LDR]

Dueling Banjos from Deliverance.

 

[Augie March]

Another one not mentioned:

Adagio for Strings in The Elephant Man and Platoon

Pah!

 

[Maltin]

Pah!

Didn't notice it in the middle of a sentence.

Anyway, I put up a link to the song so

 

[k_s]

'the killing moon' by echo and the bunnymen from the beginning of donnie darko. One of the many, many, many reasons that the director's cut was utter wank was that this song had been replaced at the start and only showed up in the form of a lousy remix later on

 

[damnhippie]

just found this thread, it's ace

i love the Withnail & I closing credits music - it's this wonderfully skewed circus-style music that somehow manages to be bleak, grandiose and kind of stumbling drunk all at once...

they also use a lovely folky version of the main motif when the characters are in Pembrokeshire (i think).

and Hang Out the Stars in Indiana from the same film.

from the Big Lebowski - the dream sequence set to Just Popped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

 

[Dubversion]

the tune they keep playing in Rio Bravo - some old Mexican piece - is wonderful

 

[Maltin]

Possibly too simplistic for the AFIs nominations but I also love:

 

[DJ Triviality]

that dean stockwell song is pretty cool.

how about the person who suggested it shags me?

 

[Leica]

that dean stockwell song is pretty cool.

how about the person who suggested it shags me?

 

[DJ Triviality]

Yeah good choice, I love Roy Orbison! I like that Annie Lennox cover of a Neil Young's 'Dont let it bring you down', someone reminded me of that A.Bsountrack.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Another vote for Midnight Cowboy here. If I had to say one tune and one film it would be this.

 

[DJ Triviality]

The Mission

 

[Leica]

Peggy Lee and

 

[Mrs Bradley]

Bad Moon Rising by Creedance Clearwater Revival from An American Werewolf in London....ooooo the shivers

 

[Maltin]

Looking through the Oscar nominees, more come to mind:

The Deadwood Stage (Calamity Jane)
Three Coins in the Fountain

 

[Maltin]

Looking at music, their score list is a pretty good place to start to find some wonderful music.

Seeing as I didn't put any clips up from that wonderful list, here are some:

Star Wars



Lawrence of Arabia





The Adventures of Robin Hood

Vertigo

 

[Maltin]

Thought of another one the other day:

 

[Maltin]

I also like the score to:

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[AverageJoe]

Move Away and Shine (Polyphonic Spree) - Thumbsucker
All of Natural Born Killers
The M83 stuff in Nightwatch
Rob D's Clubbed to Death - everything sci fi in the last 5 years in seems...
God Gave Rock and Roll to You (Kiss) - Bill and Ted
So Ronery - Team America

 

[chazegee]

Ready steady go in collateral
Turners theme in Performance.
Singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange
To the limit in Scarface/ We need a montage in Team America

 

[r0bb0]

I watched Zombie's film the Devils Rejects other day & love the end song Freebird by Lynyrd Skynrd SPOILER ALERT DONT WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM

 

[N_igma]

Love this wee piece from Good Will Hunting

 

[r0bb0]

I think this post was created before embedded vid urls hit the board upgrade so I'm gonna post this on Favourite song/piece of music from a film 2 (with embedded Video)

 

[Orang Utan]

I think this post was created before embedded vid urls hit the board upgrade so I'm gonna post this on Favourite song/piece of music from a film 2 (with embedded Video)

eh? what? why?

 

[r0bb0]

& see what happens lol

 

[r0bb0]

eh? what? why?

because no one posted any video clips on here there all links & the post is from 2007

 

[Orang Utan]

so what?