Movie Poll: Use of a song that made a movie scene flat out perfect in your eyes. May 31, 13:23
Roy Orbison's Candy Coloured Clown in Blue Velvet {nm} May 31, 13:24
so great {nm} May 31, 13:27
Song is actually called In Dreams, of course! {nm} May 31, 14:28
Hurdy Gurdy Man in Zodiac. {nm} May 31, 13:26
oh dear me, haunting. loved it. {nm} May 31, 13:27
Slow clap. thx for that {nm} May 31, 14:50
The End in Apocalypse Now {nm} May 31, 13:35
Start with a bang! Also great starts are Fight the Power in Do the Right Thing and Lust for Life in Trainspotting {nm} May 31, 13:46
Sounds of Silence in the Graduate, The Seeker in The Limey {nm} May 31, 13:47
Those are all awesome. {nm} May 31, 14:18
+1 on both of those. {nm} May 31, 14:24
Recent one: The Mighty Rio Grande by This Will Destroy You in Room May 31, 13:39
Loved that sequence too. {nm} May 31, 14:25
This Will Destroy You has some cold hard classics that they've done. The music works perfectly in Friday Night Lights {nm} May 31, 14:59
Mrs. Robinson. {nm} May 31, 13:39
A thousand years - at the end of breaking dawn part 2 {nm} May 31, 13:40
Upon 110th street - The beginning of Jackie Brown {nm} May 31, 13:43
That old time rock and roll - Risky business {nm} May 31, 13:48
AC/DC's Thunderstruck in Battleships getting-the-old-ship-ready-for-battle scene May 31, 13:43
Agreed. That was perfect {nm} May 31, 13:45
this list is kinda old from a dead website, but hard not to argue with a lot of their picks May 31, 13:43
3 way tie: A Real Hero - Drive, Hip to be Square - American Psycho, Where is My Mind - Fight Club May 31, 14:53
yes, Drive! {nm} May 31, 15:32
Animals- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood- Kill Bill Vol 1 {nm} May 31, 13:50
it doesnt matter have often I see that movie, this always gives me goosebumps, especially this shot May 31, 14:38
Actually that was Santa Esmerelda's version of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood {nm} May 31, 15:24
Singing in the Rain in A Clockwork Orange, improvised by Malcolm McDowell. {nm} May 31, 13:50
But of course! {nm} May 31, 14:18
Danger Zone - Top Gun May 31, 14:10
kenny loggins is the ****... Meet me Halfway - Over the Top! {nm} May 31, 15:33
Danger Zone- Archer {nm} May 31, 21:57
Jumpin Jack Flash in Mean Streets. Girl, you'll be a woman soon in Pulp Fiction. {nm} May 31, 14:19
yes!! {nm} May 31, 15:34
Oh yeah! {nm} May 31, 15:38
Scorcese films in general have great tunes. I prefer the opening sequence in Mean Streets. Be My Baby. {nm} May 31, 23:06
My Boyfriend's Back by The Angels in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising (1963) {nm} May 31, 14:26
get together from fear and loathing in las vegas {nm} May 31, 14:48
so great {nm} May 31, 15:33
Unchained Melody in Ghost. I never work on my pottery without it. {nm} May 31, 14:53
Lou Reed's Perfect Day in Trainspoting is pretty awesome too. {nm} May 31, 14:54
Oh, Wait! Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous!!!! Do I get three picks? {nm} May 31, 14:55
classic! {nm} May 31, 14:56
In Your Eyes from Say Anything... {nm} May 31, 14:56
Awesome! {nm} May 31, 15:39
The drug deal gone wrong scene in Boogie Nights. {nm} May 31, 14:54
thats one of the best scenes ever filmed IMO {nm} May 31, 14:55
Agreed. {nm} May 31, 14:55
scenes gives me chills. that's such a great film. {nm} May 31, 15:03
that is a perfect scene {nm} May 31, 14:56
That's Sister Christian by Night Ranger. May 31, 15:10
Fight Club - Where is My Mind {nm} May 31, 14:55
yes! go out with a bang! More boogie nights - Living Thing from ELO {nm} May 31, 14:59
loved it! also Rushmore - The Who!! {nm} May 31, 15:01
omg, Donnie Darko - Head Over Heels {nm} May 31, 15:03
From the oral history of Boogie Nights (RIP Grantland) about that song May 31, 15:08
yup, it was that same grantland piece. I miss grantland {nm} May 31, 15:16
Simmons 30 second introduction running on HBO is catchy. wonder if it'll take off? {nm} May 31, 15:35
Totally. It's A Quick One, by The Who. {nm} May 31, 15:11
Purple Rain by Prince in the movie Purple Rain. {nm} May 31, 15:03
Let's Hear it for the Boy in the original Footloose. {nm} May 31, 15:06
one of my all time favorite songs {nm} May 31, 15:06
Great music all around, but Beautiful One will always be my favorite {nm} May 31, 15:09
Totally. {nm} May 31, 15:11
That whole sequence: Purple Rain, I would die 4 U and Baby I'm a Star. What a way to end a movie! {nm} May 31, 18:55
Tiny Dancer Elton John. Tour bus scene Almost Famous {nm} May 31, 15:08
+1 {nm} May 31, 15:23
Fire and Rain. James Taylor. Kitchen scene in Running on Empty {nm} May 31, 15:09
Some directors just know how to redefine pop music: Tarantino, PTA, Lynch, Demme, Hughes Wes Anderson... May 31, 15:22
Gimme Shelter in Good Fellas. as Henry is on a coke-fuelled paranoid jag. {nm} May 31, 15:22
All the songs used during that incredible sequence, includes: Monkey Man by the Stones, Jump into the fire! by Nilsson, and May 31, 16:17
Running on Empty - Forest Gump {nm} May 31, 15:37
a top 10 soundtrack of all time.... IMO {nm} May 31, 15:43
Mad World (Donnie Darko) and The Unanswered Question (Lola rennt) {nm} May 31, 15:40
both top notch! {nm} May 31, 15:42
Ella Fitzgerald's cover of "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" and Jo Stafford's cover of "No Other Love" are also on my longlist. {nm} May 31, 15:52
Both in "The Master," of course. {nm} May 31, 15:53
Magnolia, opening scene! One is the Lonliest Number {nm} May 31, 15:52
I'd go with "Save Me," but all her songs are so important to "Magnolia." {nm} May 31, 15:54
100% agree about her songs importance to the film {nm} May 31, 15:59
how could I ever forget Garden State - Let Go {nm} May 31, 15:57
500 Days of Summer - You Make My Dreams {nm} May 31, 16:00
ending scene of Trainwreck was a perfect song - Matter of Trust {nm} May 31, 16:03
Kingsman - Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd {nm} May 31, 16:54
You beat me to it. It's been a while since I saw that Magnolia though so I thought if was later in the movie {nm} May 31, 18:35
Oh, and "Salisbury Hill" in the parody trailer, "Shining." :) May 31, 15:58
Scott Joplin, "The Entertainer" in "The Sting." {nm} May 31, 16:11
Moby's "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" during the final scene of Heat May 31, 16:22
That IS epic, as is the ending of Traffic, the music playing over the final scene at the baseball field. Electric. {nm} Jun 01, 00:23
Tuesday's Gone in Dazed & Confused...Falling Slowly in Once {nm} May 31, 16:50
Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce: X Men DOFP {nm} May 31, 16:55
There can be only one for me. Mirwais - Disco Science from "Snatch" May 31, 18:38
A close second is Ordinary World (Duran Duran) from "Layer Cake" (again, link inside) May 31, 18:45
I'm smiling from ear to ear. "I'm sorry about that. I won't be around for awhile.".... so freaking awesome {nm} May 31, 18:53
I watched Snatch at Lafayette Square Mall, opening night with no heat in the theater. It was 40 degrees and there were May 31, 18:59
Eurotrip - Scotty Doesn't Know {nm} May 31, 20:09
Stand By Me - Final Scene {nm} May 31, 20:10
I'll give a shoutout to Gaurdians of the Galaxy soundtrack in general. The soundtrack was a huge part pf the sucess. {nm} May 31, 23:11