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Post by kevin on Oct 28, 2018 12:00:55 GMT
What are some examples of the best use of an existing song in a movie? So songs that have been specifically made for the movie don't count. A few examples that I can think of:
Back to the Future - Johnny B. Goode (cover) Baby Driver - Hocus Pocus, Focus Children of Men - King Crimson, The Court of the Crimson King Children of Men - Radiohead, Life in a Glasshouse Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Beatles, Twist & Shout Kill Bill - Tomoyasu Hotei, Battle Without Honor or Humanity Pulp Fiction - Chuck Berry, You Never Can Tell Pulp Fiction - Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon (cover) Scott Pilgrim - Frank Black, I Heard Ramona Sing Shaun of the Dead - Queen, Don't Stop Me Now
What I notice is that I have 3 instances of Tarantino & Edgar Wright in this list. They're both masters with picking good songs for their movies. Another recent example I can think of is Immigrant Song in Thor: Ragnarok. And two instrumental tracks or melodies that were around before the movie:
2001: A Space Odyssey - Richard Strauss, Thus Spoke Zarathustra The Exorcist - Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells
Edit: The Breakfast Club - Simple Minds, Don't You (Forget About Me) is an original song written for the movie and therefore it doesn't count.
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