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Post by Johnny-Come-Lately on Mar 18, 2017 23:47:34 GMT
I was watching A View to Kill, and in the opening scene Roger Moore is snowboarding and killing Russians and all of a sudden California Girls by The Beach Boys is playing. Can you think of any other poorly placed songs?
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Post by ck100 on Mar 18, 2017 23:49:33 GMT
Didn't people have some complaints about some of the songs used in "Suicide Squad"? I think some people thought some of the songs were too "on the nose" for certain characters/scenes.
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Post by Johnny-Come-Lately on Mar 18, 2017 23:52:48 GMT
Didn't people have some complaints about some of the songs used in "Suicide Squad"? I think some people thought some of the songs were too "on the nose" for certain characters/scenes. I heard something about it, but haven't seen the movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 23:56:04 GMT
Watched part of A Bronx Tale last night. During a scene in which some mob guys are approaching a bar which some bikers have stopped at The Beatles' "Come Together" starts playing. It didn't fit at all.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 19, 2017 10:27:57 GMT
The Fan (1996)
Bobby D plays some baseball obsessing lunatic who kidnaps the little son of his biggest sport idol played by Wesley Snipes, and in one scene I think he ends up chasing down the little kid, with some Nine Inch Nail track being played at the absolute max in the background, with the lyrics going:
I WANNA TASTE YOU!
I WANNA FEEL YOU!
I WANNA FUCK YOU!
Over and over again, probably more hilarious than poor.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 13:02:22 GMT
Suicide Squad. In this situation it was almost expected as to what song would come next. Most of the songs played were/are good but the movie gave those songs a cheesy effect. I hope this isn't the trend in future movies.
I'm not against using popular songs in movies but they should be done in a way where the song stands out and not just to have a collection of great classic rock songs inserted in every other scene so that the soundtrack can be named "best soundtrack of 2017"
I also give props to studios that have lesser known songs from popular acts on their film soundtracks. The B-Sides from the best artists of all time. That tells me the people behind the movie are actually fans of the band and feel the need to bring attention to the just as great songs that rarely or didn't get enough air play.
Wayne's World did Bohemian Rhapsody right, not SS
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Post by drystyx on Mar 19, 2017 16:30:38 GMT
First, I'll "ditto" Obi's remark on the pathetic Suicide Squad, a total disaster in every way.
Second, I'll name all the songs in THE GRADUATE, which S and G wrote without really knowing what they were writing for. Their songs are classic, but are totally misused in the movie. What in the world relates Mrs. Robinson to Joe DiMaggio? The songs are placed in areas where they don't make sense in a story that doesn't make sense, about some sicko deciding to have children by the one woman whose parents he can never sanely visit on holidays with the children. There is no way anyone can be satisfied that the girl leaves the other guy for this bland masochist.
Third pick is all the classic Morricone music and scores so poorly abused and misused in those pathetic Leone Westerns that are only liked by the control freaks so prevalent on IMDB.
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Post by brownstones on Mar 19, 2017 16:41:24 GMT
Didn't people have some complaints about some of the songs used in "Suicide Squad"? I think some people thought some of the songs were too "on the nose" for certain characters/scenes. It's a little bit of this and the fact that it is kind of unrelenting, I mean we go from song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song. If they used it sparingly for like a character or a few moment's then sure, but how it behaves like the vinyl scene in Shaun of the Dead it loses effectiveness and can be irritating. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 16:48:28 GMT
"Love Hurts" in the 2007 Halloween remake is easily one of the worst offenders.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 19, 2017 17:07:04 GMT
Me and Mrs. Jones in the scene in Bridget Jones' Diary where Bridget discovers that her mum is cheating was too on the nose.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 23, 2020 16:48:35 GMT
Q&A (1990): "The Hit" by Ruben Blades.
The song pops up more than once and sticks out incongruously in an otherwise gritty film.
I thought that perhaps rights to the original song could not be acquired and led to this track being a replacement, but no.
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Post by kevin on May 23, 2020 17:05:39 GMT
Suicide Squad is the first one that comes to mind.
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Post by bravomailer on May 23, 2020 17:34:39 GMT
A few films use music to convey paradox:
Surfin' Bird right after brief battle in Full Metal Jacket.
The Thieving Magpie during the gang fight and Singing In The Rain amid a home invasion and murder in A Clockwork Orange.
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Post by onethreetwo on May 23, 2020 17:36:02 GMT
Star Trek Beyond.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on May 23, 2020 19:25:07 GMT
The song at the end of Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla has always struck Catman as a bit of an odd choice.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 23, 2020 20:28:36 GMT
You can make a whole list on just Watchmen alone. Standout offenders include the infamous "Hallelujah" sex scene, and "The Sound of Silence" playing during a funeral scene. You get the sense Snyder was trying to be Kubrick, and ended up Mike Myers.
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Post by sostie on May 23, 2020 23:19:06 GMT
I was watching A View to Kill, and in the opening scene Roger Moore is snowboarding and killing Russians and all of a sudden California Girls by The Beach Boys is playing. Can you think of any other poorly placed songs? Pretty much where Bond and its humour was at the time. Bond was snow boarding (still a newish thing at the time)...it's a bit like surfing....let's play a song by the most famous surf band!!!
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Post by sostie on May 23, 2020 23:26:36 GMT
Didn't people have some complaints about some of the songs used in "Suicide Squad"? I think some people thought some of the songs were too "on the nose" for certain characters/scenes. It's a little bit of this and the fact that it is kind of unrelenting, I mean we go from song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song to song. If they used it sparingly for like a character or a few moment's then sure, but how it behaves like the vinyl scene in Shaun of the Dead it loses effectiveness and can be irritating. The whole film felt like an attempt to sell a soundtrack album. A group of criminal misfits reluctantly team up, and later bond, whilst trying to beat a world threatening big bad all to a soundtrack of songs in the hopes of having a best selling album release. It emulated Guardians Of The Galaxy and failed on every level. Still, Norman Greenbaum did well...Spirit In The Sky was used in both films
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Post by Reynard on May 24, 2020 17:24:00 GMT
Dario Argento and his use of hard rock and heavy metal during the murder scenes in Phenomena and Opera.
David Lynch - Rammstein in Lost Highway. Yeah it works the first time, but then Lynch does the mistake of using the same song three or four times more.
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 24, 2020 21:36:14 GMT
"Halleluja" during the sex scene in Watchmen was pretty cringe.
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