Songs You Associate With Movies

When I first got to L.A., I spent my first few years in the business licensing music for movies. 'L.A. Confidential', 'American Psycho', 'Boogie Nights', 'Blast From The Past', 'Rushmore', 'There's Something About Mary', 'American Beauty', 'American Pie', 'The Sixth Sense', 'Three Kings'......... worked on all those and more, and my memory of the repertoire involved is largely defined by that experience.

One of the big ones isn't a movie, tho. When I joined EMI we had just started the Ultra-Lounge series of compilation CDs that featured eclectic mambo, space pop, jazz, silliness, etc. We licensed a ton of that music to HBO for "Real Sex". So there's that.

Postby **Kicksave** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:22 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQY_QL_wvQU

Postby **Kicksave** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:27 pm

Source of the post Wasn't My Heart Will Go On written specifically for Titanic? How dare you break the rules.

Whoops.

Postby **Kicksave** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:27 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQswfILThsY

Postby **Shyster** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:07 pm

The song Fly Me to the Moon a/k/a In Other Words to me equals the TV and movie franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion. Multiple different recordings of the song were used for the closing credits of the TV show, the non-vocal music was used as background music, and the song shows up in the various Evangelion movies. This is the version recorded for Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqGSUkiCOM

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:08 pm

Highway to the Danger Zone = Top Gun

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Fail. That song was written for the movie.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:11 pm

https://youtu.be/Vnywlzr7Y1o

Postby **PFiDC** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:13 pm

Born to be Wild - Easy Rider

Postby **Beveridge** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:22 pm

Low Rider - Gone in 60 Seconds

Don't You - Breakfast Club (Kicksave wins)

In Your Eyes - Say Anything

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:29 pm

Tequila-Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:37 pm

https://youtu.be/WsXBHIYjTPw

https://youtu.be/BFHC8cYEhzM

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:37 pm

Ride of the Valkyries - composed by Richard Wagner in Apocalypse Now

Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen in Full Metal Jacket

What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, Good Morning Vietnam

Not sure what it is with Vietnam movies and music for me...lol

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:49 pm

In Your Eyes - Say Anything

Can't believe it took to page two before someone mentioned this.

One of the best needle drops ever.

Postby **Factorial** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:59 pm

Bad Lieutenant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-PxCWwu5kQ

Postby **Tico Rick** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:24 pm

I can't believe no one has mentioned Singin' in the Rain, which was written 25 years before the movie of the same name, and the ultimate movie-associated song, As Time Goes By:

Postby **eddy** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:59 pm

I can't believe no one figured out send me an angel yet...

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:26 pm

Right back where we started from (Maxine Nightengale) - every bus trip in Slap Shot

I can't hear Miserlou without thinking its the intro to pulp fiction. You can probably say the same for The Revels - Comanche (aka the Bring Out The Gimp song)

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:27 pm

I can't believe no one figured out send me an angel yet...

That's a rad suggestion