Best music in a movie

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Right now I'm not talking about soundtrack albums (There is a post for those) But about the best music with a movie scene it's played in. A song that makes the scene wonderfull instead of good.

My 2 favourites:

Gypsy Kings-Hotel California (Spanish) In the big Lebowski (Gezus Bowling scene)

Slim Whitman-I remember You In House of 1000 corpses (The scene in witch they find the dead cheerleaders and the cop get's executed.)

 

Just a couple to start it off:

The closing song by Neil Young in Philadelphia.

The main score from Jurassic Park.

 

The snap out at the end of Event Horizon. When it jumps into Funky Sh** by the prodigy....Excellent.

Also, the arabic type music in Spy Game was really good.

 

"Apocalypse now", when the american helicopters are heading to a vietnamese village and the loudspeakers on one of the helicopters play Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyrie".

 

Shaft

 

"Twist and Shout" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

 

Movies with the best scores (IMO!):
-Lord of the Rings
-13th Warrior
-Knight's Tale (the score, not the rock...although the rock was good too)
-Braveheart

 

Best overall Scores:
LotR trilogy and Last Of The Mohicans

Best scene-score/song:
Clannad playing over Nathaniel and co tracking Cora and co

Twist and Shout from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The helicopters/Ride Of the Valkyries scene from Apocalypse Now

Most anything from Blues Brothers or Blues Brothers 2000 particularly Ghost Riders In The Sky

 

Ennio Morricone's music to "The Good, the bad and the ugly" and his music to "For a handful of dollars" are both brilliant.

The score to Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" is also great, especially Händel's "Sarabande".

 

"Stuck in the middle with you" during the ear scene in Reservoir Dogs! I always loved that song, and now whenever I hear it, it freaks me out!

That "Whoohoo" song in Starship Troopers. It's called "Song 3" or something like that, but I can't remember who performs it.

"When the Man comes around" by Johnny Cash during the opening sequence of the new Dawn of the Dead movie.

That's all I can think of right this second!

 

Tarantino movies like Kill Bill, certainly Pulp Fiction and such.

Also LotR of course. 13th warrior like someone said. You know, all them.

Also Jay and Silent Bob features some ****ed up music. Just mentioning.

 

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"Stuck in the middle with you" during the ear scene in Reservoir Dogs! I always loved that song, and now whenever I hear it, it freaks me out!
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Yeah I forgot that one. They play that song at my work now and then and I always ask the people I work with if i may cut off there ear! Most didn't see the movie so they don't get it!

 

Forrest Gump

Brilliant use of Popular music in a movie soundtrack.

"Bad Moon Rising" in the Original American Werewolf movie.

"Dude Looks Like a Lady" in Mrs. Doubtfire

"Twist and Shout" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I'll think of more later...

 

That's "Song 2" by Blur.

 

I love the song in starship troopers sung by Zoe Poledouris at the dance. It isnt on the soundtrack, as it comes on just after into it. Cant remember its name though.

 

@ Takara

You read my mind! That was, i think, the first thing that jumped into my head when i read the first post.

Also, Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart in Donnie Darko, the halloween party scene (just for it's sentiment within the film).
Also same movie, the getting off the school bus scene...i uh, can't remember the name of the song though...whoops.
Finally, Neon Genesis Evangeleon: Death and Rebirth, the end credits sequence, Pachabells Cannon. Most beautifull end credits sequence ever made in my opinion.

 

and offcourse:

White Rabbit in fear and loathing in las vegas!

 

The first "train" scene in "Once upon a time in the west" where Bronson plays the harmonica tune.

 

The shaft theme owns all of them tunes.

 

Spybreak by Propellerjeads, The Matrix