Favorite Use of a Song in a Film
By: Donald R. Monroe
Very much a work in progress.
“Sounds of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel— The Graduate
“The End” by the Doors— Apocalypse Now
“Singing in the Rain”— A Clockwork Orange
“Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones— Goodfellas
“The Weight” by the Band— Easy Rider
“Man of Constant Sorrow” by Union Station— Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
“The Man in Me” by Bob Dylan— The Big Lebowski
“Moon River” by Johnny Mercer— Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“As Time Goes By” by Dooley Wilson— Casablanca
“Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” by Burt Bacharach— Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
“Everybody’s Talkin”by Harry Nilsson— Midnight Cowboy
“Que Sera, Sera” by Doris Day— The Man Who Knew Too Much
“Springtime For Hitler” by Mel Brooks— The Producers
“Philadelphia” by Neil Young— Philadelphia
“Putting on the Ritz” by Mel Brooks— Young Frankenstien
“Seems Like Old Times”— Annie Hall
“The Black Bear”- The Longest Day
“Bookends” by Simon and Garfunkel— (500) Days of Summer
“Peter and the Wolf” — M
“Late for the Sky” by Jackson Browne — Taxi Driver
“Amoreena” by Elton John - Dog Day Afternoon- National Lampoon’s Animal House
“Louie, Louie” by the Kingsmen
“Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart— the Shawshank Redemption
“Plastic Jesus” by Paul Newman— Cool Hand Luke
“Sing Out!/ Trouble” by Cat Stevens— Harold and Maude
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01Mike Nichols
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02Dennis Hopper
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03Hal Ashby
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04Michael Curtiz
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05Stuart Rosenberg
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06George Roy Hill
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07Fritz Lang
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08Jonathan Demme
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09John Landis
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10Francis Ford Coppola
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11Blake Edwards
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12Joel Coen
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13Frank Darabont
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14Stanley Kubrick
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15Alfred Hitchcock
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16Sidney Lumet
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17Martin Scorsese
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18Mel Brooks
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19Marc Webb
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20Martin Scorsese
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21Mel Brooks
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22Joel Coen
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23John Schlesinger
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24Woody Allen