Top 10 Wes Anderson Film Music Cues

No particular order other than #1 – The Life Aquatic – Witnessing the tiger shark’s beauty while Sigur Ros emotes unashamedly

- Rushmore – Mark Mothersbaugh’s jingle bells before Dirk spits on Blume’s car
- Rushmore – “Oh Yoko” by John Lennon, as Max and Blume “train” for their conquest
- Fantastic Mr. Fox – a nonsense song around a campfire. “You wrote a bad song, Petey!”
- The Royal Tenanbaums – Richie and his sister meet at a bus station to the sounds of Nico
- The Royal Tenanbaums – Raising hell with Grandpa Royal to Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”
- Rushmore – Opening Montage of Extracurricular Activities created/managed by Max Fischer (The Kinks?)
- The Darjeeling Limited – The Kinks’ “This Time Tomorrow” as Bill Murray loses his race to catch a train
- The Life Aquatic – Mark Mothersbaugh’s Casio-gone-wild as Team Zissou invades an island to rescue their insurance bond stooge
- The Life Aquatic – The “Life On Mars” cue after Steve Zissou learns Ned might be his son