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Songs you strongly associate with certain films

Patapon

-moderator-
almost 3 years ago

Kill Bill – Oren Ishii, followed by her personal bodyguards, enters The House of Blue Leaves and in the background we hear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLeCjySMi8&fmt=18

No matter how many films/television shows use this song it will never be the same :)

House of Leaves

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almost 3 years ago

Put on your headphones and enjoy

I can’t listen to that song anymore without thinking of this video.

Apparently, this exact scenario has happened six times in Earth’s history.

SOYBEAN

almost 3 years ago

I’m a zit! Get it?

Just looking at John Belushi makes me freakin’ crack up.

tom

almost 3 years ago

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkgpJzvRACE”: TheBandsVisit:

tom

almost 3 years ago

damn link shit!

daft punk

almost 3 years ago

“Hip to be Square”- Huey Lewis and the News, American Psycho

christopher bush

almost 3 years ago

Stuck in the middle- Reservoir Dogs
Everything in its right place- Vanilla Sky
Flowers on the wall- Pulp Fiction
One toke over the line- Fear & Loathing
Big empty- The Crow
Downtown- Girl Interrupted

Jordy Matheso​n

almost 3 years ago

Don’t Kiss me Goodbye – Ultra Orange – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

SOYBEAN

almost 3 years ago

Censored for those on heart medication; The Wicker Man

Willow

Drew Gregory

almost 3 years ago

Very true, Berjuan. All that song means to me is Magnolia. This is nothing against the song.

Dunwich

almost 3 years ago

Spooky – Lock, stock and two smoking barrels
Sweet Jane – Natural Born Killers
Mesecina – Underground

SOYBEAN

almost 3 years ago

Do NOT try to smuggle drugs.

Midnight Express

davecit​o !

almost 3 years ago

Edgar Winter Group – Free RideDazed & Confused

Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is?After Hours

Harry Nilsson – Jump Into The FireGoodFellas

Buffalo Springfield/Jimi Hendrix/Jefferson Airplane – Mr. Soul/Manic Depression/Plastic Fantastic LoverShampoo

Eric Carmen – All By MyselfTo Die For

tom

almost 3 years ago

Kim Packard

almost 3 years ago

“Romance d’amour” and Les Jeux interdits, Forgidden Games (1952)

I used to play this tune on my guitar.

tom

almost 3 years ago

Marc Koprina​rov

almost 3 years ago

Also:
Ram Jam – Black Betty (Blow)
Underworld- Born Slippy (Trainspotting)
Harry Nilsson- Everybody’s Talkin’ (Midnight Cowboy)
Maxine Nightingale- Right back where we started from (Slap Shot)

Amlethu​s

almost 3 years ago

That Steppenwolf song with Easy Rider!!!!

Someone mentioned Underworld in conjunction with Trainspotting’s closing sequence — but who can forget ‘Lust for Life’ by Iggy Pop over the opening sequence?

Guhh stupid link code

Edit to the edit: I’ll also have a hard time disassociating Donovan’s ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man’ from Zodiac for the rest of my dumb life.

Erik Villase​nor

almost 3 years ago

Oh Yeah- Ferris Bueller’s day off

Erik Villase​nor

almost 3 years ago

You are forgiven by the who- Rushmore

SOYBEAN

almost 3 years ago

Geoges Bizet’s Carmen

The Bad News Bears

Fandori​n-san

almost 3 years ago

Amie Mann’s “One” and Magnolia…

Thanks to everyone who posted links, some really good stuff there. Soybean’s just busting out classic after classic!

I like the trend of songs that became more associated with films they’re not originally from, like “Singin’ in the Rain” in A Clockwork Orange. Does anybody know of any others?

Another example of this would be Yumeji’s Theme in In The Mood for Love, which was originally composed for Seijun Suzuki’s Yumeji

Also, another question I have you for you guys is do you think having the song played more than once or having the song play over the film’s trailer makes you associate the song with the film more? Or is it just the strength of the scene its used in?

SOYBEAN

almost 3 years ago

Well, it could be either one, but also the strength of the song.

maybe I should say, the quality of the song.

Jessica Corneli​us

almost 3 years ago

California Dreamin’ by the Mamas and the Papas (Chungking Express)

SOYBEAN

almost 3 years ago

Here you go Jessica; California Dreamin’

Macguff​in

almost 3 years ago

L7’s “Shitlist” with pretty much any Tarkovsky film.