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Best Song in a film

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I did a search and didn't find a topic, so....

We're not talking complete soundtracks here, just best use of a song in a film, or top five/ten perhaps.

Mine would be

Burning Bridges in Kelly's Heroes
Self-Preservation Society in The Italian Job
Iggy Pop's Lust For Life in Trainspotting
King Herod's Song in Jesus Christ Superstar
The Pixies' Where Is My Mind in Fight Club
Soggy Bottom Boys' I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow in Oh Brother Where Art Thou
The Byrds' Turn! Turn! Turn! in Forrest Gump
The Beatles' Nowhere Man in Yellow Submarine
Big Country's Restless Natives in Restless Natives
Steppenwolf's Born To Be Wild in Easy Rider
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Damien Rice's Blower's Daughter in Closer.

Edit: It was in (I think) the opening scene:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOi8jpmWaNQ&feature=related
But my first link is the full song.
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After the Flesh by My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult, from The Crow.
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Cat People In Inglorious Basterds. It actually got a laugh out of me. Charmingly anachronistic, but it *worked*
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Oh, definitely "Where is My Mind" from Fight Club!

I'd also say "Hey" by The Pixies in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Gawd I love that song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbS7yxB0ZTQ

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen in Wayne's World

Also, the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack with Kronos Quartet's repetition of that haunting theme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-rD8vcY4U

"Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealer's Wheel on the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack.

I also thought the beginning of The Watchmen did well to use Bob Dylan's song, "The Times They Are A Changin", though I never saw the end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2hNhM3dHB4

oh! AND "Hey Jude" in The Royal Tenenbaums. I loved the way they used it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkXiQ2QcCjg

AND and "Needle in the Hay" by Elliot Smith in the same film
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyBB7y8fDU

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Wise Up by Aimee Mann in Magnolia
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Fist and Faith wrote:Damien Rice's Blower's Daughter in Closer.

Edit: It was in (I think) the opening scene:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOi8jpmWaNQ&feature=related
But my first link is the full song.
Wow.
I've only know one other person who's even heard of that great song.
Volcano is also good from his own album.
I have yet to see the movie though.
Any good?
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The movie is pretty awesome in a dark, weird way. :)

I'm also a fan of Damien Rice. Good stuff.
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lucimay wrote:Wise Up by Aimee Mann in Magnolia
Seconded!

Oh, and "Lust for Life" and "Stuck in the middle with you" are great too!
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anything from "Flash Gordon"
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Yeah, I bought Rice's cd because of The Blower's Daughter, and like the rest of it pretty well. Aime in particular.
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This Woman's Work by Kate Bush in She's Having A Baby
Innocent When You Dream by Tom Waits in Smoke
And embarrasingly,
I'd Rather Be A Wanderer from Knightriders

Those are the films that a song really made a scene in a movie for me that I can think of right off the top of my head. As for movies that are definitely enhanced overall by their soundtrack, which set the proper tone overall through music, but weren't exactly created for the movie:

Garden State
The Graduate (actually, was the soundtrack created for the film, or just the song Mrs. Robinson?)
The majority of Wes Anderson movies
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a few that spring to mind, are:

Audrey Hepburn singing Moonriver the only reason to watch Breakfast at Tiffanys

Lou Christie's, Lightnin' Strikes Again - in the movie, Strange Behaviour

Tito & Tarantula, After Dark - From Dusk Till Dawn

and...
Eric Idle conning Mrs. Scum out of her liver with the (very educational!) Galaxy Song in the film The Meaning of Life :biggrin:
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I just remembered a favorite! Salsa y Ketchup from Straight To Hell.
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I actually almost forgot about this! Classic!
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The Dreaming wrote:I actually almost forgot about this! Classic!
D'oh! Good call, The Dreaming!
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Some great picks, but just to be different, I'd switch a few.

Lust for Life to Perfect Day. After the Flesh to STP's Big Empty. Underground by Tom Waits in *ugh* Robots.

I'd throw in:

Breath by Pearl Jam in Singles.
Tiny Rubberband by the Butthole Surfers and Moby in the Spawn soundtrack (or just about anything else from that one)
Nine Inch Nail's Perfect Drug from Lost Highway.
And, finally, What the Hell Have I by Alice in Chains from The Last Action Hero.

<edit> Can't believe I forgot Bad Religion's Leaders and Followers from Clerks.
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I can't believe that no one has mentioned www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRwQjTYfGI. O.K I am half joking. 8)
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:D

And how about some Rubber Duck, anyone?

Not exactly a 'song', but Duelling Banjos
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I couldn't choose between these two songs. They're only a couple of mins each:

Cheech

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Chong

Chong looks really familiar I'm sure I've seen him somewhere before???
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