It's All About The Song
Films and shows that are now associated with one specific song or musical scene, even if another song(s) was intended by the producers. The only requirement being that I really like the song and "hopefully" the film although that is not always the case.
And you can watch all of them and kill an afternoon by copying and pasting in the links.
And you can watch all of them and kill an afternoon by copying and pasting in the links.
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- DirectorGary RossStarsTobey MaguireJeff DanielsJoan AllenTwo 1990s teenage siblings find themselves transported to a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that colorless, complacent world.The inspiration for this list is Fiona Apple's cover of "Across the Universe", utilizing the film's diner set.
View at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmlnO1EwCT4
1998 - Fiona Apple: Across the Universe (1998) - Fiona - DirectorBob FosseStarsLiza MinnelliMichael YorkHelmut GriemA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.Tomorrow Belongs To Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7IOXZx9PNA
The branch of the linden is leafy and Green,
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea.
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen.
Tomorrow belongs to me. - DirectorMarek KanievskaStarsAndrew McCarthyJami GertzRobert Downey Jr.A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.A Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrwImCJCqk - DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsVal KilmerStacy PeraltaDaniel AdesAn uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan.View at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1FMJdqqLiM&t=125s
1985 - Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World (1985) -
tt6863866 - DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill HunterA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.Dancing Queen - Bridal Shop Scene
View at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWurGQxUhd8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZhfvnkoN4E - DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsLogan LermanEmma WatsonEzra MillerCharlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.David Bowie - "Heroes" | The Tunnel scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FDSXSG5RM&t=6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_oLiPNZ5ks - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe MenjouAfter a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.Christine Kubrick - Der Treue Husar (The Faithful Hussar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGmuICb8a7Y&t=26s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdTKv6KFejI - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.Stephen Warbeck's score plays during the entire film but is especially good over the closing credits.
My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed all to pieces. And all the helpless souls within her drowned. All save one. A lady. Whose soul is greater than the ocean, and her spirit stronger than the sea's embrace. Not for her a watery end, but a new life beginning on a stranger shore. It will be a love story. For she will be my heroine for all time. And her name will be Viola.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0r3Ga23tD4&t=470s - DirectorCarroll BallardStarsJeff DanielsAnna PaquinDana DelanyA father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.10000 miles - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best ever synergy between a song and a feature film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GjUD8ybBJk - DirectorChris BuckJennifer LeeStarsKristen BellIdina MenzelJonathan GroffFearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.Idina Menzel - Let It Go
Probably the only one on this list where the song was so good that they completely reworked what was intended to be the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU&list=PLyORnIW1xT6zC14Z45V6c00JFwRBWdh8P&index=2 - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsDemi MooreRob LoweAndrew McCarthyA group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7vNdAb5e4 - DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.Simple Minds, "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gLVqjIvokc&t=108s - DirectorJames ClavellStarsSidney PoitierJudy GeesonChristian RobertsIdealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.Lulu, Title Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1qmmMwc9M - DirectorBoaz YakinStarsBrittany MurphyDakota FanningHeather LocklearA grown-up woman who kept her childish instincts and behavior starts working as the nanny of an 8-year-old girl who actually acts like an adult. But everything ends right-side up.Chantal Kreviazuk- Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2YWiZIg1Q8 - DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsEvan Rachel WoodHolly HunterNikki ReedA thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.Explain it to me-Liz Phhair (Thirteen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEOGovkxkSw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqwrOsAXhmo
Head underwater
Keeps getting harder
Give 'em your medicine
Fame injection
Tell him to jump higher
Tell him to run farther
Make him measure up
Decades longer than you - DirectorGary WinickStarsJennifer GarnerMark RuffaloJudy GreerUnpopular schoolgirl Jenna Rink makes an unusual wish on her birthday. Miraculously, her wish comes true and the 13-year-old Jenna wakes up the next day as a 30-year-old woman.THRILLER DANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu-yPdBSJB8 - DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerJack HawkinsUlla JacobssonOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.Men of Harlech - widely used as a regimental march, especially by British Army and Commonwealth regiments historically associated with Wales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSEU5zHgcTc
Men of Harlech, stop your dreaming,
Can't you see their spearpoints gleaming?
See their warrior pennants streaming,
To this battle field!
Men of Harlech stand ye steady,
It can not be ever said ye
For the battle were not ready,
Welshmen never yield!
From the hills rebounding,
Let this war cry sounding,
Summon all at Cambria's call,
The mighty force surrounding!
Men of Harlech on to glory,
This will ever be your story,
Keep these burning words before ye,
Welshmen will not yield! - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNlUhW0azKI - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia SkalaAn 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.Irene Cara, "Flashdance... What A Feeling"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWSp0m9G2U - DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsNoah HathawayBarret OliverTami StronachA troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.Limahl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHytjEj7B9g&t=114s - DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinDelores TaylorClark HowatEx-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.Coven - One Tin Soldier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1QVYjwa2M8 - DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process."EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'" - NILSSON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lb5LdJ7cLc - DirectorKen AnnakinStarsHenry FondaRobert ShawRobert RyanA dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.Panzerlied (Tankmen's Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzCjrZ4lF5I - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.Barbara Harris - It Don't Worry Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYyDusJYJo - DirectorJohn HustonStarsAileen QuinnAlbert FinneyCarol BurnettA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.“It’s The Hard Knock Life”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH6MstVxehQ - DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCary GrantLeslie CaronTrevor HowardDuring World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.
Pass Me By by Digby Wolfe - Father Goose Opening Credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La9lfSR6vRc&t=38s - DirectorSydney PollackStarsBarbra StreisandRobert RedfordBradford DillmanDuring post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT0IXTXAnmo
Although clichéd and blatantly manipulative, you can't help feeling an emotional rush hearing it. - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Judy Garland -Somewhere Over the Rainbow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU&t=2s
It's all about her octave leap on "Some WHERE", a cathartic rise to introduce a refrain that is emotionally, and melodically, expansive" - DirectorAngus MacLaneStarsChris EvansKeke PalmerPeter SohnWhile spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg who are attempting to steal his fuel source.David Bowie - "Starman"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJ1IUVgreY&t=1s - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsYul BrynnerSteve McQueenCharles BronsonSeven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.The Magnificent Seven • Main Theme • Elmer Bernstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulmgTcGLZw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8-qZxe_y0 - DirectorTim BurtonStarsMia WasikowskaJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterNineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.Avril Lavigne "Alice"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHi1gifyLdU
Trippin' out, Spinnin' around
I'm underground, I fell down
Yeah, I fell down
I'm freakin' out, so where am I now?
Upside down and I can't stop it now
It can't stop me now,
Ohhh
I,
I'll get by
I,
I'll survive
When the world's crashin' down
When I fall and hit the ground
I will turn myself around
Don't you try to stop me
I,
I won't cry
I found myself (Myself) in Wonderland
Get back on (Back on) my feet (My feet) again (Again)
Is this real? (Is this real?)
Is it pretend? (Is it pretend?)
I'll take (I'll take) a stand (A stand) until (Until) the end - DirectorDavid GreeneStarsVictor GarberLynne ThigpenKatie HanleyAn adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.Finale - "Long Live God" - "Prepare Ye" - "Day By Day"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndOBdlL6Uwg
Another great ending. - DirectorAllan MoyleStarsAnthony LaPagliaDebi MazarMaxwell CaulfieldTwenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.The Martinis "Free"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UibpRNs8OMU&t=89s - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.The Ride of the Valkyries from "Die Walküre"
Richard Wagner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePTpg_qJ5Gs - DirectorSteve BarronStarsLenny von DohlenVirginia MadsenMaxwell CaulfieldAn artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.AKA "Minuet" from "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach" (1722)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged and Produced by Giorgio Moroder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc8yjOrGUhQ&list=RDfc8yjOrGUhQ&start_radio=1 - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.The Blue Danube Composed by Johann Strauss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbsxNwSOzRI - DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.The Blue Danube Composed by Johann Strauss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42kS8OjPLhk
The same piece of music used in a very different way in a very different film. The question to ask is whether these differences are entirely superficial. Whether both films are saying the same thing about man.
Clouzot's primary theme was that man is perpetually unsatisfied with his lot and will forever seek the ineffable, often to his detriment. 2001's primary theme was evolution or intelligent design but the hazards of seeking the ineffable was definitely a sub-text in the film.