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I was interested in seeing a list of movies and their signature songs.  You know, movies that have a song that is associated with them.  Or songs that when you hear them you automatically think of the one movie that is associated with them.

The primary example I can think of at this moment is horrible, but is should serve as an example.  TITANIC and that godawful Celine Dion song.  When you think of one, you think of the other.

Or say APOCALYPSE NOW and Ride of the Valkyries.  (Although I think of "kill the wabbit" when I hear Ride of the Valkyries.)

I think you can figure out what I'm getting at even though my examples suck.  I had an interesting idea and couldn't follow through.  Although I'm sure all you message boardians can come up with something.  Preferably "bad movie" related.

Have at it!

 Mofo Rising wrote:
   "The primary example I can think of at this moment is horrible, but is should serve as an example. TITANIC and that god-awful Celine Dion song. "

 I liked the song by Celine Dion " My Heart Will Go On".   This song got me through a very ruff time in my life.  This song came out when I lost my first child and seven months later I lost my second child.  


The only thing I liked about "Titanic" is it show How the ship went down.  I have always been interested in the "Titanic" and its history.  

Bad part of  "Titanic" was the story line between  Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet.

Uhmmm... Let me think...

1) "Johnny B. Good" ----> Back to the future.

2) The Door's "The End" ----> Apocalypse Now

3) "Moonriver" ----> Breakfast at Tiffany's

Not B Movies, though.

Blue Moon ---> An American Werewolf in London

One Tin Soldier ---> Billy Jack

"Bad To The Bone" -> Christine

Ghost: Unchained Melody (Time...goes byyy...so slooowly..)
Ghostbusters: Do I REALLY have to say it?
Men in Black: See "Ghostbusters"
Beetlejuice: Not really a song per se, but  the main theme by Danny Elfman ROCKS.
Jurassic Park: See "Beetlejuice", replace Danny Elfman  with John Williams.

"Good Enough" by Cyndi Lauper = "The Goonies."

The DVD even has the weird MTV music video.  Rowdy Roddy Piper!  The Sheik!  And, at the end, Andre the Giant stomping around!  It is like a weird 80's hallucination.

Megadeth - "Angry Again" - Last Action Hero
AC/DC - "Big Gun" - Last Action Hero
Guns N Roses - "You Could Be Mine" - Terminator 2
"Terminator Theme" - DOY~!~

Here are a couple from off the top of my head. "Blue Velvet" for "Blue Velvet" and "The Dampton Worm Song" for "Lair of the White Worm." I'll have some more for later. Enjoy!

Reservoir Dogs/"Stuck in the Middle With You"
Pulp Fiction/"Misirlou"
Blue Velvet/"Blue Velvet" or "In Dreams"
The Blob/"The Blob"
2001/"Also Sprach Zarathustra" and "Blue Danube Waltz"
A Clockwork Orange/"Singin' In the Rain" and "Ode to Joy"
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes/"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"

Less on-topic, but if you want to hear an actually pretty good version of that Celine Dion song, check out Los Straitjackets' Ventures-style instrumental version.

AC/DC "Who Made Who?" --------> Maximum Overdrive

"Twist and Shout" -- Ferris Beuller's Day Off (keep in mind I never owned a Beatles album).  Also "Oh Yeah" from the same movie.

"Puttin on the Ritz" --  Young Frankenstein.

"Layla" -- Goodfellas

"Deuling Banjos" - Deliverance

"I got You Babe"  -- Groundhog Day

The BBC miniseries The Singing Detective has a ton of songs in it that I'll never be able to here again without thinking of the series.

King Frat --->  "King Frat"
Awful little diddly that goes "King frat king ....... fraaaaaaaaaat" and so on and so forth. Very bad. Very Annoying.

I agree with "Oh Yeah" as reminding me of Ferris Beuller

Killer Klowns From Outer Space: "Killer Klownz From Outer Space" - The Dickies
Classic song from a classic band.

Send Me An Angel --> RAD & Teen Wolf Too

Nights In White Satin & My Sharona --> Nights In White Satin

The Mummer's Dance --> Ever After (I know it wasn't in the movie, but all the commercials used it)

Holding Out For a Hero --> Short Circuit II

Soulfinger --> Spies Like Us

I'm So Excited & Holiday Road --> National Lampoon's Vacation

Venus --> She's Out of Control

Paint It Black --> Stir of Echoes

Maniac --> Flashdance

Fame --> Fame

Xanadu & Magic --> Xanadu

"Take My Breath Away" and "Danger Zone*" -> Top Gun   (* or whataver that Kenny Loggins song was)

"Footloose" -> Footloose

I'm All Right --> Caddyshack

Original: signature songs written for the movie.
"Born Free" for "Born Free"
"Georgy Girl" for "Georgy Girl"
"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" for "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
"The Longest Day" for "The Longest Day"
"Never Forsake Me" for "High Noon"
"Never on Sunday" for "Never on Sunday"
"Old Yeller" for "Old Yeller"
"Que Sera Sera" for "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (the remake)
"The Sweetheart Tree" for "The Great Race"
"The Ballad of Thunder Road" for "Thunder Road"
"The Hanging Tree" for "The Hanging Tree"
"High Hopes" for "Hole in the Head"
"Love Is a Many Splendid Thing" for "Love Is a Many Splendid Thing"
"North to Alaska" for "North to Alaska"
"Teach Your Children" for Melody"

Unoriginal: songs previously written, but used as a signature song for a movie.
"The Ballad of the Green Berets" for "The Green Berets"
Big Bad John" for "Big Bad John"
"Captain Buffalo" for "Sergeant Rutledge"
"I Walk the Line" for "I Walk the Line"
"Iko, Iko" for "Rain Man"
"Rambling Rose" for the Japanese anime "Metropolis"
"Red River Valley" for "The Grapes of Wrath"
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" for "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
"Shenadoah" for "Across the Wide Missouri"
"We Are the Champions" for "The Mighty Ducks"

Enjoy!

BoyScoutKevin wrote:
>
> Unoriginal: songs previously written, but used as a signature
> song for a movie.
> "Rambling Rose" for the Japanese anime "Metropolis"
>
> Enjoy!

Are you sure?  I know Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" was used for the climactic scene.  The only "Rambling Rose" I know was by MC5, and that certainly wasn't in the movie.

Here are some more:

"Bohemian Rhapsody"  WAYNE'S WORLD
"Partytime" RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

Mea culpa. You're right. It was "I Can't Stop Loving You." What was I thinking. Now back to our sponsor.

It's A Long Road from "First Blood"

That Kenny Loggins song from Stallone's "Over the Top"
"Meet me half way, across the sky!"

Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper - used to good effect in John Carpenter's Halloween and Stephen King's The Stand.

Bandstand Boogie in John Carpenter's Escape from New York

Alice Cooper's The Man Behind the Mask from Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6.

Benson, Arizona from Dark Star.

Jerry Reed's East Bound and Down - Smokey and the Bandit.

Peggy Sue Got Married used in Peggy Sue Got Married!  :-)

"Showdown" in William Lustig's Maniac.

Tubular Bells in The Exorcist

What was I thinking? It is worst then I thought. It was Nat King Cole who had a hit with "Rambling Rose" in '62, not Ray Charles. Though, that was the same year that Ray Charles had his hit with "I Can't Stop Loving You." Thanks again for Mofo Rising for pointing out my error. Now, back to our sponsor.

'Strange Things Happen' in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2

Opening theme from Star Wars

I've Had the Time of My Life >> Dirty Dancing

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang >> Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Somewhere Over the Rainbow >> Wizard of OZ

the Inspector Gadget Theme from the cartoon, not the movie

"Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper - used to good effect in John Carpenter's Halloween and Stephen King's The Stand."

It was also used as the main song in The Stoned Age

Feel The Heat- Cobra

Do You Believe In Magic- Second Sight

Hell's Bells- Maximum Overdrive

Queen's We Will Rock You was done awesomely in the opening of A Knight's Tale.

Dont You Forget About Me - - Breakfast Club

Didn't "Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark" do a theme song for one of those similar 80's brat pack  (Molly Ringwald) movies like "Pretty In Pink" or "Sixteen Candles"?

OMD sure did.  "If You Leave" was pretty much the theme for "Pretty in Pink."

I have the OMD greatest hits CD, have for years.  Good stuff when taken in moderation.

Yeah, that was the song I was thinking of..couldn't remember the title (but that makes sense) and outside of "The Breakfast Club" I didn't see many of those movies so I coudln't place it accurately

I have a OMD tape around somewhere.  Can't remember the title but it has some kinda strange stuff (like Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech done to music)

i'm too lazy to see if these were mentioned but here's a few that come to mind:

any song from the rocky soundtrack (ie: eye of the tiger, living in america..etc)
We are the champions - "Revenge of the Nerds" - I do'nt know who said The might ducks!
another brick in the wall - "The wall"
danger zone & love and feeling - "Top Gun"
blue moon - "An american werewolf in london"
danke shon - "ferris beuller's day off"
everybody wants to rule the world - "real genius"
Old Time Rock and Roll - "Risky Business"

and I think i'm marred for life with
Open Arms - "The last american virgin"

I can't hear the Beatles song "Can't Buy Me Love" without thinking of the film by the same name, "starring" Patrick Dempsey. There is some evidence that this song was a hit prior, but that's what it means to me.

And is there any film besides Buckaroo Bonzai that could carry that cool synth song that rolls over the credits?

"She do ron ron ron, she do ron ron" - Stripes

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