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Now, we all have our own ideas for what makes a good movie.  Well, I ascertain that any movie worth its salt has a song that was created specifically for the movie itself.  How can you forget the late 80's early 90's tendency for movies to include rap songs that are made for the movie you just watched.

T.U.R.T.L.E. Power for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The Monster Squad song.

Even Who's Harry Crumb had it's own rap song.

So what do you folks think is the best song made specifically for a movie?

Mark Mothersbaughs OST for The Royal Tenenbaums.



Post Edited (09-07-03 04:10)

ghostbusters.  who can forget ghostbusters!  and i'm including the sequel as well.

bobby brown and Run DMC both had their own songs for the movie [can't remember who did what though, i think both were in number 2]

they are great!

After watching the incredible two headed transplant fully that song "It's Incredible" is hilariously bad. I like the strawberry alarm clock's "pretty song from psych-out" which is the main song of psych-out. My favorites would probably be songs by Goblin in movies- nothing with lyrics or singing just compositions.

for sheer memorability and pop-culture significance, it's gotta be Ghostbusters.

but some of my personal faves are Attack of the Killer Tomotatoes and Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

for soundtracks it'd be danny elfman and mark mothersbough.

Goblin...  Amazing stuff.

Dokken and "Dream Warriors" from "A Nightmare On Elm Street III"

Wasn't that weird chant during the end credits of Troll made just for that movie?

And Star Crystal is another.

Two of my favourites:

He's Back (the Man Behind the Mask), performed by Alice Cooper for Friday the 13th: Part 6.

Eastbound and Down, by Jerry Reed, from Smokey and the Bandit.

Quite a few of the Bond themes are also good. Ghostbusters is a classic. I also kind of enjoyed Paul McCartney's Spies Like Us (great movie too).

The Ballad of Harry Warden from the end of My Bloody Valentine.

"Goldfinger"
"Springtime For Hitler" from "The Producers"
OST for "Koyannisqatsi"
OST for "Sorcerer"
OST for "The Professionals"
OST for "Patlabor 2"
Lots of Ennio Morricone
That funky jazz/rock music in the "Lone Wolf And Cub" films. I so wish I could find a soundtrack album of this.

The Ghostbusters theme song was entirely original. The producers first approached Huey Lewis And The News about doing the theme song for the film. They declined and the producers hired Ray Parker Jr. to do the theme song. Huey and Co. sued when they heard the song, because they felt it was musically too similar to their hit song "I Want A New Drug" to be coincidence. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed, but quite large according to Huey, amount.

The opening credits from "The Blob"
Not my favorite, but it gets huge points for camp, and no one mentioned it yet.

------ooo-'U'-ooo---Kilroy was here.

Mr. Henry and Yaddo picked the best ones, but I like Goons BLOB opening music. I just can't remember is it mentions the Blob during that music.

Flash Gordon!

Flash...ahhhhhh...savior of the universe!

Good one, Susan!

So let's not forget Queen's other contributions, to "Highlander" and "Iron Eagle"

Oh, no, mr. 42 has it right on:  "Goldfinger" and "Springtime for Hitler"!  I can't think of any better ones -- The Blob thing does get credit, but ain't even a good song --
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I've been away again -- I just read for John Sayles for his new movie "Silver City".  Part of the coroner, "Henry".  Murder mystery.  Have to wait until the 23rd of this month to get the bad(?) news --
I love showbiz . . .I love showbiz . . . I love showbiz(repeat 50 times & go to bed . . .)
much love,
peter johnson

peter johnson wrote:

> I've been away again -- I just read for John Sayles for his new
> movie "Silver City".  Part of the coroner, "Henry".  Murder
> mystery.  Have to wait until the 23rd of this month to get the
> bad(?) news --
> I love showbiz . . .I love showbiz . . . I love showbiz(repeat
> 50 times & go to bed . . .)
> much love,
> peter johnson

Have you shown them footage from ROBOC.H.I.C.?

I just remembered Cyndi Lauper's song "Goonies 'R' Good Enough".  Mostly because I watched the entire video (both parts) from the DVD all in one sitting.  The experience is burned in my brain.  It's horrible I tell you!

The Simpsons also did a good joke on the end of movie rap.
"To the Z, to the O, to the double R, O, it's the dude with sword in the barrio. . ."

Ya beat me to the goonies mofo, dang. lets not forget the horrible 'go ninja, go ninja go, from vanilla ice' in tmnt2

I have a soft spot for the Itsy Bitsy Spider song at the end of Eight legged Freaks.
My 3 year old daughter still goes around singing that

All of the Bond ones are great.

How about the prime example of "movie as a music video".................Top Gun

I'm sorely dissapointed no one mentioned "Cuban Pete" from The Mask (the gaul of you)

Also, a couple of other songs from movies I like:

A little known group called Riff singing the title song "White Man Can't Jump"

Dave Hollister (f/ Redman and Eric Sermon) singing "The Weekend" from "Ride" (I have the soundtrack)
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Bulls**t, I still can't hear you, sound off like you got a pair.

Shocking to me  is nobody mentioned any classical pieces such as

Indiana Jones, Batman, Jaws, Star Wars, Terminator 2.

I enjoy a lot of the jazz pieces played in "The Score."

I do not know if it is original, but perhaps the most effective song i know is "Mad World" by Gary Jules , played in Donnie Darko.

I also really enjoy the Chad Kroeger song "Hero" which was made for SpiderMan.

Hey Peter nice to hear from you.

Flash that's a good one Susan.

Hah!
As a matter of fact, I do have sections of the scene with me eating the hotdog during the police chase in ROBOCHIC on my demo reel --
And they had me read for the part anyway!!
Go figure . . . .
Hey, Scott -- how's going it, man?
peterj.

mad world is an awesome song!  one of my favourite songs, regardless of whether it was in a movie or not.

the original is by 'tears for fears' and is a really bad 80's type song.  the donnie darko one is sooo much better [the guys doing the soundtrack apparently did a remake in one day, and the director put it in the film, but not sure about that, it goes too well to be coincedence]

and my hat's off to whoever said that song from the mask.  if i ever find you i'm going to have to hurt you badly; i can't get the song outta my head now!!!

"the power of love", the song for back to the future is also a good one, though i'm not sure if they did it especially for the movie, or just put it in.  its good regardless.

and who can forget the men in tights soundtrack, very silly stuff

Dragnet - the intro theme was done by The Art of Noise.  Also, the cool rap song at the end was sung by Dan Akroyd and Tom Hanks (!).

Think Big - The Barbarian Brothers rap!  One of my favorites.

Last Action Hero - Big Gun by AC/DC was written for/about the movie.

Kirk

I'm not sure if this was created for the movie, but was that damn Tina Turner song (We Don't Need Another Hero or something like that) created for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?  

Nick

Howard the Duck! :)

Thank you, mr. henry--Puberty Love is a classic.

Ittsy,bittsy spider, yeah....Dragnet, yeah....
Green Slime!

I don't know if it was actually created for the movie or not, but it's one that I enjoy - Brain Powered from Summer School. They only play a snippet of it in the movie though. I'd seen the movie a long time ago and had practically forgotten about it until I was having a conversation with a friend of a friend at a con I was attending. He was really into making fandub parodies and music videos of animes, and told me that one of these days he was going to get ahold of a copy of that song Brain Powered and have a music video for it featuring the anime of what else? Brain Power'd!

I'd say that the theme song from Black Belt Jones is the perfect movie theme, hands down.  Dennis Coffey's instrumental disco/funk soundtrack is the ideal mix for any blaxploitation kung fu movie, especially one starring Jim Kelly.

BlackAngel wrote:

> I'm sorely dissapointed no one mentioned "Cuban Pete" from The
> Mask (the gaul of you)
>
> Also, a couple of other songs from movies I like:

I swear on my mothers knee caps, this isn't a contentious quibble. But, the song "Cuban Pete" wasn't  written for The Mask. It's an old Desi Arnaz song, which he performed in the movie......Cuban Pete. Now, why do I feel like a pedantic ass?

I'm not sure if this song was written expressly for the movie, but "One Tin Soldier"
from Billy Jack....a hippy song that makes you want to hammer-punch a redneck in the throat...fanFREAKIN'tastic!!!