Friday Music Discussion - Movie Songs Named For The Movie

[brian]

That sounds more confusing than it is.

We were watching The Running Man last night which has a purpose-written closing credits song relating to the movie, essentially a staple of 80s cinema. To wit:



So my question to all of you, what are your favorite closing credits songs specifically written for that movie?

[A_B]

Is at elmos fire a closing song?

[brian]

Here's a legendarily horrible one:

[rass]

Not sure if it’s my fave but the one I thought of immediately (after the excess that were the 3rd and 4th Batman movies) was

[Johnny Carwash]

I guess almost every James Bond movie qualifies?

Moonraker is a ridiculous movie, but may have the best song if you haven't heard it:

[Reaper]

Is at elmos fire a closing song?

Not sure, but it's also John Parr, just like The Running Man.

[brian]

Is at elmos fire a closing song?

Another great example, also done by John Parr!

[Johnny Carwash]

Not sure if it’s my fave but the one I thought of immediately (after the excess that were the 3rd and 4th Batman movies) was

Holy shit, is this real? I've seen this movie 100 times and it's actually one of my favorites, but never heard this. It never appeared in the movie itself if it's real.

[rass]

Just to turn the topic on its head my wife’s favorite 80s move is Some Kind of Wonderful which is named after a famous song which isn’t on the soundtrack.

Her fave song from the movie is

[A_B]

Bohemian rhapsody. Wait.

[A_B]

Rocket man. Dammit.

[rass]

Not sure if it’s my fave but the one I thought of immediately (after the excess that were the 3rd and 4th Batman movies) was

Holy shit, is this real? I've seen this movie 100 times and it's actually one of my favorites, but never heard this. It never appeared in the movie itself if it's real.

Really? RtS is one of a handful of movies that my sister and I watched over and over as kids on video and I would have sworn that was over the (opening? closing?) credits.

[Johnny Carwash]

Really? RtS is one of a handful of movies that my sister and I wanted over and over as kids on video and I would have sworn that was over the (opening? closing?) credits.

I'm 99.9% positive I've never heard it on all my viewings of the movie. It had a sort of Latin Jazz soundtrack and no vocals.

[brian]

Holy shit, is this real? I've seen this movie 100 times and it's actually one of my favorites, but never heard this. It never appeared in the movie itself if it's real.

It’s real. I always think about that one too. If it was in the movie it was late closing credits though or relegated to the soundtrack. The song was a minor hit after the movie though.

[rass]

Really? RtS is one of a handful of movies that my sister and I wanted over and over as kids on video and I would have sworn that was over the (opening? closing?) credits.

I'm 99.9% positive I've never heard it on all my viewings of the movie. It had a sort of Latin Jazz soundtrack and no vocals.

As was a theme in the beginning of the Running Man thread I haven’t watched Romancing the Stone end to end since middle school so don’t listen to me. Except Eddie Grant spoke to me almost as soon as brian mentioned this

[brian]

That’s a legit Mandela Effect thing if that song is in the closing credits or not.

[Rush2112]

and basically every Bond movie.

[Pruitt]

Beat me to it.

[bfj]

[P.D.X.]

Really? RtS is one of a handful of movies that my sister and I wanted over and over as kids on video and I would have sworn that was over the (opening? closing?) credits.

I'm 99.9% positive I've never heard it on all my viewings of the movie. It had a sort of Latin Jazz soundtrack and no vocals.

The movie fades with a shot of Jack's sailboat in NYC set to mentioned jazz (w some heavy sax). I think the Grant jam comes after that song, mid-credits.

[brian]

One movie series took this to lunatic extremes. It made the Bond films seem sane by comparison. I'm referring to Cannonball Run of course.



For Cannonball Run II they got Menudo!

[brian]

I hated this song even at the time. I hate it more now.

[brian]

Crappy movie, good song tho.

[rass]

The brutal truth of "bustin' makes me feel good" is too much for you?

[rass]

I guess this counts

[Jerloma]

[mister d]

I assume “The Promise” was pre-written for Napoleon Dynamite.



(I totally misread the first post as something about credits songs written for the movie but I’m just leaving this here for whoever wants to re-remember a great song.)

[Giff]

[P.D.X.]

Just watched that a few months back.

[Pruitt]

Song came first.

I know - I had the 45.

[EnochRoot]

That’s actually a movie (1986) written to match the song (1981).

[EnochRoot]

What about songs named for a movie?

Silent Running (Mike & the Mechanics)



Or (though Martha Davis denies it) Suddenly Last Summer?

[brian]

Never an Oingo Boingo fan. This one didn't help.

[brian]

Since the sequel is coming out soon...

[brian]

I choose to believe Mel Brooks was lampooning exactly what we're talking about with this:

[brian]

Here's one of my personal favorites (both movie and song and frankly a good candidate for movie night IMO). A real banger.

[EnochRoot]

Whenever that movie is rented, it’d be a real shame if it were any amount other than two dollars.

[Johnny Carwash]

Here's one of my personal favorites (both movie and song and frankly a good candidate for movie night IMO). A real banger.

If you didn't know, that's the love interest from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and the voice of a bunch of cartoon characters.

(Absolutely agree on the movie being great and a good choice for this, btw.)

[Johnny Carwash]

Also at the risk of potentially triggering Brian, that song sounds vaguely Mellencamp-ish.

[Steve of phpBB]

Song came first.

I know - I had the 45.

Ha. Me too.