The Swamp

A couple days ago in the Commercials thread, rass noted the appearance of "Push It" in a couple of newer commercials, which strikes me as almost sacrilegious due to its use in the single greatest commercial of all time a few years back.

This got me thinking along the same lines in relation to movies. Which movies have used a piece of music (could be a pop/rock song, classical, jazz, whatever) in a way so iconic that the movie can be said to "own" the piece, to the point that it seems cliched or downright wrong for any other movie to use it?

A few nominees:

Die Hard (Beethoven's 9th Symphony)
Apocalypse Now (Ride of the Valkyries)
Pulp Fiction (Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon)
Goodfellas (Layla)
Stripes (Doo Wah Diddy)

Billy Madison (The Stroke)

Say Anything (In Your Eyes)

Since it also was mentioned this week...

Boogie Nights (Sister Christian)

And I mentioned it back in the Movies thread over the summer, but I love how Guardians of the Galaxy not only integrated the music into the movie, but into the story itself. Moonage Daydream

So you mean the song wasn't written for the soundtrack?

(e.g. Mrs. Robinson)

Almost Famous (America)
Fight Club (Where is My Mind?)

Jerloma wrote:So you mean the song wasn't written for the soundtrack?

(e.g. Mrs. Robinson)

Right. Though the S&G songs from that movie took on lives of their own to the point that it kind of applies there, too.

Royal Tenenbaums (Needle in the Hay)
Rushmore (Ooh La La)

Barber's Adagio in Platoon.

Old School (Dust in the Wind)

rass wrote:Old School (Dust in the Wind)

See that's Total Eclipse of the Heart for me.


American Girl - SOTL, maybe?

Hip to be Square - American Psycho


(mic drop)

Of course there's Moving in Stereo for Fast Times although Somebody's Baby even more so but I think that was written for the soundtrack.

(picks up mic)

I Believe That Children Are the Future - Coming to America

(drops mic, double barrel point, side shuffle off the stage)

Jerloma wrote:

rass wrote:Old School (Dust in the Wind)

See that's Total Eclipse of the Heart for me.

If you're saying Total Eclipse is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Old School, then I think you're coming at it from the other direction. I still can't hear Dust in the Wind without wanting to shout "you're my boy, Blue".

(PS, the Dan Band (the wedding band from Old School) has a pretty good Christmas album. Try to get this song out of your head.)

Yeah, see I can't sing TEOTH without pretending I have Tourettes.

J-Lo at 11:54 nailed it.

Jerloma wrote:Yeah, see I can't sing TEOTH without pretending I have Tourettes.

Alright, me too. It was just the way you worded it.

Rocky. Eye of the tiger. Guess I violated the rules though.

Silence of the Lambs (Goodbye Horses)
Wayne's World (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Groundhog Day (I got you babe)
Top Gun (You've lost that loving feeling)

Jerloma wrote:Of course there's Moving in Stereo for Fast Times although Somebody's Baby even more so but I think that was written for the soundtrack.

See, to me the song of that movie is whatever the name of the Cars song is when Phoebe Cates is getting out of the pool.


Edit: Shit, sorry, missed J-lo's post.

Nonlinear FC wrote:

Jerloma wrote:Of course there's Moving in Stereo for Fast Times although Somebody's Baby even more so but I think that was written for the soundtrack.

See, to me the song of that movie is whatever the name of the Cars song is when Phoebe Cates is getting out of the pool.

Your Swamp Homework reading assignment.

Johnny Carwash wrote:
Die Hard (Beethoven's 9th Symphony)
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Ummm.

and not that this song is that known else where, but the this scene is the song and vice versa to me



same with this

Pretty woman

Major League - Wild Thing

GoodFellas - Jump Into The Fire

The Life Aquatic - Gut Feeling

(throws mic into wood chipper)

A 4-year-old banging on piano keys, one at a time:

Eyes Wide Shut

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Hotel California. Gipsy King's cover. See/hear for yourself:
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govmentchedda wrote:Silence of the Lambs (Goodbye Horses)

I don't think anyone will be able to top this answer. I don't think it's possible to hear that song without thinking of Buffalo Bill. It's basically become a shorthand for creepiness at this point.

Joe K wrote:

govmentchedda wrote:Silence of the Lambs (Goodbye Horses)

I don't think anyone will be able to top this answer. I don't think it's possible to hear that song without thinking of Buffalo Bill. It's basically become a shorthand for creepiness at this point.

"SEXUAL CHOCOLATE!"

*stomps platform shoes twice*

I came here to post Reservoir Dogs. I'm also in full agreement on TEOTH for Old School. I didn't even remember that Dust in the Wind was in the movie.

When I hear Whiter Shade of Pale, I think of The Big Chill. But for that movie, you could also go with You Can't Always Get What You Want.

govmentchedda wrote:Almost Famous (AmericaTiny Dancer.)
Fight Club (Where is My Mind?)

FIFY

Joe K wrote:

govmentchedda wrote:Silence of the Lambs (Goodbye Horses)

I don't think anyone will be able to top this answer. I don't think it's possible to hear that song without thinking of Buffalo Bill. It's basically become a shorthand for creepiness at this point.

Honestly, I've seen SOTL many times, but that song didn't ring a bell. I remember the scene, of course.

Another one for me is Foxy Lady - Wayne's World.

Shirley wrote:

Joe K wrote:

govmentchedda wrote:Silence of the Lambs (Goodbye Horses)

I don't think anyone will be able to top this answer. I don't think it's possible to hear that song without thinking of Buffalo Bill. It's basically become a shorthand for creepiness at this point.

Honestly, I've seen SOTL many times, but that song didn't ring a bell. I remember the scene, of course.

Another one for me is Foxy Lady - Wayne's World.

But not Stairway To Heaven. No Stairway.