That Perfect SONG, to that Perfect SCENE!

[Lindsey]

You guys know what I'm talking about. Every time you hear 'that one song' playing you instantly picture that scene in your head. Movies are constantly coming out with great soundtracks... But what song do you really redeem as memorable? My picks:

Reservoir Dogs, "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealer's Wheel. One of my favorite scenes of all time. Michael Madsen AKA Mr. Blonde, dances to this song... then proceeds to cut off the cops ear. Sheer madness. I dig it. Watch it HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEerxQb04c).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/reser.jpg

Donnie Darko, "Mad World" by Gary Jules. In my opinion, this is one of the best song endings ever. It's such a sad song, but it fits perfectly at the end when the camera pans down to each person and shows their sadness. It truly is a memorable ending. Watch it HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7RdeAYf5c).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/donnie.jpg

The Devil's Rejects, "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is also one of the best song endings ever IMO. The scene is shot perfectly as they're driving then the camera pans around perfectly to show what's about to come... Then the fast beat of the song comes as they're charging and shooting at the officers. God I love that scene. Watch it HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMnLB_Y4nEY).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/devils.jpg

What's your favorite? (Merry Christmas!)

[DarkKnight81]

Phil Collins- Ssuddio
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n63/marcosrfarias/American20Psycho20-20Pat20Bateman20.gif

[Shockwave]

I was just about to post MAD WORLD in Donnie Darko at the end. :cool:

...what about the opening song to KILL BILL? "My baby shot me down".

..and the opening song to DAWN OF THE DEAD O4? "Man comes around" by Johnny Cash.

Two very well used songs that perfectly set the movie up for all sorts of bad-assery.

[Addi88]

The scene in Garden State where Natalie Portman and Zach Braff kiss for the first time in the rain while "The Only Living Boy In New York" by Simon & Garfunkel plays in the background.

Good stuff.

[Goberg]

the ending of Fight Club with Pixis Where is My Mind playing in the background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsj6L81H5vg

[powersauce]

The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony at the end of Cruel Intentions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcnXrZR__ew

I can't find it on youtube but an honorable mention goes to Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight from that classic train scene from Risky Business.

[FilmKing2000]

"Gimme Shelter" playing in the opening scenes of The Departed. The amount of power and excitment that it adds is uncanny, once again proving Scorsese as the master of the juxtaposition of music (particularly rock n' roll) and cinema.

[Bonham]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGDqCsNKPxA

Perfection from Shaun of the Dead.

Also, Little Green Bag from the beginning of Reservoir Dogs.

[#1dvdfan]

Originally posted by FilmKing2000
"Gimme Shelter" playing in the opening scenes of The Departed. The amount of power and excitment that it adds is uncanny, once again proving Scorsese as the master of the juxtaposition of music (particularly rock n' roll) and cinema.


OH YES!!! by far the best!!!

also

GARDEN STATE-FROU FROU-LET GO: When andrew (Braff) is about to leave sam (Portman) and relizes what he is about to leaving behind.

[drago25]

I agree with all of the above, and I must add:

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the axe murder scene in American Psycho set to Huey Lewis & The News' "Hip To Be Square", I love that scene and it works so well together.

[mrpink217]

Sunshine of Your Love by Cream in Goodfellas when DeNiro is at the bar, sizing up his next kill.

...and Layla when they're showing all the heist guys' dead bodies being found

...and in Mean Streets, Jumping Jack Flash when DeNiro first shows up at the bar (I think this is it, haven't seen the movie in a while)

There's pretty much always a perfect song to a perfect scene in any Scorsese movie.

[pablo_super1!]

another brink in the wall ~pink floyd song fitted this scene perfectly

The faculty

couldn't find pic of football scene

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i217/Pablo_topo/h.jpg

Down with the sickness~Disturbed

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m155/esteeaz420/movies/dawnofdead.jpg

dawn of the dead 2004

[Lindsey]

Originally posted by pablo_super1!
Down with the sickness~Disturbed

dawn of the dead 2004

I liked the Richard Cheese version in the film.... "oooooh shhhhit".

[james-88]

The only living boy in new york in garden state is perfect and so is Fair by Remy Zero in the scene where they are by the fire place and she gets up and tap dances for him. god i love that scene and that movie. zach braff picked the songs for each of the scenes for the movie he wrote, directed and stared in. hes frickin awesome

[Digifruitella]

Originally posted by DarkKnight81
Phil Collins- Ssuddio
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n63/marcosrfarias/American20Psycho20-20Pat20Bateman20.gif

a winner.

[pablo_super1!]

Originally posted by Lindsey
I liked the Richard Cheese version in the film.... "oooooh shhhhit".

thats the version I was talking aboutI like the original too but I like the Richard cheese version better

[cletus66]

One that comes to mind to me is from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In the scene towards the end of the movie where he is running to try and beat his parents home The English Beat's " March of the Swivelheads" absolutely makes the scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FaBqtdtfd8

[TheJadedGamer]

The dance montage in Clerks 2 to the Jackson 5's 'ABC'. Literally brings a tear to my eye.

[InvaderZim]

Head over heels - Donnie Darko
Thunderstruck - Varsity Blues

[InvaderZim]

Originally posted by pablo_super1!
another brink in the wall ~pink floyd song fitted this scene perfectly

The faculty

couldn't find pic of football scene

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i217/Pablo_topo/h.jpg


good call

[arto_j]

Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes", as used in Cameron Crowe's Say Anything.

[FilmKing2000]

Aimee Mann's "One" - Magnolia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ttWmQhDF4)

[Psychocandy]

Just Like Honey by The Jesus & Mary Chain at the end of Lost In Translation. When I saw that movie for the first time a large part of why I immediately fell in love with it was the soundtrack. Being that i'm the biggest fan of JAMC in the universe the very idea of the final scene being soundtracked by one of their most sublimely gorgeous moments was impossible to resist.

[KingofKings25]

Office space - When the beat the shit out of the computer.
Armageddon - Aerosmith - showing the charecters on possibly their last day on earth.
Six Feet Under - Original Score - Opening credits, completely fits the permise of the show.

[Tuukka]

Some good choices here. Also:

"Wise Up" - Magnolia

[#1dvdfan]

Originally posted by james-88
The only living boy in new york in garden state is perfect and so is Fair by Remy Zero in the scene where they are by the fire place and she gets up and tap dances for him. god i love that scene and that movie. zach braff picked the songs for each of the scenes for the movie he wrote, directed and stared in. hes frickin awesome

you nailed it on the spot!!! that movie was great in so many ways. and has a great taste in music!!! check out his site and the last kiss soundtrack. it does not compare to garden state but its still good.

and yes distubed - down with the sickness was a perfect sog to end a zombie movie!!!

c'mon and get down with the sickness

[dennisv]

Oldboy. The songs fit so well with the intense scenes.

[arcturus]

Are we referring to regular songs that were either written for a movie's soundtrack/lifted from other albums and placed on the soundtrack, or more traditional scores that were written for a movie?

The diminished violins playing in "Requiem for a Dream" during the montage whilst the world comes down for the four main characters was very unsettling and worked perfectly during that scene.

Black Sabbath - Iron Man in "Detroit Rock City" when the boys take to those disco jackasses.

[brown bunny]

marie antoinette:

The Cure - Plainsong - the crowning scene
The Cure - All Cats are gray - the scene before the credits when they leave ....

absolutely mindblowing

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Lindsey
Reservoir Dogs, "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealer's Wheel. One of my favorite scenes of all time. Michael Madsen AKA Mr. Blonde, dances to this song... then proceeds to cut off the cops ear. Sheer madness. I dig it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/reser.jpg


I heard that song a few days ago and instantly thought of that scene. Funny you mention it now.

[RandalGraves]

Pretty much any song in any Tarantino flick... the guys got a great nact for that stuff.

The song playing in Ferris Bueller as they are driving into the city

Nothing But Flowers during the opening of Clerks 2

Misery playing at the end of Clerks 2

Jailhouse rock at the end of the Blues Brothers

Rolling Stones playing on Arnolds radio during the drive by construction scene in Raw Deal

[Shockwave]

DONT FEAR THE REAPER- At the beginning of THE STAND. Very well done.

[cocksmokinclerk]

awesome awesome list you guys got goin' here, kep it going, i'm lovin' this thread

[The Postmaster General]

"Hey You" in The Squid & The Whale

"Oh La La" - Rushmore

"2000 Man" - Bottle Rocket

""Everything In Its Right Place" - Vanilla Sky

"Earth Angel" - Back to the Future

"Sister Christian" - Boogie Nights

"The Ride of the Valkyries" - Apocalypse Now

"We'll Meet Again" - Dr. Strangelove

[Nachokoolaid]

Originally posted by arcturus


The diminished violins playing in "Requiem for a Dream" during the montage whilst the world comes down for the four main characters was very unsettling and worked perfectly during that scene.
.

This was my pick. So perfect, and so unsettling.

[Scorpio24]

Auto Rock - Mogwai

Final scene of Miami Vice when Sonny leaves the woman he's fallen for to go back to the hospital to be with his team and friends.



EPIC!!!!!

[james-88]

The End by the Doors in the opening scene to Apocalypse Now. My favorite scene in any movie ever. Also The End in the desert scene then cuts to the Doors in concert in The Doors movie. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space by Spiritualized during the scene towards the end of Vanilla Sky, and yea the scene where he jumps off the building and visions of his life flash in his mind is excellent too. Youre right about requiem, that song is perfect for that excellent movie.

[RandalGraves]

Yea I forgot about Office Space and Twister...great soundtracks that work perfectly with the flicks!

[#1dvdfan]

the frightners-don't fear the reaper

the devils advocate & salems lot (REMAKE) - paint it black

heat - credits - god moving over the face of the water

leon the professional - credits - shape of my heart

[Monotreme]

Originally posted by james-88
The End by the Doors in the opening scene to Apocalypse Now. My favorite scene in any movie ever.
Wow. It's my favourite scene in any movie ever as well, and I agree - single most amazing use of a song in any film, flawlessly juxtaposed with the imagery.

[VincentPrice]

House Of 1000 Corpses - Slow-mo scene with I Remember You by Slim Whitman playing, perfect.

The Devil's Rejects - Opening credits with Midnight Rider

Rob certainly can use music very well.

[Le_Big_Mac]

The End - The Doors - Apocalypse Now

Stuck in the Middle With You - Steeler's Wheel - Reservoir Dogs

The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen - Donnie Darko

These Boots Were Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra - Full Metal Jacket

New York, New York - Frank Sinatra - Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - A Clockwork Orange

Push it to the Limit - Paul Engemann - Scarface

Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner - Apocalypse Now

Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Staying Alive - The Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever

Little Green Bag - George Baker - Reservoir Dogs (my favorite title sequence to any movie)

Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Terminator 2: Judgment Day

[Lindsey]

Originally posted by VincentPrice


The Devil's Rejects - Opening credits with Midnight Rider

Rob certainly can use music very well.

I agree. The opening was great, as well as the ending.

[EvilHenchman]

“Sister Christian,” Boogie Nights. Goes to show that with the right mixture of gun-wielding drug dealers, sporadic firecrackers, and an unstable barely dressed drug dealer, this cheesy 80s ballad can be downright portentous.

“Inna-gadda-da-vida” Manhunter. This song's moment in this movie, for me, is more chilling than anything in both Red Dragon and Hannibal - combined.

“Lust for Life,” Trainspotting. I know some people who actually think this song was written just for the film. Well, I suppose that’s a compliment to both Mr. Iggy, for having written something that’s so utterly timeless, and to the filmmakers, notably director Danny Boyle, for choosing a song that’s – as one of the film’s character’s might say – so fucking apt, mate, for the film’s energy and theme.

“Let’s Stay Together,” Pulp Fiction. One would expect this song to be used in the context of, say, something romantic, even sexual. And perhaps that’s exactly what is being suggested by Tarantino’s use of this song during the scene where down-and-out boxer Butch is being somewhat seductively encouraged to take a payoff to throw his next fight. The moment is as beautiful as the long shot of Marcellus Wallace’s bald pate.

“If You Leave Me Now,” Three Kings. As much as I’d love to have a fully articulated reason for including this, I just don’t. It’s just an annoyingly cheesy song that somehow works at its particular moment in this movie.

“My Sharona,” Reality Bites. I can’t decide whether it’s one of the best one-hit wonder songs ever or if it just fits in this movie. I try imagining other one-hit wonders from the 80s that could have been used during that scene in the store, but none seem to work in my mind. “867-5309”? No. “Come On, Eileen”? Cute, but no. It had to be The Knack. Plus Ethan Hawke’s reaction to the hapless clerk is priceless.

“Living For The City,” Jungle Fever. Thanks, Spike. I can no longer hear this amazing Stevie Wonder tune without thinking of Samuel L. and Halle sucking on crack pipes. I'm not certain whether the latter part of that image is entirely bad.

“Tequila,” Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. If you were born after 1980, this movie probably introduced you to this song.

“Jump Into The Fire”/”Memo From Turner”/”Magic Bus”/“Monkey Man”/???/”What Is Life”/”Mannish Boy”, Goodfellas. This mash of tunes is the penultimate usage of music in a film for me; this is the blueprint from which all others should be modeled (and perhaps already have been). I don't think a soundtrack snippet (aided by some very sharp editing) has ever captured the psychological state of a film’s character so eloquently before.

“My Niggas,” Any Given Sunday. My only comment here is that I assume Oliver Stone picked this track because it’s just a cool little “ditty” and not because he had some ulterior agenda or message at work.

“Sunshine of Your Love,” Goodfellas. Almost forgot about this one and the way it heightens De Niro at one of his most menacing moments on film (after Taxi Driver and Cape Fear, of course).

Sorry for the wordiness; I'm a nerd for the music. :D

[Danger^Cart]

BADASS. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Tnyp9tRXRo)

[#1dvdfan]

"it's probably me" - LETHAL WEAPON 3 -opening

"why can't we be friends" & "Pilgrim" - LETHAL WEAPON 4 - ending
(IMHO the best ending to a great series a photo album book with pics from the first film to the last)

[sAtAn666]

"Layla" in Goodfellas, definitely.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Any song used in any Scorsese movie (he must really love "Gimme Shelter")

"We'll Meet Again" in Dr. Strangelove- it was a brilliantly added and creepy addition to the film.

"The End" in Apocalypse Now- I love how it was used in that one scene in the beginning where Willard is losing his mind in that hotel room. Apparently, they used a part of the song that was cut out and not an official part of the song. They should have kept it, because it was really disturbing/entrancing.

"Adagio for Strings" in Platoon- ok, it's a classical music piece so I don't know if it counts as a song, but it was such a great addition to the film. It gave a film that was already powerful and amazing even more reach.

"Staying Alive" in Saturday Night Fever- how many opening sequences are better than the one in this movie? Very few.

[LordSimen]

Mr. Sandman (Halloween II)

Eye of the Tiger (Rocky III)

Every single music cue in The Graduate, everything just fit perfectly. Especially the Simon and Garfunkel stuff.

[EvilHenchman]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
Any song used in any Scorsese movie (he must really love "Gimme Shelter")


I think it's the Stones in general that he loves (as do I). Nice mentions on Strangelove and Saturday Night Fever. Good ones.

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking?", Casino. This is just one of my favorite Stones songs, period. And the way Scorsese uses it here, underlying Nicky's pillaging spree, is just, well, cool.

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", Casino. Stones by way of Devo. Again, just cool.

(I overwrote in my last post in this thread...so I'm being conservative this time out.) ;)

[bigred760]

"Eye of the Tiger" - Rocky; which is kind of ironic since the song is from Rocky III, but I still think of the first one when I hear it.

[Scarfather]

Danny Boy - Miller's Crossing

AMAZING!

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Danger^Cart
BADASS. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Tnyp9tRXRo)

Oh hell, you opened the gateway....


PIL - "Order of Death" from "Little Miss Dangerous" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YIZq6nEJLo4)

"Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits, from "Out Where The Buses Don't Run" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qWWBABmbEV0)

[Le_Big_Mac]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
"We'll Meet Again" in Dr. Strangelove- it was a brilliantly added and creepy addition to the film.

It was brilliant but I have trouble considering anything in that movie vaguely creepy.

[Shockwave]

BREAKFAST CLUB - "Dont u forget about me" by Simple Minds.:cool:

[EvilHenchman]

"What A Wonderful World", Good Morning, Vietnam. Poignantly, beautifully played underneath scenes of war violence in the film.

I get a little man teary whenever I hear that tune still. I'm not ashamed to admit it either.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Originally posted by Le_Big_Mac
It was brilliant but I have trouble considering anything in that movie vaguely creepy.


Considering the time the film was released, and that the idea of a nuclear holocaust was quite plausible, then yes it was extremely creepy. You need to watch it again.

[Le_Big_Mac]

I'm sorry that I wasn't born in the 60's. I just can't relate. As good as the movie was, if I try watching it again, I'm sure I'll still find the end more darkly comical (as it seems to have been intended) than disturbing.

[The Dude415]

1812 Overture (I think?) in V for Vendetta
Rockin' in the Free World, by Neil Young, at the end of Fahrenheit 9/11
Smashing Pumpkins- 1979, in Clerks II
Echo and the Bunnymen- The Killing Moon, Donnie Darko opening (already mentioned, I know, but still one of my favorites)
CCR- Bad Moon Rising, the transformation scene in American Werewolf in London

[bigred760]

Heard this song today and thought of Wayne's World:

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/carworld.jpg

[echo_bravo]

"Sister Christian"- Night Rangers
"Jessie's Girl"- Rick Springfield in Boogie Nights.

Whenever I hear these two songs they always remind me of the scene in Boogie Nights where the drug deal went terribly wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVaX7hPacIU

[DarkKnight81]

"On my own again" -Whitesnake

Old School when Will Ferrell is working on the red dragon, but dont tell anybody, this baby's not exactly street legal.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Originally posted by Le_Big_Mac
I'm sorry that I wasn't born in the 60's. I just can't relate. As good as the movie was, if I try watching it again, I'm sure I'll still find the end more darkly comical (as it seems to have been intended) than disturbing.

I wasn't criticizing you, I'm just saying there are things to keep in mind while watching this film. Yeah, it's comical, but it's comical in a very creepy way.

[Le_Big_Mac]

I suppose in retrospect. While watching the actual film, the pure comedy holds up stronger.

[Digifruitella]

i just got finished with The Last Kiss

and Coldplay - Warning Sign was pretty much a perfect tune for that scene towards the end. The way it sums up the movie

[tylerdarko]

Almost famous "TINY DANCER"on the bus
THE LIFE AQUATIC "STARAFLUR"sigur ros in the minisub

[tylerdarko]

Almost famous "TINY DANCER"[/Belton john ]on the bus
[B]THE LIFE AQUATIC "STARAFLUR"sigur ros in the minisub

[Shockwave]

....anyone remember the part in SILENT HILL where RING OF FIRE by Johnny Cash starts playing?

I thought that was an awesome addition to the movie considering the lyrics describe the movie so well.

[EvilHenchman]

"Oh Yeah", Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Though it's used twice in the movie - and has been since appropriated then by everything from other films to TV commercials - that song, for me, is inextricably linked to those final images of poor ol' defeated Ed Rooney at the end - on the school bus with the girl and her "warm" gummy bears.

[Solomon Grundy]

Originally posted by tylerdarko
THE LIFE AQUATIC "STARAFLUR"sigur ros in the minisub

I entered the thread with this in mind.

[The Postmaster General]

THE LIFE AQUATIC "STARAFLUR"sigur ros in the minisub [/B]


I excluded this one from my list solely because I could have posted nothing *but* music from Andersons films --- I think that was a big factor in Scorsese naming him "The Next" Scorsese.

[#1dvdfan]

David Bowie-the hearts filthy lesson-SE7EN -great song to end a perfect fucking thriller with a gut punshing ending like that one!!!

[Goberg]

The ending of Donnie Darko with Mad World by Gary Jules

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUFJmsCZLE

amazing

[Lindsey]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/blow22.jpg

I just watched Blow again last night... "Little Black Betty" by Lynyrd Skynyrd when Johnny Depp is walking through the airport with his suitcase full of cash. Great scene! This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Watch it HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s43vvQBgYg)

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by Lindsey
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/blow22.jpg

I just watched Blow again last night... "Little Black Betty" by Lynyrd Skynyrd when Johnny Depp is walking through the airport with his suitcase full of cash. Great scene! This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Watch it HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s43vvQBgYg)



Isn't it a band called Ram Jam that do that song?

[Lindsey]

Originally posted by therealjohng
Isn't it a band called Ram Jam that do that song?

Well when I downloaded the song it was under the title of Skynyrd (But god knows everyone fucks those things up) and Ram Jam... After Googling it came up Ram Jam! Thanks for bringing that to my attention johng!

[athf1980]

When the man comes around by Johnny Cash for the opening credits of Dawn of the Dead-remake.. First of all this song was used perfectly and made me a fan of Johnny Cash

any of those classic rock tunes used for many scenes in Forrest Gump. One of the best classic rock movie soundtracks of all time

[yorrick brown]

nin "closer" in the action scene in hitcher.random but worked.

[ScaryFreak1827]

Any scene in Garden State

[< a c e >]

My ultimate dream sequences:

THE
GIRL
NEXT
DOOR

http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/images/the-girl-next-door-1.JPG


"Take a Picture" - FILTER


http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/21/25/18374457.jpg

"This years love" - David Gray

[FemmeAlderaan]

Fatboy Slim's "Song for Shelter" at the end of "Bully"

and

Elliott Smith's "Needle in the Hay" during the suicide attempt in "The Royal Tenenbaums"

There's more, I pay a lot of attention to music in movies, but those are two faves off the top of my head...

[Deadite914]

the crowd - trix are for kids: the scene in crank when he takes the epinephrine and just bolts right out of the hospital and runs like a wild bastard

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/06/38/royal_tenenbaums5.jpg
this scene when needle in the hay is playing.

[Kucha]

When The Man Comes Around - DAWN OF THE DEAD

In MONSTER:
- DON'T STOP BELIEVING during the rollerskating scene... it fit so wonderfully, such a beautiful scene.

- CRIMSON AND CLOVER
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P1ur2iERBr0&mode=related&search=

In MARIE ANTOINETTE:
- NATURAL'S NOT IN IT in the opening credits
- HONG KONG GARDEN for the masquerade (sp)
There are many more in M-A

[newbreedleader]

Originally posted by drago25
I agree with all of the above, and I must add:

http://regencymovies.com/images/movies/243533.jpg
the axe murder scene in American Psycho set to Huey Lewis & The News' "Hip To Be Square", I love that scene and it works so well together.

I second that one.

[EBastard]

Goodness...there's hundreds I can think of right now...that scene in American Psycho (2000, 10/10) is definitely one of the greats. But here's two that come to mind:

Heat (1995, 10/10)
Song: God Moving Over The Face of The Waters
Artist: Moby
Scene: Right at the very end of Pacino and DeNiro's shootout...with any other song, that death scene would've fallen flat on it's face.

Hard Candy (2005, 8/10)
Song: Elephant Woman
Artist: Blonde Redhead
Scene: Once again, at the very end of the movie...the beat of the song, the singer, the lyrics even though I can't understand them, everything, it just fuckin works.



SHIVER ME TIMBERS...

THE BASTARD RETURNS.

[The Young Son]

I'd like to add:

Liar, Liar by the castaways in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrells. Its the song that plays during the card game montage.

Golden Brown in Snatch. This plays when Gorgeous George gets KO'd by Mickey.

[Monotreme]

"Amoreena" by Elton John, which plays over the opening introduction sequence in Dog Day Afternoon. What a brilliant use of music, it just works so perfectly with the images and tone.

[Mr. Durp]

Annie Hall, Diane Keaton's "Seems Like Old Times, during the ending montage

Nashville, Keith Carradine's "I'm Easy"

Trainspotting, Lou Reed's "Perfect Day", when Ewan McGregor overdoses and sinks into the ground

Lost in Translation, The Jesus & Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey", after Bill Murray says goodbye to Scarlett Johannson

Opening narration of Manhattan set to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"

Anything from a Scorcese or Wes Anderson flick

[gyro_44]

Originally posted by Deadite914
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/06/38/royal_tenenbaums5.jpg
this scene when needle in the hay is playing.
Good call. Also in Royal Tenenbaums, I love the scene with Gwyneth Paltrow getting off the bus while Luke Wilson gazes upon her fondly as Nico's THESE DAYS plays. Beautifully evocative. Others:

OOH LALA by The Faces as the curtain falls at the end of Rushmore.

The Pixies' WHERE IS MY MIND? at the end of Fight Club.

NEW SLANG by The Shins in Garden State when Natalie Portman has Zach Braff put on her headphones in the doctor's office.

When they sing TINY DANCER by Elton John on the bus in Almost Famous.

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW during the loft shootout in Face/Off.


And many many others, I'll post more. Great thread!

[BuffZBrown]

Aside from alll the cool moments in movies that everybody's mentioned, I thought I'd mention the one scene that disturbed the hell out of me the first time I saw it... You guys would definitely agree that this scene is memorable and you can't get it out of your head once you've seen it:

The Silence of the Lambs
Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus.
Jaime Gumb poses and dances to the song before his big kill.

Damn that Jonathan Demme! haha... I love his films.

[pablo_super1!]

There are tons of great ones but the best are

Ferris buellers~twist and shout

twist and shout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH8Q46wCdKk)

reservoir dogs~stuck in the middle with you

stuck inthe middle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awMQC0-6RTM)

the mask~cuban pete

cuban pete (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ityEgXvVBf4)

clerks2~abc

shaun of the dead~the queen

The queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MXHPfMYXg)

and runner ups are

dawn of the dead~the sickness

The sickness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EiHfAQUsw)

beetlejucie~jump in he line

beetlejuice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUxk2amEmA)

the faculty~another brick in the wall

sorry couldn't find a video

[Lost in Space]

every song and every scene from lord of the rings is justifiably perfect.