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message 1: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments Rebecca wrote this in the soundtrack thread:
"But right now mostly what I'm thinking of is a particularly good use of a song, like "Court of the Crimson King" in Children of Men. That's a killer. Somebody mentioned Garden State, which makes excellent use of Simon and Garfunkel's "Only Living Boy in New York." Speaking of Simon and Garfunkel, another of my favorites is the beginning of Girl, Interrupted which uses "Bookends" so well. And speaking of THAT, it was directed by James Mangold, with whom I went to high school. "

I thought it would make a good separate thread.


message 2: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (bonfiggi) I like "You Don't Know Me" in Groundhog Day.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments "She's So Heavy" in Across the Universe. Wow. Just...wow.


message 4: by Brittomart (new)

Brittomart "Whole Wide World" in Stranger than Fiction.


message 5: by [ JT ] (new)

[ JT ] "Mad World" (Gary Jules cover, which I think is amazing) at the end of Donnie Darko. It had to be said! Also I really like the use of "Head Over Heels" (Tears For Fears of course) as the intro song.


message 6: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments I really liked the tasteful use of Hall & Oates in 500 Days of Summer.


message 7: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments Also, "If You Want to Sing Out" in Harold & Maude.


message 8: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
"Angel" in Snatch.


message 9: by Michael (new)

Michael Sarah Pi wrote: "Also, "If You Want to Sing Out" in Harold & Maude."

That's the one I was gonna pick. Good choice! I'll go with "As Time Goes By" from Casablanca.


message 10: by Michael (new)

Michael Also "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis.


message 11: by RandomAnthony (new)

RandomAnthony | 14536 comments "Born Slippy" in Trainspotting is great...I'll think of some more...


message 12: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
good one RA


message 13: by Mary (new)

Mary (madamefifi) The aria "Vesti la giubba" (From Il Pagliacci) in The Untouchables--DeNiro weeping in the opera house as a fatally wounded Sean Connery is dragging himself up a flight of stairs (at least that's how I remember it..)

The "Sull'aria" (from Le Nozze di Figaro) that Tim Robbins plays over the prison yard loudspeakers in "Shawshank Redemtion".

"The Ride of the Valkyries" from "Die Walkure" in any movie...or Bugs Bunny cartoon.

"A Mamma Morta" in "Philadelphia".


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

"Werewolves of London," by Warren Zevon, greatly hammed up to by Tom Cruise, in The Color of Money. I love the part where Cruise is cleaning up the pool table and flicks his pompadour when Zevon sings the line, "...And his hair was perfect."


message 15: by Scout (new)

Scout (goodreadscomscout) | 3597 comments Dylan's "Things Have Changed" - Wonderboys


message 16: by Phil (new)

Phil | 11841 comments "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from Life of Brian."

"Every Sperm is Sacred" from The Meaning of Life.



message 17: by janine (new)

janine | 7709 comments april march - chick habit at the end of death proof.


message 18: by Emma (new)

Emma | 1 comments Every You Every Me by Placebo in Cruel Intentions


message 19: by Lobstergirl, el principe (last edited Nov 13, 2010 04:31PM) (new)

Lobstergirl | 24788 comments Mod
The aria from La Wally in Diva.


message 20: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments Oh, and I like the aria in Priscilla Queen of the Desert where the camera pans back and you realize he's singing opera in a giant shoe on top of a bus traveling through the outback.


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