What song was elevated with you when it was featured in a movie?

I've mentioned this before but Beyond the Blue Horizon by Lou Christie in RAINMAN is sublime.

 

I liked Demi Lovato's song Confident even more when I heard it in Happy Death Day, which I made a point of seeing twice in the theater. In the context of the movie, that song just seemed even better. Like a feminist anthem of sorts.

 

"Highway Patrol" by Junior Brown. While I liked the song enough to have it in my collection, it was perfectly used at the opening theme song in the movie Me, Myself, and Irene. It was the perfect opening song for the movie, almost as if it had been written with that movie in mind.

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The Movie- Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

The Song- "Moving In Stereo"

The Artist- The Cars

The Scene That Makes It Memorable- Do I really have to tell you?

 

Real Genius - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

 

"These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" in Full Metal Jacket.

 

Amen Brother!

 

Donnie Darko...song Mad World

 

from Lost Highway

Spoiler

 

Just about everything used in Goodfellas, from "Rags to Riches" at the beginning to "My Way" at the end.

 

Valley Girl montage..

 

There really was no way of elevating that music any more for me back then, but hearing it at the end of the mind-blowing experience that seeing "The Matrix" for the first time was, it sure was great and unexpected.

 

I kinda liked the song before, but this scene from "Donnie Darko" truely elevated "Head Over Heels" for me. Such a perfect combination of film and music.

 

wonderful use of CSN's 'helplessly hoping" in 'annihilation".

 

It's Alright-Adam Faith Utilized in Good Morning, Vietnam

 

Donovan's "Atlantis" as used in Goodfellas.

 

I was happy to know that Meat Beat Manifesto got a song in there, at quite an pivotal scene, too!

 

Didn't think anything about Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship until I saw Mannequin.

 

As already mentioned, Tiny Dancer and In Dreams are now forever linked in my mind to their accompanying scenes, and they are much more meaningful to me because of it.

I also picked up a few odd tunes from Wes Anderson films. "Heres To You" by Joan Baez, for starters.

 

"Out Of Time" by the Rolling Stones featured in Coming Home. To this day, I can't hear the song without picturing Bruce Dern jogging on the beach.

 

"California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas makes me think of the several scenes in Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express where it's played.

"Me and Bobby McGee", as performed by Janis Joplin takes me back to R. W. Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz; its epilogue where times and places mix so spectacularly.

 

WOW! how did i not thnk of this immediately. it's the only way i may have ever found this song! movie very underated.

 

Never even knew this song existed 'till I saw this movie!

 

There are a couple John Hugh's film with great music/scenes.

A great one, and another below.

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