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What's your favorite song featured in a movie? (Original Post) red dog 1 Mar 21 OP
If You Were Here ZDU Mar 21 #1
Loved this song! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 21 #7
Going Home (Local Hero Theme, Mark Knopfler 1983) Chasstev365 Mar 21 #2
Love this too... and the movie. FalloutShelter Yesterday #109
any of the Cat Stevens songs in Harold and Maude Skittles Mar 21 #3
Love love love this song and movie! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 21 #6
I watched that movie a dozen times. sheshe2 Mar 24 #51
I watched it again recently in honor of Bud Cort Skittles Mar 24 #53
The Third Man Theme, featured in the 1949 classic film "The Third Man" anciano Mar 21 #4
I've always LOVED that one! some_of_us_are_sane Mar 23 #47
I loved it too. One of the few pieces I learned to play on demand when yellowdogintexas Apr 11 #72
The zither music served a useful role in the movie nuxvomica Apr 11 #74
Hard to narrow down but I'll go with this one from the Dave Clark 5 movie, "Having a Wild Weekend." 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 21 #5
This song and movie clip have really grown on me. Thanks for sharing! Chasstev365 Mar 24 #55
Glad you enjoyed it! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 24 #56
I Would Walk 500 Miles from Benny and Joon MIButterfly Mar 21 #8
Great song, Great movie! red dog 1 Mar 22 #19
The Last Time I Felt Like This - Johnny Mathis & Jane Olivor House of Roberts Mar 21 #9
Oh yes! I absolutely love this song MIButterfly Mar 22 #20
Interesting fact I uncovered one day. House of Roberts Mar 22 #22
Indian Love Call - Slim Withman - Mars Attacks Chasstev365 Mar 21 #10
This song was also in the quirky Asteroid City. markodochartaigh Mar 22 #16
I love that song, my college advisor did too and you could hear it coming from his office sometimes... wcmagumba Apr 11 #77
Come What May. - Moulin Rouge vapor2 Mar 21 #11
Can't really say this song was fearured but Shambala Mar 21 #12
Thought Burt Reynolds was a better actor Figarosmom Apr 19 #92
Right off the top of my head, I'd say Mad_Dem_X Mar 22 #13
Love this song too! MIButterfly Mar 22 #21
"Forever Young," in Napoleon Dynamite IndianaDave Mar 22 #14
Here ya go cbabe Mar 22 #29
I think that I have to go with The Galaxy Song markodochartaigh Mar 22 #15
What a great tune ! Pythonesque for sure and really clever. I'm pretty sure all the astronomical facts and..... FadedMullet Mar 22 #36
The sperm song is hilarious too. 😆 Dave Bowman Yesterday #103
Maybe trite, but one of my top choices is Also Sprach Zarathustra prelude from 2001. quaint Mar 22 #17
Not trite, still wonderful. Many symphony "collections" on Youtube include it. FadedMullet Mar 22 #38
That's my choice too! WestMichRad Mar 22 #39
That movie and its soundtrack are epic! av8rdave Mar 24 #57
I Will Remember You - Sarah Mclachlan Nittersing Mar 22 #18
From Bagdad Cafe Morbius Mar 22 #23
Yes! The movie is in my top two after Babe. cbabe Mar 22 #30
Come Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins. debm55 Mar 22 #24
Tuppins, tuppins, tuppins a bag. (Two pence?) applegrove Mar 22 #26
Julie's voice is wonderful singing that song debm55 Mar 22 #40
Wild Summer Nights LogDog75 Mar 22 #25
A Couple Songs From The Sequel Are Good Too ProfessorGAC Apr 10 #70
I liked all the music in that movie👍 Figarosmom Apr 19 #93
Iris from City of Angels Diamond_Dog Mar 22 #27
I just saw City of Angels the other night for the first time - Great movie! red dog 1 Mar 24 #60
Ruthless People!Mick Jagger pandr32 Mar 22 #28
Really love that movie! Dave Bowman Yesterday #104
Arms of the Angel 4TheArts Mar 22 #31
If I had words/Babe cbabe Mar 22 #32
Here's an odd one, but I really like it. "Make Me Smile" from the movie "The Full Monty" performed by....... FadedMullet Mar 22 #33
Blues Traveler's tune "But Anyway" is one of my all time favorite tunes. What movie soundtrack used it? FadedMullet Mar 22 #34
Kingpin (1996) red dog 1 Mar 24 #59
Deb55 - You're still my favorite pollster her on DU, but you'll admit that this is a good one. FadedMullet Mar 22 #35
Yes, it is, FadedMullet. debm55 Mar 22 #41
Seems Like Old Times ... from Annie Hall SharonAnn Mar 22 #37
Les miserables Loisita123 Mar 22 #42
Ending sequence of Buckaroo Banzai AND Ferrets are Cool Mar 22 #43
Little Green Bag - Reservoir Dogs Brother Buzz Mar 23 #44
Gideon's Oboe from "The Mission" no_hypocrisy Mar 23 #45
Day-O Beetle Juice Emile Mar 23 #46
Now and forever... this one! some_of_us_are_sane Mar 23 #48
Unchained Melody in Ghost. wnylib Mar 23 #49
Amazing how they were able to place Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" into.. Tikki Mar 24 #50
Somewhere over the rainbow. sheshe2 Mar 24 #52
I am adding Annie. sheshe2 Mar 24 #54
Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In - The Big Lebowski av8rdave Mar 24 #58
One of my all-time favorite movies. red dog 1 Mar 24 #61
Another great song from The Big Lebowski was played over the closing credits, the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers" red dog 1 Apr 5 #63
The Marseillaise in Casablanca. soldierant Mar 25 #62
And, of course, "As time Goes By" when Bergman says "PLay it Sam..." CTyankee Yesterday #100
Rage Against the Machine - "Wake Up" from The Matrix flvegan Apr 5 #64
Endless Love lpbk2713 Apr 5 #65
"Lovefingers". Silver Apples. Opening sequence song in the '24 Civil War' movie. Tikki Apr 5 #66
True Grit (2010) - Iris Dement - Leaning on the Everlasting Arms red dog 1 Apr 5 #67
I'd Love to Change the World -- Fahrenheit 9/11 Zorro Apr 5 #68
A J Michalka - "It's Who You Are" (Secretariat 2010) red dog 1 Apr 10 #69
Cavatina from The Deer Hunter, The Gael from Last of the Mohicans, and Can You Picture That? from the Muppet Movie Alpeduez21 Apr 10 #71
Definitely "The Gael" from "The Last of the Mohicans", what a great movie... wcmagumba Apr 11 #78
I Wasn't Born To Follow from Easy Rider VGNonly Apr 11 #73
That was the first movie Figarosmom Apr 19 #94
Sunrise, Sunset Sequoia Apr 11 #75
Force of Nature (Oasis) displacedvermoter Apr 11 #76
"What a Feeling", Irene Cara from Flashdance.. Permanut Apr 11 #79
Science Fiction Double Feature k55f5r Apr 11 #80
opening theme from Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex patphil Apr 11 #81
From the GENIUS that is Brian Eno.."Needle In The Camel's Eye" opening sequence... Tikki Apr 11 #82
The Commitments - Try a Little Tenderness - Andrew Strong red dog 1 Apr 15 #83
I liked the whole soundtrack. Boomerproud Apr 19 #88
This song haunted me from the first time I heard it nearly 60 years ago rurallib Apr 15 #84
'Aloha Bobby and Rose' 1975 Prairie_Seagull Apr 16 #85
Going to "cheat". In God's Country" U2 - Rattle & Hum electric_blue68 Apr 16 #86
(Another favorite) WAY DOWN SOUTH - My Cousin Vinny red dog 1 Apr 19 #87
Baja Oklahoma SorellaLaBefana Apr 19 #89
"Reel Ten". The Plugz (1984) from the movie Repo Man (1984). Tikki Apr 19 #90
Against All Odds - Phil Collins Figarosmom Apr 19 #91
Theme from Summer of '42 Mad_Dem_X Apr 20 #95
Stink by John Lurie and Lounge Lizards Brother Buzz Apr 20 #96
Secretariat - "Oh Happy Day" red dog 1 Wednesday #97
Another favorite of mine.. red dog 1 Sunday #98
The Halleluja Trail Theme. malthaussen Yesterday #99
The Wind beneath my Wings WhiteTara Yesterday #101
Knockin' On Heaven's Door BarbaRosa Yesterday #102
Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne's World. 🤘 Dave Bowman Yesterday #105
The Warriors Coolgoober Yesterday #106
Everybody is Talking @ Me midnight cowboy. Elenor Rigby Yellow Submarine Botany Yesterday #107
The theme song... GiqueCee Yesterday #108
American Beauty, Annie Lennox's "Don't Let It Bring You Down." NNadir Yesterday #110
2, Casablanca 1941 irisblue Yesterday #111
The closing scene of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the third kind bobalew 20 hrs ago #112

Skittles

(172,336 posts)
53. I watched it again recently in honor of Bud Cort
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:32 AM
Mar 24

when he passed he was 77 so he didn't make it to 80 like Maude, although in real life Ruth Gordon was 75 when she made this movie. And Vivian Pickles, who played Harold's mum. is still going strong at age 94

edited to add that Cat (Yusuf now), born the same year as Bud (and with Harold in one of those funeral scenes) is still entertaining!

yellowdogintexas

(23,738 posts)
72. I loved it too. One of the few pieces I learned to play on demand when
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:36 AM
Apr 11

I was taking piano lessons.

nuxvomica

(14,157 posts)
74. The zither music served a useful role in the movie
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:07 PM
Apr 11

It kept the audience in their seats for that final scene in the cemetery. Did you know an entire orchestral score was done for the movie but when Carrol Reed heard Anton Karas' zither music he ditched the orchestra?

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,483 posts)
5. Hard to narrow down but I'll go with this one from the Dave Clark 5 movie, "Having a Wild Weekend."
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:03 PM
Mar 21

It was on their album Coast to Coast that I got when I was 12. I saw their movie (still one of my favorites) when it came out the following year.

MIButterfly

(3,010 posts)
8. I Would Walk 500 Miles from Benny and Joon
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:14 PM
Mar 21

was the first one that came to mind.

Also Unchained Melody from Ghost; never did care for that song much until I saw that movie and now I like it.

House of Roberts

(6,589 posts)
22. Interesting fact I uncovered one day.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:30 PM
Mar 22

Ellen Burstyn started acting in TV and movies in 1958 as Ellen McRae, and changed to Burstyn in 1970. I watch a lot of old tv shows on various retro channels and spotted her in a show, and looked up the episode to see who she was, found her as Ellen McRae, then discovered the switch.

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
16. This song was also in the quirky Asteroid City.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 03:06 AM
Mar 22

My little cat Pangur Bán finds it as fascinating as the youtube lynx screaming videos.

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wcmagumba

(6,490 posts)
77. I love that song, my college advisor did too and you could hear it coming from his office sometimes...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:50 PM
Apr 11

He was a nice guy but this was back in the 70s when smoking was allowed everywhere...He smoked in his office and we always laughed about him because he had longer ashes on his cigarettes than anyone had ever seen...

Shambala

(288 posts)
12. Can't really say this song was fearured but
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 11:38 PM
Mar 21

I really dug this movie and the song spoke to me at the time.


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Figarosmom

(12,736 posts)
92. Thought Burt Reynolds was a better actor
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 11:02 PM
Apr 19

Then he was ever credited for. I really liked him.

FadedMullet

(974 posts)
36. What a great tune ! Pythonesque for sure and really clever. I'm pretty sure all the astronomical facts and.....
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 10:10 PM
Mar 22

......figures are all spot on too, which you would expect.

quaint

(5,112 posts)
17. Maybe trite, but one of my top choices is Also Sprach Zarathustra prelude from 2001.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:19 AM
Mar 22
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av8rdave

(10,662 posts)
57. That movie and its soundtrack are epic!
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:39 PM
Mar 24

I “discovered” Strauss because of that film!

ProfessorGAC

(77,062 posts)
70. A Couple Songs From The Sequel Are Good Too
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:21 PM
Apr 10

I think this is the best one.

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pandr32

(14,307 posts)
28. Ruthless People!Mick Jagger
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:14 PM
Mar 22

He did it as the theme song for the movie with the same name. He did it in collaboration with Daryl Hall and David Stewart.
The movie was a whole lot of fun.

FadedMullet

(974 posts)
33. Here's an odd one, but I really like it. "Make Me Smile" from the movie "The Full Monty" performed by.......
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:41 PM
Mar 22

.......Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Here's a video.........



I just looked at some of the other responses to your question, and I take back what I said about
this being "an odd one". It's certainly is no odder than many of the other entries in this contest.

Thanks, Red Dog, for posting this, it's a good one.

FadedMullet

(974 posts)
34. Blues Traveler's tune "But Anyway" is one of my all time favorite tunes. What movie soundtrack used it?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:57 PM
Mar 22

Loisita123

(24 posts)
42. Les miserables
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:14 PM
Mar 22

Really liking " Do you hear the people sing" right now.

Or maybe the Bad News Bears using the music from Carmen.

Or Bob Dylan's Knock knocking on heavens door from Pat Garrett and Billy the kid.

All the music from Last of the Mohicans

Ferrets are Cool

(23,016 posts)
43. Ending sequence of Buckaroo Banzai AND
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:21 PM
Mar 22


How I feel right at this moment in time: This is not America. Pat Metheny and David Bowie

Brother Buzz

(40,178 posts)
44. Little Green Bag - Reservoir Dogs
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:27 AM
Mar 23

Quentin Tarantino has a thing about eclectic music, and boy howdy, he picked a great one for the opening of Reservoir Dogs.



Oh, speaking of opening scenes, it was brilliant using Sea Lion Woman for a haunting mood setting opening for The General’s Daughter.

no_hypocrisy

(55,161 posts)
45. Gideon's Oboe from "The Mission"
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:16 AM
Mar 23

Instrumental -- is it still a "song"?

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Tikki

(15,186 posts)
50. Amazing how they were able to place Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" into..
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:30 AM
Mar 24

those scenes in the Movie "Stranger Than Fiction".Love, love the song.

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Tikki

av8rdave

(10,662 posts)
58. Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In - The Big Lebowski
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:42 PM
Mar 24

That movie made that song a decades long earworm for me.

red dog 1

(33,318 posts)
63. Another great song from The Big Lebowski was played over the closing credits, the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers"
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:00 AM
Apr 5

covered beautifully by Townes Van Zant.
(Not "featured," but it was there at the end of the movie)

CTyankee

(68,353 posts)
100. And, of course, "As time Goes By" when Bergman says "PLay it Sam..."
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:35 AM
Yesterday

And then he sees her...whatta moment in film history!

flvegan

(66,422 posts)
64. Rage Against the Machine - "Wake Up" from The Matrix
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:02 AM
Apr 5
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Rep the stutter step and bomb a left upon the fascists

Tikki

(15,186 posts)
66. "Lovefingers". Silver Apples. Opening sequence song in the '24 Civil War' movie.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:19 PM
Apr 5

Blew my mind..I never believed I would hear a Silver Apples’ song in a movie.
The song is from 1968…

Tikki

Alpeduez21

(2,063 posts)
71. Cavatina from The Deer Hunter, The Gael from Last of the Mohicans, and Can You Picture That? from the Muppet Movie
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:56 PM
Apr 10




Tikki

(15,186 posts)
82. From the GENIUS that is Brian Eno.."Needle In The Camel's Eye" opening sequence...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:52 PM
Apr 11

to the Movie..Velvet Goldmine. (1998)

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Tikki

rurallib

(64,746 posts)
84. This song haunted me from the first time I heard it nearly 60 years ago
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:09 PM
Apr 15

the theme from MASH "Suicide Is Painless"

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Figarosmom

(12,736 posts)
91. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 10:10 PM
Apr 19
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And The End in Apocalypse Now


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Cry Little Sister - The Lost Boys

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The Way We Were

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Brother Buzz

(40,178 posts)
96. Stink by John Lurie and Lounge Lizards
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:58 PM
Apr 20


The Lounge Lizards have some fun lyrics and dialogue going on during the song, but I can only pick up bits and pieces. Any help?

malthaussen

(18,600 posts)
99. The Halleluja Trail Theme.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 10:11 AM
Yesterday


Elmer Bernstein strikes again.

Honorable mention to The Begat, from Finnian's Rainbow



Of course, that was a stage musical first. Burton Lane and E.Y. Harbourg

-- Mal

BarbaRosa

(2,732 posts)
102. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 12:02 PM
Yesterday

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

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Botany

(77,649 posts)
107. Everybody is Talking @ Me midnight cowboy. Elenor Rigby Yellow Submarine
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 12:31 PM
Yesterday
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NNadir

(38,338 posts)
110. American Beauty, Annie Lennox's "Don't Let It Bring You Down."
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:26 PM
Yesterday

While I fully understand Kevin Spacey's pariah status, more than a little disturbing given the plot of the movie, he was at the height of his acting powers in that film, perhaps because he wasn't actually entirely acting.

It was however the first time I heard the Lennox version of that song.

Elliot Smith's rendition of Because is also unbelievably moving.

bobalew

(450 posts)
112. The closing scene of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the third kind
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 06:52 PM
20 hrs ago

it's the ending part of Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues....

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