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Mar 12, 2024 · Certain films showcase songs tailored precisely for their narratives, embodying the essence of the story, often becoming more iconic than the movie. Which movie’s original song is the best? Screen Rant
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Mar 10, 2024 · From 'Spider-Man 2' to 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' to 'Rocky III,' here are the 50 best original songs written for films.
- Eye of the Tiger. 1,794 votes. The ultimate pump up song and staple of everyone's "Gym Playlist," this 1982 hit belongs to Rocky III. One of the best-selling singles in the history of the universe, "Eye of the Tiger" was voted VH1's 63rd greatest hard rock song of all time.
- Stayin' Alive. 1,398 votes. "Stayin' Alive" was the theme song from Saturday Night Fever. The Bee Gees classic of 1977 landed as #189 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
- Lose Yourself. 1,698 votes. The anthem of 8 Mile and pretty much all of 2002, "Lose Yourself" was Eminem's first single from the movie's soundtrack. Its 23 weeks on top of the world made its mark in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Longest Running Single at Number One for a Rap Song."
- Take My Breath Away. 1,242 votes. Berlin wrote this love song for 1986's Top Gun. Giorgi Moroder and Tom Whitlock wrote the tune for the Tom Cruise movie and got both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
- ‘See You Again’, Furious 7
- ‘When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings’, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- ‘My Rifle, My Pony and Me’, Rio Bravo
- ‘Wait For The Rain’, The Last House on The Left
- ‘You Can Never Hold Back Spring’, The Tiger and The Snow
- ‘The Moon Song’, Her
- ‘Shallow’, A Star Is Born
- ‘Best That You Can Do
- ‘All The Stars’, Black Panther
- ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’, The Thomas Crown Affair
Written by Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth and Cameron Thomaz; performed by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth When Paul Walker died in a car accident in 2013, the Fast and the Furious lost one of its most beloved stars. His final appearance as Brian O’Conner in Furious 7 was marked with a touching tribute at the film’s close, in which O’Conner...
Written by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch; performed by Tim Blake Nelson and Willie Watson One of the most surprising moments in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was this little ditty, which kicks in about five minutes into The Coen Brothers’ anthology western. It’s a simple, folksy cowboy ditty, accompanied by the sight of Tim Blake Nelson’s titular...
Written and performed by Dean Martin, accompanied by Ricky Nelson With popular crooners Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson occupying lead roles, Rio Bravo didn’t have much choice but to include a couple of musical numbers amidst the gunfights and frontier-spirit bravado. Thankfully, this country-western tune is so charming that it doesn’t feel forced, pr...
Written and performed by David Hess Fun fact: the actor who plays the sadistic serial rapist Krug in Wes Craven’s notorious Video Nasty also wrote and performed the film’s soundtrack. The late David Hess may not be a household name but he was a regular fixture of ’70s and ’80s exploitation fodder, appearing in the likes of Hitch-Hike, The House on ...
Written and performed by Tom Waits Tom Waits is one of those rare, decade-spanning artists whose work just gets richer with time. His jazzy, barroom lullaby phase ended, and his creatively fecund, “bang-a-radiator-with-a-croquet-mallet” phase began. Then he somehow found a happy medium between these two buzzing poles in his sporadic, soulful post-2...
Written by Karen Orzolek with lyrics by Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze; performed by Karen O In the music video for ‘The Moon Song’, Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O admits that she wrote and recorded the ballad at her dining room table, near where she’d read the script for Spike Jonze’s Her for the first time. Old friends and ex-partners, Jonze a...
Written by Lady Gaga, Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson; performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper For the fourth big screen version of A Star Is Born, director Bradley Cooper prevailed upon one of the most recognisable stars in the world to play his leading lady. A film about musicians needs good music, so Lady Gaga’s casting was a ...
Written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen; performed by Christopher Cross Yacht rock standard bearer Christopher Cross possessed a face for radio, so when MTV came to rule the roost, he was out on his professional ear. His legacy includes a very good self-titled album, and the absolutely soaring theme from the...
Written by Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Sounwave and Al Shux; performed by Lamar and SZA Ryan Coogler handpicked hip hop superstar Kendrick Lamar to produce the soundtrack for Black Panther, bringing a much-needed sense of musical identity to an element often overlooked by Marvel movies. (Remember the Spider-Man and Batman soundtracks of the ’90s and early...
Composed by Michel Legrand with English lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman; performed by Noel Harrison Thomas Crown is an almost entirely impenetrable character; an impeccably debonair millionaire played with icy indifference by Steve McQueen. As such, this song – for which French composer Michel Legrand and American lyricists Alan and Marilyn Berg...
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- “My Heart Will Go On” – Titanic (1997) Titanic is undeniably one of the greatest movies ever made, and arguably James Cameron's absolute best. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," which appears as the film's theme, completely translates the wistful and melancholic reality of the Titanic disaster.
- “Don’t You Forget About Me” – The Breakfast Club (1985) John Hughes movies rightfully stand out among coming-of-age movies, but The Breakfast Club in particular emphasizes the perspectives of outcasts (right alongside those of the popular kids).
- “9 to 5" – 9 to 5 (1980) It probably goes without saying that when people think of the phrase "9 to 5" (the movie or the film), they either think of work and/or Dolly Parton.
- “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life” – Dirty Dancing (1987) "(I've Had) the Time of My Life," sung by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, met the public's perception through Dirty Dancing as the film's theme.
May 19, 2022 · These are the best original songs that were created specifically for a film to emphasize the story or flesh out the characters' perspectives, heard either during the narrative or over the...
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Feb 7, 2024 · But which songs written for movies are truly the greatest of all time? Almost as long as there have been movies, music has played a critical role in making a movie feel bigger than any...
