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fannish5:
Name five effective uses of songs in movies or tv shows.
1. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan in Watchmen. Just inspired, really. The song gets a brief mention in the GN, IIRC, but the way they used it in the opening credits is amazing.
2. "We Will Rock You" by Queen in A Knight's Tale. Hee, okay, I know the film's not a classic by any standard, but I love the way they brought together modern music and the "medieval" setting. I lost it when I noticed that during the guitar solo, there's a guy with a trumpet playing along. A close second is the music playing when William's crew make the bet with the Frenchmen. If you listen closely, you'll realize it's regular bar music, kind of blues-y country, just in a whatever-century pub. There are even people inexplicably dancing to it. Awesome.
3. "Staralfur" by Sigur Ros in both The Life Aquatic and The Girl in the Cafe. Oh man, this song. Okay, you know in Shawshank Redemption when Red talks about the opera song Andy plays, and how he doesn't want to know what the words are in English because he likes to think they're singing about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it? That's this song, for me. It comes at what I consider the emotional climax of both movies, and it just.. makes your heart ache, appropriately enough.
4. "Whole Wide World" by Wreckless Eric in Stranger Than Fiction. The scene in which this song features is proof positive that anyone can look hot while playing guitar, even an almost terminally dorky Will Ferrell. Also, I guess, something about the power of music, how it can build deep bonds between people in an instant.
5. "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Aww. Everybody dances! I get chills, TBH, seeing a street filled to bursting with people all dancing and singing together. It's just.. nice. And, of course, the Beatles- I mean, 'nuff said.
Runners-up: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra in Kill Bill Vol. 1. "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John in Almost Famous. "Lucia Di Lammermoor" by Gaetano Donizetti in The Fifth Element. "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant in Hot Fuzz.
ETA: Links to vids-
1. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
2. Couldn't find one, sorry.
3. "Staralfur" in Life Aquatic WARNING: Serious spoilers. I mean it. I hesitate to even have the link at all. DO NOT WATCH this if you haven't seen the movie.
4. "Whole Wide World" WARNING: Not entirely work-safe.
5. "Twist and Shout"
Runner-up vids I could find:
"Tiny Dancer"
"Lucia Di Lammermoor"
fannish5:Name five effective uses of songs in movies or tv shows.
1. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan in Watchmen. Just inspired, really. The song gets a brief mention in the GN, IIRC, but the way they used it in the opening credits is amazing.
2. "We Will Rock You" by Queen in A Knight's Tale. Hee, okay, I know the film's not a classic by any standard, but I love the way they brought together modern music and the "medieval" setting. I lost it when I noticed that during the guitar solo, there's a guy with a trumpet playing along. A close second is the music playing when William's crew make the bet with the Frenchmen. If you listen closely, you'll realize it's regular bar music, kind of blues-y country, just in a whatever-century pub. There are even people inexplicably dancing to it. Awesome.
3. "Staralfur" by Sigur Ros in both The Life Aquatic and The Girl in the Cafe. Oh man, this song. Okay, you know in Shawshank Redemption when Red talks about the opera song Andy plays, and how he doesn't want to know what the words are in English because he likes to think they're singing about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it? That's this song, for me. It comes at what I consider the emotional climax of both movies, and it just.. makes your heart ache, appropriately enough.
4. "Whole Wide World" by Wreckless Eric in Stranger Than Fiction. The scene in which this song features is proof positive that anyone can look hot while playing guitar, even an almost terminally dorky Will Ferrell. Also, I guess, something about the power of music, how it can build deep bonds between people in an instant.
5. "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Aww. Everybody dances! I get chills, TBH, seeing a street filled to bursting with people all dancing and singing together. It's just.. nice. And, of course, the Beatles- I mean, 'nuff said.
Runners-up: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra in Kill Bill Vol. 1. "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John in Almost Famous. "Lucia Di Lammermoor" by Gaetano Donizetti in The Fifth Element. "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant in Hot Fuzz.
ETA: Links to vids-
1. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
2. Couldn't find one, sorry.
3. "Staralfur" in Life Aquatic WARNING: Serious spoilers. I mean it. I hesitate to even have the link at all. DO NOT WATCH this if you haven't seen the movie.
4. "Whole Wide World" WARNING: Not entirely work-safe.
5. "Twist and Shout"
Runner-up vids I could find:
"Tiny Dancer"
"Lucia Di Lammermoor"