Movie Magic: Songs from the Soundtracks
1. The Faces - Ooh La La (Rushmore)
Every person in my group of friends had this soundtrack in their car. It wasn't the soundtrack to a wonderfully quirky movie with one of my favorite characters of all time (Max Fischer!), but the soundtrack to a summer full of shenanigans no one else in our town seemed to get but us.
2. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (Trainspotting)
I tried to get the girls on my freshman dorm floor to watch Trainspotting with me within the first month of my first semester of college. That was not my smartest idea. "Lust for Life" is one of those songs that so amazingly encompasses the scene in which it appears that it's no longer background noise, but a character all its own.
SONG & MOVIE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wko_IweA6R0
3. Phoenix - Too Young (Lost in Translation)
It's been a few years since I watched Lost in Translation in its entirety. My memory is fuzzy as to how prominently this song is (or is not) used in the movie. Regardless, I played the fuck out of this song when I was a college DJ. It was a difficult choice between this and Jesus & Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey."
4. The Cardigans - Lovefool (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
Who doesn't love this song? Honestly. As for the movie, I resisted it for a long time - until I had to write a paper for my Shakespeare course in college comparing the written words to a film adaptation. I ended up really liking Baz Luhrmann's version and the soundtrack.
5. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (500 Days of Summer)
Whether or not this track will stand the test of time remains to be seen. But because it is so fresh in my mind, I cannot exclude it. It's the kind of song I think a band finishes writing and just knows someone is going to put it in a movie and then use it in the trailer.
6. Third Eye Blind - Graduate (Can't Hardly Wait)
Third Eye Blind is one of my guiltiest pleasures. Can't Hardly Wait is the kind of teen movie I live for. Combine the two and it's heaven.
SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4APJzW1qc
7. Green Day - J. A. R. (Angus)
You know those movies you LOVED when you were young and impressionable? And how when you watch them now in your mid/late-twenties and are disappointed when it seems so completely different than how you remember it? Yeah, that definitely did not happen with me and Angus. I rewatched it for the first time in years a few months ago and it still hits every high note. (Also: Green Day! What the fuck happened to you?!)
8. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) (St. Elmo's Fire)
Honestly, I didn't know this song existed until August 2009. Once I heard it on a friend's playlist during a road trip, I was hooked. After making a carload of tired travelers listen to it on repeat while driving through Arizona, I arrived back in Boston and downloaded it immediately. Then I watched the movie. Dumb movie. Awesome song.
9. Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You (Empire Records)
Empire Records is a perfect movie. "Til I Hear It From You" is a perfect song.
10. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (City of Angels)
I've never seen City of Angels, and I have no plans to. I hate Nicholas Cage. He makes me cringe. And I've never been a huge Goo Goo Dolls fan, but this song makes so much sense for this kind of movie. It might not be something I want to listen to all the time, but on a recent flight I watched part of VH1's Songs of the '90s and couldn't resist really liking this afterall.
11. Seal - Kiss from a Rose (Batman Forever)
The movie SUCKED. But the soundtrack was awesome. I remember it being one of the first CDs that was truly mine and not borrowed from my parents or a friend. "Kiss from a Rose" is a personal favorite, because I had my first slow dance to it at a Teen Center. The boy told me I looked like a Tickle Me Elmo doll. (In his defense, I was wearing a red, fuzzy sweater...)
12. Aimee Mann - Wise Up (Magnolia)
I can still remember sitting in the theater being blown away by this scene and song.
13. Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World (Donnie Darko)
Another song that perfectly fits the movie it's in and the point in which it appears.
14. Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (An American Tail)
Shut the fuck up.
Yep. You can continue to shut the fuck up. Because this is awesome.
SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoWtY_h4xo
16. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Say Anything)
The first time I saw this movie, I caught it midway through on TV. I started falling in love with it, so I turned it off and drove to Sam Goody (Sam Goody!) in the mall and bought the VHS tape. Since then, every boy has been compared (typically unfavorably) to Lloyd Dobler.
17. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Against All Odds)
I nearly included "You'll Be In My Heart" since it was by Phil Collins and written for Tarzan. Then I remembered this much much much better Phil Collins song was written for Against All Odds (which I've never seen, but oh well). And enjoy.
18. Pulp - Like a Friend (Great Expectations)
When this song kicks in, it makes me wish I'd have made a movie to put it in.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment