100 Greatest Movie Soundtrack Songs
86Blue-Eyed Soul from Dublin ... The Commitments.
First of all, this list was a labor of love. I do not google anything when I make these lists. I prefer to rely on my own personal experiences and that way, if I miss one, I will hear about it from you based on your personal experiences. These songs are all from movies, period.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO APPEAR ON A SOUNDTRACK ALBUM to be eligible for this list. AND they are not simply automatically eligible if they were on a soundtrack. THESE ARE MOVIE MOMENTS where no other song could have captured the moment like these did. I also tried to avoid USING MUSICALS (like Grease, Willie Wonka) or Biographical films about musicians (like La Bamba or Walk The Line)!
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Juno
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Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction: Soundtracks From The Quentin Tarantino Films
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Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
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She's Having a Baby
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Once
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Harold & Maude, Original Soundtrack Recording
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Kill Bill has incredible music!
Or Twist a lil' closer with Ferris!
The Greatest Musical Movie Moments or MMMs
Listed by SONG, (Scene in which the song appears) and MOVIE.
MOVING IN STEREO by THE CARS (Phoebe Cates comes out of the pool and adolescence will never be the same in) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU by STEALER'S WHEEL (The ear-chopping scene with the cop Marvin in) RESERVOIR DOGS
GOODBYE HORSES by Q LAZZARUS (The tuck your penis in and dance like a total trans-gender psycho song in) THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
JUMP IN THE LINE (SHAKE SENORA) by HARRY BELAFONTE (The amusing seance song from) BEETLEJUICE
IN YOUR EYES by PETER GABRIEL (John Cusack's overhead boombox for unrequited love in) SAY ANYTHING...
THEME FROM "FLASH" by QUEEN (The greatest soundtrack theme ever created by a rock band from) FLASH GORDON
I GOT YOU BABE by SONNY & CHER (The wake up and start it all over again song from) GROUNDHOG DAY
JUST DROPPED IN (TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN) by FIRST EDITION (The Dude's bowling montage / acid-flashback in) THE BIG LEBOWSKI
GIMME SHELTER by THE ROLLING STONES (The drug-induced spinout of Henry Hill and his cocaine mistress in) GOODFELLAS
LUST FOR LIFE by IGGY POP (The opening chase scene / hit by a car in) TRAINSPOTTING
DAMN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTA by GETO BOYS (Getting seriously gangsta on the Copy Machine in) OFFICE SPACE
ROCKY'S THEME (GONNA FLY NOW) by BILL CONTI (Running through the Streets of Philly with all the kids and then up the steps from) ROCKY and ROCKY II
ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) by CHRISTOPHER CROSS (Take me through the park Bitterman, you know how much I love the park! from) ARTHUR
IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP by THREE SIX MAFIA (The studio recording scene in) HUSTLE & FLOW
HOLIDAY ROAD by LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM (Griswold traveling theme to) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S "VACATION"
SHOUT by Otis Day & The Knights (Live from the frat house in) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S "ANIMAL HOUSE"
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW by JUDY GARLAND (The final shootout in) FACE/OFF
BRAND NEW KEY by MELANIE (The Rollergirl Strip song in) BOOGIE NIGHTS
ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU by THE MOLDY PEACHES (The closing duet between Cera & Page in) JUNO
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE by GUNS N' ROSES (The violent opening scene transition in ) LEAN ON ME
EYE OF THE TIGER by SURVIVOR (training montage in) ROCKY III
THIS WOMAN'S WORK by KATE BUSH (Kevin Bacon's maternity waiting room song from) SHE'S HAVING A BABY
MRS. ROBINSON by SIMON & GARFUNKEL (The coming of age pool scene in) THE GRADUATE
IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT, SING OUT by CAT STEVENS (Closing credits on a Mountaintop from) HAROLD AND MAUDE
GREATEST LOVE OF ALL by RANDY WATSON (a/k/a Eddie Murphy & Sexual Chocolate in) COMING TO AMERICA
BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY by TOMOYASU HOTEI (The Battle with the Crazy 88s in) KILL BILL VOL. 1
NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU by THE FOUNDATIONS (Closing theme to) SHALLOW HAL
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT by THE ROLLING STONES (Funeral procession in) THE BIG CHILL
FIGHT THE POWER by PUBLIC ENEMY (used throughout the amazing and important) DO THE RIGHT THING
TWIST AND SHOUT by THE BEATLES (The big parade dance number from) FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
FOOTBALL RAP by LL COOL J (The closing credits song with Goldie Hawn and cast) WILDCATS
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE by WILL FERRELL & ZOE DESCHANEL (The funny shower-room scene in) ELF
SON OF A PREACHER MAN by DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (Picking Up Mrs. Mia Wallace in) PULP FICTION
FREE BIRD by LYNYRD SKYNYRD (The final highway shootout in) THE DEVIL'S REJECTS
IF YOU WERE HERE by THOMPSON TWINS (The closing kiss, wish 'already came true' song in) SIXTEEN CANDLES
MAKING TIME by CREATION (Bill Murray's bicycle run-over revenge in) RUSHMORE
SINGING IN THE RAIN by Malcolm McDowell (The shockingly funny rape scene in) CLOCKWORK ORANGE
HIP TO BE SQUARE by HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS (The greatest murder in the film is done to this hilariously bad song from) AMERICAN PSYCHO
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by ESQUIVEL (The Troublemakers theme in) FOUR ROOMS
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS by THE COMMITMENTS (their best performance before utter implosion) THE COMMITMENTS
UP WHERE WE BELONG by JOE COCKER & JENNIFER WARNES (The romantic warehouse ending to) AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
TOO YOUNG by PHOENIX (The streets of Tokyo in) LOST IN TRANSLATION
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE by ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (Welcome to Santa Carla theme from) THE LOST BOYS
BAD TO THE BONE by GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS (The theme to one evil car in) CHRISTINE
DECK THE HALLS (The ultimate Christmas song in a Chinese Restaurant on Christmas Day) A CHRISTMAS STORY
CANNED HEAT by JAMIROQUAI (The 'VOTE FOR PEDRO' big dance contest winner in) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
WHERE IS MY MIND? by THE PIXIES (The world collapsing on itself in) FIGHT CLUB
ALL BY MYSELF by ERIC CARMEN (The hilarious funeral boombox in) TO DIE FOR
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE by THE DIXIE CHICKS (The Free Speech anthem from) SHUT UP & SING
I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW by THE SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS (live performance in) O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP by THE FOUNDATIONS (the closing theme to) THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
THE BABYSITTING BLUES by ELIZABETH SHUE (Nobody leave this place without sangin' the blues song from) ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD by DEAN MARTIN (Budding romance in) A BRONX TALE
LITTLE GREEN BAG by GEORGE BAKER SELECTION (The opening slo-mo shot in) RESERVOIR DOGS
BLACK BETTY by RAM JAM (for the Dope runs to South America in) BLOW
WHITE RABBIT by JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (The hysterical attempted bathtub suicide in) FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Pt. 1) by MARVIN GAYE (The song that keeps the peace in the) BARBERSHOP
WISE UP by AIMEE MANN (The song they all spontaneously start singing in) MAGNOLIA
LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL by HOWARD JONES (The 'Fix up the car with a foreign exchange student' song in) BETTER OFF DEAD
SWEET JANE by THE COWBOY JUNKIES (The love scene in) PRELUDE TO A KISS
ROLLING WITH MY HOMIES by COOLIO (the hilarious Brittany Murphy version in) CLUELESS
PERFECT DAY by LOU REED (Heroin Overdose in) TRAINSPOTTING
WAVE OF MUTILATION by THE PIXIES (Walking home paranoid as hell in) PUMP UP THE VOLUME
EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' by NILSSON (Gigolo Cowboy Street-combing in NYC) MIDNIGHT COWBOY
HEY YOU by PINK FLOYD (The Un-original song sung by Jesse Eisenberg in) THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY by THE EAGLES (Will Ferrell's version is heartbreaking in) WINTER PASSING {a must-see}
AMERICA by NEIL DIAMOND (the big concert at the end of) THE JAZZ SINGER
DON'T BE SHY by CAT STEVENS (The amazing opening of) HAROLD AND MAUDE
MARY JANE by RICK JAMES (For a joint over at Smokey's house in ) FRIDAY
BOYS BETTER by THE DANDY WARHOLS (The Sound of New York City in) IGBY GOES DOWN
UNCHAINED MELODY by THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (The clay mold love scene in ) GHOST
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE by DANIEL REY (a/k/a Weiner Dog's theme from) WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE
SUMMER IN THE CITY by THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL (Opening credits and a bomb going off in Manhattan in) DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN by BARRY MANILOW (The opening West Coast Highway song in) FOUL PLAY
GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON by URGE OVERKILL (Uma dances and then...Overdose!!!! in) PULP FICTION
SUMMER BREEZE by SEALS & CROFTS (Out til the morning light in) DAZED & CONFUSED
SOMEBODY'S BABY by JACKSON BROWNE (The losing your virginity at a baseball field song in) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
AMERICAN GIRL by TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (The final victim in) THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
DANCING IN HEAVEN (Orbital Be Bop) by Q-Feel (The Dance Contest Song from) GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN
MIDNIGHT RIDER by GREGG ALLMAN (The opening credit sequence to) THE DEVIL'S REJECTS
MAY THIS BE LOVE by JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE (the "gettin to know you" song in) SINGLES
NEW JACK HUSTLER (NINO'S THEME) by ICE-T (The big chase after Chris Rock on the bike from) NEW JACK CITY
IT MUST BE LOVE by MADNESS (The funny love scene in which Jeff Goldbum & Emma Thompson trash the apartment in) THE TALL GUY
BOOM SHAK-A-LAK by APACHE INDIAN (The Shaggin' Wagon theme to) DUMB AND DUMBER
WALKING ON SUNSHINE by KATRINA AND THE WAVES (Used in too many films to count but hilarious in) HIGH FIDELITY
CHANTILLY LACE by THE BIG BOPPER (Clarence & Alabama in the phone booth) TRUE ROMANCE
MR. BRIGHTSIDE by THE KILLERS (Cameron Diaz arrives and rocks out in her English cottage in) THE HOLIDAY
[tie] NO EASY WAY OUT by ROBERT TEPPER (The angry drive-history montage); HEART'S ON FIRE by JOHN CAFFERTY (Training montage in the snow from) ROCKY IV
THE PROMISE by WHEN IN ROME (The tether-ball song in) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO by BONNIE TYLER (Playing chicken on the tractors) FOOTLOOSE
YOU'RE THE BEST! by GERALDO ESPOSITO (the karate finale in) THE KARATE KID
I'M CASTING MY LASSO TOWARDS THE SKY by SLIM WHITMAN (The song that saves the earth in) MARS ATTACKS!
BORN SLIPPY by UNDERWORLD (The 'how it worked out' ending of) TRAINSPOTTING
DUELING BANJOS by ??? (The Holy Shit, where the hell are we? song in) DELIVERANCE
SWEET EMOTION by AEROSMITH (The opening minutes of the first day of school 1976 from) DAZED AND CONFUSED
LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR by Pete Townshend (Steve Carell vs. Dane Cook love triangle song in) DAN IN REAL LIFE
IT MIGHT BE YOU by Stephen Bishop (The realizing you're in love with a woman who thinks you're a woman song from) TOOTSIE
YOU NEVER CAN TELL by CHUCK BERRY (The twist contest at Jack Rabbit Slim's in) PULP FICTION
HEY PAULA by PAUL AND PAULA (The guitar smashing Belushi in) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S "ANIMAL HOUSE"
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME! by VAN HALEN (The claymation hamburger song in) BETTER OFF DEAD
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Of course not. I'm so glad you wrote. The only reason I deleted our past convo was I overreacted and killed the thread.
Plus I was genuinely confused about Bandits, which may look from DVD box like just another Bruce Willis bad comedy. Or another perverted BillyBob comedy. This movie has genuine sparkle. It was touched by the film gods, you could say.
Where did we first get on the subject, was it not on the 100 greatest of the 2000s list?
It all started when I read your profile and your top 10 all-time favorite movies. Thought I recognized a kindred spirit. Keep up the great work, I love your hubs.
Would you consider Things Have Changed by Bob Dylan, from the Wonder Boys soundtrack?
Love the song and love the soundtrack but it does it strike you as a movie moment. I love that movie but there isn't a defining moment in the film to draw from.
That is the topic if you read the intro.
Did read the intro, sorry...haven't watched the movie in a very long time, it's what I think of when I hear the song. But you're right, I guess it really is more of a connection than defining moment thing.
What the....
Yeah Right!
Happy Birhtday to You! Happy Birthday to You! You deserve cheap-assed steak knives. Happy Birthday to you!
Sorry I haven't been around. I've been soooo friggin' busy. (Which is a good thing)
You can email me here. (Take out the EATSPAM)
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Not that I see a lot of movies, unless they are kid movies anymore, but of those that I have watched, the ones on your list, when I hear them now, I think of the movie. Especially holiday road and the Shallow Hal one.
Great job. Donna
Thanks guys!
FOOTBALL RAP by LL COOL J (The closing credits song with Goldie Hawn and cast) WILDCATS
Aw Hell yeah!
OH NO! The inmates have left the asylum! What up fellas!
i would of put football rap way higher...not sure if you had any songs from the departed on the list? i could go back and check but i am lazy...how bout the end credit song? who is that Ray Lamontagne? prob the most underated guitar player ever.
The Dueling Banjos - Deliverance.... :O)
EXCELLENT CHOICE Fletch. That might have to get a mention.
I dig the whole list, but when I got to number 51 (Rolling With My Homies, in Clueless), that brought me baaaaaaaaaack. That movie was full of great music pairings. Another one that comes to mind:
"All The Young Dudes," with Cher talking about the greasy highschool boys being the reason she's a virgin...
Anyway, great list. As always, your hubs are full of thought and show your love for music, plainly!
Great choice Maddie! I almost used ALRIGHT by Supergrass too where they are posing for the photo by the fountain.
I have just deleted Flashdance in favor of Fletch's EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, the memories! You know, I still sometimes find myself singing "Supermodel" (by Jill Sobule, from the movie, NOT the RuPaul song, in case there's any ambiguity) in the shower, getting dressed, or walking down the street with girlfriends...
Although, actually, I've been known to sing the RuPaul song too. ;)
Thanks for reminiscing with me Maddie. i don't know if you've been to my new
100 Funniest Movies Series (I've only gotten from 100-80 so far) but since it's you and you're in with the big guys I can reveal ahead of time that CLUELESS starring Silverstone, Murphy and RUUD as in Paul! or is it Rudd.? yeah it's Rudd, I'm a dumbass, anyway it will be coming in on our countdown at # 39!
Paul Rudd, yes. Paul Ruud is my father, among others. It's a rather popular name among Scandinavians and Scando-Americans.
I'll check it out. Sounds right up my alley!
PS: I loved "The Commitments." Been many years, perhaps I should rent it again...
Brilliant Hub... your list is eclectic, superior and that of a raving lunatic. I love your organized madness. I can't wait to read more.
Wow. Thank You very much.
DJ - EXCELLENT JOB !!!
Boy!! This Must Have Taken you a year to gather info on and write about
Loved the BeetleJuice Number
Just Wanted To add one to the list of my own personal favorites:
Remember The Breakfast Club and The Simple Minds Tune "Don't You Forget About Me"
This only took me two hours off th etop of my head actually. I don't have a hard time drawing on these moments for some reason.
Re: your selection >> Good call, Judd Nelson pumps his fist at the end, sure.
I have to nominate another one. "Let my love open the door" Pete Townshed. During the family talent show in Dan In Real Life. Gets me every time.
I LOVED that moment. It's in!!!! Which 1 do I take off ? hmmmm.
Sister Act nuns was lame anyways. Good job Rhym.
how about down with the sickness-dawn of the dead
and we belong-talledaga nights
Great hub! You are all of the place but I want to read more. :)
-Your newest fan
Wow! I'm just going to quote Rhym here "May I start out by saying that no one could possibly read any of your hubs and not realize the incredible amount of thought you put into them." Over and over...I'm fascinated by your columns! Fantastic!
hi so much
#64, "Everybody's talking". That one song made the movie. Midnight Cowboy, itself, was a very disturbing movie. If it had not been for Voight's acting, a few nude scenes and some great music, it would be a bust. Instead, it is an American classic.
wow this is really great list.... most of the listed songs i know about..and they are really nice ...thanx for sharing...
aren,t there hindi songs???????????????
No. Make your own list.
I love this list and would be hard pushed to pick my number one from it thre are only two films mentioned that I have not seen.
I'd have to add 'Superfreak' from "Little Miss Sunshine" - defining moment in which the vision of a stoned (and very recently dead) grandfather propels his grandaughter willingly into the spotlight where she totally teras apart the sick notion of beauty pageants for little girls.
Great list.
I tried to listed/watch some of the videos, but they have all been removed.
I love this one
NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU by THE FOUNDATIONS (Closing theme to) SHALLOW HAL
Great songs! Great scenes! Great hub!
I'm glad you included Wise Up from Magnolia. It's a great scene.
Not on your list, but the scene in Almost Famous where the characters (one by one) start singing along to Tiny Dancer always get my full attention.
Summer Nights in Grease is a fun scene.
Uncle Fucka in South Park is hilarious!
I don't think I could compile a list this comprehensive even WITH Google! You are amazing! Makes me want to soundtrack my own life!
Here are two that I would add:
1. "Afternoon Delight" as sung by Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and his cronies (in harmony) in Anchorman.
2. I like the one you picked for Goodfellas, but my absolute FAVE is the cocaine-paranoid-helicopters-are-on-your-tail-and-the-shit's-about-to-go-down scene. I can never listen to Nilson's "Jump Into the Fire" without thinking of Henry Hill...
Disappointing. I thought these were going to be movie songs. These are songs thrown into movies probably because they didn't want to pay some song writers and performers to do original music for the movies. Why promote such a cheap-ass way of donig things?
Yep a really great list...great memories of songs and movies....and a fantastic resource for a night of relaxation!
the song sweet jane was originally by velvet underground in the late sixties and is the greatest song of all time you should listen to it
Rhym O'Reison says:
16 months ago
DJ Funktual,
May I start out by saying that no one could possibly read any of your hubs and not realize the incredible amount of thought you put into them. I would also be surprized if there were a movie or song made that you HAVEN'T seen or heard. That being said, I shouldnt have tried to joke around with you like someone I know, because I dont. Sorry about that.
I also tried to think of what the "defining" moment was in the movie when Just Another was playing and you were right in that there wasn't any real action going on then .......and maybe this is a chick point of view, but....you have two best friends that are not just attracted to, but truely in love with the same woman and that same woman finally finds what she has been looking for, but only with both of them and knows that choosing just one will ruin everything. Then there is the song that takes all the things you feel right then and wraps it up like a gift that you get to open again and again. I can never hear that song now without immediately remembering that moment, and also maybe an impossible situation from my own past, and the bittersweet feeling that comes with it. To me, that is a defining movie moment.
You dont have to keep this comment either, as I really just wrote it to you to help explain what I meant before. I really wasnt trying to be a smartass.