OT : Movie Theme Songs

[meyers7]

Car Wash - Car Wash

 

[meyers7]

Deliverance - Dueling Banjos

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[meyers7]

8 Mile - Lose Yourself

 

[Kaizen]

Good choice. From a movie called "Unchained". I don't know if you have heard Sam Cooke's version of U M, but I think that it might be better than the Righteous brother. (only one sang it) What do you think? Sam Cooke - Unchained Melody

Agree, Sam sang this song with his soul so sad and clear.

 

[jimazee]

A doubleheader of video clips here from a unique and powerful movie of the Vietnam era.




Apocalypse Now - Helicopter Ride (A short version of the attack scene featuring Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. There may others on the web of varying lengths and quality.)

 

[Scud49]

The timeless Ennio Morricone.....and if your testosterone is a tad low, this will help cure that issue:

 

[Scud49]

Patton- opening title theme:

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[BBallF]

Agreed. And one of the greatest movies ever.

Absolutely. Great back story is that the movie was based on a play called Everybody Comes to Rick's which was never produced. The studio bought the rights. The two writers assigned to the screenplay were brothers Philip and Julius Epstein. They were joined by Howard Koch as well. They had no idea how it was going to end as they were writing it and as it was being filmed contemporaneously with the script being written and that made Ingrid Bergman so completely believable because she had no idea who she was winding up with. The famous last scene of Bogart and Claude Rains walking into the fog was added in later and dubbed over. It was released in 1942 and won best picture, director and screenplay. It is now iconic. Best line? "I'm shocked, shocked to find that there is gambling in this establishment"..."Your winnings Captain".

 

[nwhoopfan]

Good theme songs from other eras, but it kinda seems like 80s movies soundtracks were just more iconic than any other decade.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Freddy is not a metalhead. "What a nightmare. Who were those guys?"

 

[Zorro]

Absolutely. Great back story is that the movie was based on a play called Everybody Comes to Rick's which was never produced. The studio bought the rights. The two writers assigned to the screenplay were brothers Philip and Julius Epstein. They were joined by Howard Koch as well. They had no idea how it was going to end as they were writing it and as it was being filmed contemporaneously with the script being written and that made Ingrid Bergman so completely believable because she had no idea who she was winding up with. The famous last scene of Bogart and Claude Rains walking into the fog was added in later and dubbed over. It was released in 1942 and won best picture, director and screenplay. It is now iconic. Best line? "I'm shocked, shocked to find that there is gambling in this establishment"..."Your winnings Captain".

It is a marvelous movie. I saw it again the other night on TCM. Another interesting bit is that there were no such things as "letters of transit", that even the NAZIs could not override. That whole bit was simply invented out of nothing by the Epsteins. The whole movie was so cockeyed unbelievable; that is what made it so endearing, that and the marvelous cast. HOWEVER, I must disagree with those of you who have proposed "As Time Goes By" as a great theme. I feel sure that if it is not the absolutely worst love song ever written, it is a contenduh. The words are embarassingly vacuous. That, however, is exactly what made it perfect for this movie. And I would nominate: "Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects." as the greatest line. De gustibus no disputandum.

 

[Zorro]

 

[Zorro]

 

[Zorro]

This is not, strictly speaking, a movie theme, but it is great music and set the perfect tone for the Ken Burns series.

 

[JimGunther]

A wonderful song from one of my "Top Ten" all-time favorite movies
(1) The Last Time I Felt Like This - Johnny Mathis & Jane Olivor - YouTube
Sane Time Next Year

 

[Waquoit]

Could not locate any information that verified RMP was or was not on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In.

I would guess not, I recall the Laugh-In dancers as being twiggyer.

 

[Waquoit]

The timeless Ennio Morricone.....and if your testosterone is a tad low, this will help cure that issue:

I'm going with a live version of his best, it's really something.

 

[Scud49]

Kelly's Hero's:

 

[Scud49]

You Only Live Twice:

 

[GW15MJ4MM23]

The Exorcist
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sorry if this was already posted and i missed it
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[Penn]

2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[Ozimoto]

Maybe not the theme song, but this Tears for Fears song was a great fit for the end of the movie "Real Genius."

 

[bantamlaker]

Classic movie and theme song (Colonel Bogey March)