Favorite Scene with Music from a Movie

[kpbalog]

Easy question...What is your favorite scene with music from a movie?

I have two favorites:

"Reservoir Dogs", Mr. Blonde's sequence with Stealer's Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle with You". It's a classic.

Also, in "The Deer Hunter", while the guys are playing pool and hanging out at Welsh's Bar, Frankie Valli and the Four Season's "You're Just too Good to be True" is playing in the background. I've been there, done that, many times. Nothing too exciting, just something many can relate to.

[Ron Stone]

I have to admit that were I the artist and had any say, I would have vetoed the use of my music in that particular scene in RESERVOIR DOGS. I can't imagine anyone wanting their biggest hit permanently identified with something like that.

[sharedon]

I love the music in 2001, esp. the eerie exercise scene...

[Emilio]

Probably "Danger Zone" in "Top Gun". One of my favorite movie songs is "Candle on The Water" from "Pete's Dragon", but it is wasted in a motionless scene and in a literal context! I mean, the water is real, the storm is real, most everything mentioned in the song is real, when it would be far more poignant in a metaphoric sense. I love the song, but the scene adds nothing to it.

[peterC]

Definitely the death scene (which one, you say!) in Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Knockin' on Heaven's Door).

[thecamyth]

there are many, but one that comes to mind immediately is from the royal tennebaums...these days by nico during the scene when gwyneth paltrow is getting off the bus to meet luke wilson. sleepwalk at the end of la bamba is another one. both get me choked up for some reason...:shake:

thecamyth

[Pinknik]

Layla during Goodfellas.

Thus Spake Zarathustra in 2001.

The End in Apocalypse Now!

Bad to the Bone in Christine.

Fortunate Son in Forrest Gump.

[Dawson]

Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel - Watership Down

[stumpy]

Can't choose between these five...

"I Only Have Eyes For You" / Flamingos / American Graffiti / George Lucas

"You Never Can Tell" / Chuck Berry / Pulp Fiction / Quentin Tarentino

"Angel" / Sarah McLachlan / City of Angels / Brad Silberling

"I Can't Stop Loving You" / Ray Charles / Metropolis / Tarô Rin

"Green Onions" / Booker T & the MGs / American Graffiti / George Lucas

[Director]

"Gonna Fly Now" with Rocky running up the steps! :goodie:

[sadie]

Have to go with the tango scene in Scent of a Woman

Sadie

[ChrisM]

The big scene of the house blowing up in Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point" to the accompaniment of Pink Floyd "Careful with That Axe, Eugene". This clip is on youtube. If you haven't seen it (or even if you have) check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f8DbODGsUM

Cheers,
Chris

[thxdave]

"Green Onions" during prelude to the race in American Graffitti (way to go, Stumpy!)

The final homerun scene in "The Natural" (fireworks, redemption, trumpet fanfares....brings tears to my eyes EVERY time)

The final shots and end credit flyover of the Grand Canyon during Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" (I'm a sucker for trumpet fanfares)

That eerie, echoing trumpet sound in "Patton" where he is visiting a historic battlefield and retelling the story of the battle that happened there.

"Melt With You" at the end of "Valley Girl"

"Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" in the museum scene of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

The opening theme music to "To Kill A Mockingbird"

....and a bunch more that will occur to me later

[Ryan]

Any scene with music in Goodfellas. Any one!

[Surfin Jesus]

the "across 110th street" opening scene of jackie brown

and most of the scenes in dazed and confused ;)

[Surfin Jesus]

Any scene with music in Goodfellas. Any one!

I'm partial to the "monkey man" one myself :)

[Mister Charlie]

Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles A Hard Day's Night

Thought for sure someone would mentione this before I did.

[listner_matt]

And while we're mentioning Scorsese, one has to add the opening of Mean Streets, cut to the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby'. Instantly insanely evocative cinema.

[Oatsdad]

I like "When She Loved Me" from "Toy Story 2" - who woulda thought a scene about a doll getting left behind would be so damned sad?

[Dillydipper]

I like "When She Loved Me" from "Toy Story 2" - who woulda thought a scene about a doll getting left behind would be so damned sad?

Damn skippy!

Also a fan of 2001 - particularly the Blue Danube shuttle/space station "waltz", and "Gayne" ballet for the jogging scene.

[Tetrack]

The Pink Panther, where Fran Jeffries sings Meglio Stasera.

Pink Panther Clip(crap sound) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91SzUQNnpHY)

[Tetrack]

The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff filmed live in the studio doing the title song. It's probably better than the actual released recording.

Jimmy Cliff 1972 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP8IyoTGRo4)

[jkm]

The Strawberry Alarm Clock playing Incense and Peppermints in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

[thegage]

For a start:

Second the scene in "The Natural"

All of the subtle music cues in "Field of Dreams." Each one also gets me EVERY time.

Theme from "Local Hero" over the end credits.

William Wallace being drawn and quartered in "Braveheart."

The music over the opening sequence in "To Live and Die in LA," while Willem Dafoe is making the counterfeits.

John K.

[Captain Groovy]

As a younger guy, I absolutely LOVED "I Get Around" with the sperm sequence/credits in "Look Who's Talking" - the movie goes down hill from there, but that was perfect.

"I'm into Something Good" was perfect for the "video" sequence in "Naked Gun" also...

And yes, as mentioned before, I don't think anything beats the latter part of "Layla" in "Goodfellas".

JEFF!