What's your favorite song from a movie?

[Cyrano]

Not certain, but I can't believe this hasn't already been asked on DU a thousand times.

Nonetheless, my favorite is "As Time Goes By," sung by Dooley Wilson in "Casablanca."

[mac56]

1. "She Loves You" as performed at the end of "A Hard Day's Night"

All-time favorite song, all-time favorite movie.

[sundog]

2. Origin of Love from Hedwig & the Angry Inch

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[Cyrano]

3. Hey, I know we have a generation gap here, but

which is the title of the song and which is the title of the movie?

(By the way, I wasn't even born when "Casablanca" was made, but if you get a chance, rent it. It's probably one of the best movies ever made.)

[sundog]

5. Hedwig is the name of the movie

actually it started off-Broadway before it was made into a movie -- you should check it out if you get the chance

[BlackVelvetElvis]

4. That is one of the best original soundtracks I've heard in a long time.

Great songwriting and great band.

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

8. I love that song!

nm

[sundog]

11. yeah, the whole movie is quite intense

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[InvisibleTouch]

6. "To Be By Your Side"....

...from the end of the documentary movie "Winged Migration." It became my daughter's theme song. :)

Close runner-up is the version of "Cat People" from the end of the 80's movie of the same name. To the best of my knowledge it's been released twice on different albums; one version isn't that great, the other is really good and quite close, but neither one is the exact one from the movie. Am still looking for it....

[Nlighten1]

7. It is a Foo Fighters song from a movie.

I don't know the name of it though. I wish I did too because it has been bugging me for years.

[BlondieK143]

40. What's the movie?

Would it happen to be "Varsity Blues" by any chance? If so, it's "Hero". GREAT song!

[Nlighten1]

42. I don't remember the name of the movie either.

Doh! But it was long before "Varsity Blues" came out. I think it was around 1996.

[BlondieK143]

43. Here's a possibility.

(Can you tell this is driving me crazy? lol)
In 1997, they did TONS of stuff for the soundtrack of the movie "Touch". The movie included LL Cool J, Christopher Walken, and Bridget Fonda to name a few. A few songs Foo Fighters did included:
"This Loving Thing (Lynn's Song)"
"How Do You Do"
"Touch"
"Saints in Love"

Does any of this ring a bell?

[Nlighten1]

61. I think it was "Down in the Park"

http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/foo_fighters/other_songs_200411/down_in_the_park/

But I would have to hear it to know for sure.

[L.A.dweller]

56. Is it "Walking after you" ?

The movie was X-Files. The movie actually had a good soundtrack.
X did a remake of The Doors the Crystal Ship.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. Stormy Weather

as sung by Lena Horn in "Stormy Weather".

[Cyrano]

12. Remember it from long, long ago. Loved the song and Lena Horn.

[mitchtv]

10. Moon River "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

great movie for its time

[terrya]

41. I second "Moon River". Beautiful song. eom

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Somewhere Over The Rainbow

should be mentioned, although I agree with the original post that "As Time Goes By" is probably the greatest ever.

[Cyrano]

15. Well, if you want to get into Judy Garland songs, how about

"The Man That Got Away," from "A Star Is Born." Another classic.

Hey, kids. I'm not as old as you think. Just a movie buff who likes great films, old and new.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

31. Good one - - I also like

"You made me love you" which Judy sings to a photo of Clark Gable on her dresser, from the film Broadway Melody of 1938.

[Gildor Inglorion]

14. "Windmills of Your Mind"

from the original "The Thomas Crown Affair"

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

16. I remember playing that one in orchestra in school!

I played the cello, and as I recall, the cello part was quite decent in that song, for a change.

[Cyrano]

17. Song wasn't as erotic as the chess game between

Steve McQueen and Faye Dunawaye. She really massaged the hell out of that king (or bishop, or whatever the hell it was she was stroking).

[phaseolus]

18. One Hand, One Heart

...from West Side Story

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. All the music from West Side Story is phenomenal!

One Hand, One Heart is one of my faves....

[MissMillie]

48. I sang that at my sister's wedding

It's a pretty song.

[HEyHEY]

19. lawrence of arabia soundtrack

[Cyrano]

22. Greatest Movie Theme Music Ever. But What's Your Favorite Song?

[philosophie_en_rose]

20. My Heart Will Go On, By Celine Dion.

:evilgrin:

Just kidding. I like a lot of music from films, but I think the catchiest is "Uncle F*cka" from South Park: The Musical.

[SenatorBulworth]

21. Sex farm!

from THIS IS SPINAL TAP! :evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

32. "plowing through your bean field..."

[welshTerrier2]

23. Movie: Coming Home

song: Once I Was
written by: Tim Buckley ...

not much movie music out there for us folkies ...

[Bridget Burke]

45. How about "O Brother Where Art Thou" for folkies?

"Man of Constant Sorrow" is the signature tune, but "Down in the River to Pray" or "O Death" might be more powerful.

Ry Cooder's soundtrack for The Long Riders is a fine example of folkie/Americana. "The Ballad of Jesse James" is my favorite; and not just mine--the identical arrangement of that tune appears on the Pogues' Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, produced by Elvis Costello.

If "folkie" to you actually means "singer/songwriter"--how about McCabe & Mrs. Miller, featuring Leonard Cohen's songs? I'll admit, it would be hard to pick just one from that soundtrack (AKA Leonard Cohen's first album).

Or how about "I'm Easy" from Robert Altman's Nashville. Written & performed by Keith Carradine as the folkie looking to start a career as a Nashville songwriter. Most of the tunes in that movie were actually written by the actors who performed them.

Keith Carradine pops up again in Alan Rudolph's The Moderns--although as a painter, not a singer. This soundtrack is more post-Satie arty bohemian than folkie. "Dada Je Suis" is a catchy tune in its way.

[marigold20]

64. I liked Angel Band

But all the music was great in O Brother.

[Endangered Specie]

24. 'Springtime for Hitler' from "The Producers"

[SarahB]

25. A couple...

"I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan in Bridget Jones' Diary or "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel in Say Anything.

Lloyd Dobler...where are you? :cry:

[ALago1]

27. Layla as seen in Goodfellas

n/t

[Parrcrow]

28. Suicide is Painless from MASH

or Burning Bridges from Kelly's Heroes.

[psychopomp]

30. "Paint it Black" from Full Metal Jacket credits

Replying to your message as a 2nd to the M*A*S*H theme. Great song.

I know the Stones' tune was not done for the movie, but the choice and timing of the song were perfect.

We miss you Stanley!

[LWolf]

46. Suicide tops the list.

It's such a melancholy song taken out of context.

or

Burt Bacharach, Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on My Head.

[chaska]

29. The theme from Lawrence of Arabia and Boris Karloff's The Mummy.

[NightTrain]

33. Elvis Presley, "Jailhouse Rock."

One of the two or three rockin'est tunes he ever did for RCA! :headbang:

[scottcsmith]

34. Beck: "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometimes"

From the film soundtrack of Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind.

I didn't even know it was Beck when I heard it. Man, it really got to me while watching the movie.

Has anyone else ever seen this film? It packed a huge emotional wallop for me, totally unexpected.

[WindRavenX]

36. great song

I am now going to bawl.

[trigz]

35. 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' at the end of 'Bloody Sunday'

U2 = Divine.

[bookfreak]

37. "The Pink Room"

From "Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me"

Technically it's a tune, not a song, as it has no lyrics. It is my favorite nonetheless.

[demwing]

38. "Time Has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers

in the 1988 horror flick "Bad Dreams" and also in the better known film "Girl,Interrupted."

[arwalden]

39. Car Wash -- Rose Royce (From The Movie ''Car Wash'')

[MissMillie]

49. I would have never guessed

that you liked that song.

[arwalden]

58. Well... at least I'm consistent and faithful.

"You might not ever get rich... but lemme tell ya it's better than diggin' a ditch!"

-- Allen

[Red State Rebel]

44. Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific n/m

[MissMillie]

47. Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do?"

from The Great Gatsby

[oxymoron]

50. "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"

From "At the Circus", the Marx Brothers.

[CanuckAmok]

51. "Uncle Fuckah", by Terrance and Philip, brom the South Park Movie

[kmla]

52. Two of them. Not even remotely similar. In any way.

"Crippled Crow" by Kris Kristofferson, from "A Star is Born" soundtrack.

And "Brilliant Mind" by Furniture, from the soundtrack of "Some Kind of Wonderful".

Go figure.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

53. "Just an Illusion" by Imagination in "F/X" (nt)

[Zolok]

54. (We have) "All the Time in the World"

sung by Louis Armstrong said song can be found buried in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" starring George Lazenby.

www.chimesatmidnight.blogspot.com

[livetohike]

55. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

sung by Roberta Flack in "Play Misty for Me".

[chefgirl]

57. OK

My favorites have already been mentioned:

'Over the Rainbow' and 'Windmills of Your Mind' (and I would have sworn I was the only person that even remembered that one)

So I'll offer up:

The Hands that Built America by U2, over the closing credits of Gangs of New York.

-chef-

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

59. Several: Thunderball, Tom Jones from the Bond Movie

Singing in the Rain

The Good The BAd and the Ugly
I'm Calling YOu - Joveeta Steele from the movie Baghdad Cafe
and a song by Sting and Clapton called It's Probably Me from LEthal Weapon.

Love several that are already listed too

[WI_DEM]

60. "Goldfinger" from "Goldfinger" sung by Shirley Bassey

"Goldfinger, he's the man--the man with the golden touch..."

[AlFrankenFan]

62. "My Baby Shot Me Down" from Kill Bill Vol. 1

I think Nancy Sinatra sings it.

[MikeG]

63. "Patricia" from La Dolce Vita.