Did the Movie "make" the music, or the Music "make" the movie?

bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

here are what i feel are the top 10 songs from movies....maybe not the "best" songs in every case, but songs that when u hear them, you immediately think of the movie, or a particular scene, rather than just the music itself....in many cases, the songs were MORE POPULAR than the movies themselves.....feel free to add any that you can think of as well....

bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#10....A movie most of you probably hate, but a real tear jerker...and when u hear the song, if you saw the movie, you immediately go to the beach scene where her best friend died.......

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#9.....Hard to hear this song, and not think of Jennifer Beales on the chair.....the song became larger than the movie....

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#8....One of my favorite old school movies from the 70's.....the song tells you all you need to know about the movie, and was such a big hit, it was later remade by Christina Aguilera.....

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#7....Although the "theme" from Rocky is a popular musical melody, Survivor hit it really big with their "rocky theme"....u cant hear the song without thinking about Rocky fighting...

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#6.....Although i could have picked one of several songs from the 70's classic, its hard to hear this song and NOT see the scene from the movie, where they fix the car......

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#5....Kenny Loggins (the king of the soundtracks) makes his 1st appearance in our countdown, with his rocking anthem for the mega-hit fly boy movie......

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#4.....One of the best "musical" movies ever made.....you cant hear the song without seeing them on stage dancing around and singing....

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#3....Whitney Houston turned a mediocre movie into a blockbuster with her record breaking hit single....the whole soundtrack was huge, but this song WAS the movie....

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#2....Kenny Loggins reappears in the countdown with another of his "soundtrack" classics.....no one can hear this song without thinking of the movie, its just not possible.....movie was a huge classic (at the time)...its kinda silly now when u look back at it, but at the time it was huge, and so was the soundtrack...

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

#1....No song has probably ever been more connected with its movie than this one.....it was played during key parts of the movie, and was mired on radio stations for months and months......to the point where whether you originally liked it or not, you were sick of the song....but for purposes of this countdown, NO SONG has ever been more important to its movie, or tied to it any more.....one of the biggest selling songs of all time, from the biggest money making movie of all time.....

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

now for some others that come to mind..

for the old school guys, you'll recognize this instrumental....many of our younger crowd may have never seen the movie, but with its ties to gambling and grifting, its a must see if u havent seen it....and the song was tied to it forever..

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

another instrumental that was as important to the film as anything........

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FairWarning · Jul 10, 2009

No Bee Gees from Saturday Night Fever huh?

Here is a few you missed:

Unchained Melody (Ghost Soundtrack). Took a 35+ year song and made it a monster hit.

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In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel (Say Anything) This song made the movie. John Cuseck holding the boombox over his head.

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Don't You Forget About Me, Simple Minds (Breakfast Club)

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Lose Yourself, Eminem (8 Mile) Monster song from his movie.

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bucsfan67 · Jul 10, 2009

the Breakfast Club one was good.....what a classic movie that was...

and yeah, the Ghost song was good too...but it was huge before the movie

nice calls FW

devocr · Jul 10, 2009

FairWarning · Jul 10, 2009

bucsfan67 said:
the Breakfast Club one was good.....what a classic movie that was...

and yeah, the Ghost song was good too...but it was huge before the movie

nice calls FW

But the Righteous Bros song still made the movie.

ProPokerPlayer · Jul 10, 2009

This movie soundtrack had multiple hits, i dont think i ever saw the movie but i remember this song played every 20 mins for wat seems like months on end...

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bucsfan67 · Oct 4, 2010

haha, listening to one of my favorite songs from the 80's just a bit ago, made me think of a movie again....everytime i hear this song i think of the Wayans brothers in White Chicks, in the dance showdown to this song...

HacheMan · Oct 4, 2010

Hard to determine on most if the movie made the song or the song made the movie, but 2 that stand out to me in which the movie actually made the songs were..

Rocky - Eye Of The Tiger
Titanic - My Heart Will Go On And On