the greatest musical movie moments or mmms

7/31/2019 The Greatest Musical Movie Moments or MMMs

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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'sbowling 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


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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

TROUBLE by CAT STEVENS (Teenage heartbreak of a whole other kind from) HAROLD AND MAUDE

GREATEST LOVE OF ALL by RANDY WATSON (a/k/a Eddie Murphy & Sexual Chocolate in) COMING TO

AMERICA


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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

BURNIN' FOR YOU by BLUE OYSTER CULT (Vampire in the Backseat song in) LET ME IN

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


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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


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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


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UNDER PRESSURE by QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE (Music Therapy in) IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

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


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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) PULPFICTION

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


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CHANTILLY LACE by THE BIG BOPPER (Clarence & Alabama in the phone booth) TRUE ROMANCE

THE PROMISE by WHEN IN ROME (The tether-ball song in) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE

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

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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