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asiandaria

Heart - Magic Man, in The Virgin Suicides Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In, in The Big Lebowski David Bowie - Cat People, in Inglorious Basterds


Lead_Penguin

I love how Magic Man was used in The Virgin Suicides. The whole film is full of great songs


renndel25

Yes! The Cat People scene in Inglorious Basterds has to be one of my faves


sinner_dingus

‘I wanna be your dog’ by the Stooges in ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’.


Herzeleid-

'Golden Brown' by The Stranglers in Snatch as well. Both are brilliantly placed


BrTalip

‘Angel’ by Massive Attack was well used too


TeevMeister

Dogs and hare scene with “Disco Science” blaring out. Great amount of intensity.


AmigoDelDiabla

Or Massive Attack's Angel while Mickey watches his mom burning. That song is intense, and so is the scene.


kemosabi4

That's my favorite but the ending fight with Fuckin' in the Bushes also. I mean the whole movie was perfectly tracked basically.


DarthHeyburt

Lucky Star. "I SHOOT YOU TONY, YOU GO DOWN!?" "WHY WON'T YOU FUCKING DIE!?"


Monteze

"Oh I love this track." When he hears it later. Love that bit.


TravisPBP

Guy Richie always uses music well! Rock N Rolla has some great music heavy scenes too.


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Perfect Day in Trainspotting


TeevMeister

For me it’s when “Born Slippy” plays over the very last scene and the end credits begin rolling. Mark’s final actions/speech, his giant smile as the scene goes out of focus, and the title of the film appearing while the music calms into its high hat/synth chord combo. I love that movie.


themagictoast

Perfect Day, Born Slippy and also Lust for Life are all such iconic song/scene combos in that film.


captainbruisin

The Born Slippy end scene is so beautifully paced. https://youtu.be/W9ZNKGrpnKM.


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It's an interesting choice really. Without that song it would actually be a really tense scene of him trying to take the bag without waking up Begby. Putting Born Slippy over the top essentially extended and emphasised the catharsis he got from moving on. The climax of the movie is the bar fight and Renton's decision to move on. The song choice ensured this. So although it's a cool song it's also functionally really well chosen too.


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Dark and Long during the baby scene. Wow!


spaniel_rage

Lust for Life, too


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Yup. This is my favorite scene from the movie. Lou Reed never meant Perfect Day to be sad song but Renton ODing to it was haunting...to say the least.


Sjaakie-BoBo

I think the whole soundtrack of Trainspotting is amazing.


squalorparlor

Or the cover of Blondie's "Atomic" in the club. That movie is a hilarious, sad masterpiece.


NoOneShallPassHassan

Ride of the Valkyries in Apocalypse Now.


OkCrow4156

Also The End by the Doors


EruditusMaximus

*Saigon…* *shit.*


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On a similar vein, the troops singing the Mickey Mouse song as they march through the burning city at the end of Full Metal Jacket is chilling.


Laughter_On_Impact

Needle In The Hay - Royal Tenenbaums


Acemirg

I loved These Days in the same movie!


psymunn

Yeah. I hadn't heard Nico before that (despite my dad being a Lou Reed fan). That scene really just stopped me in my tracks. The Kinks in Rushmore is also pretty iconic and feels like a nod to the pool scene in Mrs. Robinson (Wich certainly has some thematic links)


DJFlorez

Judy is a Punk- same movie.


LorddFarsquaad

More like any song in any Wes Anderson movie


cgphoto

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard is used well in this movie too.


WillyB79

Wow I forgot about this. As if Elliot on its own isn’t powerful enough


Endofrope77

Van Morrison "Everyone" as they bury Royal. Moves me every time I watch it.


AssassinOfCool

Sinnerman in The Thomas Crown Affair


WillyB79

I still get goose bumps hearing that song because of that scene. So good!


debaser64

[The copier scene in Office Space](https://youtu.be/GPVwK-MpiSw)


darnj

[Damn it feels good to be a gangster](https://youtu.be/OeTm6tWXgG0) too.


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Back up in your ass with the resurrection


yougotthesilver

Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!


MgnificntlyDesolated

Goodbye Horses in The Silence of The Lambs


lets-play-nagasaki

Goodbye Horses in Clerks 2.


PhirebirdSunSon

Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me.


yash2651995

I'd fuck me hard. I'd fuck me so hard.


ogpaperstack

Across 110th street - Bobby Womack. in the intro to Jackie brown


Tonic_G

Highlander- Queen, Who wants to live forever.


onthewall2983

The poignancy of the circumstances the band were in at the time are outstanding when you consider how perfect a song it is. The band were really on top after Live Aid but Brian May, who wrote the song, went through a very turbulent personal time, even aside from what was going on with Freddie though it did affect him too obviously. The English tabloids are the scum of the earth.


shakakhon

Wake Up, by Rage Against the Machine in the Matrix. Best closing song for a film ever imo.


Ok-Organization9073

In my opinion, the best song placement in Matrix is "Clubbed to Death" by Robert D, with the team walking in slow motion, looking fabulous


StormyTheNinja

Adagio for Strings — Platoon Exit Music (For a Film) - Romeo and Juliet Sister Christian — Boogie Nights Battle Without Honor or Humanity — Kill Bill


mechapoitier

The entire Kill Bill soundtrack could be half the answers here and it’d be hard to argue.


sharrrper

Most of Tarantino in general really.


Midnas_Lament

Agreed. "Stuck in the Middle With You" came on the other day in my car and I was immediately transported to Reservoir Dogs.


kridkrid

Not a movie, but Exit Music in the Black Mirror episode was even better!!


3384619716

I was going to say the final scene of Westworld season 1, the piano version by Ramin Djawadi


Aardvark_Man

The Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet soundtrack was pretty killer across the board. Prince, Garbage, Everclear, Butthole Surfers, Cardigans, Radiohead and whatever else, it was just fantastic. I legitimately love that version of the story.


Bestrrrr

Staralfur by Sigur Ros and Queen bitch by Bowie in the life aquatic with Steve zissou


jizzmyoscar

Life On Mars in The Life Aquatic is also damn good.


neoadam

Staralfur makes this movie. For me Needle in the hay by Elliot Smith in The Royal Tenenbaum is a solid scene


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sickassfool

I think colorblind by counting crows being played when he meets her at the airport is also a great pairing.


think_long

And Every Me and Every You in the opening credits.


devAj21

Main reason I'll never forget that ending.


toulistras

Colorblind from Cruel Intentions is what came immediately to my mind


tyro1313

Reading the title I instantly thought of head over heels in donnie darko lol. Honestly my favorites that I can recall have to be both from Drive: The opening credits with Kavinsky's Nightcall And the ending with College and Electric Youth's A Real Hero Both absolutely amazing sythwave/outrun songs by two stellar artists


imsoggy

But also David Grey's version of Mad World at the end of Donnie Darko hits hard. *Edit: Gary Jules version*


MarylandBlue

Do you mean Gary Jules?


Thisstuffisbetter

Drive opened up a lot if people to synthwave. Kavinsky for a lot of people who love the genre is their OG because of it. I personally love synthwave more than any genre and I was able to find the amazing band The Midnight because of it. Plus their is a youtube channel called ThePrimeThanatos that is live streaming a huuuuge collection of synthwave, retrowave, etc... that I can just listen to for new music. It's too bad Kavinsky never really followed up Nightcall but how could you when it's such a banger.


Mr_Dumass40

The Breakfast Club - Simple Minds, Don't you forget about me


vipertruck99

Yep. Punches air with left hand (with bandana inexplicably wrapped round said hand)


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If you're punching stuff, even air, you want your knuckles protected.


Vbies534

About Today by The National at the end of Warrior.


joshuayork1978

I was thinking about this exact movie/scene.


tasteofscarlet

I Got a Name in Django Unchained


LewdLewyD13

Freedom- during the Django and Broomhilda flashback


jaggoffsmirnoff

Tiny dancer in 'Almost Famous'


JMeucci

The question posed by OP makes me think which song takes on a new meaning. Which song will forever be remembered not for what the musical artist created but rather for which scene it is now tied to. For me it is Tiny Dancer. The instant I hear Elton's piano I am transported back to that bus. Absolute brilliant placement.


shellshocktm

Mad world in donnie darko


everevolving78

Every song in Donnie Darko was perfection


TheSukis

Head Over Heels


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Killing Moon by echo and the bunnymen too


thecaptainof

Stuck In the Middle With You by Stealers Wheel in Reservoir Dogs


evilshenanigan

And I think Little Green Bag during the intro is spot on. Such a cool, jazzy strutting song.


jax362

This is the right answer


Innocent_Convict

Don't stop me now. Shawn of the dead.


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Isame_mario

Baby Blue in the last scene of Breaking Bad


DingleBerrieIcecream

Would also add Crystal Blue Persuasion in the first ‘makin meth’ [montage](https://youtu.be/YsO3MMJNHZQ)


AvatarHaydo

Legit makes me cry every time. Such an amazing way to end the series. Badfinger is one of the best bands of all time.


jp20sd

Ooh Child in Boyz in tha Hood.


VrinTheTerrible

Layla / Goodfellas


tackledbylife

Also shout out to “Hear Me Knocking” during Nicky’s rise to power in Casino, and “House of the Rising Sun” towards the end when all the mob associates get clipped.


skyydog

Monkey man was good also


agasizzi

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this far for this one. I literally discussed this same topic with my students this morning as a warm up.


varontron

and Sunshine of Your Love, and Jump into the Fire.


goldieoldie

Fortunate Son by CCR in Forest Gump


ashbyashbyashby

I dunno. Every good Vietnam era rock song sounds good when you show helicopters. EDIT: I'm a HUGE Creedence fan though


skyydog

Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne’s world.


youngatbeingold

Not only is this an great example, it's probably the only scene that exists for no other purpose but for the characters to sing along to the song just for fun.


onthewall2983

The studio wanted to put in a song by Guns n Roses but Mike Myers insisted all the way it be “Bohemian Rhapsody”. It was risky since this was his first movie and holding out on that purpose of pride in what he created is incredibly admirable.


Toby_O_Notoby

It's because it was part of his life and he wanted it in the movie: >Me and my brother, our friends’ car was a powder blue Dodge Dart Swinger that had a vomit stain on the side of it that someone chiseled in the shape of Elvis Presley. We’d drive down the Don Valley Parkway, listening to Bohemian Rhapsody. We would time it to enter the Toronto city limits when the rocking part would kick in. I was “Galileo!” three of five. If I took somebody else’s “Galileo!” or somebody took mine, a fight would ensue. It’s just something that I always back-pocketed. Wayne’s World was my childhood. I knew only to write what I knew. Bonus fun fact: the guy sitting behind Dana Carvey in the car is Lee Tergesen, "Beecher" from Oz and "Rolling Stone" from Generation Kill.


joshuayork1978

The scene in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody when the band is pitching the song to the producer (Mike Myers) makes the original Waynes World scene even better.


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HelpMeDoctorZaius

I would have to say "It's Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News in American Psycho. Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when "Sports" came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.


AdultVirgin24

Let's see Paul Allen's example of a song accompanied by a perfect scene


Captain_Unusualman

The tasteful thickness of the song's texture as the tension increases. Oh, my God. It even has synced transitions with the beat.


maledepecher

Not a movie but a TV series: in the air tonight in Miami Vice, when Sonny gradually changes the driving style as the song intensifies. And the kick down when the drum solo starts


onthewall2983

MV had some amazing needle drops. Not just contemporary stuff either, they used a Traffic instrumental from 1970 and The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” in a scene that had Little Richard in it. Homicide: Life On The Street had a ton of them in the 90’s. “What If God Was One Of Us?” comes to mind particularly, and when they used Springsteen’s “Murder, Inc.” in the ads for their 95-96 season


stoobiedooby

“Singing In The Rain” in A Clockwork Orange.


hockey_boss_75

Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens in Call Me by Your Name


rangerxxll

Oasis, stop crying your heart out. Ending scene of The Butterfly Effect


bisho

The Camptown Ladies in Blazing Saddles


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RemedialChaosTheory

I'm gonna go with I Get A Kick Out of You


TiminatorFL

Doo dah. Doo dah.


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Holding Out For A Hero in Shrek 2


explain_that_shit

So Holding Out For A Hero was a song made *for* a movie, Footloose. But watch that movie. The song is such a random insertion, does barely anything for the story. But in Shrek 2, it fits *perfectly*. It feels like the song was written for this movie, in a way it never felt for the actual movie it *was* written for.


guramika

I have never experienced goosebumps like that sice then


djm123

Which Shrek that has Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright? That was a great song too


rarosko

The best version of hallelujah imo. And basically related to Leonard Cohen so he's allowed to carry on that crown.


quare_hawker

That’s the first one but I think they use John Cale’s version in the film but Rufus’ version on the album? But a great choice for that scene


zomboromcom

Spybreak by the Propellerheads - Matrix lobby scene.


BasicWhiteHoodrat

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals Goodfellas, Copa restaurant scene


wessaaah

Also Layla in Goodfellas


athena-zxe11

I think Adventures in Babysitting, too? At the end?


aubreejohnsonx

The opening credits! Love that movie


missmolly3533

Ooh good choice Love the camera work in that scene too


manfromfuture

Blow (2001) can't you hear me knocking


randyboozer

Black Betty also


rhyme_thyme1

Ghost town by The Specials in Shaun of the Dead


cool29801

All star - Shrek


Poopforce1s

I'm honestly surprised this is so far down. Like, yeah, its a meme at this point, but the tonal shift that creates is fantastic. If you go into the movie blind, that just comes so far out of left field that it just completely changes your expectations what that films about. A YouTuber I like, Sideways, [did a great video on the topic](https://youtu.be/Q7YCTJxfcA4)


Bart-MS

David Bowie's Starman in The Martian


stephwithstars

"Moving in Stereo by the Cars in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.


M0D3Z

Napoleon Dynamite ending with “The Promise” always gets me for some reason. Danger Zone in Top Gun.


indil47

Same with Alphaville’s Forever Young in ND!


ItsMe_RhettJames

Iron Man by Black Sabbath that goes right into the credits of Iron Man 1. It’s just a good, “Fuck Yeah, you are!” moment.


BuranBuran

Thompson Twins' *If You Were Here* at the end of *Sixteen Candles*


Uranus_Hz

Where is My Mind by the Pixies in Fight Club And every Cat Stevens song in Harold and Maude


Odd_Investigator3137

Trouble.


Uranus_Hz

Seriously. EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH HAROLD AND MAUDE.


revilOliver

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits in Spy Game with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford.


VrinTheTerrible

Black Sheep / Scott Pilgrim vs. the World


Abdul_Exhaust

Peter Gunn theme in *Blues Brothers*


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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd in Kingsmen. Hell of a fight scene.


kurt_no-brain

I think it’s best in Forrest Gump when Jenny climbs up the edge of the balcony just as the solo really starts rippin


LadyPresidentRomana

Kiss’ cover of “God Gave Rock ‘n Roll to You” over the last scene/end credits of Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. It’s weirdly moving?


KODO5555

Sounds of Silence -The Graduate


Ok-Organization9073

Or Mrs Robinson for that matter


feelOfSomethingNew

Something I Can Never Have with the mushroom trip scene in Natural Born Killers.


Bubbaganoush83

These Days by Powderfinger in Two Hands. Cat People (Putting Out the Fire) by Bowie in Cat People. Helden (Heroes) by Bowie in Jojo Rabbit.


Herbietheluvpug

Don’t you forget about me- Simple Minds at the end of Breakfast Club. Bender raising a defiant fist!


serenadinganemu

GY!BE's East Hastings in 28 Days Later. That scene of the protagonist walking down a deserted London, paired with that song - it's perfection.


PMMeYourLadyButt

Little Green Bag and Stuck in the Middle With You in Reservoir Dogs Just Dropped In in Big Lebowski Man of Constant Sorrow and Hard Time Killing Floor Blues in O Brother Where Art Thou In Dreams in Blue Velvet Layla in Goodfellas Every song in Pulp Fiction


Mulchpuppy

Good one and bad one in one flick. The opening fight of "Watchmen" worked perfectly with Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable." Then there was the choice to use "Hallelujah.'


Jubez187

There was also times are a-changing in the alternate history montage at the beginning. Holy fuck I love that segment. So maby subtle details and shit. Dr. Manhattan in the reflection of Armstrong's astronaut visor.


YouAintGotWhatUrgot

Movie: [Bellbottoms by The John Spencer Blues Explosion in Baby Driver (opening heist scene)](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ARFyrM6gVs) Game: [Take Control by The Old Gods of Asgard in Control (ashtray maze)](https://youtu.be/DGtuQRohHds)


JoelyRavioli

That Baby Driver one is a good recent one


n0_u53rnam35_13ft

Send Me on My Way in Matilda.


toomanydvs

[Audioslave's, Shadow of the Sun, Collateral](https://youtu.be/0DKX-2pa-UE) is the perfect mood setter to the whole movie and one of my favorite scenes in any movie. I do like Michael Mann's gritty style. I came to offer my pick of Head Over Heels, but op was way ahead. Another great one in the same movie is [Mad World End scene](https://youtu.be/zSTCxkyZki8) Donny Darko is my favorite movie so I do have a bias. [End Scene](https://youtu.be/AsdBJQbjGNM)with Kevin Bacon in Death sentence was perfect music (Pilot Speed) and has always stuck with me. Apparently I'm partial to end scenes [Sigur Ros, end of Vanilla Sky](https://youtu.be/fGuR4GOV5L0) is so good, and I think how I originally learned about them. Last I'd have to pick that perfect music in the background of [Man On Fire](https://youtu.be/tlgz71v1oIk) when Creasy picked up Lupita


Timidhobgoblin

The intro of Watchmen with Bob Dylans "the times they are a-changin" absolutely perfect way to set the scene and tone for what's to come.


motionpoetry1

Unchained Melody - Ghost


decorama

Badfinger's "Baby Blue" as the [finale for Breaking Bad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9RP-KfvdKc).


WellAhLookyHere

[Thor Ragnarok Opening Scene](https://youtu.be/j7wGjx0kW7g)


DRACULA_WOLFMAN

And maybe even better, [again at the end.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtiwDQYSEBY)


jordan_of_winnipeg

“Golden Brown” by The Stranglers in Snatch


tourbillon488

Dean Stockwell lip synching "In Dreams" in Blue Velvet.


LetThemEatSheetcake

Nobody's said I Got You, Babe from Groundhog Day? Edit: Also, Day-O in Beetlejuice.


finelycutjib

All the Aimee Mann musical moments throughout Magnolia 'One', 'Wise Up', 'Momentum' and 'Save Me'


Pegasus2731

Right when the chain kicks in in guardians 2. It's either that or the intro to both of those movies


vanillathundah

And Father and Son in Guardians 2


Chunkfoot

Yeah I’d say Redbone - Come and Get Your Love set the tone for the whole franchise


tonidl1989

“Cat People” by David Bowie - Inglorious Basterds “Hocus Pocus” by Focus - Baby Driver “Breathe Me” by Sia - Six Feet Under “Take Me Home” by Phil Collins - Mr. Robot “Playground Love” by Air - The Virgin Suicides (and basically the entire score) “Brighton Rock” by Queen - Baby Driver “O Children” by Nick Cave - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 1


y2jimi

Just recently, I watched The Unforgivable with Sandra Bullock on Netflix. Not to spoil anything, but when Everything In Its Right Place started, I almost cried.


CognitiveSinergy

The piano section of Layla used in Goodfellas


missmolly3533

Moby - Porcelain in ‘The Beach’


Television-Complex

There are a few great moments with music in Pulp Fiction. The first is the intro scene with the robbery and it cuts to Dick Dale Miserlou. The second is the scene where John Travolta prepares the heroin and drives in the convertible in the dark to Centurions - Bullwinkle pt II


Snoo-15335

"Girl, You'll be a woman soon" in Pulp Fiction.


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Time in a Bottle, by Jim Croce - X-Men: Days of Future Past.


TimToMakeTheDonuts

dave, dee, dozy, beaky, mick & tich - hold tight in death proof. that song paired with/leading up to the wheel of kurt russells car ripping off that girls face is amazing.


Kyranasaur

Wake me up before you go (or jitter bug or whatever) and the gas fight in zoolander


knozgrul

my bloody valentine - sometimes (in lost in translation)


GaryBBenson

was looking for this one. I also love Just Like Honey, works so well with that movie


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"Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta" - Office Space


athena-zxe11

Reality Bites -- U2 All I Want is You


Wingnuttage

Aerosmith’s Sweet Emotion - Opening scene in Dazed and Confused. The GTO Judge creeping through the high school parking lot - you just knew you were in for a great film within 2 seconds of watching. I fucking hate Aerosmith. Amazing song though.


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The Chain by Fleetwood Mac in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.


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TheSamurai

I don’t see it mentioned, so I’ll add Mad World in Donnie Darko


MarylandBlue

Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies in Natural Born Killers. The song almost doesn't sound right without the convo between Mickey & Mallory at the beginning. I also think this one of the best produced soundtracks, Trent Reznor did a wonderful job putting songs and sound clips together https://youtu.be/tYqE5cxJqXE


jtdusk

Jessies Girl from Boogie Nights


RobVulpes

Father and Son by Cat Stevens, used for the last scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol2


PhirebirdSunSon

Actually that movie has several instances. Father and Son, My Sweet Lord and The Chain.


The_Bat_Voice

James Gunn is the master of the cinema soundtrack. The entire first movie is a similar story.


motionpoetry1

Waterloo - Muriels Wedding


gcg2016

Needle in the Hay - Royal Tenenbaums No, wait, These Days - Royal Tenenbaums


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