Memorable Closing Credit Songs (Films)

[Pashnish Ewing]

I heard U2's "In Gods Country" on the radio today and it made me think of the movie Three Kings, and how much I enjoyed the transfer from last scene to end credits. I guess this post is to ask what "last scene/closing credits" songs have genuinely added to your enjoyment of a movie? I have a short list:

Three Kings, "In Gods Country", U2
American Pie, "One Week", Bare Naked Ladies
Clueless, "Tenderness", General Public
Private Parts, "No Rain", Blind Mellon

I figured if there were any other people who pay attention to this kind of thing, they could be found here on the SDMB. If not, I hope this thread moves off of the first page quickly so the failure of my first OP doesn't haunt me for the next few days each time I log in.

Pash

[lieu]

Blind Faith's "Find My Way Home" in Fandango.

[John Carter of Mars]

There were two or three songs played through the closing credits of Oh Brother Where Art Thou that made it worth while sitting there and watching the lengthy credits roll by.

[Jeremy's Evil Twin]

"We Don't Need Another Hero", Tina Turner, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

[broccoli!]

"it's a long road" from the Rambo credits

[lieu]

Originally posted by lieu
Blind Faith's "Find My Way Home" in Fandango.

Sorry, that's "Can't Find My Way Home".

[middleman]

Never fear. A good topic is a good topic regardless of posts. And this is a good topic.

# 1 all time choice I Will Always Love You from Bodyguard
Season of the Witch in To Die For
I'm A Believer in Shrek
Pretty Woman from Pretty Woman
Build me up (Buttercup) from Something About Mary
As Time Goes by from Sleepless in Seattle
We Are Family from the Birdcage
Somewhere Over the Rainbow from You've Got Mail
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid??? Raindrop Keep Falling on My Head??

[rayniday]

Lara Fabian-The Dream Within from Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within

[5-HT]

The Pixies "Where is my mind" from Fight Club

[DaveX]

Damn, 5HT beat me to it.

I always thought that song was a perfect ending for that show.

[Agrippina]

I always found the mice singing the theme song, If I Had Words, at the end of Babe oddly entertaining. :D

[gallows fodder]

Bruce Springsteen's "Dead Man Walking" at the end of Dead Man Walking and David Bowie's "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" at the end of Seven.

[Pashnish Ewing]

Does anybody remember the song at the end of To Die For? I remeber the scene, Illeana Douglas was ice skating on the pond where Nicole Kidman's body was frozen/buried (I think), but I can't remember the song. Anyone?

Watsonwil -
I can't believe I had forgotten about There's Something About Mary. Possibly the most I've laughed during closing credits. The Birdcage/We are Family was also a great one.

Pash

[teela brown]

"Gayane Ballet Suite" at the end of Aliens. This piece was also played during the scenes which showed the everyday life on board the spaceship for Dave and Frank in *2001, A Space Odyssey*. It's a haunting, sad piece which I have yet to be able to dig up anywhere other than on the soundtrack of *2001*.

[middleman]

Originally posted by Pashnish Ewing
Does anybody remember the song at the end of To Die For? I remeber the scene, Illeana Douglas was ice skating on the pond where Nicole Kidman's body was frozen/buried (I think), but I can't remember the song. Anyone?

Watsonwil -
I can't believe I had forgotten about There's Something About Mary. Possibly the most I've laughed during closing credits. The Birdcage/We are Family was also a great one.

Pash
Look back in my post. I got it. Season of the Witch!

[CalMeacham]

(You've got to Have ) Friends sung by the still-not-yet-well-known Bette Midler at the end of The Last of Sheila, circa 1972. An unexpectedly nice ending to one of the best and most convoluted mystery movies ever.

[Fretburner]

"New World" by Bjork at the end of Dancer in the Dark. Beautiful end to a beautiful (but sad) movie.

[The Red Menace]

The end of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet with Radiohead's "Exit Music (For A Film)". As far as I know, the song was written specifically for the movie and it really fits the somber tone of the movie's ending.

[half a person]

Simple Minds "Don't You Forget about Me" from the Breakfast Club.

[Fionn]

"Paint It, Black" at the end of Full Metal Jacket

[middleman]

Originally posted by half a person
Simple Minds "Don't You Forget about Me" from the Breakfast Club. I take it back. This is the #1 all time answer.

[Spoke]

What? No mentions for "One Tin Soldier" from Billy Jack?

[kunilou]

muttermutter young punks. . .

As the Doomsday bomb triggers nuclear explosions round the world at the end of Dr. Strangelove. . .

"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when!"

[DPWhite]

A couple are unforgettable:


The End Apocalypse Now
Always Look on the Bright Side Life of Brian

[Oblong]

Goodfellas: My Way-Sid Vicious
Reservoir Dogs: The Coconut Song

[drillrod]

"It can't rain all the time" by Jane Siberry from The Crow.
Haunting.
Of course, The Crow is one of those movies I may take just a tad too seriously.

[MrVisible]

drillrod, I was just about to say that. I've been a Jane Siberry fan for years, and hearing that when I first saw The Crow gave me a near-fatal case of goosebumps.

If you remember the Al Pacino fiasco Sea of Love, you'll probably remember the ending credit song; Tom Waits covering Sea of Love. Only reason to see the movie, IMHO.

[Slithy Tove]

Originally posted by pugluvr
"Gayane Ballet Suite" at the end of Aliens. This piece was also played during the scenes which showed the everyday life on board the spaceship for Dave and Frank in *2001, A Space Odyssey*. It's a haunting, sad piece which I have yet to be able to dig up anywhere other than on the soundtrack of *2001*.

I've got that on CD, which identifies it as "Invention" by Aram Kachaturyan (it also has his ubiquitous "Saber Dance," required music for spinning dinner dishes on dowelsticks; and his "Spartacus," which was used extensively in the Hudsuscker Proxy).

[yosemite]

I second "Don't Forget About Me" From "Breakfast Club".

Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" (? IIRC - I know it's Barber, anyway) from "Alien".

brocolli! wrote: "it's a long road" from the Rambo credits
Written by my favorite film composer, Jerry Goldsmith! (He did the original "Planet of the Apes", "LA Confidential", "Omen" and about a million others.) Dan Hill sang the song, melody by Goldsmith. (Great score, BTW. All the "Rambo" scores are great. However, I've never seen any of the films, except for the original "First Blood", which I saw once.)

[custard dragon]

[The End Apocalypse Now]

IIRC, The End is not strictly the closing credits song. An audio montage plays over the napalm attack and the closing credits.

[Michele in SoCal]

Originally posted by CalMeacham
[i]...The Last of Sheila, circa 1972. An unexpectedly nice ending to one of the best and most convoluted mystery movies ever.

I agree!

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I also agree with many of the choices in the previous posts.

Here's one not yet mentioned: Mark Knopfler's "Theme from Local Hero" during the closing credits of that marvelous movie with Burt Lancaster and Peter Reigert.

[yosemite]

Originally posted by Michele in SoCal

Here's one not yet mentioned: Mark Knopfler's "Theme from Local Hero" during the closing credits of that marvelous movie with Burt Lancaster and Peter Reigert.

I agree so much! Thank you for reminding me of that one! I have a Knopfler CD, and whenever I hear that piece, I am taken back to that film, and think of Reigert sitting, all lonely in his cushy apartment in Texas, missing all his new friends back in Scotland (?). What a great film, what a great score.

[Shayna]

Not the greatest movie of all time, but I'll never forget how I started bawling when the credits rolled and the song "Nature Boy" (by Nat King Cole) started playing at the end of "Untamed Heart." <sniff, sniff>

[waterj2]

Underworld's "Born Slippy" in Trainspotting
The Top Gun theme (or was it "Danger Zone" they used for the closing credits? Either way)

[Pashnish Ewing]

I've never seen it, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned An Officer and a Gentleman, "Love Lift us Up (Where we Belong)."

Also, it's been a while since I've seen it, but I think An American Werewolf in London ends with CCR's "Bad Moon Rising."

Pash

[Oblong]

Bad Moon Rising plays when the guy turns into the werewolf during the film. It may play at the credits too.

[Labdad]

"Busload of Faith" by Lou Reed at the end of "True Believer." (1989) Great ending to a great flick!

And while it's not a closing film credit, one of "The Sopranos" episodes last season closed with "Show Me the Money," by Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks. It was perfect.

[reveille]

i agree with oblong...harry nilsson, "coconut", at the end of Reservoir Dogs

[Spoke]

Originally posted by Pashnish Ewing
Also, it's been a while since I've seen it, but I think An American Werewolf in London ends with CCR's "Bad Moon Rising."

Pash

Nah. It ends with "Blue Moon."

Twilight Zone - The Movie ends with a Creedence Clearwater Revival song. Was it "Bad Moon Rising?"

[glee]

Pashnish Ewing,
good 1st thread!

I liked that Bryan Adams number* at the end of 'Prince of Thieves'.

And how about TV programs - the Who doing 'Who are you?' over the credits of CSI (a jolly fine program, with science and plots!)


*it shows how old I am that I can't remember the title**

**as this is the SDMB, it'll take about 5 minutes for someone to post the answer

[Labdad]

Originally posted by spoke- Twilight Zone - The Movie ends with a Creedence Clearwater Revival song. Was it "Bad Moon Rising?"

I think it was "Midnight Special." I know the scene: John Lithgow is all trussed up in a straight jacket and put into an ambulance. Dan Ackroyd is the driver, and pops a casette in the tape player. Lithgow smiles and says, "I LOVE Creedence" just before Ackroyd says, "You want to see something REALLY scary?"

[plnnr]

That's Vera Lynn doing "We'll Meet Again" at the close of "Dr. Strangelove." If you've listened to "The Wall" you'll remember the song "Vera" - "Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?" "We'll Meet Again" was very big in England during WWII.

"Oh La La," by the Faces, closed "Rushmore" IIRC. That one worked pretty well.

Did "Rock Around The Clock" play over the credits to "Blackboard Jungle?" If so, that takes the cake. That blew the lid off the whole damn thing.

[gobear]

"Sympathy for the Devil," Guns n' Roses, Interview with the Vampire--it was such a perfect choice to end the movie on an evilly triumphant note as the revived Lestat drives off with the newly bitten Christian Slater.

"Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting--Mournful tune appropriate for the end.

"That's the Hell of It" from Phantom of the Paradise
"Good for nothing, bad in bed
Nobody loved you, you're better off dead"--Great stuff!

[Pucette]

I was profoundly moved by the closing song for The Professional - Sting's The Shape of my Heart.

:(

[Pucette]

Oh and as an added thought - I've always thought Depeche Mode's Little 15 would be another perfect ending song for that movie...

[Lightnin']

I'm kind of ashamed to admit this.

Have you seen Legally Blonde? It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be... and at the end, there was a song that really got my toes a-tappin'.

[/b]Perfect Day[/b], by Hoku. Yes, Hoku- whose last name is Ho. (Heck, if my last name was Ho, I think I'd drop it, too.)

As in DON Ho. Tiny Bubbles Don Ho.

She's his daughter.

She's also a babe. Britney ain't got nothin' on Hoku.

God I'm so embarrassed.

[Geek Mecha]

Heh.

At the end of "Rock Star", they played "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

[Gatopescado]

Neil Young's performance at the end of "Philidelphia" nearly brought me to tears! (and i'm a tough-guy-non-crying-type-he-man-thing)

the michael mcdonald song at the end of the south park movie is funny enough to make you wet yourself if you pay attention to the words

we'll met again at the end of dr. strangelove is classic

get right back (very cheesy song, i know) at the end of slapshot leaves you feeling like things may just work out for the poor charlestown chiefs (i love that movie-- strother martin immitating someone jerkin off can make you laugh at a funeral!)

[Tuckerfan]

Julia by the Eurythmics at the end of 1984. I have to choke back tears everytime I hear it.

[cw]

Originally posted by Ballybay
"Paint It, Black" at the end of Full Metal Jacket

Most definately, and also Guns and Roses "you could be mine" from Terminator 2.

[Swede Hollow]

Originally posted by glee I liked that Bryan Adams number* at the end of 'Prince of Thieves'.

That was (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Sorry it took more than 5 minutes, but it's a Friday night.;)

[scampering gremlin]

Two that still haunt me after so many years:

Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, 2nd movement at the end of Amadeus

and the Cat Stevens tune that closes Harold and Maude. Anybody know the name of that last song?

[Frank O. Pinion]

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life at the end of Monty Python's Life Of Brian.

[capacitor]

I have a few:

"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal, from Batman Returns

"It's My Life" by Wendy O. Williams from Reform School Grls

"A Love Before Time", both the cello solo by Yo-Yo-Ma and the pop version by Coco Dee, from, what was that film? Oh yes: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[ignatzmouse]

The credits song for 1984 was more memorable for me than the film. Julia from that Eurythmics lady. (Second time today I've needed that name and been unable to remember it.)

[ElwoodCuse]

A third vote for ALOTBSOL from Brian. BTW they sung that at Graham Chapman's funeral.

I will add:

Jailhouse Rock (The Blues Brothers)

Let It Snow (Die Hard 1 and 2--what a contrast to the rest of the movies!)

All Together Now (Yellow Submarine)

[Junior Spaceman]

A couple of favourites:

"I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)" at the end (I'm pretty sure it was over the credits) of High Fidelity. I never thought I'd buy a Stevie Wonder record, but after hearing that, I had to track down Talking Book, and I love it, so that was one film that made me branch out in my music tastes.

Also, Arleta's Mia Fora Thimame from the Praise film was a beautiful way to end a kinda downer of a film, and for Dirty Three fans, it was a chance to hear the song that they rewrote as I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me.

[FisherQueen]

Well, the OP says 'good,' but the title just says 'memorable,' so I'll chime in with the memorable end-credits song that sprang to my mind when I read the title.

"The Princess Bride." If the song has a name, I don't care to know it, but they take that lovely love theme that's been echoing through the whole movie and add to it a gravelly-voiced singer and some of The Worst Lyrics Known to Man.

At one point, my college roommates and I could sing the whole thing.

[kaylasdad99]

Originally posted by ignatzmouse
The credits song for 1984 was more memorable for me than the film. Julia from that Eurythmics lady. (Second time today I've needed that name and been unable to remember it.)

Annie Lennox.

[meyer]

The song at the end of Philedelphia. This is one of very few movies that I have actually cried in, and I thought the ending song with the home video of him as a child just highlighted the incredible waste of a beautiful life that AIDS is.
Does anybody know what song this was?
P.S. - the Eurythmics lady's name is Annie Lennox :D

[meyer]

Originally posted by kaylasdad99
Originally posted by ignatzmouse
The credits song for 1984 was more memorable for me than the film. Julia from that Eurythmics lady. (Second time today I've needed that name and been unable to remember it.)

Annie Lennox.

Damn, simulpost :)

[okielady]

Pat Benatar's "Invincible" for The Legend of Billie Jean

And of course "Don't You Forget About Me" from my favorite movie of all time, The Breakfast Club. (http://members.fortunecity.com/okielady/tbc.html)

[TeaElle]

Originally posted by meyer
The song at the end of Philedelphia. This is one of very few movies that I have actually cried in, and I thought the ending song with the home video of him as a child just highlighted the incredible waste of a beautiful life that AIDS is.
Does anybody know what song this was?

That would be Philadelphia, natch. The singer was Neil Young. Also gets one of my votes.

I also give a vote to Out of My Mind (Duran Duran) at the end of "The Saint" which was a gawdawful flick and was only redeemed by the inclusion of a good song over the credits. I still curse the $8 I blew on that stinker.

[Eutychus]

Amphibian by Bjork at the end of Being John Malkovich.

[shrew]

I third the The Breakfast Club song.

Also
1. I Finally Found Someone by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams from The Mirror Has Two Faces
2. Big Hands by the Violent Femmes from Grosse Point Blank
3. and I always sing along to For Once in My life by Dionne Farris in The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

[shrew]

Oh, and I just saw Riding in Cars With Boys recently, and I had never realized how incredibly sad the song "Dream Dream Dream" is (by various artists, but I suppose The Everly Brothers were used there). I came straight home and downloaded it.

When I want you in my arms
When i want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream...
Only trouble is I'm dreaming my life away

Very memorable.

[Mister Damage]

FisherQueen wrote:

"The Princess Bride." If the song has a name, I don't care to know it, but they take that lovely love theme that's been echoing through the whole movie and add to it a gravelly-voiced singer and some of The Worst Lyrics Known to Man.


You might not care to know it, but I'll tell you anyway :>) - the song is "Storybook Love" by Willy DeVille (formerly of Mink DeVille), on the album "Miracle".

Mark Knopfler is credited as writing all the music for the film, except that last song, which is credited solely to DeVille (although I agree that it seems to include Knopfler's theme). He also plays guitar on the entire album. The best song on the album, IMHO, is "Southern Politician" - I love the riff Knopfler plays throughout, and as a "smart-ass northern liberal", I like the lyrics. :>)

As for my own favorites, I definitely second (or third, or fourth, as appropriate) Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" in Dr. Strangelove, Radiohead's "Exit Music (for a film)" in Romeo + Juliet, and ALOTBSOL at the end of Life of Brian, but here are a few other personal favorites:

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Cherubini, Requiem in C Minor
Lost Highway - David Bowie, "Deranged"
The Matrix - Rage Against The Machine, "Wake Up"
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Pink Floyd, "Seamus"
Gallipoli - Albinoni, Adagio in G Minor
Wild at Heart - Elvis Presley, "Love Me Tender"
Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel, "It Is Accomplished"
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Rolling Stones, "Jumping Jack Flash"

...there are others, I'm sure, but this is all I can think of now.

[anenquiringmind]

No Doubt....RAINDROPS Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas

from Butch Cassidy And The Sundance KId

[SlightDistrurbance]

Originally posted by spoke-
What? No mentions for "One Tin Soldier" from Billy Jack?


Thats got my vote.
My mom was addicted to this movie when I was a wee youngin, and its stuck with me through all the years.

Must go find tape......

[plnnr]

Philadelphia was done by Bruce Springsteen, not Neil Young.

[Dewey Cheatem Undhow]

Originally posted by plnnr
Philadelphia was done by Bruce Springsteen, not Neil Young.

Actually, the Springsteen song from the film is called "Streets of Philadelphia." The song "Philedelphia" was indeed performed by Neil Young.

Full soundtrack listing for the movie "Philadelphia" from IMDB:
http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0107818

[The Scrivener]

Robbie Williams' version of "(Have You Seen) Miss Jones" [or maybe it's just "Miss Jones"], from "Bridget Jones' Diary".

Ditto for the votes for Dr. Strangelove, Life of Brian, and High Fidelity (you beat me to that one).

[Albert Rose]

Innocent When You Dream, by Tom Waits. It's at the end of Smoke, played over a rather charming sequence. See the film!

Tattler, by Ry Cooder. It plays at the end of Cadillac Man, the Robin Williams/Tim Robbins movie. I just like the song, and it fit the theme.

[Fibonacci]

I have to concur with Dr. Strangelove's "We'll Meet Again" and Life Of Brian's "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life."
Alan Price's "Lucky Man" from "O Lucky Man" is also excellent.

[Idle Thoughts]

Please don't kill me.

I know this thread is so old it's got dinosaur shit on it, but I couldn't resist when I saw that one of my favorites was not on here.


I loved the credit song for Heart and Souls. It was Walk Like a Man.

Not only is it a great song, but fitting considering it was a symbol in the movie.

[Tree Boy]

Originally posted by scampering gremlin
and the Cat Stevens tune that closes Harold and Maude. Anybody know the name of that last song?

The song is "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out."

Also, in reference to the Philadelphia closing song by Neil Young, I believe the official title is "City of Brotherly Love."

I didn't even realize this thread was 2 years old until reading that last post, but since no one mentioned "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins at then end of the movie with the same name, I thought I would throw that in. The way they freeze the picture on Rachel Ward's tear filled face is heartbreaking.

[miscee]

Terence Trent d'Arby singing "Letting Go" at the end of The Fan is my favorite. The song fit perfectly with the last scene from the movie.

[Soup_du_jour]

Blast. kunilou beat me to it.

Dr Strangelove's "We'll Meet Again" is such a strangely chilling song at the end of a fantastic film.

[Dragon Phoenix]

The singer of Croucing tiger, hidden dragon is Coco Lee, not Dee.

I haven't seen the movie yet (waiting for the DVD) but does that gorgeous song from LotR-TTT by Emiliana Torrini (Gollums song) qualify? It's the most beautiful song I've heard for some time.