# Create a Cliche Soundtrack for a Bad Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640 "2013-05-29T17:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/21 "2013-05-31T15:18:17Z")
Can we have a montage of getting ready for a date while **Walking on Sunshine** plays? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/22 "2013-05-31T15:44:56Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Can we have a montage of getting ready for a date while **Walking on Sunshine** plays? Oh indeed. Let’s also get a montage of the main girl getting over a bad break up by going out and having fun with her friends (nail salon, ice cream, shopping) while **The Sign - Ace of Base** plays, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/23 "2013-05-31T20:22:04Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Can we have a montage of getting ready for a date while **Walking on Sunshine** plays? Or perhaps the ugly duckling in the group gets a makeover and is _gasp_ actually a beautiful young girl. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/24 "2013-05-31T20:56:27Z")
There’s going to be a fight or a showdown at some point. Cue the theme from **The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly**. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/25 "2013-06-03T18:32:12Z")
Plucky underdog/comic relief is going to have to man up and save the day… **Bonnie Tyler - I Need a Hero** to the (ironic) rescue! ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/26 "2013-06-03T19:27:49Z")
As we zoom in on one of the main characters who is coming to the realization that he’s made a huge mistake, we hear the opening notes of [Sound of Silence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYrwTVsckmI). ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/27 "2013-06-10T15:36:21Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > We still have to get Tone Lōc’s **Wild Thing** in there. I think when the hot teacher is getting herself ready for a hot date. It should segue into **Hot for Teacher** when it turns out her hot date is one of her students. I dunno what kind of bad movie we’re putting together here but it sounds like it just got a lot more interesting 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/28 "2013-06-10T15:43:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Cut to Vietnam where **For What It’s Worth** is playing in the jungles. If I can tweak that a little: the protagonists get high and we heard **Sunshine of Your Love** as the drugs kick in, then they find themselves in the middle of a political protest as **For What It’s Worth** plays, then the demonstration gets violent to the strains of **Gimme Shelter** , and the next thing they know they’re in Vietnam as we hear **All Along the Watchower**. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/29 "2013-06-11T03:27:24Z")
Naturally, when someone has to make a mad dash somewhere, we hilariously cut to slow-mo, and cue…**[Theme from Chariots of Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9Wdgcwf4g)**. Which will be recognized by more people than actually saw the original movie. And I believe the canon for “Hueys-cruising-over-'Nam” music is: \*\*For What It’s Worth Fortunate Son All Along the Watchtower Paint it Black Run Through the Jungle \*\* **Ride of the Valkyries** , of course, has transcended this to appear in all movies when something flying is attacking something not, down to the level of flying squirrels. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/30 "2013-06-11T23:42:51Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Oh indeed. > > Let’s also get a montage of the main girl getting over a bad break up by going out and having fun with her friends (nail salon, ice cream, shopping) while **The Sign - Ace of Base** plays, as well. But then she and her boyfriend get back together, spending a day at Coney Island. When they duck somewhere private to make out “Under The Boardwalk” plays. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/31 "2013-06-12T14:12:01Z")
A heavy metal version of _Tocatta and Fugue in Dm_ for that scene with the old house where the school caretaker (widely rumoured to be an axe murderer) lives. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/32 "2013-06-12T14:32:00Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > **Ride of the Valkyries** , of course, has transcended this to appear in all movies when something flying is attacking something not, down to the level of flying squirrels. A flying squirrel attack set to Ride of the Valkyries would be worth the price of admission by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/33 "2013-06-12T14:37:25Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Ehhh, lately I think it’s Kiss Me by (I’ll be damned if I’m gonna Goggle who recorded that). Solsbury Hill doesn’t resonate with a younger crowd anymore. New Found Glory – wait, it’s not them, they just did a cover. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/34 "2013-06-12T14:39:54Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > As we zoom in on one of the main characters who is coming to the realization that he’s made a huge mistake, we hear the opening notes of [Sound of Silence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYrwTVsckmI). And when he’s taking a walk to think about the huge mistake, perhaps skipping stones or walking past children in a playground, you hear _Mad World_. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/35 "2013-06-13T10:34:22Z")
**Born To Be Wild** the second anyone gets on a motorcycle. **Hello, I Love You** for when the male protagonist first spots the female lead walking down the street (or beach) in slow motion. Not a song, but don’t forget the **steel guitar flourish+vulture squawk** for any scene taking place in the desert. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/36 "2013-06-13T14:09:50Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Ehhh, lately I think it’s Kiss Me by (I’ll be damned if I’m gonna Goggle who recorded that). Solsbury Hill doesn’t resonate with a younger crowd anymore. It’s by Sixpence None The Richer. And to contribute to the thread: Our intrepid heroes get a flat tire on a highway somewhere in the Deep South. Cue **Dueling Banjos.** ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/37 "2013-06-13T20:04:44Z")
…but the character that comes up on them is actually from the Caribbean! _Every little thing’s gonna be alright_, or so sez Bob Marley. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640/38 "2013-06-13T22:14:29Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A flying squirrel attack set to Ride of the Valkyries would be worth the price of admission by itself. Something like this was done in the movie Rango with the goofy redneck moles flying on bats. I thought it was done pretty well but I liked that movie a lot more than some people that I know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-cliche-soundtrack-for-a-bad-movie/659640.md?page=1)