# Great scenes made better by the music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838 "2014-08-18T16:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/41 "2014-08-21T18:52:38Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > I was going to mention this one, though I disagree that it’s “too slick.” There’s a time and place for unadulterated wonder, and the brachiosaur reveal in “Jurassic Park” remains one of the greatest examples of this. The visual effects hold up beautifully, too - I just rewatched the movie this past weekend, and the sense of awe I felt was every bit as powerful as it was the first time I watched it twenty years ago. Sam Neill and Laura Dern do a fantastic job portraying how overwhelming the moment is, and you absorb every iota of their dumbstruck joy. > > (To a lesser extent, this holds true for the sick triceratops scene as well.) Not to take away from the undeniable awesomeness of the “Jurassic Park” reveal scene, but…[this alternate version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-58hQ9dLk) puts it to shame. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/42 "2014-08-21T19:09:10Z")
Holy crap, I can’t stop laughing. 😃 +10 pts. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/43 "2014-08-21T19:34:56Z")
I must look like a complete idiot laughing like a hyena at my work desk! **FlyingRat** , you win a cookie! I counter with [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsdCGQbbd8k). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/44 "2014-08-21T19:42:19Z")
The Delfonics in "Jackie Brown, actually even played into the plot line. Phil Collins on the train in “Risky Business” Guesch Patti singing “Blonde” in “Pillow Book” Faye Wong’s vocals behind her stunning scenes in “Chungking Express” Tangerine Dream’s background behind the truck restoration scenes in “Sorcerer”. Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic” in the touching scene in “Immediate Family”. Geoff Muldauer’s whistled theme in Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil”. The Brazil scenes in “A Man and Woman”. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/45 "2014-08-21T19:46:39Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > .Of course there’s always _Stuck in the Middle With You_ in **Pulp Fiction**. That was used in **Reservoir Dogs** , actually, but **Pulp Fiction** has a ton of great musical choices as well. Dick Dale’s “Misirlou” over the opening credits is sheer genius - just so energetic and full of attitude that it tells you exactly what kind of movie you’re about to watch. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/46 "2014-08-21T21:30:28Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Scrubs had so many scenes with perfectly captured music, I can’t even count (that is why it hurts that the DVDs and Netflix have a lot of the music replaced). Didn’t Zack Braff pick a lot of the music for Scrubs like he did for Garden State and Last Kiss? Because they all seemed to have the same “late 20-something coming of age” vibe captured by his hand-picked turn of the millennium adult alternative indie singer / songwriter soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/47 "2014-08-21T22:10:49Z")
[“Shitter’s full!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeskbiJjCXI) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/48 "2014-08-22T00:36:11Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > [Blue Velvet:\*\* In Dreams.\*\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsrO8xpe-w) Here’s to Ben! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/49 "2014-08-22T01:07:13Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Goodfellas is full of scenes that are great because of the music. Before I clicked on your link, I figured it would be [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sr-vxVaY_M), or maybe [this one](http://youtu.be/7_pvKEfTDk4?t=1m9s). > > In fact, Goodfellas would qualify as the answer to a thread entitled, “Great _movies_ made better by the music”. So many scenes in it have become iconic because of the music playing in the background. Agree but I would have picked [Jump Into The Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeSnzKZvxNE). ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/50 "2014-08-22T02:09:34Z")
[The Sopranos episode ending with **Evidently Chickentown**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBcbc8eWz6U) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/51 "2014-08-22T02:10:00Z")
The use of Joplin’s ragtime in _The Sting_. The music was absolutely wrong for the period (Joplin’s music was popular almost 30 years before the Depression-era setting) but it worked extremely well. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/52 "2014-08-22T02:55:38Z")
Tangerine Dream in **Risky Business**. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wo0cqq_Mk) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/53 "2014-08-22T03:05:27Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Tangerine Dream in **Risky Business**. > > [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wo0cqq_Mk) [Phil Collins from Risky Business leading into the Tangerine Dream sequence.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlTGhe3YoE) ---
**Author:** ![Dioptre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dioptre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dioptre)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/54 "2014-08-22T13:27:13Z")
The Last of the Mohican’s use of “The Gael”. It was the main theme, but particularly its use in the Ascent/Pursuit sequence was a strange but highly effective choice. It still gives me slight chills when it plays in my head. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/55 "2014-08-24T02:39:35Z")
> [@FlyingRat](#): > > Not to take away from the undeniable awesomeness of the “Jurassic Park” reveal scene, but…[this alternate version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-58hQ9dLk) puts it to shame. I almost asphyxiated myself laughing at this. You win the thread. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/56 "2014-08-28T20:38:54Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > I almost asphyxiated myself laughing at this. You win the thread. 😛 😃 I believe a little pee may have escaped the first time somebody played that video for me. ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/57 "2014-08-29T09:38:09Z")
Sia’s 'Breathe Me" used in the finale of _Six Feet Under_. A perfect marriage of music to images which still brings tears. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eNwARV9tPUw/hqdefault.jpg "Sia - Breathe Me (Six Feet Under Finale)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNwARV9tPUw) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/58 "2014-08-29T10:01:49Z")
The beach scene, “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis…'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838/59 "2014-08-29T21:39:28Z")
The “Ode To Joy” from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony was used extensively throughout the movie Die Hard, but the best usage was in the scene in which the vault finally opens… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-scenes-made-better-by-the-music/695838.md?page=2)