Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941) - Music Hall (“You Should See Me Dance the Polka”)
Casablanca - The crowd drowns out the Nazis with “La Marseillaise”
Fellowship of the Ring - scene where Fellowship escapes after the death of Gandalf
I generally dislike movies where the music editor takes a heavy hand during an emotional scene but the score was perfect and the boy soprano part cuts right through you
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941) - Music Hall (“You Should See Me Dance the Polka”)
Casablanca - The crowd drowns out the Nazis with “La Marseillaise”
Fellowship of the Ring - scene where Fellowship escapes after the death of Gandalf
Breaking Away – The Team Cinzano bike race sequence, set to Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the first-contact team communicates with the alien spaceships using musical notes
Young Frankenstein - “Puttin’ on the Ritz” song and dance
High Anxiety - Mel Brooks’ character takes the mic, and does a lounge act with the pianist, singing the song, “High Anxiety.”
The Shawshank Redemption - “Duettino Sull’aria” from “The Marriage of Figaro”. Andy locks himself in the office and plays the record across the entire prison yard. Beautiful.
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941) - Music Hall (“You Should See Me Dance the Polka”)
Casablanca - The crowd drowns out the Nazis with “La Marseillaise”
Fellowship of the Ring - scene where Fellowship escapes after the death of Gandalf
Breaking Away – The Team Cinzano bike race sequence, set to Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the first-contact team communicates with the alien spaceships using musical notes
Young Frankenstein - “Puttin’ on the Ritz” song and dance
High Anxiety - Mel Brooks’ character takes the mic, and does a lounge act with the pianist, singing the song, “High Anxiety.”
The Shawshank Redemption - “Duettino Sull’aria” from “The Marriage of Figaro”. Andy locks himself in the office and plays the record across the entire prison yard. Beautiful.
Buckaroo Banzai - The Hong Kong Cavaliers rock the house until Buckaroo realizes that there’s one person who’s not having a good time
Yeah, it seems amazing he’d pick out that one voice in the noisy crowd. Then you realize it’s because that woman’s the identical twin of the love of his life.