# Movie Trailer Song Hype **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trailer-song-hype/791649 "2017-07-19T14:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trailer-song-hype/791649/1 "2017-07-19T14:35:19Z")
Any movies out there that you have seen that you maybe didn’t like as much as you would have wanted, but the main song used in the trailer really gets you hyped to see it? For me right now, its whenever I hear “Heathens” by 21 Pilots I think about _ **Suicide Squad** _ and I want to watch it again, even though I wasn’t impressed when I did see it. But damn if that song doesn’t get me wanting to watch it. Anyone else have this experience? It can even be a movie you did like, as long as hearing a particular song associated with it jacks you up to watch the film again. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trailer-song-hype/791649/2 "2017-07-19T14:43:45Z")
Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” made the \*\*Logan \*\*trailer. It changed the movie from “What, another X-Men flick” to “I have GOT to see that.” ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trailer-song-hype/791649/3 "2017-07-19T14:49:23Z")
Excellent choice, of course I loved that song before I had seen the movie, but none the less, I totally agree. Another example for me, is U2’s “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” from _ **Batman Forever** _. The movie was ok, but I love that song and when I see the video or hear the song itself, I want to watch again. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trailer-song-hype/791649/4 "2017-07-19T15:13:35Z")
That one movie with Bad to the Bone in the trailer was excellent. 😉 I don’t usually remember trailers that distinctly, but certain songs in movies definitely resonate with me. Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” at the beginning of **Zombieland** Donovan “Hurdy Gurdy Man” in **Zodiac** Donovan “Atlantis” in **Goodfellas** (yes another Donovan song.) Terry Reid’s “To be Treated Rite (sic)” and “Seed of Memory”, and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s"Freebird" in **The Devil’s Rejects**