# Movies that sync up with other music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056 "2002-09-12T01:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/1 "2002-09-12T01:00:53Z")
The classic example is The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Some people debate it, but they obviously aren’t watching with the proper… um, enhancement. Another one that’s really trippy is 2001: A Space Odyssey with another Floyd album, Meddle. Start the movie with 23:27 remaining and play track 6, Echoes, it’s awesome. Recently I heard the Japanese anime Akira syncs up with DJ Shadow’s Entroducing. I haven’t had the chance to try it yet, has anyone else? What have your experiences been syncing up movies to other music? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/2 "2002-09-12T02:57:42Z")
I read today that Tim Burton’s _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ syncs up with Radiohead’s _Kid A_. I expect there’s as much validity to that theory as any other. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/3 "2002-09-12T05:29:59Z")
Julie Taymor’s _Titus_ with the soundtrack to _The Wedding Singer_. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/4 "2002-09-12T05:55:30Z")
‘Schindler’s List’ with the ‘Office Space’ soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/5 "2002-09-12T08:03:18Z")
Trigun: The 60,000,000 Duodollar Man with “Franks Wild Years” by Tom Waits. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/6 "2002-09-12T14:05:27Z")
Very funny guys. Thanks **ultrafilter** , I’m gonna try that one out. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/7 "2002-09-12T14:05:53Z")
Nick Cave’s _The Boatman’s Call_ with _Spice World_. Ok. I lie. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/8 "2002-09-13T05:48:22Z")
I’m not kidding. Trigun, the first DVD of the 8 DVD set synchs up with Frank’s Wild years. It’s not intentional, but it’s damn funny, because the way those anime mouthes’ are really open and seem to be yelling goes perfectly with Wait’s style on the CD. It does help to do a lot of acid first, but it’s still funny even w/o the acid. But I think the LSD thing is a given for these scenarios. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/9 "2002-09-13T07:04:53Z")
Hey, I’m not kidding, either. I can’t give you a time stamp from synching them up, or guarantee that it’s noticible without extensive chemical assitence, but it’s there. The big rape scene matches up particularly well with The Smith’s “How Soon is Now,” to the extent it looks like the characters are mouthing the lyrics. Admittedly, I was going to come back and post that _The Brave Little Toaster_ synchs up with Nick Cave’s _Murder Ballads_, but that would’ve been a joke. I’m serious about _Titus_, though. Besides, **gex gex** beat me to the Nick Cave reference. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/10 "2002-09-13T07:36:42Z")
This isn’t a movie and a album thing…but I always thought the song “Paranoid Android” matched up perfectly with “Moby Dick” (except you’d have to read it real fast…) I even wrote a paper on it my freshman year. I could never find anyone else (online at least) that shared my sentiments. But there were some haunting similarities. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/11 "2002-09-14T07:43:14Z")
Sorry **zen101** and **Miller** , knee jerk reaction. I’m always on the look out for my next snark. By chance The Nightmare Before Christmas was on HBO tonight so I threw in Kid A, and it was pretty damn good. Matched up in several places. My guests liked it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/12 "2002-09-14T08:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cainxinth \* > **The classic example is The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Some people debate it, but they obviously aren’t watching with the proper… um, enhancement.** [Nah.](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdarkside.html). ---
**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:** [September 14, 2002, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/13 "2002-09-14T09:38:58Z")
I’ve tried Kid A-Nightmare before Christmas myself, and they synch up pretty well. Even if it wasn’t done intentionally, which it probably wasn’t, it still makes a nice alternate soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-sync-up-with-other-music/128056/14 "2002-09-14T21:25:43Z")
I doubt any of them are intentional, but that doesn’t make them any less fun to watch. BTW, when Kid A ended the next disc in my player was Kruder and Dorfmeister: The K & D Sessions, it went very nicely with the remainder of the movie.