# Song On The Most Soundtracks

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 1, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410 "2004-11-01T21:37:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410/21 "2004-11-04T23:41:25Z")

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The winner, beyond all doubt: the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare.

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**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410/22 "2004-11-05T00:27:59Z")

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In the genre of classical music used for creepy scenes, Berlioz’s witches’ sabbath theme from Symphonie Fantastique has gotten quite a bit of use (_The Shining_ and _Sleeping With The Enemy_, to name a couple of movies that come to mind).

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**Author:** ![rehema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@rehema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rehema)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410/23 "2004-11-05T05:59:14Z")

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I love that song!  
But don’t remember ever hearing it in a movie.  
What are a few it’s been in?

> [@Marley23](#):
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> Speaking of Steppenwolf, Magic Carpet Ride is pretty popular. But I’m sure it’s not close to the leaders.

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**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410/24 "2004-11-05T08:35:48Z")

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> [@rehema](#):
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> I love that song!  
> But don’t remember ever hearing it in a movie.  
> What are a few it’s been in?

Star Trek: First Contact {?} the one with the Borg in it, anyway. It’s playing as James Cromwell blasts off to test the first ever warp-drive.

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**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410/25 "2004-11-05T16:27:06Z")

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> [@Ranchoth](#):
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> If _clips_ of songs count…probably Handel’s _Messiah._ Followed closely by _Ride of the Valkyries_. (The last doesn’t qualify as a “song,” strictly speaking, I guess.)
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> _Adagio for Strings_ is probably high up on the list, too.

And let’s not forget Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto from _The Four Seasons._ If you want to establish that your characters are rich and erudite and snobbish, nothing does it quicker than a few bars of “Spring.”

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-on-the-most-soundtracks/272410/26 "2004-11-05T17:02:06Z")

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“Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers and “Lady in Red” (artist?) seem to be popular trailer fodder. Drowning Pool’s “Bodies” is one that will likely turn up a lot in trailers in the coming years.

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