# Songs indelibly linked to a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647 "2003-03-02T21:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![nebco9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nebco9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebco9)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/101 "2003-05-30T05:51:52Z")
How about: **Raindrops keep falling on my head** - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ---
**Author:** ![DeaconBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DeaconBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeaconBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/102 "2003-05-30T12:31:54Z")
How about “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger? I always associate that one with “Risky Business” and the scene where Tom Cruise is dancing in his underwear after his parents leave… ---
**Author:** ![DeaconBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DeaconBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeaconBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/103 "2003-05-30T12:36:19Z")
Er… Sorry RealityChuck!!! Was rereading the thread and just now realized you had mentioned “Old Time Rock and Roll.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/104 "2003-05-30T14:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bean\_shadow \* > **This may be a stretch, but now whenever I hear Singin’ in the Rain I think of the rape scene in A Clockwork Orange.** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > \*\*Whenever I hear it, I think of a silly scene in the should-have-been-much-better-than-it-was Robert Redford/Debra Winger flick Legal Eagles. \*\* Oddly, when I hear _Singin’ in the Rain_, I think of the film _Singin’ in the Rain_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/105 "2003-05-30T15:14:30Z")
Modern English - **Melt With You** from _Valley Girl_ Phil Collins - **In the Air Tonight** from _Risky Business_ a few I associate with _WKRP in Cincinnati_ Elton John - **Tiny Dancer** Foreigner - **Hot Blooded** Van Morrison - **Carnival** I’ve heard the reruns and videos of _WKRP_ don’t have the original music. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/106 "2003-05-30T22:16:07Z")
“I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” (the remake) by **UB40** from _Sliver_ ---
**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/107 "2003-05-30T22:25:56Z")
and… “No Ordinary Love” by **Sade** from _Indecent Proposal_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/108 "2003-05-31T00:28:00Z")
How about “Same Old Song” by the Four Tops, in _Blood Simple_. Ugh…every time I hear that song, I think of mopping up blood on a barroom floor with a teeny tiny t-shirt…or I think about possibly the world’s creepiest Texan cowboy. Still good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/109 "2003-05-31T01:35:04Z")
Music for a Cat Walking on a Piano- Eyes Wide Shut William Tell Overture Pomp and Circumstance I and IV The Theiving Magpie Beethoven’s Ninth -all from A Clockwork Orange Tanhauser Overture- Bram Stoker’s Dracula We had to watch that crap for a course. The only thing that got me thru it was Wiona Ryder, the woman who played Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded as a scantily clad vampress and her two vampress friends, the fact that Hopkins reminded me of a professor of mine, and humming the Pilgrim’s Chorus whenever Dracula assumed his old form. ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/110 "2003-05-31T01:55:26Z")
All Along the Watchtower and Blowin in the Wind remind me of Forrest Gump. Oh, and Turn Turn Turn, as well. Don’t You Forget About Me is definitely The Breakfast Club, but another song that reminds me of that movie is Changes by David Bowie. The opening of that movie has a quote from that song: “And these children that you spit upon as they try to change their worlds, are immune to your consultations, they’re quite aware of what they’re going through.” Time Is On My Side by the Rolling Stones - Fallen, with Denzel Washington and John Goodman. Into the Mystic by Van Morrisson - Dream a Little Dream (hey, I was only 16.) This song also reminds me of Immediate Family, with Glenn Close and Mary Stuart Masterson. Any of the music from the movie Stand By Me. I think I’ve got that movie memorized. Same with other teen movies of the 80s: Ferris, TBC, 16 Candles, Better Off Dead, Back to the Future, etc… Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears - Real Genius Invincible by Pat Benatar - The Legend of Billie Jean I’ll Take You There (not sure who the artist is) - Threesome ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/111 "2003-05-31T04:04:35Z")
My thread! It’s _aliiiiive_! Now that I think about it, the 20th Century Fox Fanfare immediately makes me think of Star Wars, but that’s probably just me. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/112 "2003-05-31T11:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sauron \* > \*\*I think you’re talking about “Princes of the Universe.” I agree – that’s a good one. \*\* Queen provided the entire soundtrack, nearly. Most of the songs are from “A Kind of Magic” - much of the album was written for the film, including the title track, Gimme The Prize and Don’t Lose Your Head. The only track of significance not from that album is Hammer To Fall, which Kirk Matunas listens to in his car shortly before his meeting with the Kurgan. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/113 "2003-05-31T11:09:56Z")
Oh, and that fucking awful Celine Dion song and Titanic. I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned it before. Maybe we’re all blocking? ---
**Author:** ![Bjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/114 "2003-05-31T18:50:22Z")
I second unchained melody for ghost and bittersweet symphony for cruel intentions (_sobs_…you have to feel sorry for Kathryn) Also… Supermodel by Jill Sobule - Clueless Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits - Empire Records But most of all Mad World - Donnie Darko I feel terrible, I dont even know who it is by…like Garry Jules or something. It’s a fantastic song, but gets so much recognition for being the Donnie Darko song. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Bjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647/115 "2003-05-31T18:52:12Z")
And yes we are all ignoring the Titanic song…what person in their right mind wants to think about that song (and if anyone quotes me and tries to argue that it is a good song…one word for you shuttup. Or maybe that is two shut…up. The second one has more impact, its two.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-indelibly-linked-to-a-movie/158647.md?page=5)