# Songs surprisingly left out of soundtracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719 "2004-07-31T14:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WilhelmGefallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@WilhelmGefallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilhelmGefallen)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719/41 "2005-01-26T23:03:51Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > And what, pray tell does " Star [fuck] Me Kitten" by William S. Burroughs have to do with the show? Given _that_ one made the cut… The fact that Chris Carter would’ve been excited to have REM agree to having their song on an Album for a then 2 (3?) year old show? I cant find my CD case at the moment, but Im pretty sure that on the liner notes Carter explains that the music on the original s/track (Songs in the Key of X) are the ones that were either influential in the the tone of the series and/or ones that the writers enjoyed listening to, most of them eventually ended up in the series or movie (ie Red Right Hand for Duane Barry/Ascension, Hands of Death for the episode with Jack Black/Giovanni Ribsani(sp?)). Catatonias Mulder and Scully fits in with neither IMO, \* Me Kitten probably should’ve been one of the 3 hidden tracks rather than #5, and move one of the Nick Cave ones to 5. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719/42 "2005-01-27T14:26:12Z")
I was disappointed that _Payback_ by James Brown wasn’t included in [Payback](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120784/soundtrack) starring Mel Gibson. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719/43 "2005-01-27T15:51:07Z")
> [@Frank #2](#): > > I was disappointed that _Payback_ by James Brown wasn’t included in [Payback](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120784/soundtrack) starring Mel Gibson. It would also work for a mpovie version of Alice. Since it sounds like he’s singing “It’s the Vic Tayback”. I don’t know Karate but I know Ca-razy. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719/44 "2005-01-27T21:23:44Z")
Why does the soundtrack for _Shrek_ have Rufus Wainwright singing “Hallelujah” instead of the John Cale version that actually appeared in the movie? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719/45 "2005-01-27T22:06:52Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > On a reverse note, I was very disappointed that the soundtrack to the miniseries _From the Earth to the Moon_ chose to include mostly generic pop oldies rather than the excellent orchestral theme music, other than the opening and closing theme. I second this, though the fact that you have a mix of composers (Fiedel, Howard, Isham, Kamen, Mancina, Shaiman, etc.) may have had something to do with it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-surprisingly-left-out-of-soundtracks/257719.md?page=2)