# Songs that are never the same again after their use in a movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574 "2007-10-13T11:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/21 "2007-10-13T17:35:26Z")
A long time ago I posted that Tubular Bells scares the bejeebus out of me and another poster wondered why this should be since it is a fine example of a contemporary classical piece. Or was it experimental jazz? I don’t care what you classify it as, to me it’ll always be Music To Get Exorcised By. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/22 "2007-10-13T17:45:44Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Beethoven’s _Ode to Joy_ = slimy \*Die Hard \* Eurotrash. [/QUOTE] This piece has been used as the official music of the European Union. I think that has been dropped now however. While we are discussing classical music and Kubrick, how about _Also Spracht Zarathustra_ from **2001: A space odyssey?** It’s possibly the most iconic soundtrack scene of all time, I for one can’t listen to it without seeing the movement of planets before my eyes. Also, the Fellini movie \*\*8 1/2 \*\*uses Rossini’s _La Barbiere di Siviglia_ in a very memorable way. Classical music has a way to be able to merge with the moving pictures, because of it being very unique and instrumental. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/23 "2007-10-13T17:58:15Z")
**Star Wars** made Holst cool again. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/24 "2007-10-13T18:13:16Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Recently I watched Zodiac again and realised that Donovan’s Hurdy Gurdy Man will forever now be a dark and threatening piece of music, unlike it’s previous cheerful persona. [/QUOTE] Wow. Funny you should mention that song. It was prominent in **[L.I.E.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242587/)**, and I can’t hear it now without getting all squeamed out. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/25 "2007-10-13T18:14:26Z")
I’ll always think of the scene in The Karate Kid where Daniel and Allie go to the amusement park on a date when I hear “Feel The Night” by Baxter Robertson. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/26 "2007-10-13T18:19:58Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] “Singin’ in the Rain” from the same film. [/QUOTE] ACO ruined/enhanced a LOT of music- Pucelli’s (?) Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, The Wm Tell Overture, Singing in the Rain, Beethoven’s Ninth, just about everything in it. Including of course, “Molly Malone” and “I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/27 "2007-10-13T18:22:03Z")
Wagner’s _Ride of the Valkyries_ always reminds me of helicopters now. I think it was reinforced by me being in an air cav unit when I first saw Apocalypse Now. The Righteous Brothers’ _You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’_ seems to have survived Top gun. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/28 "2007-10-13T18:42:21Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] Try listening to Richard Strauss’ tone poem _Also Sprach Zarathustra_ without seeing apes throwing bones. [/QUOTE] All of the music in _2001_ are strongly associated with the movie. I can’t even listen to _Blue Danube_ without seeing spaceships. And _Lux Aeterna_. I don’t remember the Holst music in _Star Wars_ - in my mind it’s more strongly associated with _The Right Stuff_. Does _Mrs. Robinson_ count? I recall it wasn’t written for _The Graduate_, but I don’t know if the song was out before the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/29 "2007-10-13T18:43:49Z")
The Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” is, in my mind, inexorably linked with the ending scene from _Fight Club_. ---
**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/30 "2007-10-13T18:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=BMax] Wagner’s _Ride of the Valkyries_ always reminds me of helicopters now. [/QUOTE] I’ve always associated that with [cartoons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_Opera,_Doc%3F). ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/31 "2007-10-13T18:54:24Z")
This example is from a TV show instead of a movie, but I can’t listen to “The Final Countdown” without thinking of Gob Bluth dancing around on stage with a knife in his teeth as he is performing a magic trick. Oops, I mean an illusion. Tricks are something a whore does for money. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/32 "2007-10-13T19:15:22Z")
Speaking of cartoons, there are tons of classical pieces that make me and a lot of other people think of Bugs Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/33 "2007-10-13T19:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] I can’t hear Tom Petty’s “American Girl” without thinking of _Silence of the Lambs_, even though it was used in quite a brief scene with no huge dramatic impact. [/QUOTE] When I hear “American Girl”, the movie it reminds me of is _Sugar and Spice_, though they didn’t use the original by Tom Petty, but a cover done by some girl band whose name escapes me at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/34 "2007-10-13T19:52:21Z")
[QUOTE=scr4] Does _Mrs. Robinson_ count? I recall it wasn’t written for _The Graduate_… [/QUOTE] It wasn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/35 "2007-10-13T20:06:15Z")
[According to wiki, it was](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Robinson) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/36 "2007-10-13T20:32:22Z")
Whenever I hear **Ace of Spades** by Helmet I think of that convenience store shootout in Grosse Point Blank ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/37 "2007-10-13T20:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] The song was written in 1974 by [Dolly Parton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton). The movie “The Bodyguard” came out in 1996. [/QUOTE] 1992, actually. I can’t believe I know that. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/38 "2007-10-13T20:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] No, no, no. “The William Tell Overture” after [The Lone Ranger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041038/) . [/QUOTE] William Tell didn’t write the piece for the radio show? Hunh. Who knew? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/39 "2007-10-13T21:07:00Z")
[QUOTE=cactus waltz] This piece has been used as the official music of the European Union. I think that has been dropped now however. [/QUOTE] No, they’ve kept it as the anthem for the EU, and also for the Council of Europe. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/40 "2007-10-13T21:37:20Z")
Not a movie, but the X-Files episode “Home” completely distorted Johnny Mathis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574.md?page=3)