# Songs that make you think of a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 20, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521 "2024-11-20T19:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/21 "2024-11-20T21:01:11Z")
The harmonica theme from “Once Upon A Time In The West”. “The Blue Danube” from “2001: A Space Odyssey”. “The End” from “Apocalypse Now”. “Gimme Shelter” from the documentary of the same name about the disastrous Altamont Festival. “You Never Can Tell” from “Pulp Fiction”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/22 "2024-11-20T21:26:58Z")
Dueling Banjos – Deliverance All Over The World (ELO) – Paul Born To Be Wild – Easy Rider Wings Of A Dove (as sung by Crow & Tom Servo) – Boggy Creek II: and the Legend Continues (MST3K version) Pipeline (Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughn) – Back To The Beach ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/23 "2024-11-20T21:27:14Z")
“Under Pressure” (Queen/David Bowie) pops up in a lot of films, but I always associate it with _It’s Kind of a Funny Story_ (2010, with Zach Galifianikis and Emma Roberts). ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/24 "2024-11-20T21:46:13Z")
Eh, late to the thread and most of the ones that spring to mind have been done. But… Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) - Witness j ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/25 "2024-11-20T21:49:40Z")
That one reminds me of Animal House. I can’t hear it without thinking of John Belushi going through the cafeteria line. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/26 "2024-11-20T21:51:59Z")
_As Time Goes By_ - Casablanca _Solace_ - The Sting _Dies Irae (Mozart)_ - Amadeus _Lux Aeterna_ - Requiem for a Dream _Shout_ - Animal House ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/27 "2024-11-20T21:52:37Z")
Never seen Animal House… But I’ll add If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out (Cat Stevens) - (another from) Harold And Maude j ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/28 "2024-11-20T21:55:35Z")
I’ll Melt With You - Valley Girl The Pink Panther of the movie of the same name And most of the others already mentioned. But not all. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/29 "2024-11-20T22:04:44Z")
[Holiday Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYqIJqlPNc) - National Lampoon’s Vacation ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/30 "2024-11-20T22:23:05Z")
Oh Yeah (Yello) and Danke Schoen (Wayne Newton) - _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ ---
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To Sir with Love - I didn’t really like the song until I saw the movie. I’m into Something Good - The Naked Gun ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/32 "2024-11-20T22:41:02Z")
Wasn’t Born To Follow - Easy Rider We’ll Meet Again - Dr. Strangelove 9th Symphony - Clockwork Orange The Look of Love - Casino Royale Get Right Back -Slapshot ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/33 "2024-11-20T22:44:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > All Over The World (ELO) – Paul Xanadu? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/34 "2024-11-20T22:48:36Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > > [@blondebear](#): > > > > All Over The World (ELO) – Paul > > Xanadu? No, [Paul](https://youtu.be/7EolwnPPpNU?feature=shared). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/35 "2024-11-20T23:01:03Z")
“Call Me” - American Gigolo “If You Want It Come And Get It” -The Magic Christian “Hooked on a Feeling” - Guardians of the Galaxy ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/36 "2024-11-20T23:28:58Z")
The whole soundtrack, but especially “Lost in the Shadows” for The Lost Boys “Father and Son” by Cat Stevens for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and I can’t believe I’m the first to say this, but “Eye of the Tiger” for Rocky 3 and “Burning Heart” for Rocky 4 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/37 "2024-11-21T00:04:56Z")
Rock N Roll High School from Rock N Roll High School. Ramones. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/38 "2024-11-21T00:56:47Z")
Songs associated in my mind to the following movies (since they’re where I first heard the songs, usually as closing themes): Robby Williams; “Let Me Entertain You” - Mean Machine The Seatbelts’ “Knock A Little Bit Louder” - Cowboy BeBop\* Rooster’s “Good To Be Here” - Operation Stormbreaker The Greenhornes’ “Saying Goodbye” - The Green Hornet Johnny Thunder’s “I’m Alive” - American Animals As: for Caddy Shack, I always think first “Anyway You Want It” rather than “I’m Alright”, but personal taste I guess. \*So, Earth’s 1st Martian colony will look like early 1980s lower Manhattan, but with monorails. OK… ---
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I’ve had a handful of friends that can’t listen to American Girl by Tom Petty because it reminds them of Silence Of The Lambs or Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel because of Reservoir Dogs. However, for me, any time I hear Night Ranger by Sister Christian, I can’t help but think of Boogie Nights. If you haven’t seen the movie, it’s hard to understand how tension there was in [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsjZM6HX0qU). ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/1010521/40 "2024-11-21T01:46:17Z")
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