Bela Lugosi’s Dead The Hunger
Although there is another song that will be forever linked to a certain scene.
“Don’t Fear the Reaper,” Blue Oyster Cult, in the TV miniseries, The Stand.
“Ode to Joy,” from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Die Hard.
“Louie, Louie” has been used in too many movies to count but 4me the best is from 1978’s classic “Animal House”
John Belushi’ also did a killer cover version, be sure to listen to the end for he and his Delta house brothers singing final chorus
(Cant’ post Y.Tube links but find both of them there, such f*&^ng fun from the '70s!
Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus from The Silence of the Lambs which, although very well known, never charted.
It’s an interesting story about basically a no-hit wonder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Horses
And Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan used in Zodiac now seems creepy.
Oh wow. I went down that rabbit hole and learned that’s one of his victim’s scalps that Buffalo Bill is wearing during his dance.
How could I forget…
The Man In Me (Dylan) - The Big Lebowski
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Que Sera, Sera - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Hippy Hippy Shake - The Men Who Stare At Goats
An all Scorsese list:
Be My Baby - Mean Streets
I’m Shipping Up To Boston - The Departed
Layla - Goodfellas
Werewolves of London - The Color of Money
I Will Always Love You - Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Just Like Honey, The Jesus and Mary Chain. Lost in Translation.
Old Time Rock and Roll. Risky Business.
Heard it Through the Grapevine - The Big Chill
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Remember the Titans
Stayin’ Alive - Airplane!
Power of Love - Back To The Future
Born To Be Wild - Easy Rider
Mondo Bongo (Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros) - Mr & Mrs Smith
“Peaceful Easy Feeling”
I hate the @#%*ing Eagles, man!
A couple more from The Big Lebowski:
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Viva Las Vegas (Shawn Colvin’s soulful cover that plays over the credits)
Guys and Dolls 1955 Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat
Stubby Kaye stops the show … featuring Frank Sinatra as a backing singer.
For me, it’s Townes Van Zandt’s version of Dead Flowers for The Big Lebowski.
Weird how everybody has a different idea of the most iconic song in that film. For me it’s the Gipsy Kings version of “Hotel California”.
“Hero” by Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott - Spider-Man
“Singin’ in the Rain” in A Clockwork Orange.
Oh God, I remember watching that movie on TV when I was a kid, and I’m almost seventy now. Only time I ever saw it, scared the crap out of me. Now I’d probably laugh.