# Topic Playlist! (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647 "2019-09-03T22:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 230
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4581 "2020-02-04T18:28:07Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor So iconic it’s a cliché. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4582 "2020-02-04T18:39:03Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4583 "2020-02-04T18:40:08Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4584 "2020-02-04T19:13:08Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4585 "2020-02-04T21:03:51Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone 6. Midnight Cowboy Theme - John Barry ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4586 "2020-02-04T21:29:04Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone 6. Midnight Cowboy Theme - John Barry 7. Lose Yourself - Eminem (from 8 Mile) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4587 "2020-02-04T21:52:50Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone 6. Midnight Cowboy Theme - John Barry 7. Lose Yourself - Eminem (from 8 Mile) 8. Star Wars - John Williams Let’s be honest, virtually anything John Williams did is going to be great ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4588 "2020-02-04T22:04:40Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone 6. Midnight Cowboy Theme - John Barry 7. Lose Yourself - Eminem (from 8 Mile) 8. Star Wars - John Williams 9. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4589 "2020-02-04T22:35:23Z")
Best movie theme songs 1. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 2. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 3. Help! 4. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone 6. Midnight Cowboy Theme - John Barry 7. Lose Yourself - Eminem (from 8 Mile) 8. Star Wars - John Williams 9. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 10. Deuling Banjos Pass ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4590 "2020-02-05T01:31:34Z")
Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4591 "2020-02-05T01:43:34Z")
Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun 2. Jaws ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4592 "2020-02-05T01:54:39Z")
Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun 2. Jaws 3. Burning Bridges - Kelly’s Heroes It’s not a bad song. But it has no connection with the plot, the mood, or the setting of the movie. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4593 "2020-02-05T01:59:59Z")
Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun 2. Jaws 3. Burning Bridges - Kelly’s Heroes 4. Star Wars (Bill Murray version) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4594 "2020-02-05T02:22:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Worst movie theme songs > > 1. The Man with the Golden Gun > > 2. Jaws > > 3. Burning Bridges - Kelly’s Heroes > > It’s not a bad song. But it has no connection with the plot, the mood, or the setting of the movie. Blaspheme! I spit on your shoes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4595 "2020-02-05T05:15:15Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Jaws This was ripped off from the very beginning of the 4th movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4596 "2020-02-05T05:16:17Z")
Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun 2. Jaws 3. Burning Bridges - Kelly’s Heroes 4. Star Wars (Bill Murray version) 5. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran Screechy and dated the moment it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4597 "2020-02-05T05:47:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran I almost put that one for my first entry. Wretched song. And it’s the only Bond theme to hit #1! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4598 "2020-02-06T08:25:42Z")
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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4599 "2020-02-06T10:59:00Z")
Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun 2. Jaws 3. Burning Bridges - Kelly’s Heroes 4. Star Wars (Bill Murray version) 5. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran 6. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship (from Mannequin) 7. We May Never Love Like This Again - Maureen McGovern (from The Towering Inferno) 8. The Goonies - Cindy Lauper 9. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4600 "2020-02-06T14:36:24Z")
I will confess I like “Man in Motion.” Worst movie theme songs 1. The Man with the Golden Gun 2. Jaws 3. Burning Bridges - Kelly’s Heroes 4. Star Wars (Bill Murray version) 5. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran 6. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship (from Mannequin) 7. We May Never Love Like This Again - Maureen McGovern (from The Towering Inferno) 8. The Goonies - Cindy Lauper 9. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 10. Man in Motion (St. Elmo’s Fire) - John Parr Housekeeping. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=231)