# Your favourite piece of original music from a film. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183 "2007-08-10T22:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/41 "2007-08-12T07:28:33Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] The title song _(Singin’ in the Rain)_ (and in fact, all the other musical numbers in the film) predate the movie by about two decades. Stranger [/QUOTE] True, but it was introduced in the movie _Hollywood Revue of 1929_, in which it was sung by Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards), Marion Davies, Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton, George K. Arthur, Nacio Herb Brown (who wrote the music for the song) and the Brox Sisters. BTW, this info comes from [Lissauer’s Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America](http://www.amazon.com/Lissauers-Encyclopedia-Popular-Music-America/dp/0816032386/ref=sr_1_1/103-5915177-2694201?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186903623&sr=1-1). ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/42 "2007-08-12T08:54:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] The main theme from _Requiem For a Dream_ was pretty badass, clearly illustrated by its liberal use in the LoTR trilogy. [/QUOTE] I thought the theme from “Requiem for a Dream” was just used in the trailers for LotR? I don’t remember hearing it in the movies themselves. My picks: Main theme from “Catch Me If You Can.” There’s just something about the sax solo that I love. “The Steward of Gondor” from LotR:RotK, which I think is the same thing as “Pippin’s Song” mentioned earlier in the thread. “Into the West” (Annie Lennox) from the end credits is another favorite. Of course, the whole soundtrack is pretty amazing, especially the choral parts. “Now We Are Free,” “Elysium” and “To Zucchabar” from “Gladiator” are another two I listen to often. I also happen to love “The Feather Theme” from “Forrest Gump.” I’ve played a couple different arrangements of it for concert band three or four different times, and I still like it. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/43 "2007-08-12T13:58:27Z")
The main theme from **Exodus** and the theme from the **Perfect Storm**. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/44 "2007-08-12T14:14:54Z")
\*\*Taxi Driver \*\* Bernard Herrman ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/45 "2007-08-12T18:23:43Z")
“Big Fran’s Dance” written by Clint Eastwood for “A Perfect World.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/46 "2007-08-12T18:29:43Z")
_Jaws._ So many people don’t even realize there WAS a score. Just part of the brilliance of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/47 "2007-08-12T19:07:12Z")
“The Way You Look Tonight” from _Swing Time_. Hundreds of people have recorded this song since, but I still think Fred Astaire’s rendition is the best. Couldn’t sing, my arse. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/48 "2007-08-12T20:13:19Z")
I can’t say that it’s the best, but right at this moment I have a hankerin’ to hear The Theme from Flash Gordon by Queen. Queen was perfect for that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/49 "2007-08-12T20:34:59Z")
I really like the title songs from _That Thing You Do!_ and _School of Rock_. I don’t think that either movie could have worked without a really snappy original tune to base things around. In particular, I think “That Thing You Do!” deserved the Academy Award for Best Original Song. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/50 "2007-08-12T20:36:39Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] I thought the theme from “Requiem for a Dream” was just used in the trailers for LotR? I don’t remember hearing it in the movies themselves. [/QUOTE] Pretty sure Gandolf’s final charge is to that song. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/51 "2007-08-12T20:40:02Z")
“The Ecstasy of Gold” from _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly._ It makes me feel like a super badass just listening to it. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/52 "2007-08-13T01:53:30Z")
**Fanfare for the Planet Krypton** from _Superman 1_ always brings a chill to my spine. So perfect. (That may not be the actual title of the piece. But it’s the way I will forever think of it.) ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/53 "2007-08-13T03:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Steve Wright] There are a lot of pieces from films that I like, but the first one that sprang to mind was the setting of _Non nobis Domine_ from the Kenneth Branagh _Henry V_. [/QUOTE] Yes. That one. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/54 "2007-08-13T06:06:04Z")
bless the beast and the children ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/55 "2007-08-13T06:51:39Z")
I loved the theme from **_Fargo_.** ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/56 "2007-08-13T07:09:13Z")
If you’ll count music over the credits, “If I Apologize” from Mirrormask. If not, it’s another song from Mirrormask, “A New Life.” But I do also love The Steward of Gondor/Pippin’s Song. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/57 "2007-08-13T07:11:46Z")
[QUOTE=spooje] I loved the theme from **_Fargo_.** [/QUOTE] The _Fargo_ theme is based on a Norwegian Folk Song called _The Lost Sheep_. You can listen to a bit of it [here](http://www.amazon.com/Felefeber-Norwegian-Fiddle-Fantasia-Annbj%C3%B8rg/dp/B000000E3G). ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/58 "2007-08-13T07:55:25Z")
The love theme from **Blade runner** by **Vangelis** is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music. ---
**Author:** ![gS49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@gS49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gS49)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/59 "2007-08-13T13:19:17Z")
Transformation Music from Sailor Moon what? OK, seriously: Warsaw Concerto from _Dangerous Moonlight_ (aka _Suicide Squadron_) what? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-piece-of-original-music-from-a-film/415183/60 "2007-08-13T14:57:16Z")
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