Songs Used in Films - The Lounge Discussion and Review on Literature, Arts, Culture

This thread will be devoted to well known (or not) used in films. I would, though, like to restrict it to songs performed by the characters in the films rather than simply songs used on the soundtrack. Okay to use song lip-synched by characters or animated films with characters singing. So, for example, here's one of my favorite instances from one of my favorite films from a couple years ago.

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12-16-2018 , 09:54 PM

mrbaseball

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Too easy?

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12-17-2018 , 12:12 AM

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Too easy?

Nope. I didn't even think of this one.

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12-17-2018 , 02:06 AM

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12-17-2018 , 02:10 AM

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My life has a theme song. This is it:

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12-17-2018 , 02:36 AM

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could have picked practically anything from this movie:

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12-17-2018 , 02:41 AM

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12-17-2018 , 02:45 AM

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and I'll finish with an obvious one before someone else posts it:

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12-17-2018 , 03:00 AM

Phat Mack

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Pretty sure Blues Brothers wins today's internet...

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12-17-2018 , 03:09 AM

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Agree 100%.

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12-17-2018 , 03:09 AM

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Moon River sung by Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

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12-17-2018 , 03:36 AM

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Your welcome. Tip a few in Italy for me.

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12-17-2018 , 03:52 AM

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ahhh yis

Go on, move to it like Simon if you have to

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Could it be, the whole Earth opening wide??

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12-17-2018 , 05:16 AM

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First thought that popped into my head on seeing thread title was Bruce Dern walking into the ocean at the last of Coming Home while Tim Buckley's Once I Was played. I absolutely hate the politics of this movie now, looking back, but I can still love that music with that scene.

Lol upon actually reading the original post, I seemed to have broken the rules, oh well.

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12-17-2018 , 05:57 AM

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dunno if it counts cuz wasn't the whole song but high on a mountain is such a great song and marideth sisco sings it as good as anyone.

here's the clip from winter's bone (such a phenomenal film)

and here's the full song by marideth and her band blackberry winter band.

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12-17-2018 , 06:04 AM

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and of course who can not love the soggy bottom boys?
this is of course the most famous of the songs in the film, but man I love all the songs so much, and I'm hard pressed to think of a movie with a better soundtrack, altho there are many that come close.

another fantastic song from the movie

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12-17-2018 , 06:34 AM

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this is another film with an amazing soundtrack, man the coens get everything right, and this particular song happens to be one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar.

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12-17-2018 , 06:40 AM

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another of the first songs I learned to play on guitar, such a beautiful song.

and the full version by the vastly underrated john prine

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12-17-2018 , 06:51 AM

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ok here's a film with a great soundtrack (how good is washboard lisa???) that's not by the coens.

I love this song so much (it's funny I'm realizing that these are all songs I learned to play on guitar some specifically after seeing/hearing them in these films)

and a great version of the song in its entirety (this is a very old traditional song so there are tons of great covers)

btw marien is ****ing awesome you should check him out.

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12-17-2018 , 07:20 AM

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this song was performed in the film (pitch perfect) but I'm posting this version cuz it's better quality and complete but I think it's ok cuz it's still being performed by anna kendrick

what a fantastic idea for a thread!