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Quentin Tarantino, in one of the special features on the Kill Bill Vol. 1 DVD, stated that one of the most exciting things in art is the right piece of music with the right picture. I tend to agree with this statement. What are some of your favorite usages of music in movies?

Many of mine come from Wong Kar Wai films:
"My Shawl" by Xavier Cugat in Days of Being Wild
"Maria Elena" by Xavier Cugat in Days of Being Wild
"Dream Person" by Faye Wong in Chungking Express
"California Dreaming" by the Mamas and the Papas in Chungking Express
"Speak My Language" by Laurie Anderson in Fallen Angels
"Mong Gei Ta (Forget Him)" by Shirley Kwan in Fallen Angels
"Only You" by the Flying Pickets in Fallen Angels
"Chunga's Revenge" by Frank Zappa in Happy Together
"Aquellos Ojos Verdes" by Nat King Cole in In the Mood for Love
"Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" by Nat King Cole in In the Mood for Love
EVERY MUSICAL CUE IN 2046

Of course, Wong Kar Wai isn't the only director who puts great music in his films.

"Little Green Bag" by George Baker Selection in Reservoir Dogs
"Stuck in the Middle With You" in Reservoir Dogs
Damn near every musical cue in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill
"Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack in Jackie Brown
"Il Triello" by Ennio Morricone in the final standoff in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
"Cries and Whispers" and "The Last Waltz by Jo Yeong-Wook in Oldboy
"Wise Up" by Aimee Mann in Magnolia

Okay, I'm going to stop myself right now before I go on forever.

This is just because I saw it very recently, but the dance from Wall-E.

I have 2 great moments in one movie, The Blues Brothers, first is the mall scene when Can't turn you loose is playing, it just fells right to do some insane car chases whit that one playing.

The other one is When Jake and Elwood do the act at Palace hotel Ballrom that is allso one great moment.

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Some of my favourite uses of music in movies:
"Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears in Donnie Darko (high school tracking shot)
"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen in Shaun of the Dead (Pool Cue zombie fight -- synced to the music)
"Shipping Up to Boston" by The Dropkick Murphy's in The Departed (featured twice)
"Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine in The Matrix (final shot)
"We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters in 1408 (featured many times)

That's all I can think of for now. I'll post more if they come to mind.

Stranger Than Fiction has a couple:
1) "Whole Wide World," just because.
2) "The Way We Get By" was so perfect that I swear I though it was part of the score until I found out otherwise later.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

CaptHayfever wrote:Stranger Than Fiction has a couple:
1) "Whole Wide World," just because.

Oh yeah, that was my favourite scene of the movie (good sound editing with that one).

Sean P Kelly wrote:"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen in Shaun of the Dead (Pool Cue zombie fight -- synced to the music)

Another of my personal favorites. Which should be obvious to anyone whose visited the Meme forum recently.

I don't know why, but the first thing I thought of was "Right Back to Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale in Slap Shot. It works so well and I have no idea why.

There's also the scene with "The Star Spangled Banner" right after the pre-game fight... just classic.

"I'M LISTENING TO THE ****IN' SONG!"