Comments on: The best song in a movie ever! http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Thomas Siefert http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-82 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:55:37 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-82 "Streets of Fire" Everybody knows the songs, hardly any know the movie. “Streets of Fire” Everybody knows the songs, hardly any know the movie.

]]> by: Brian Serpa http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-81 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:36:43 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-81 Mike - I can confirm that "Canned Heat" was not written for Napoleon Dynamite or any other movie for that matter. It was released about 6 years before ND. Mike - I can confirm that “Canned Heat” was not written for Napoleon Dynamite or any other movie for that matter. It was released about 6 years before ND.

]]> by: Mike http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-79 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:53:05 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-79 Thanks for the comments. Good call on Goldfinger, Brian. I didn't even think about Bond, as the songs have been especially written for the movies, but heck, a lot of them are pop tunes in their own right, so it's all good. Though the Dame is an obvious frontrunner, I have a soft spot for Wings' 'Live and Let Die'. Will - I would say both are good, though my initial intention was to have the best song placement (I don't know, thinking about it, if Jamiroquai wrote 'Canned Heat' for ND). As far as Philadelpia goes, I actually prefer Neil Young's eponymous track, even if it's pretty sugary. Thanks for the comments.

Good call on Goldfinger, Brian. I didn’t even think about Bond, as the songs have been especially written for the movies, but heck, a lot of them are pop tunes in their own right, so it’s all good. Though the Dame is an obvious frontrunner, I have a soft spot for Wings’ ‘Live and Let Die’.

Will - I would say both are good, though my initial intention was to have the best song placement (I don’t know, thinking about it, if Jamiroquai wrote ‘Canned Heat’ for ND). As far as Philadelpia goes, I actually prefer Neil Young’s eponymous track, even if it’s pretty sugary.

]]> by: Will Orpin http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-78 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:05:58 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-78 Well is the debate for msot appropriate placement of a song or just the best actual song tied in with a film? I think that a song that transcends both fields would be 'Streets of Philadelphia' which Bruce Springsteen wrote for Jonathon Demme's film 'Philadelphia'. Lyrically it's one of his finest songs and it boldly epitomises the conflicting emotions of Tom Hanks's character and fits the tone of the film like a physician's glove. Both Springsteen and Hanks won Academy Awards for their work at the 1993 Oscars. Well is the debate for msot appropriate placement of a song or just the best actual song tied in with a film? I think that a song that transcends both fields would be ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ which Bruce Springsteen wrote for Jonathon Demme’s film ‘Philadelphia’. Lyrically it’s one of his finest songs and it boldly epitomises the conflicting emotions of Tom Hanks’s character and fits the tone of the film like a physician’s glove. Both Springsteen and Hanks won Academy Awards for their work at the 1993 Oscars.

]]> by: Brian Serpa http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-77 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:24:07 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/03/08/the-best-song-in-a-movie-ever/#comment-77 Outside of classic Hollywood musicals the best song in a movie for me is Goldfinger. Outside of classic Hollywood musicals the best song in a movie for me is Goldfinger.

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