Friday night music - songs made for cinema.

[Beebo]

These have to be songs specifically made for a feature film. Not just a pre existing song that appears in a film.

Queen wrote the music for two 80’s films. Flash Gordon and Highlander.


View: https://youtu.be/VEJ8lpCQbyw?si=V64_v2fkDP3JKrDx

 

[Alex321]

That's a tricky one. An awful lot of songs in movies we think were written for the movie were actually existing songs, including the first one that came to mind for me (Man of constant sorrow from O Brother Where Art Thou)

 

[Alex321]

But this one definitely qualifies:
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton, written specifically for the film of that name

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4

 

[Dogtrousers]

Robyn Hitchcock - Up to our Nex
Made for the film Rachel Getting Married (2008)


View: https://youtu.be/wsAHyCiSE00?si=o-H5nOcJhCcCBr2B

I think it was made specifically for the film, but not 100% certain.

 

[classic33]

The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Dolores Keane

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7DiNTzzJzg&list=RDk7DiNTzzJzg&start_radio=1

 

[wiggydiggy]

"The Girl in Byakkoya - White Tiger Field" composed by Susumu Hirasawa.

For the film Paprika, 2006.


View: https://youtu.be/21JuYIPHMF8?si=NjJGiXFUpnDHI099


A lot of animated film, particularly anime, has original music if anyone's struggling to find one. This film is one of my all time favourites, it has it's 20th anniversary next year and I'm hoping for a anniversary cinematic release.

 

[Chris S]

The Bee Gees - Night Fever


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6GB04zeDeQ

 

[Beebo]

That's a tricky one. An awful lot of songs in movies we think were written for the movie were actually existing songs, including the first one that came to mind for me (Man of constant sorrow from O Brother Where Art Thou)

I’m not going to be that strict.
That song was an integral part of the film and I bet very few had heard it before.
I was thinking more along the lines of Stand by Me. Which was a famous song first.

 

[classic33]

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B. J. Thomas

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VyA2f6hGW4&list=RD_VyA2f6hGW4&start_radio=1

 

[Chris S]

Just about anything from Grease


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKPYe53h78

 

[classic33]

Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ&list=RDFe93CLbHjxQ&start_radio=1

 

[Chris S]

David Bowie - Absolute Beginners


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCJLOXqnT2I

 

[Dogtrousers]

Is it cheating to use musicals?

Doris Day - The Windy City (Calamity Jane)

View: https://youtu.be/5MnUrhptPSo?si=g4VRh1ctIWwdXmSz

For the sake of civic virtue they've got fountains there that squirt you.

 

[classic33]

Flashdance... What A Feeling (448Hz) - Irene Cara

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPn7VMwBj2E&list=RDmPn7VMwBj2E&start_radio=1

 

[classic33]

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrsAbhLMrw&list=RDAOrsAbhLMrw&start_radio=1