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Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 8:30 PM

Live Poll: What is the Best Song From a Non-Musical Movie?

Pretty much all movies feature songs, but that doesn't mean they're musicals. A popular song (sometimes written specifically for the movie, sometimes not) is usually played once or twice, and usually whenever we hear that song, we think of that film. Which one is your favorite tune?
Link to List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls047589587/

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/dMoTowsWV6M/

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6 years ago

FYC:

"A Real Hero"
by College & Electric Youth - Drive (I) (2011)

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Thanks for posting this... I've actually never seen the movie, just heard of it!  I LOVE this song!!!

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I know this is a bit off the subject, but this music is beautiful.  It's Separate Ways by The Vitamin String Quartet.  All the other stuff they do is awesome, too!  (This really isn't product placement, I honestly want people to hear this!)  :)

Vitamin String Quartet Separate Ways By Journey - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBn5f6QpwQ

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6 years ago

FYC:

"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" by Eric Idle- Life of Brian (1979)

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6 years ago

For your consideration: "Save the Best for Last" by Philip Galdston, Jon Lind and Wendy Waldman, sung by Vanessa Williams, featured in Definitely, Maybe.

I would suggest something from one of the Deadpool movies, but there are so many wonderful soundtracks in them, my favorite of which seems to be "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel, featured in Deadpool 2.

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I'm trying to think of songs that are not featured in a whole lot of movies, though.

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"In Your Eyes" added to list!  Thank you!

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6 years ago

FYC: 
Highlander (1986): I honestly can't choose between Queen's "Princes of the Universe", "It's a Kind of Magic" and "Who Wants to Live Forever" (not to mention "Don't Lose Your Head" and "Gimme the Prize" being practically of the same great level).

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"Who Wants to Live Forever" Added to my list!  Thank you!

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BTW, NarniaisAwesome, great thanks for leading me towards Highlander (1986) page, because it led me to this.

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You're Welcome!  :)

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That scene in Deadpool 2 is actually a take-off on the original scene from Say Anything. It's like one of the most famous film scenes in which a hero tries to win their lover back. I recommend you list it under Say Anything.

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Thanks for pointing that out, Jen.

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I changed it to "Say Anything."

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Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me.

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6 years ago

NarniaisAwesome,

For your consideration:

Titanic (1997)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/soundtrack
My Heart Will Go On
Performed by Céline Dion (as Celine Dion)
Music by James Horner
Lyric by Will Jennings
Produced by James Horner and Simon Franglen
Celine Dion performs courtesy of 550 Music/Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.

Casablanca (1942)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/soundtrack
As Time Goes By
(1931) (uncredited)
Written by Herman Hupfeld
Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano dubbed by Jean Vincent Plummer)
Variations played often in the score
(originally from the 1932 Broadway show "Everybody's Welcome")

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6 years ago

Good idea!

Please add a discussion link in your list.

You have a typo in #8 (Lana del Rey)

FYC:
Armageddon (1998)
- "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AalbfPv8I)

Pretty Woman (1990)
- "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXAkg0bV6o)
- "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MdP8KeAII)

The Breakfast Club (1985)
- "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CUh8v7MNo)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- "Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams 

Notting Hill (1999) 
- "When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfx9pdpLMyE)

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Thanks for your suggestions and the typo alert!  I have a hard time adding discussion links, so maybe someone could tell me what to type??  :)  Thanks!

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[link=https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/poll-suggestion-what-is-the-best-song-from-a-non-musical-movie]Discuss the poll here[/link]

You have "Alice Underground" twice.

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Thank you so much!!!  ;)

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6 years ago

I am quite puzzled by that poll (not in a negative way). I wanted to respond but I was afraid it would be one of these indigestibly long posts. I'll try to make it short.

First of all, when you say "all movies feature songs but they're not all musicals" (I'm paraphrasing), you're just stating the obvious. When we think of memorable songs, some pretty iconic ones come from non musical movies: "As Time Goes By", "Mrs. Robinson", "Moon River", "Que Sera Sera", "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head", "Unchained Melody", "Everybody's Talkin'", "High Noon"... and so on and so forth.

I'm not saying your initial assumption is wrong but it just misleads itself because songs have always been integral to cinema's appeal and the  association of "movies" and "songs" is so broad that even by excluding non-musicals, your list would be endless.

Seriously, there are many good inclusions in your list but I was surprised by the inclusion of movies like Maleficent, Tron Legacy or Brave among undeniable classics like Ghostbusters, The Bodyguard or Rocky III, not saying these movies are random choices, but songs-wise, they didn't reach that "classic" status yet... at least have Frozen instead of Brave. By the way, even Top Gun and Terminator 2 were misleading, to be honest, I expected "Take My Breath Away" and "Bad to the Bone"...

I think the "core-idea" of this poll is interesting but it needs some re-working because if you have to ask us about the best songs from non-musicals, then consider every field where you can find strong contenders (of course, these categories overlap a little):
- Oscar-nominated (or winning) songs
- Pre-existing songs that became standards or their respective movies' signature songs 
- Pre-existing songs that became parodied countless times (Tom Cruise's dancing to "Old School Rock'n'Roll",  the Pulp Fiction's song "You Never Can Tell" or "Stuck in the Middle With You" from Reservoir Dogs)
- Classic opening credits songs (you can't have this poll without 3 or 4 James Bond's hit-songs in my opinion)

To put it simply, you need another parameter, just one, it can be "Oscar-winning", "AFI-listed" (check this list:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Songs), it can be "from the last ten or twenty years" or it can simply ask for our personal choice and make it a subjective list but there should be an extra key-word. Good luck!

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Thank you for your feedback!  Actually, "Take My Breath Away" is on the list.  I'm still working on the list, so I will be adding more.  I considered adding "Bad to the Bone" from T2, but thought that maybe it was used in too many other films (but maybe not).  I stuck with "You Could Be Mine" because it was officially made the movie's 'theme'.

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OK. I just think you should concentrate on what makes the song memorable because otherwise, any suggestion will be fine as long as it's a song from a non-musical. How do you define a song that whenever you hear it, you immediately think of THAT film. Should that movie be old enough to be considered a classic? Should it be a song associated to a classic movie scene? Should it be an Oscar nominated song? the film's main theme? etc.

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How many songs makes a movie a musical ? ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film
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ACT_1, that is an interesting question. Movies by Soviet director Leonid Gaidai are rarely treated as musicals, but each of them has quite a few music numbers built-in in the structure of a film and more often then not sung (or lip-synced) by actors. 

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? ?
Can the characters hear the music to sing and dance  = musical
If the characters can Not hear the background music ... not a musical

well, then...
There could be a party scene in a non musical
where folks are dancing to the music
from a record or live band
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6 years ago

I remembered another great one, so... 

FYC: 
Color of Night (1994): "The Color of the Night" by Lauren Christy

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6 years ago

Bump.

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6 years ago

Added one more option.  

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6 years ago

Thanks Heaven, the idea of this poll is as great as endless... :))
  1. Against All Odds (1984): "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins ;
  2. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961): "Moon River" by Audrey Hepburn ;
  3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969): "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" by B.J. Thomas ;
  4. Dangerous Minds (1995): "Gangsta’s Paradise" by Coolio ;
  5. Flashdance (1983): "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara  ;
  6. Footloose (1984): "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins ;
  7. Live and Let Die (1973): "Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney ;
  8. Reality Bites (1994): "Stay" by Lisa Loeb ;
  9. Space Jam (1996): "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly ;
  10. The Fault In Our Stars (2014): "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX ;
  11. The Graduate (1967): "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel ;
  12. The Great Gatsby (2013): "Love Is Blindness" (accoustic) by Jack White ...
all the above 'by' refer as 'performed by'.

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6 years ago

And I'd suggest to leave only one song per film. E.g. "Top Gun", I like both Kenny Loggins and Berlin but the latter was and still is more popular. Moreover, "The Bodyguard" includes 3-4 hits of Whitney Houston...

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6 years ago

Thanks for your input!  Will add a few more later!

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6 years ago

Narnia, are you satisfied with the list?

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Ed: Thank you.  
Jessica: It's fine for me!