Post is pretty self explanatory. What do y’all think is the best song that was made for, and only appeared in a movie?
Mine is O Brother Where Art Thou: “man of constant sorrow”
https://youtu.be/YDDEqgmGIVg?si=d99Iic\_8leRrvPos
Any other songs made for the movie only that are this good? Please exclude musicals… that’s cheating
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That Thing You Do!
through the trees – jennifer’s body
scotty doesn’t know
Moon River
I2I
Watermelon Song (Dinner in America)
Everything is awesome, everything is good 😂
But on a serious note, All songs in Rio 2. Loved that movie because of the songs 🙌
“Two Little Sisters,” sung by Carly Simon and Meryl Streep for Marvin’s Room (1996)
Degenerated by The Lone Rangers (Airheads)
Man of Constant Sorrow was not an original song written for the film.
Freddy Mercury singing “New York, New York” in Highlander.
It’s just a snippet, and no full cut of that exists.
Daddy would you like some sausage?
Falling Slowly from Once.
FM, Steely Dan
Jaja ding dong
Legalize It from popstar
Big Bottom from “This is Spinal Tap.” Or really any of their songs, including Lick my Love Pump.
I know they released the music in an album afterwards, but it was all made specifically for the movie itself.
“Cannibal Holocaust” – 3 Arm Sally
– John Dies At The End
there’s an old French movie called Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? which is a wonderful send up of the hip and haute world of the European high fashion class or the 60s. At one point there’s a scene where there’s a sort of proto punk song where all the lyrics are just disgusting guttural noises, and it goes so hard, and I’ve never ever found a recording of it outside of the film. it has no name and no composer data behind it though I have to imagine it was Michel Legrand. you can see the movie on Criterion, it’s wonderful for many reasons beside the song!
“Hardly Wait” – Juliette Lewis in Strange Days
https://youtu.be/KX3CmKvzyw0?si=FmjKE243Eyknhq5n
I’m answering my own post here, but I just remembered this one.
[https://youtu.be/1xcSDYy3Dl4?si=KTfyesWl_Py4yBwx](https://youtu.be/1xcSDYy3Dl4?si=KTfyesWl_Py4yBwx)
Black sheep by Metric with Brie Larson on Scott Pligrim vs The World is awesome.
Berserker from Clerks
God Give Me Strength in Grace of My Heart. Great song written by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. Sung by in the film by Kristen Vigard, who provided the vocals to dub the actress Illeana Douglas, but by Elvis and Burt on the soundtrack. Version in the film was never released.
The Coupe de Villes – Big Trouble in Little China
I 2 I and Stand Out from A Goofy Movie
Eyes Of The World by Eric Martin
Such a banger from the 80s classic Iron Eagle. Somehow, it was omitted from the soundtrack release.
So Sad, Crash and the Boys on Scott Pilgrim
“Go ninja, go ninja, go!”
The original tracks (not traditional folk songs/covers) from the soundtrack to ‘Inside Llewelyn Davis.’
Man of constant sorrow is a classic bluegrass song. It was absolutely not solely made for the movie.
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, performed by Simple Minds, was written for *The Breakfast Club* (1985).
Cry Little Sister from The Lost Boys
Turnstiles song in the Shirt Brother skit – I think you should leave
Sunshower, Chris Cornell. Great Expectations (1998)
[Deep Cover](https://youtu.be/uo3rZjJB1hY)
Howling 2 theme song by Babel
I really like Brie Larson’s Black Sheep cover in Scott Pilgrim more than the original.
https://youtu.be/1xcSDYy3Dl4
Man of Constant Sorrow is an traditional country/folk/bluegrass standard that i knew long before the Cohen Brothers film. I sang along at my first viewing of the film.
Your question did pique my curious about what was know about the origin of the piece. There are many traditional folk songs that you may be unfamiliar with. Some originating centuries ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Constant_Sorrow
Black Sheep by The Clash at Demonhead
Royal Jelly in Walk Hard actually just the whole soundtrack
The songs written for the film ‘In the Heat of the Night’ (1967) are great but if I had to single one out it would be ‘Foul Owl on the Prowl’ by Quincy Jones. That scene is so creepy. I love it!
“PUTTHATTHINGBACKWHEREITCAMEFROMORSOHELPME”
Turn up the beef
Donkey Roll
Pretty basic but I love Skyfall
Probably all star from mystery men by smash mouth.
Streets of Philadelphia. It set such a brooding tone for the movie.
The Dead Don’t Die
The Dark Side by Eddie and The Cruisers from “Eddie and the Cruisers”.