Movie scene that best uses a song/music to accentuate it's purpose
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American Gigolo
Blondie singing "Call Me" over Richard Gere driving his Mercedes convertible along the Southern California coast.
I have not gotten that song out of my head since.
The song is about affluence .... but entry-level affluence; the kind where you have fancy clothes but no money for legal assistance. A make-it-and-spend-it kind of affluence.
The movie itself is about a successful gigolo in private practice who becomes arrogant and a little too cocksure. He is in the process of cutting down his reliance on agency referral business when he gets into a situation involving forces that are greater than he is. At this point, he basically finds himself with no friends. In the end, he is bailed out in hail-Mary style by Lauren Hutton. ... not a bad outcome in my view.
This song set the tone perfectly.
Blondie singing "Call Me" over Richard Gere driving his Mercedes convertible along the Southern California coast.
I have not gotten that song out of my head since.
The song is about affluence .... but entry-level affluence; the kind where you have fancy clothes but no money for legal assistance. A make-it-and-spend-it kind of affluence.
The movie itself is about a successful gigolo in private practice who becomes arrogant and a little too cocksure. He is in the process of cutting down his reliance on agency referral business when he gets into a situation involving forces that are greater than he is. At this point, he basically finds himself with no friends. In the end, he is bailed out in hail-Mary style by Lauren Hutton. ... not a bad outcome in my view.
This song set the tone perfectly.
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In its pure form. It echoes throughout the story. Best soundtrack nod. Play on an interstate drive in a thunderstorm sometime...
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The part at the end of gladiator as he’s dying and joining his family in the afterlife as he is eulogized. Allergies kicked up bad the first time I saw it.
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I was scrolling down to see if anyone posted this. Shocked that I got all the way to post #26.
Lots of great ones in this thread. This is my favorite though. Jonny Greenwood and Paul Thomas Anderson.
Douglas C. Neidermeyer
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Douglas C. Neidermeyer
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Not for it's music but the artistic effect... I could probably add a song or two from every one of Kubrick's films.
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There is some very good stuff here, but, when I think of the title of the thread it's the beginning of Topgun that immediately comes to mind. When those engines go wide open and the music is rising with them, that was amazing in the theater.
Kubrick talk reminded me of FMJ! I love the scene with Wooly Bully! And, the unveiling of "My Bro"... "Watch it now, watch it!!!"
