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Old 05-14-2012, 12:42 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Not a classical piece I know, but American Girl by Tom Petty is on at least 4 soundtracks:

Chasing Liberty
FM
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Silence of the Lambs

Appears in these two also (which did not release soundtracks)

Sugar & Spice
Trojan War

also on the TV shows Scrubs, Cold Case, Parks and Recreation & The Sopranos

I'm sure there are more...
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Old 07-11-2012, 04:25 PM   #62 (permalink)
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Not sure if this qualifies, but Immigrant Song is vastly overused in movie trailers -- and that Walking on Sunshine song? Ugh. I love Immigrant Song but really, with so many great songs in the world, why use this over and over and over?
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Old 07-11-2012, 04:45 PM   #63 (permalink)
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O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Car Orff...over-played.
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Old 07-11-2012, 04:48 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Not sure if this qualifies, but Immigrant Song is vastly overused in movie trailers -- and that Walking on Sunshine song? Ugh. I love Immigrant Song but really, with so many great songs in the world, why use this over and over and over?
Oh hell, that Walking on Sunshine song drives me nuts.
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Old 07-11-2012, 05:50 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Oh hell, that Walking on Sunshine song drives me nuts.
Every time I hear that song, I picture myself grinning from ear to ear, whistling and happily bouncing along, walking on the broken skulls and carnage that I left behind with like at least 3 machetes and 2 rocket propelled grenades.

Feels good.
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Old 07-13-2012, 12:10 AM   #66 (permalink)
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I love ELO but every frickin' time they show some montage of some character getting their sh*t together in a movie these days, they play 'Mr. Blue Sky'. That song should be BANNED from ever being used in a movie again. No imagination in Hollywood. None.
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Old 09-25-2013, 07:19 AM   #67 (permalink)
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I went through this thread again to see if these three were mentioned but they were surprisingly left out.

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Gah, couldn't even find a copy of him singing it on youtube. Stupid estate family


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Old 10-25-2013, 05:58 AM   #68 (permalink)
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All classical - used since the B&W days of TV
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Old 10-29-2013, 06:40 PM   #69 (permalink)
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This may've been mentioned earlier but it's used way too often:
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Old 10-31-2013, 02:18 AM   #70 (permalink)
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Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones needs a serious mention.

Funny enough I stumbled across this on youtube:
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