- - Highly Overused Songs in Movies
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Aichuk
10-31-2013 02:30 AM
Gimme Shelter should be used in every movie!
Silenzio
11-01-2013 05:59 AM
I think Yann Tiersen's Comptine d'un autre ete l'apres midi is really overused.
Recently I heard the song in a documentary film... Same goes for Einaudi's Divenire.
Quite some pieces composed by Bach like the preludes can be heard often in movies.
Moreover Wagner's Bridal Chorus and Ave Maria composed by Schubert are pretty common.
Wpnfire
04-09-2014 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Liljagare
(Post 1018517)
"All Star" by Smash Mouth would also be on this list. It just seems to pop up here and there in movie trailers, tv shows, or in commericals for tv shows.
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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
(Post 1207746)
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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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
(Post 1207743)
Oh hell, that Walking on Sunshine song drives me nuts.
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Originally Posted by Captain Ron
(Post 1072196)
walking on sunshine
I LOVE Smash Mouth, but the amount of times their songs have been used in movies has KILLED my love for them. Even Come on Come on was used in a Pizza Hut commercial for a while. Ugh, the only song by Smash Mouth I still listen to today is Who's There?, which I still love.
Hands down of the movies I've seen, All Star is probably the most overplayed to the point I dislike it
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Originally Posted by Sansa Stark
(Post 1037528)
idec tho, i luv damon
I have no idea what you are saying
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Originally Posted by Burning Down
(Post 1037665)
I think that song gets used in a fair amount of commercials too.
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Originally Posted by Sansa Stark
(Post 1037682)
yeah, it's pretty much everywhere, tho usually it's just the insipid "woo hoo" part
:(
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Originally Posted by Burning Down
(Post 1037687)
I love the song though.
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Originally Posted by Peace Frog
(Post 1072925)
I do like Song 2 but yeah, overused definitely.
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Originally Posted by djchameleon
(Post 1073039)
Not used enough you mean!
I've never heard Song 2 in a movie. I've seen it in videos from NewGrounds and FlashPortal on the internet, but not in movies.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
(Post 1072527)
I'm amazed no one has mentioned AC/DC by now. "Thunderstruck" needs to be banned from ever being performed on another movie...ever.
Hm, I disagree. We need more hard rock in movies, not less. I still find Back in Black along with all AC/DC songs, refreshing when I hear them in movies.
Reading through this thread, I saw one notable song people left out.
Ugh, I can't stand that song anymore. It's a great song, but it's lost its effect on me just like All Star.
Black Francis
05-06-2014 05:18 PM
This one they use alot when a character is wondering the streets or when he is being introspective or something.
Frownland
05-06-2014 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Francis
(Post 1447585)
This one they use alot when a character is wondering the streets or when he is being introspective or something.
I think that's done mostly in homage or parody of Midnight Cowboy. I can't think of any other movies it's in, though.
Black Francis
05-06-2014 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Frownland
(Post 1447595)
I think that's done mostly in homage or parody of Midnight Cowboy. I can't think of any other movies it's in, though.
They use it on Borat as well as other flicks ive seen.
that's how i know the song, idk that guy's career or any other song of his but ive heard this song in a couple of movies and i think i heard it in Futurama too
*google search*
Yup, they used it on Futurama too.
Holerbot6000
10-22-2014 09:39 AM
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. Every time there is a montage of some character getting their complete sheet together in 10 minutes (just like in real life!) they play 'Mr. Blue Sky'. I love ELO but I think there should be a law that states once a song has been used in 3 movies, there is a instant moratorium.
Black Francis
10-22-2014 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000
(Post 1500467)
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. Every time there is a montage of some character getting their complete sheet together in 10 minutes (just like in real life!) they play 'Mr. Blue Sky'. I love ELO but I think there should be a law that states once a song has been used in 3 movies, there is a instant moratorium.
Ikr? and why does the song have hammer sounds in it? i know that has nothing to with it but it always reminds me of Maxwell's silver hammer. in fact the whole song sounds like an amalgam of popular Beatles songs
Holerbot6000
10-23-2014 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Black Francis
(Post 1500526)
Ikr? and why does the song have hammer sounds in it? i know that has nothing to with it but it always reminds me of Maxwell's silver hammer. in fact the whole song sounds like an amalgam of popular Beatles songs
Well you could say that about a LOT of ELO songs...:thumb:
Rexx Shredd
10-26-2014 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000
(Post 1500467)
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. Every time there is a montage of some character getting their complete sheet together in 10 minutes (just like in real life!) they play 'Mr. Blue Sky'. I love ELO but I think there should be a law that states once a song has been used in 3 movies, there is a instant moratorium.
Ha Ha Ha Ha --- First song I thought of when I read the thread title :laughing:
:beer:
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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000
(Post 1500723)
Well you could say that about a LOT of ELO songs...:thumb:
True Dat, but they are great in their own weird Beatle-esque way......The Beatles never did an album like Eldorado and they really departed from The Beatles-sound on the On The Third Day album where they sounded more like an amalgamation of T-Rex and Yes than The Beatles
