Favourite needle drops in film

[Brayden Fitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 108 Posts: 6863 View Predictions]

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Recently watched “Lean on Pete” and found the use of Selena Gomez’s “The Heart Wants What It Wants” to be used extremely effecting from a narrative stampoint.

Non-spoilers but halfway through the film plays the chorus of “The future that we hold is so unclear; But I’m not alive until you call; And I’ll bet the odds against it all” both a cathartic summary of the protagonist’s journey so far and the impending future.

What’s your own favourite uses of music supervision / needle drops in films?

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 2624 View Predictions]

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I, Tonya. Devil Woman playing the moment Lovana was shown standing on the ice with little Tonya. I love the fact that they used that song

FYC:

Riz Ahmed- Best Actor for Sound Of Metal
Daniel Kaluuya - Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah
Amanda Seyfried - Best Supporting Actress for Mank

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[BetteDavis Joined: Feb 4th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 742 View Predictions]

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Wonderwall (Oasis) and Born to Die (Lana) in Mommy.

Also the use of Vivaldi in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

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[William Gillquist Joined: Jan 1st, 2020 Topics: 10 Posts: 480 View Predictions]

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“Tiny Dancer” in Almost Famous, “Sister Christian” in Boogie Nights, and “The End” in Apocalypse Now.

FYC Oscars: Soul (Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Original Score), Delroy Lindo (Best Actor), Chadwick Boseman (Best Actor), Viola Davis (Best Actress), Paul Raci (Best Supporting Actor)

FYC Golden Globes (TV): Ted Lasso (Best Comedy Series), Jason Sudekis (Best Actor in a Comedy Series), Hannah Waddingham (Best Supporting Actress), The Boys (Best Drama Series), Anthony Starr (Best Actor in a Drama Series)

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 2 Posts: 338 View Predictions]

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When Gwyneth Paltrow gets off the bus in “The royal Tenenbaums” and “These Days” by Nico starts playing. Chills every time!

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[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 262 Posts: 1834 View Predictions]

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the Tom Petty song in The Silence of the Lambs. I can’t even hear that song without feeling something ominous is about to happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamBhRRYfLc

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 947 View Predictions]

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From recent years, certainly the “Too Late to Turn Back Now” drop in BlacKkKlansman. Absolutely stunning.

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