Movies using music... Has it changed how you've heard a song?

[Sully]

I admit I am easily manipulated by music within scenes on TV and in movies. It's put in there for a reason... to elicit an emotion, and I fall victim to it every time. Scorsese, Sorkin, Crowe, and Soderburg are, IMO, the best at this.

My question is this...
Has there ever been a song that, due to its placement in a show or movie, has changed the way you've heard it forever?

What got me thinking about this was the Dire Straits song, "Brothers in Arms," which was in the West Wing episode, "Two Cathedrals." (BTW, for my money the greatest TV episode ever created). Without being knowledgeable of the lyrics, or anything about the song other than the mood it set on that show, it's now a song I seek out due to the way it brings me calm when the shot hits the fan.

Any song like that for you?

[mr. tegu]

Ecstasy of Gold at the end of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

[Baby Lee]

TV is getting good at matching music to intended emotional beats.

But it's almost becoming overdone, with an industry of new music acts almost entirely catering to TV.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

TV is getting good at matching music to intended emotional beats.

But it's almost becoming overdone, with an industry of new music acts almost entirely catering to TV.

Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are awesome at matching music to the scene.

[Mojo Jojo]

For TV...House always had good soundtracks to set the mood for different episodes.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo

For TV...House always had good soundtracks to set the mood for different episodes.

Truth. And honestly, so did Scrubs.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

TV is getting good at matching music to intended emotional beats.

But it's almost becoming overdone, with an industry of new music acts almost entirely catering to TV.

Again, it's the music supervisors. Season Kent and Alex Patsavas are two of the best supervisors out there.

This "cottage" industry of music supervision has basically come into being due to less jobs and possibilities for talented people working in the music industry.

Instead of doing A&R, signing and developing bands, music supers are listening to music and placing it in TV shows and film.

I can't tell you how many Berkelee grad's I've worked with in the past year that know every song ever recorded from about 1948 to 2013. It's pretty amazing.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo

For TV...House always had good soundtracks to set the mood for different episodes.

You're referring to score, which is completely different from song placement or "soundtrack".

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Truth. And honestly, so did Scrubs.

Again, score.

I met and hung out with Jan (Scrubs composer) a few years back at an event. He's as odd as the music he creates.

[Mojo Jojo]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

You're referring to score, which is completely different from song placement or "soundtrack".

No I was referring to song placement...use of music that was not written for that particular TV show...REM "Everybody Hurts"...Warren Zevon "Keep Me In Your Heart"...Curtis Mayfield "Superfly"...etc.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo

No I was referring to song placement...use of music that was not written for that particular TV show...REM "Everybody Hurts"...Warren Zevon "Keep Me In Your Heart"...Curtis Mayfield "Superfly"...etc.

Oh, yeah, that's Gary Calamar. He's awesome.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo

No I was referring to song placement...use of music that was not written for that particular TV show...REM "Everybody Hurts"...Warren Zevon "Keep Me In Your Heart"...Curtis Mayfield "Superfly"...etc.

And to give credit where credit's due.....even though I never really watched "House"....I believe the opening credits are Massive Attack's "Tear Drops"

And yes, Massive Attack is amazing.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

And yes, Massive Attack is amazing.

Yeah, it is Massive Attack and yes they are

[ChiefsCountry]

The new Dallas used a few Johnny Cash songs in scenes that fit perfect.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I love the music in that movie.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

Greatest movie ever, I got to see it at a theater that was playing it one weekend only back in 2006, there were people everywhere dressed up like all the different gangs, I was dressed in regular clothes because I'm a boring normal dude.