Musical Montage: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
The soundtrack for the awesome Scott Pilgrim vs The World is probably as important as the crazy fights and video game reference and it doesn’t hurt to have people like Beck and Metric writing your songs for you.
Musical Montage: “Weapon of Choice” by Fatboy Slim
Four minutes of pure, Christopher Walken fueled joy are what await you when you check out the music video for Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice”.
Musical Montage: Michael Giacchino
Spielberg has John Williams, Tim Burton has Danny Elfman and JJ Abrams has Michael Giacchino, who has done the scores for most of Abrams’ projects as well as some of the most memorable Pixar scores, like Up.
Musical Montage: Bret McKenzie “Man or Muppet”
Check out the Oscar winning Best Original Song, “Man or Muppet” by Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie, where brothers Gary and Walter must figure out what kind of person they are going to be for the rest of their lives.
Musical Montage: Michael Sembello “Rock Until You Drop”
One of the most beloved cult classics of the 80’s, The Monster Squad, has a fantastic 80’s montage featuring a song from the man who brought you “Maniac” from Flashdance.
Musical Montage: E.S. Posthumus
You may not recognize the name but you will definitely recognize the music of orchestral/electronic group E.S. Posthumus, whose music has appeared in a number of movie trailers and TV shows.
Musical Montage: Ennio Morricone
This week in Musical Montage we highlight Italian film composing legend Ennio Morricone, who has made some of the most well known movie scores of all time, including the ones for Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns.
Musical Montage: “Come With Me” by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs feat. Jimmy Page
It’s fitting that a disastrous movie like 1998’s Godzilla would have an equally disastrous theme song like “Come With Me” by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs
Musical Montage: “Straight to My Feet” by Hammer feat. Deion Sanders
What do you get when MC Hammer and Deion Sanders team up for a song from the Street Fighter soundtrack? I don’t know, but Van Damme is in it.
Musical Montage: Miles Fisher “This Must Be the Place”
Actor/Musician Miles Fisher covered the Talking Heads “This Must Be the Place” and decided to use his uncanny resemblance to Christian Bale to recreate American Psycho for the music video.