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Musical Montage: Knoc-turn’al “Muzik”

January 17, 2022

One of the things that helped set apart the action of The Transporter, besides Corey Yuen’s fantastic choreography, was the soundtrack with the most memorable song arguably being Knoc-turn’al’s “Muzik”, which featured a video that edited Knoc-Turn’al into the movie.

Musical Montage: Survivor “The Moment of Truth”

January 10, 2022

Featured in the original Karate Kid but overshadowed by that movie’s other big song, “You’re the Best” by Joe Esposito, “The Moment of Truth” by Survivor recently reentered the world of the Karate Kid thanks to a special guest on Season 4 of Cobra Kai.

Musical Montage: Strident “Broforce Theme Song”

December 27, 2021

A game as awesome as Broforce needed a theme song that could match its over-the-top tone and South African power metal band Strident delivered with the Broforce Theme Song, which appeared as a bonus track on their album When Gods Walked the Earth as well as on the game’s soundtrack.

Musical Montage: Hailee Steinfeld “Starving”

December 20, 2021

Along with Kate Bishop and her other recent nerdy roles, Hailee Steinfeld also has a prolific pop music career with 2016’s “Starving” being her biggest hit to date, reaching #12 on the Billboard charts and going 4x Platinum in the US as well as being a hit in many other countries around the globe.

Musical Montage: Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”

December 13, 2021

Originally written in 1976 by Don Schlitz a number of artists tried their hand at “The Gambler”, including Johnny Cash, but Kenny Rogers is the one who made it explode in popularity in 1978. The song was so massive that it even spawned a series of TV movies starring Kenny Rogers himself as the title character.

Musical Montage: Faith Hill “There You’ll Be”

December 6, 2021

Possibly looking to copy some of the success of Titanic and its massive power ballad “My Heart Will Go On”, Celine Dion was offered “There You’ll Be” for Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor but she turned it down and country superstar Faith Hill performed the song instead.

Musical Montage: Krush Groove

November 29, 2021

Coming out around the same time as other hip-hop movies like Breakin’, Beat Street, and Wild Style, Krush Groove was a fictionalized take on the founding of Def Jam Recordings featuring a slew of 80s hip-hop superstars playing themselves, including Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, New Edition, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, The Fat Boys, Sheila E. and more.

Musical Montage: Killswitch Engage “The End of Heartache”

November 22, 2021

All of the Milla Jovovich starring Resident Evil movies leaned toward alt-metal and nu-metal for their soundtracks but it seems like the song that had the most impact was Killswitch Engage’s “The End of Heartache”, which appeared on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack in 2004.

Musical Montage: Eminem “Till I Collapse”

November 15, 2021

Although never officially released as a single, “Till I Collapse” from Eminem’s album The Eminem Show (and featuring Nate Dogg) made its way around the world of sports, video games, and movies like 2011’s Real Steel, where it was featured in the movie’s trailers along with appearing on the soundtrack.