For Speed 2: Cruise Control, director Jan De Bont wanted the soundtrack full of reggae and Caribbean inspired music to go along with the tropical cruise setting of the movie, which included UK reggae group UB40 performing a cover of Elvis’ “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, which became one of the biggest hits of 1997.

Featured in Amy Heckerling’s 2000 teen comedy Loser, “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus had the movie’s co-stars Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari co-star in the music video.

“I Stand Alone” is easily the best-remembered soundtrack song from The Mummy franchise but the movie that spawned The Scorpion King, The Mummy Returns, also had a soundtrack song from the alt-rock band Live, “Forever May Not Be Long Enough”, which played over the movie’s end credits.

Rick Springfield starred in and performed almost all the songs from 1984’s Hard to Hold, where he played rock star James “Jamie” Roberts. “Love Somebody” was the first single off the soundtrack album and was a big hit, reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The first single off of Smash Mouth’s third album in 2001, “Holiday in My Head” was also featured in the 2002 Nickelodeon movie Clockstoppers with a movie-themed where the band finds themselves in locations from the movie and getting messed with via the movie’s sci-fi “Hypertime” watch.

The Real Ghostbusters, of course, used various spins on Ray Parker Jr’s “Ghostbusters” but each episode, at least for the first season, featured an original song performed by the duo Tahiti and a soundtrack album of those songs was released in 1986.

Directed by Hype Williams, Busta Rhymes paid tribute to Lethal Weapon and The Last Dragon for the music video for his 1997 single, “Dangerous, which also co-starred the legendary Bill Duke.

You would probably expect something more punk for a late 80s/early 90s skateboarding classic like Gleaming the Cube but instead, the main song from the soundtrack was “Brother to Brother” from Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette.

1988’s Buster is one of those movies where the soundtrack is more culturally relevant than the film as massive 80s hits like “Two Hearts” and “A Groovy Kind of Love” from the film’s star, Phil Collins and “Loco in Aculpalco” from The Four Tops exceeded the success of the movie they were featured in.

Patrick Swayze’s most remembered musical contribution is “She’s Like the Wind” from Dirty Dancing but he also contributed two songs to the Road House soundtrack, including “Raising Heaven (In Hell Tonight)” in 1989.

Although it was used in early promos and even got a music video composed entirely of scenes from the film, “War Games” from Crosby, Stills & Nash was cut out at the last minute from the 1983 movie and wasn’t used in the film or included on any soundtrack album.