Musical Montage: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie “Endless Love”
Far surpassing the 1981 film it was the theme song for, “Endless Love” by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross was a gigantic smash hit, becoming the second biggest song of the year and earning Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple Grammy award nominations.
Musical Montage: Ambassadors of Funk “Super Mario Land”
An official collaboration with Nintendo, producer Simon Harris’ house/dance project Ambassadors of Funk celebrated Mario’s first foray on the Game Boy, Super Mario Land, with a rap/dance song of the same name.
Musical Montage: Nicki Minaj “Your Love”
One of her first big singles, “Your Love” from Nicki Minaj arrived in 2010 and the music video for it was inspired by martial arts and Asian culture, with Black Dynamite himself, Michael Jai White, appearing as Nicki’s samurai master.
Musical Montage: Swing Time
Considered by many to be the greatest collaboration of the legendary Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Swing Time features a number of songs that became jazz standards, including the Academy Award-winning “The Way You Look Tonight”.
Musical Montage: Phantom Planet “California”
Featuring Wes Anderson regular Jason Schwartzman on drums until 2003, Phantom Planet is best known for their song “California”, which became the theme song for early to mid-2000s juggernaut The OC.
Musical Montage: Partners in Kryme “Rock the Halfshell”
Best known for their eternal 90s jam “Turtle Power”, Partners in Kryme were back in 2015 with a new Turtles jam, the “Rock the Casbah” sampling “Rock the Halfshell”, to celebrate the 1990 movie’s 25th anniversary.
Musical Montage: Iryna Bilyk “I Love Him”
Most of us have probably never heard of Ukrainian pop star Iryna Bilyk but in 2008 she had none other than Jean Claude Van Damme in her music video for the song “Ya Lyublyu Ego” aka “I Love Him”.
Musical Montage: Pitbull feat. Rhea “Ocean to Ocean”
Although it seemed like Eminem was a lock for “Dumbest Superhero Song of 2018” with his ode to Venom, Pitbull has swept in at the last minute and stolen the crown with his Toto sampling Aquaman song, “Ocean to Ocean”.
Musical Montage: Post Malone ft Swae Lee “Sunflower”
Post Malone and Swae Lee contributed the first song for the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sunflower, and the video for the song incorporates the movie’s visual style in some fun and cool ways.
Musical Montage: Eminem “Lose Yourself”
The main song from Eminem’s 8 Mile, “Lose Yourself” was a massive hit, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Musical Montage: Carter Burwell “Scream of Love”
Wanting some pop songs to make Psycho III more hip for the MTV generation, Universal tasked composer Carter Burwell with making some but after a few rejected attempts, Burwell put a spin on his score for the electro-pop song “Scream of Love”.