Musical Montage: Aaliyah “Try Again”
Co-starring in Romeo Must Die with Jet Li, Aalyiah contributed the lead single off the movie’s soundtrack, “Try Again”, and Li appeared in the music video as the two dance in a hall of mirrors.
Musical Montage: Godsmack “I Stand Alone”
For The Scorpion King, director Chuck Russell originally wanted a revamped version of Godsmack’s “Voodoo” but lead singer Sully Erna instead delivered the hard rocking new song, I Stand Alone.
Musical Montage: AC/DC “Big Gun”
Jack Slater arrives at a sold out AC/DC concert in the music video for “Big Gun” from the Last Action Hero soundtrack.
Musical Montage: The Ramones “Pet Semetary”
Although the movie didn’t seem particularly “punk rock”, The Ramones came in to deliver the theme song for 1989’s Stephen King adaptation, Pet Sematary.
Musical Montage: Lemon Demon “Goosebumps”
Internet songsmith Lemon Demon crafted a slightly creepy ballad using Goosebumps books as lyrics for the, appropriately titled, “Goosebumps”.
Musical Montage: MF Bumps ft. Jack Black “Bumps Gonna Goose Ya”
Jack Black pays homage to the wonderfully cheesy movie theme songs of the 80’s and 90’s with the official song of the Goosebumps movie, Bumps Gonna Goose Ya.
Musical Montage: Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff “A Nightmare on My Street”
After watching Nightmare on Elm Street, The Fresh Prince has a terrible nightmare in a song that was ultimately not used for Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Nightmare on My Street.
Musical Montage: Weezer “Buddy Holly”
In another brilliant video by Spike Jonze, Weezer seamlessly performs at Arnold’s in a Happy Days themed video for their song “Buddy Holly”.
Musical Montage: Salt-N-Pepa “Start Me Up”
TV addicted Roy (John Ritter) is sucked into a hellish dimension full of TV parodies in 1992’s Stay Tuned, one of which is a Salt-N-Pepa video on HTV (Hell TV)
Musical Montage: Alan Thicke “Thicke of the Night”
Put up against Johnny Carson before he hit the big time on Growing Pains, Alan Thicke performed his own theme song for Thicke of the Night, also called Thicke of the Night.
Musical Montage: Weird Al “This is the Life”
Setting the goofy tone immediately for the Michael Keaton classic Johnny Dangerously is Weird Al’s “This is the Life”, which plays over the opening credits.