Musical Montage: Aimee Mann “Save Me”
Inspiring the script for Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 epic Magnolia, Aimee Mann’s music is featured throughout the movie, including the Oscar-nominated “Save Me”.
Musical Montage: Rhett Atkins “Drivin’ My Life Away”
Celebrating its 25th anniversary today, Black Dog is a deeper-cut Patrick Swayze classic that is an Everything Action favorite and featured a country soundtrack led by Rhett Atkins’ cover of “Drivin’ My Life Away”.
Musical Montage: Macho Man Randy Savage “Be A Man”
Forget Taylor Swift and the other exclusives that were released on this past weekend’s Record Store Day, the true treasure was the first-ever vinyl release of Macho Man Randy Savage’s rap album Be a Man, which first debuted in 2003.
Musical Montage: JC Chasez “Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love)”
2002’s Drumline is full of music, given its focus on college marching bands but amongst all the sick drumming on the soundtrack was “Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love)” by JC Chasez.
Musical Montage: Pharrell Williams “Happy”
Illumination cleaned up at the box office this past weekend with The Super Mario Bros. Movie and they cleaned up in theaters and on the music charts in 2013 when Despicable Me 2 opened and featured Pharrell Williams’ single “Happy” on the soundtrack.
Musical Montage: Apollo 440 “Lost in Space (Theme)”
The 1998 remake of Lost in Space, which hit theaters 25 years ago today, got one of the most 1998 theme songs ever courtesy of British electronic group Apollo 440.
Musical Montage: Stevie Wonder “Stay Gold”
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this past weekend, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders featured a theme song from the legendary Stevie Wonder along with its all-star cast.
Musical Montage: The Black Keys “Howlin for You”
Seemingly taking a page from Grindhouse, which opened a few years earlier in 2007, The Black Keys went full retro exploitation style for the 2011 music video for their song “Howlin’ For You” by making it a fake movie trailer starring Tricia Helfer.
Musical Montage: Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava “Naatu Naatu”
After an electrifying live performance and a win for Best Original Song, it’s time to celebrate RRR’s joyfully over-the-top song “Naatu Naatu”, which accompanies one of the movie’s absurdly great dance sequences.
Musical Montage: Hi-Five “Never Should’ve Let You Go”
1993’s Sister Act 2: Back in Habit was full of music and alongside all the gospel and chorus music was the song “Never Should’ve Let You Go” from R&B group Hi-Five.
Musical Montage: Cee Lo Green & Jack Black “Kung Fu Fighting”
Originally released in 1974 by Carl Douglas, Cee Lo Green and Jack Black teamed up in 2008 for a partially rewritten cover of “Kung Fu Fighting” for the first Kung Fu Panda movie.