Musical Montage: Jack Black “Peaches”
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is out this week on 4K and Blu-ray, which means you can relive things like Jack Black’s hilarious piano ballad “Peaches” over and over again.
Musical Montage: DMX “No Sunshine”
There was a trend in the early 2000s of rappers starring in action movies and DMX was right in the center of it, appearing in Romeo Must Die, Cradle 2 the Grave, and Exit Wounds, the latter of which had his song “No Sunshine” on the soundtrack.
Musical Montage: Queen and David Bowie “Under Pressure”
One of the most fantastic collaborations of all time, the power of Queen and David Bowie combined in 1981 for “Under Pressure”, which had a music video that featured footage from silent movies like Nosferatu, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Battleship Potemkin.
Musical Montage: The Little Mermaid
The live-action remake of The Little Mermaid arrives in theaters this weekend and while it remains to be seen how it will be received, the bar was set incredibly high by Disney’s 1989 classic, especially in the music department.
Musical Montage: Bryan Adams “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”
While the masks and Spanish guitars would lead you to believe that Bryan Adams’ hit “Have You Really Loved a Woman?” was from one of the 90s Zorro movies, it’s actually the theme song for the deep-cut Johnny Depp movie, Don Juan DeMarco.
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.