Musical Montage: Irene Cara & Freddie Jackson “Love Survives”
Celebrating its 35th anniversary this past weekend, Don Bluth’s All Dogs Go to Heaven hit theaters in 1989 and featured Irene Cara & Freddie Jackson singing its main soundtrack song, “Love Survives.” Released on the same day as Disney juggernaut The Little Mermaid, All Dogs Go to Heaven couldn’t match the same success in theaters that […]
Musical Montage: M2M “Don’t Say You Love Me”
Just as big as the movie itself, the soundtrack for Pokemon: The First Movie went double platinum and featured the single “Don’t Say You Love Me” from M2M, which played over the movie’s end credits. A Norwegian pop duo, M2M consists of Marion Raven and Marit Larsen. “Don’t Say You Love Me” was their debut […]
Musical Montage: Fall Out Boy “Immortals”
With Big Hero 6 turning ten this week (and it being this week’s Everything Actioncast topic), it seems like the perfect time to highlight “Immortals” by Fall Out Boy. Written for the movie, the song is used for a training montage as the superhero team develops their high-tech gadgets and also plays over the movie’s […]
Musical Montage: Class of ’99 “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2”
An alternative rock supergroup, Class of ’99, was assembled to provide Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty with cover versions of both parts of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall.” The band featured Alice in Chains Layne Staley on vocals, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine on lead guitar, Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction on […]
Musical Montage: Creed “What If”
The second single from Creed’s massive album Human Clay, “What If,” was also the lead single from the soundtrack album for 2000’s Scream 3. Written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti, the song is one of the heaviest songs in Creed’s catalog and was released on January 31st, 2000, a few days before Scream 3 […]
Musical Montage: En Vogue “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
One of the biggest hits for 90s R&B superstars En Vogue, “Don’t Let Go (Love)” came off the soundtrack for the 1996 heist movie Set It Off. The movie starred Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise as friends who decide to start robbing banks in Los Angeles. Fox’s character uses […]
Everything Action Theater: The Last Dragon (1985)
One of the greatest cult classics of the 80s, you can watch The Last Dragon in the latest Everything Action Theater. “Bruce” Leroy Greene (Taimak) is on a quest through the wildest parts of NYC to find a mysterious martial arts master who can help him achieve the ultimate level of his martial arts training […]
Musical Montage: Coheed and Cambria “Welcome Home”
Coming out 15 years ago today, on September 9th, 2009, the movie 9 heavily featured “Welcome Home” by Coheed and Cambria in its trailers and soundtrack. Produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, the movie was a feature-length version of director Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short film and followed a group of rag dolls called “Stitchpunks” […]