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Musical Montage: Imagine Dragons and JID “Enemy”

January 13, 2025

Arcane has drawn tons of praise for its incredible animation style, strong performances, and complicated and mature storytelling. Still, one area where the praise is a bit more mixed is the show’s soundtrack, which includes the show’s theme song, “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons and JID. The show, especially in the second season, drew criticism for […]

Musical Montage: DJ Endor “Pump It Up”

January 6, 2025

Playing a pivotal role in last year’s body horror hit The Substance, along with the score by Raffertie, is the electronic song “Pump It Up” by DJ Endor.  The song’s original version was by Belgian musician Danzel, with his version becoming a Top 10 hit in multiple countries in 2004.  DJ Endor’s remix was released […]

Musical Montage: Bad English “Best of What I Got”

December 30, 2024

Capping off Tango & Cash as the end credits song, “Best of What I Got” was part of a massive 1989 for British rock band Bad English.  Formed in 1987, Bad English’s debut album, Bad English, was released in June 1989 and featured “Best of What I Got” along with the band’s biggest hit, “When […]

Musical Montage: Spice Girls “Too Much”

December 9, 2024

To promote their movie Spice World, the Spice Girls released the single “Too Much,” the follow-up to “Spice Up Your Life” from the Spiceworld.  Spiceworld was not the official movie soundtrack but essentially acted as it, with almost every song except “Move Over” appearing in the film.   The Spice Girls had to record the album […]

Musical Montage: Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax”

December 2, 2024

Along with all the other over-the-top things that happen in director Brian De Palma’s 1984 homage to Hitchcock, Body Double, the 80s band Frankie Goes to Hollywood is featured in a sequence that finds main character Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) on the set of a porn movie, performing their hit “Relax.” “Relax” was released in […]

Musical Montage: M2M “Don’t Say You Love Me”

November 11, 2024

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”

November 4, 2024

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: Creed “What If”

October 21, 2024

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: Sabrina Carpenter “Taste”

October 14, 2024

Along with co-starring Jenna Ortega and Halloween Ends star Rohan Campbell, Sabrina Carpenter paid homage to several horror and spooky movies in the music video for her song “Taste.”  The third single released off Carpenter’s Short N Sweet album in August this year, the song was another massive hit following “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” […]