35 Songs Hollywood Needs To Stop Using

[Gojira]

Was this song on the list? If not it should be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg

 

[23skidoo]

Was this song on the list? If not it should be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg

Oh yeah, definitely! I'd forgotten about that one!

Another one that isn't overused necessarily, just improperly used, is Secret Agent Man. Unless you're doing a TV show starring Patrick McGoohan as John Drake, you shouldn't use it!

Another song I'm going to add is one that pops up on Doctor Who quite often but I've also heard it elsewhere. I have no idea who recorded it, but there's a modern-day remake of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer that must have either slipped into public domain or the owners cut a sweet deal for its use. I've heard it pop up in the "we need a generic non-religious Christmas song" slot once too often.

(Doctor Who also has a fetish for another overused Christmas carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, but I let that one pass because it counts as an in-joke dating back to the Jon Pertwee era which revealed it shares its melody with a lullaby from Venus that can be used to put monsters to sleep!)

Alex

 

[Davros]

I've only heard of one of those top 5.

 

[Nardpuncher]

I didn't check...but I'll bet James Brown's "I Feel Good" was near the top.

 

[Shazam!]

That was one thing I really liked about Shutter Island--the freshness of its soundtrack.

That was rad. It really reminded me of one of those creepy 60s/70s horror films that I used to watch late-night on Channel 4 as a kid.

 

[Deckerd]

It's the classical music that I can't stand getting used over and over again. Carmina Burana is the top of my list. The Four Seasons, Pachebel's Canon, Ma Vlast, The Carnival of the Animals...

Add "O Fortuna" to that list.

That's what she meant by Carmina Burana, since I'm fairly certain most of you wouldn't recognise anything except the O Fortuna.

 

[barnaclelapse]

Has "Bodies" really been used that many times?

Huh...

 

[John Clark]

I seem to have heard Kings & Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars (or part there of) a lot recently on tv in both shows and adverts.

 

[Chaos Descending]

That "You spin my head right round" track has been used on about 5 mainstream films in the last year.

I can't believe it was used even once. Hell, I can't believe it was actually recorded.

 

[Forbin]

What is that piece from Excalubur - probably by Wanger - that's used for every period action film trailer?

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

How they miss this one?

Let My Love Open The Door by Pete Townshend.

Also, they used to use the Stargate theme a whole lot.

 

[CaptainCanada]

What is that piece from Excalubur - probably by Wanger - that's used for every period action film trailer?

That's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, previously mentioned in the thread; it was by Orff, not Wagner.

I didn't recognize about half the songs on that list.

 

[Forbin]

Hm. Freudian misspelling of "Wagner" on my part?

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Hm. Freudian misspelling of "Wagner" on my part?

Well, he did promise the Valkyries a hell of a ride.

 

[Turtletrekker]

This list is a joke without "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

 

[Nardpuncher]

This list is a joke without "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

You got it! How could they forget that one?!

 

[Forbin]

I've heard Katrina and The Waves are banned in New Orleans.

 

[Gaith]

And this is SF/F rather than TV and Media how, exactly?

Right. Is there a moderator in the house?

Apparently not!

 

[barnaclelapse]

This list is a joke without "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

Especially when the filmmakers try to use the song in an ironic context.

 

[TheBrew]

No "All Along the Watchtower", the Hendrix version.