Sci-Fi Music Playlist

[CorporalClegg]

Do Buffy/Angel count?

They had some great music over the years.

 

[Nerys Myk]

"Don't Fear the Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult

"Don't Dream It's Over" Crowded House

Both from the TV version of the Stand.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Every time I hear Britney Spears' Toxic I see the space station from the Doctor Who episode The End of the World spinning at that part of the music.

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^ Yeah, I guess "Flash" is in the same boat as "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr in that *everyone* knows their rather obvious connection. But I'd make an exception for Queen! Along similar lines, I'd add "Princes of the Universe" by Queen, made for Highlander.

Are those Queen songs ever heard outside of their movie connections? I don't think I've ever heard Flash or Princes on the radio.

 

[Marc]

Every time I hear Britney Spears' Toxic I see the space station from the Doctor Who episode The End of the World spinning at that part of the music.

^ Yeah, I guess "Flash" is in the same boat as "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr in that *everyone* knows their rather obvious connection. But I'd make an exception for Queen! Along similar lines, I'd add "Princes of the Universe" by Queen, made for Highlander.

Are those Queen songs ever heard outside of their movie connections? I don't think I've ever heard Flash or Princes on the radio.

The former probably got some air play when the movie came out but that 35 years ago and there was a video clip for the Princes Of The Universe so it might have gotten some air play.

But since then probably not much becasue it would actually require radio stations to stop playing the same crap songs all the time and expand their play lists.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I know that the line between sci-fi and fantasy and the like gets defined and redefined often. However, if we include superhero movies:

"Back In Black" - AC/DC - "Iron Man"
"Thunderstruck" - AC/DC - "Iron Man 2"

If superhero films are included, one each from the first two Chris Reeve Superman films:

"Give a Little Bit," Supertramp
"Pick Up the Pieces," Average White Band

 

[Melakon]

Misunderstood thread title, didn't know it meant pop songs.

 

[Neroon]

"Princes of the Universe" -- Queen (Highlander)

^ Yeah, I guess "Flash" is in the same boat as "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr in that *everyone* knows their rather obvious connection. But I'd make an exception for Queen! Along similar lines, I'd add "Princes of the Universe" by Queen, made for Highlander.

Great minds think alike!

Wasn't "Who Wants To Live For Ever" done for Highlander as well? (it also popped up once or twice in the tv series)

I think the entire album "A Kind of Magic" is sort of the "unofficial" soundtrack to the film, although "Princes of the Universe" was used in the opening for the "Highlander" TV series

 

[The Old Mixer]

On the subject of AC/DC, what about "Shoot to Thrill"? That was used in IM2 and The Avengers.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Amazing Grace, John Newton. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

j/k!!

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[Bast]

Are zombie movies included with this?

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Metallica - "Zombieland" (actually, a lot of the soundtrack of that movie)

 

[B.J.]

A guilty pleasure of mine, Maximum Overdrive, had the soundtrack completely done by AC/DC, resulting in the soundtrack album Who Made Who.

 

[MacLeod]

Another Queen song

"Don't stop me Now" in Shaun of the Dead

And then there is of course who you gonna call "Ghostbusters"

And then there is "I Can't Decide" by the Scissor Sisters in DW