Boy, you've got me twisted like a robe if you think I'd ever read Pitchfork's 50 Best Movie Scores listicle. But please believe I'm gonna have my wicked way with the concept in the name of #content. The 50 G.O.A.T songs recorded for movie soundtracks as according to ya host Roger QBert. No order of preference, but all genres, all eras, all choonz.
2. Big Daddy Kane - Nuff Respect (1991)
3. Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out (1985)
4. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (1972)
5. Cat Stevens - But I Might Die Tonight (Deep End version) (1970)
6. Lady Of Rage - Afro Puffs (1994)
7. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was The Case (remix) (1994)
8. Tha Dogg Pound - What Would U Do? (1994)
9. Dr. Dre & Ice Cube - Natural Born Killaz (1994)
10. Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
11. Ronnie Hazelhurst - Are You Being Served? (movie version) (1977)
11. UGK - Pocket Full Of Stones (Pimp C remix) (1993)
12. MC Eiht - Streiht Up Menace (1993)
13. Lalo Schifrin - Theme From Enter The Dragon (1973)
14. Grand Puba - Fat Rat (1991)
15. Roy Ayers - King George (1973)
16. OutKast - Benz Or Beamer (1995)
17. Mystikal & OutKast - Neck Uv Da Woodz (1999)
18. Mark Vieha - Way To Go (1985)
19. Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica (1968)
20. Slick Rick - I Sparkle (1999)
21. Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (Theme) (1963)
22. Tim Capello - I Still Believe (1987)
23. Public Enemy - Fight The Power (1989)
24. L7 - Gas Chamber (1994)
25. 2Pac - Never Had A Friend Like Me (1997)
26. Shirley Bassey & John Barry - Goldfinger (Theme) (1964)
27. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Chase Across The 69th Street Bridge (1981)
30. The Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn (1994)
31. James Brown - The Boss (1973)
32. State Property ft. Dirt McGirt - When You Hear That (2003)
33. Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver (Theme) (1976)
34. Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy (1984)
35. Kool G. Rap ft. RZA - Cakes (1999)
36. Brad Fiedel - Dream Window (1985)
37. Biggie Smalls - Party & Bullshit (1993)
38. The Plugz - Reel Ten (1984)
39. DJ Grand Wizard Theodore & Kevie Kev Rockwell - Gangbusters (1983)
40. Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (1972)
41. Ice-T - Colors (1988)
42. Isaac Hayes - Hung Up On My Baby (1974)
43. David Lynch & Angelo Badalamenti - The Pink Room (1992)
44. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - One In A Million (1993)
45. Joe Walsh - In The City (1979)
46. John Lurie - Promedade Du Maquereau (1986)
47. Madonna - Into The Groove (1985)
48. Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa (1973)
49. 50 Cent ft. Young Buck - I'll Whip Your Head Boy (2005)
50. U2 - Desire (1988)
(I wouldn't pass water on Bono if he were on fire, but I will pass judgement on U2's Desire from the Rattle & Hum OST and admit it's a legit 10/10 jam.)
+ Cypress Hill track from the Juice soundtrack
ReplyDeletePac, Curtis or Isaac Hayes who got the most banging song on here if yall had to choose
ReplyDeleteGene Pitney.
ReplyDeleteReally good list. I just rewatched Juice and had forgotten about all the great music in it. I would also include the Cypress Hill/Sonic Youth track from Judgment Night, "Knockin On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan, "Trust" by Prince, "Only When It Rains" by John Buck Wilkins, and I guess "Lose Yourself" is sort of a classic.
ReplyDeleteFaith No More & Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E song from Judgement Night OST was on the O.G list draft before I faced the unfortunate truth that I prefer U2's Desire.
ReplyDeleteCraig Mack "Wooden horse"
ReplyDeleteSchoolly D "The Signifyin' Rapper"
Canibus, Wyclef & Youssou NDour "How come"
Geto Boys "still"
Dan Aykroyd & Tom hanks "Drag Net Rap"
No Schooly D?
ReplyDeleteSchoolly's King Of New York theme is hokey, imo. Signifying Rapper is definitely an honourable mention, though.
ReplyDeleteSide note: the King Of New York DVD menu screen with the loop of Walken doing THAT dance as Saturday Night plays is one of the G.O.A.T marriages of music & moving image.
What about Joe Walsh - In The City?
ReplyDeleteGlaring ommission alert! 👏
ReplyDeleteMight swap Paramedic! for that. In The City is perfect, while Paramedic! is slightly sullied by the shitty 20 intro which was clearly bolted on.
Fave Rap song recorded for a soundtrack which ended up shelved:
ReplyDeleteDru Down - In Jail (1996/2008)
(Supposed to be on the Original Gangstas OST.)
https://youtu.be/xLvlGVNInw4
ReplyDeleteI wish ghostbusters movies were actually about them poor souls that decided to die instead of thizz
I have a feeling Forever by Schooly D was recorded for The Addiction but the movie happened to come out shortly after Reservoir Dog
ReplyDeleteGreat list.
ReplyDeleteIs Kermode's moustache real?
Think I'll try later on and compile a list too.
Muzzie's fake.
ReplyDeleteObvs you need to do a list.
New Jersey Drive soundtrack was badass, an so was the movie by the way. Underrated piece of 90's blaxploitation, if there ever was such a genre.
ReplyDeleteThe Original Ganstas soundtrack also had a lot of good songs on it, not sure how many were recorded specifically for the movie though. The Spice-1 is up there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iyNijR60Eo
Speaking of blaxploitation, Bobby Womack's Across 110th Street and Willie Hutch's I Choose You for The Mack are also classics. Both movie are worth watching too, some of the bests of the genre.
Nice to see John Lurie for Down By Law as well. Doesn't matter how you feel about Jarmusch's film, you can't deny the guy has good taste when it comes to soundtracks as well.
Also a non-rap favorite of mine is The Long Goodbye, for the Altman movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG0ykzh47q8
Excellent 70's melancholic neo-noir. There's different takes of the same song on the OST but I'll go for this one.
Now I'm a sucker for westerns as well, and on some days's you'll catch me singing somes tunes like Dean Martin - My Rifle, My Pony and Me (Rio Bravo), Peggy Lee - Johnny Guitar, Frankie Laine - 3 10 To Yuma (the OG one) or The Man Without A Star.
This is such a vast subject, I could go on for hours. Let's not get started on French movie soundtracks from the 90's as well (La Haine, Ma 6-T Va Crack-Er etc.)
Good call on My Rifle, My Pony and Me.
ReplyDeletePersonal fave slap from the Original Gangstas OST is XO by the Luniz (as much for the scene it comes from as the song itself.)
Harlem Clavinette from Across 110th Street OST is a definite honourable mention.
Anton Karas - The Third Man Theme (1949)
ReplyDeleteBernard Herrmann - Vertigo (1958)
The Bostweeds - Faster, Pussycat! (1966)
Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold (1968)
John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Christophe - Sunny Road to Salina (1970)
Lalo Schifrin - Scorpio's Theme (1971)
Acanthus - Le Frisson des Vampires (1971)
Teo Usuelli - Piacere Sequence, M36 (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (1972)
Bruno Nicolai - Servizio Fotografico (1972)
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (1972)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Osanna – Milano Calibro 9 (Prelude) (1973)
Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels (The Chase) (1973)
Stelvio Cipriani - La Polizia Sta A Guardare (Titoli) (1973)
David Shire - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Main Title) (1974)
Goblin – Profondo Rosso (1975)
Jerry Goldsmith - Ave Satani (1976)
Michel Colombier - L' Alpagueur (Final) (1976)
John Carpenter: Assault on Precinct 13 (Main Title) (1976)
Berry de Vorzon - Baseball Furies Chase Theme (1979)
Alessandro Alessandroni - Suor Omicidi (Seq. 4) (1979)
Blondie - Call Me (1980)
John Williams - The Imperial March (1980)
Riz Ortolani - Much More (1980)
Fabio Frizzi - Voci dal Nula (1981)
Vangelis - Bladerunner End Title Reprise (1982)
Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train (1983)
Michael Sembello - Maniac (1983)
Brad Fiedel - The Terminator (Main Title) (1984)
Tahnee Cain And Tryanglz - Burnin' In The Third Degree (1984)
Prince - Sign O' The Times (1987)
Ice T - Colors (1988)
Public Enemy – Fight The Power (1989)
Ice-T New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) (1991)
Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge) (1992)
Dr. Dre Introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg* – Deep Cover (1992)
Notorious B.I.G - Party & Bullshit (1993)
MC Eiht - Straight Up Menace (1993)
Mobb Deep Featuring Big Noyd And Rakim – Hoodlum (1997)
John Murphy - In the House, In a Heartbeat (2002)
50 Cent - Hustler's Ambition (2005)
Dorian E & Double Dragon - Dragon Fly (2010)
Marius Vries - Flying Home (2010)
Paul Leonard Morgan - The Rise of Ma Ma (2012)
Broadcast - The Equestrian Vortex (2013)
Disasterpeace - Old Maid (2014)
Kaleida - Think (2014)
Tom Holkenborg - Brothers in Arms (2015)
Killed it. Damn, I didn't even realise Call Me was recorded especially for American Gigalo because that'd be a no brainer inclusion.
ReplyDeleteHot Wheels (The Chase) aka the song so good it almost made Blade listenable 😄
I had to double check Call Me, to make sure. I also thought Guns 'N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction was first heard on The Dead Pool, but I might have my wires crossed with their cameo in the film:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/43EJTd6cSZ8
Broke my heart picking only one Carpenter, Nicolai and Carpenter track.
My mate cussed me for not having GNR's You Could Be Mine in here 😄
ReplyDeleteTha Dogg Pound & Mack 10 - Nuthin But the Cavi Hit
ReplyDeleteMaster P - Is There A Heaven For A Gangsta
LBC Crew - Beware of My Crew
Soopafly - I Don't Hang
Aaliyah - Are You Ready
Dogg Pound f/ Nate Dogg - Just Doggin
Mobb Deep - Back At You
Wu-Tang - Wu Wear
Luniz f/ Shock G - We Got More
UGK f/ Lord Jamar & Keith Murray - Live Wires Connect
Kausion & Tha Dogg Pound - I'll Do It
2Pac & Outlawz - Made Nz
2Pac & Outlawsz - Lost Souls
Jr Mafia f/ Mase & Cam'ron - Young Casanovas (album version)
Kenya Gruv -Top of The World
Jay-Z f/ Memphis Bleek & Sauce Money - What the Game Made Me
Kurupt - Under Pressure
Master P & Ice Cube - I'm A Hoe
Master P - I Got The Hook Up
Devante Swing – Gin And Juice
Outkast f/ Cee-Lo - In Due Time
Mystikal & Outkast - Neck Ov Da Woods
CNN f/ Lox - Bleedin From The Mouth
DPG - Who Got Some Gangsta Shit
UGk - Take It Off
Snoop & Tray Deee - 21 Jumpstreet
Master P, UGK, 8-Ball & MJG - Meal Ticket
Brotha Lynch Hung - Situation on Dirty
E-40 & B-Legit - Come On
Too Short & UGK - It's Alright
Domino - Tales From The Hood
Mystikal - Mr Shit Talker
UGk - Family Affair
Cash Money f/ E-40 - Baller Blockin
Cash Money - Project Chick
Dr. Dre & Knoc'Turnal - Bad Intentions
Bone Thugs - Dayz of our Livez
Bone Thugs - Shoot Em Up
Nas - One on One
Finally someone reps for Just Doggin' 👌
ReplyDeleteSpartan and Barber came up with some badass lists.
ReplyDeleteJust realized no one named It's Hard Out There For A Pimp, song was pretty good and just the pleasure alone of seeing Three Six winning an Oscar made it all worth.
A bunch of other good ones I remembered after posting the other day:
ReplyDeleteJonathan Richman - There's Something About Mary
Ice Cube - Ghetto Vet
Oneohtrix Point Never feat. Iggy Pop - The Pure and the Damned
UGK - Bumper and Grill
Smashing Pumpkins - The End is the Beginning is the End
Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Keith Carradine - I'm Easy
Elliott Smith - Miss Misery
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live
Need more people stanning for songs from The Lost Boys OST up in here.
ReplyDeleteThe Lost Boys soundtrack is sick. Also, Kenny Powers listening to "Cry Little Sister" in his car is low key one of the funniest moments on Eastbound and Down.
ReplyDeleteThe only Lost Boyz I know are from Queens. But what I do I know?
ReplyDeleteI also forgot to add:
Tha Dogg Pound - Big Pimpin -- the best Big Pimpin ever
2Pac - My Block
Daz & Soopafly - Put the Monkey In It
Lords of the Underground - Burn Rubber
Young Lay, Ray Luv & Mac Mall - All About My Fetti
Cash Money - Rock Ice
Beanie Sigel - In The Club
Prodigy - Keep It Thoro
Em & Redman - Off The Wall
Jay-Z - People's Court
The Lox - Who Do You Expect
Bone - Everyday Thang
Dove Shack - Summertime in the LBC
Too Short & Lil Kim - Call Me
A surely Barber-approved one:
ReplyDelete2Pac - High Till I Die
I can't stop:
ReplyDeleteAlan Price - O Lucky Man!
Pressha - Splackavellie
Ice Cube - We Be Clubbin
Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed
Stan Bush - You Got the Touch
Ariel Pink - I Need a Minute
Billy Strange - Run Away
RHCP - Soul to Squeeze
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
The Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You
Just realized Batman Forever and Empire Records came out the same year. Was 1995 the year of the great soundtrack/shitty movie?
Hah, yes definitely.
ReplyDeleteUnless it was movies with soundtracks comprised of old songs (Casino and Dead Presidents.)
A bunch of others that have been eating away at me this week:
ReplyDeleteHerschell Gordon Lewis - Rebel Yell (The South's Gonna Rise Again) (1964)
Nicola Di Bari - You'd Better Smile (1968)
Ennio Morricone - Valmont's Gogo Pad (1968)
Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab - Necronomania (1969)
Piero Piccioni - Camille 2000 (1969)
Guiseppe De Luca - Rito a Los Angeles (1970)
Nora Orlandi - Dies Irae (1970)
Roy Budd - Carter Takes The Train (1971)
Pam Grier - Long Time Woman (1971)
François De Roubaix - Les Dunes D'Ostende (1971)
Quincy Jones - Money Runner (1972)
Gene Page - Blacula Strikes! (1972)
Bruno Nicolai - Sabba (1972)
Gianfranco Plenizio - Voce D'Amore (1972)
Paul McCartney and Wings - Live and Let Die (1973)
Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work it Out (1973)
Barry White - Theme From Together Brothers (1974)
Stelvio Cipriani - Cani Arrabbiati (1974)
Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) (1976)
The Humane Society for the Preservation of Good Music-Disco Blue (1977)
John Williams - Binary Sunset (1977)
Trans Europa Express - Il Gatto Dagli Occhi di Giada (Seq. 1) (1977)
Umberto Smaila - Beast With a Gun (1977)
Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Phantasm Intro & Main Title (1978)
Franco Micalizzi - Stridulum Theme (1979)
Francis Monkman - The Long Good Friday Main Theme (1979)
L'Ectrique – Struck By Boogie Lightning (1979)
Jeree Palmer - Late Night Surrender (1979)
Nico Fidenco - Zombie Parade (1980)
Mark Lindsay - Lone Wolf's Theme (1980)
Keith Emerson - Mater Tenebrarum (1980)
Goblin - Tenebre (1982)
Basil Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian Theme/Anvil of Crom (1982)
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Chariots of Pumpkins (1982)
Grandmaster Caz - South Bronx Subway Rap (1983)
Jay Chattaway - Vigilante Theme (1983)
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (1984)
Ollie And Jerry - There's No Stopping Us (1984)
Vince Di Cola - Training Montage (1985)
Motörhead - Hellraiser (1992)
Body Count - Body Count's in the House (1992)
Nas - One On One (1994)
Guru - Destiny Is Calling (1996)
Birdbrain – Youth Of America (1996)
Tito & Tarantula - After Dark (1996)
RZA - Tragedy (1997)
Big Punisher - You Ain't a Killer (1997)
DMX - x Gon' Give it to Ya (2003)
Charlie Clouser - Hello Zepp (2004)
Farah - Dancing Girls (2015)
Golden boot for Spartan because he's the scoremeister. I need to check some of those out.
ReplyDeleteMight as well drop a few more faves, meself:
Can - Mother Sky
Isaac Hayes - Breakthrough
Mario Van Peebles - Sweetback's Theme
Prince - Kiss
INXS & Jimmy Barnes - Good Times
ATCQ - Hot Sex
En Vogue - Don't Let Go
Real Live - Get Down For Mine
This score is part of the reason why Alphaville is the only notable movie Godard ever made.
ReplyDeleteThe Contempt score is good too.
ReplyDeleteBig ones I forgot about:
Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
Genesis - In Too Deep