Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher - Groundhog Day
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher - Groundhog Day
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OT: Top Movie Soundtrack Songs which were a key part of the movie
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Goodfellas - Jump into the Fire, Harry Nilsson
Goodfellas - Sunshine of Your Love, Cream
The whole Goodfellas movie was full of excellent music
Interview with the Vampire, Sympathy for the Devil, Guns & Roses, (written by Jaggar & Richards)
Dazed and Confused - Jim Dandy, Black Oak Arkansas, Low Rider, War, Stranglehold, Ted Nugent, Tush, ZZ Top and many more
Goodfellas - Sunshine of Your Love, Cream
The whole Goodfellas movie was full of excellent music
Interview with the Vampire, Sympathy for the Devil, Guns & Roses, (written by Jaggar & Richards)
Dazed and Confused - Jim Dandy, Black Oak Arkansas, Low Rider, War, Stranglehold, Ted Nugent, Tush, ZZ Top and many more
Two soundtracks that seemed to far outpace the movies themselves - one old, one now aging:
The Big Chill
Reality Bites
The Big Chill
Reality Bites
These are so blatantly obvious
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Wizard of Oz
Help - Help. (Beatles)
Hard Days Night - Hard Days Night
Purple Rain - Purple Rain
I've Had The Time of My Life - Dirty Dancing
Stayin Alive - Saturday Night Fever
Theme from Jaws
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Wizard of Oz
Help - Help. (Beatles)
Hard Days Night - Hard Days Night
Purple Rain - Purple Rain
I've Had The Time of My Life - Dirty Dancing
Stayin Alive - Saturday Night Fever
Theme from Jaws
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Philadelphia is a good one
Forrest Gump, especially the Free Bird scene.
Goodfellas, another good one is the transition from youth to men with the Tony Bennett song Rags to Riches!
Forrest Gump, especially the Free Bird scene.
Goodfellas, another good one is the transition from youth to men with the Tony Bennett song Rags to Riches!
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As for Jaws, John Williams was clearly the king of recognizable music scores for Hollywood. But Jaws was probably the most recognizable.
Righteous Brothers You've lost that loving feeling....top gun
West Side Story original score from '61 film.
Dazed and Confused and Pretty in Pink - multiple artists and the songs are part of the movie experience
Grease - songs written for the movie itself
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 and 2. Multiple artists, but popular enough to have a sound track released
Not sure how much latitude we have here for choices.
Dazed and Confused and Pretty in Pink - multiple artists and the songs are part of the movie experience
Grease - songs written for the movie itself
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 and 2. Multiple artists, but popular enough to have a sound track released
Not sure how much latitude we have here for choices.
I 100% agree, especially regarding Goodfellas - wonderful soundtrack. Forrest Gump is a great one for the same reason. The songs speak both culturally and historically.
They say this cat Shaft, is a bad motherf….. SHUT YOUR MOUTH
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Solid! Tarantino gets it with the music and comes up with some really nice not so popular entries!
A few Travolta movies have been mentioned two that had huge soundtracks and one made Country cool 
Grease and Urban Cowboy
Staying on the dance theme, we need to mention the SC state dance and movie
Shag
Grease and Urban Cowboy
Staying on the dance theme, we need to mention the SC state dance and movie
Shag
The Big Chill immediately came to mind. A lot of the youngsters have probably never heard of it....
Fortuntae Son in every dang Vietnam movie ever made. It's really tiresome.
"Tubular Bells" from The Exorcist
So what I'm seeing in the majority of the responses is that entire soundtracks were "the key part" of their movies. I think maybe the OP should've restated the challenge to ask for songs that defined the theme of a movie. Though "Gimme Shelter" is featured in such a ridiculous number of TV and film soundtracks it should be ignored on principle. 
I tried to set the example with my 3 songs in the original post but things did obviously stray from the original post question. I probably should have left out the word Soundtrack and went with Movie Song.So what I'm seeing in the majority of the responses is that entire soundtracks were "the key part" of their movies. I think maybe the OP should've restated the challenge to ask for songs that defined the theme of a movie. Though "Gimme Shelter" is featured in such a ridiculous number of TV and film soundtracks it should be ignored on principle.
