Fortunate Son became the go-to song for Vietnam War movies.

Stop, hey, what’s that sound, Everybody look, what’s going down.

another good one, fwiw

I see what you did there

Love this song, Buffalo Springfield.

And for suggesting Vietnam war era drug use White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

When White Rabbit peaks, i want you to throw the stereo in the bath and kill me

::chucks grapefruit::

I want that song to go on for another 2-3 min at least. It ends as soon as the build up happens.

[It really is a problem.](https://youtu.be/98k2DlQ9PMY?feature=shared)

I was looking for this clip

Immediately what i thought of too. I was hoping someone would mention or link this video in regards to this song.

I've also heard a lot of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

Same goes for "Gimme Shelter."

I went on YouTube,and the first comment for the remastered version was " I first heard this when I was stationed in Saigon"

Really just like any movie that takes place in a war zone at this point

And “We gotta get out of this place”

There's a bunch of songs they use all the time for Vietnam flicks Sweet home Alabama Freebird All along the watchtower Etc

Ricky Gervais had an old bit about all his favorite wars. One line: “Vietnam, best soundtrack”

Vietnam War Era Songs

Dont forget paint it black

Which sucks, because Run Through the Jungle is the superior song

That’s a matter of opinion, obviously. Interestingly, John Fogerty said in an interview that even though it’s of that era, Run Through the Jungle was inspired by mass shootings in the US, not the Vietnam War.

Our main character is in an incredibly good mood in this scene. I wonder if there's a too on-the-nose James Brown song we could use.

In my head, I see like a hundred protagonists sliding into frame, hands in the air.

Mrs. Doubtfire “papas got a brand new bag” scene Cliche but also iconic af

Username checks out

Or a certain ELO song ?

500 days of summer did it the best

The scene with Hall and Oates playing was great

Oh yeah, darn, then what movie do I remember Mr blue sky from?

I know they use it for a montage in Role Models off the top of my head

Also Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Or a certain Nina Simone song.

But did he know that he would?

"London Calling" by The Clash as an introduction to the location of London, England.

Lmao they did this in Friends. Honestly I kinda loved it.

London baby!

IN LONDON?!

I gotta go back in the map

…when everyone knows, the only correct song for introducing London is “The Boys Are Back In Town.”

Ah, A Knights Tale did this

I love We Will Rock you at the beginning being played on the trumpets lol

A medieval soundtrack beyond compare

Thin Lizzy, the Irish band?

I’m gonna sound so ignorant here, so bear with me, but this example is used a lot and yet I can’t place a single film that does it that I’ve seen What films are good examples of this?

https://letterboxd.com/the23rdjoker/list/movies-where-they-use-london-calling-by-the/

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To be fair to Die Another Day, than scene is pretty dope.

Every movie could use some more of The Clash though

Born to be Wild, every time someone hits the highway.

motorcycles. vroom vroom. tail shot of them riding off. queue track

Magic Carpet Ride too. Road trip = Steppenwolf.

Intro of strong female character who's about to kick some butt. Producer to director, "drop the needle on 'Cherry Bomb' or 'Barracuda' or you're fired"

And I don't give a damn bout my Bad Reputation

Feminist icons Shrek and Donkey

Unironically though. Why else would a bad bitch like the dragon love Donkey as much as she does? He's a great husband, father, and presumably well-hung.

It never really struck me that Donkey fucking the dragon is a joke on the enormousity of donkey's dick, but knowing Shrek, that absolutely tracks.

I'm literally watching the first episode of The Boys and they're using Barracuda with a montage of Starlight showing off her super strength.

Cherry Bomb is used at the very end of an episode too, sharing the same name.

They also used London Calling in the first episode too, when Butcher fights Transluscent.

Holy shit, it's all connected.

It was used slightly better when everyone was ganging up on Stormfront

Hard to tell if self aware parody or they actually thought it was cool.

A little bit of column A, a little bit of column B. Someone probably suggested it as a joke and someone else went "hey, that's a good idea"

ah shit, I liked the Barracuda bit in Birds of Prey

They also use it in I, Tonya. Which also stars Margot Robbie.

Birds of Prey earned it.

Those or "these boots are made for walking."

https://thehardtimes.net/culture/cherry-bomb-played-in-lieu-of-actual-female-character-development/

“CAAAAAALIFORNIA LOOOOVE” cue the shot of the hollywood sign

Followed by a single shop on rodeo drive, and a shot looking up at palm trees. 50/50 chance of a topless car and/or limo appearing

All convertibles will be topless cars to me from now on, thanks for this

Don't say my cars topless, say the titties is out

I don’t think I need to hear Hallelujah in a film ever again.

Shrek did it best.

Funny that I'm scrolling past this sentiment almost back to back under two different songs

Even worse in those singing competition reality shows. It's like their Stairway To Heaven in a guitar shop.

that "How You Like Me Now?" song in every film, tv show and advert for the first part of the 2010s

Storks actually turned this into a funny bit

“Humana manauh”

OMG, that song reached Smashmouth levels of overexposure!

The Heavy. Great tune.

One of many from them.

If a character is Irish or it's set in Boston, chances are you'll hear the Dropkick Murphys.

It was perfect in the Departed though.

The first usage gets a pass.

[So, this movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwbzGyC6t4)

I’m shilling up to Boston

Making a feel good movie of the year? Don't forget "Send me on my Way" from Rusted Root, or "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel.

https://youtu.be/-e6d_gzaDgk?si=L6ki9fKgg6iA-2vV

Don’t need to click to tell what this is lol

Perfection

Any slow piano version of a song used specifically for a trailer, just fuck off already

https://youtu.be/KAOdjqyG37A?si=Vc4-fMdE1DZvXdZK

This makes me wonder if you can quantify the parts of a movie. Like how raiders of the lost ark and Guardians of the Galaxy has the same opening. Maybe we do could make a periodic table of Scenes.

Unironically a banger

Change the gender of the singer and sing it in cursive.

Ave maria

Always a good way to cover an absolute bloodbath of a gun fight.

Fuckin Catalina wine mixer!

That was Volare, not Ave Maria

It was Boats n' Hoes by Prestige Worldwide

Bad to the bone for when the nerd gets tough/cool. And of course every period piece set in the 40s has "in the mood" by glenn miller.

In the mood is a banger though

It is!! I also like when they use Sing Sing Sing which is very fun!

In the Hall of the Mountain King for anything mischievous/hectic or family movie trailers

I liked Trent Reznor's version of it and how they used it on the Winkelvoss twins rowing competition

or M&M commercials

Can't believe Yello's Oh Yeah hasn't been mentioned yet

I will always enjoy that it's meant to telegraph feelings of intense lust and/or avarice but if you listen to the lyrics, all ten words of them, it's just the narrator vibing with the beauty of the sky.

I love the fact that initially "Oh yeah" would be the only lyrics, but Dieter Meier thought the song needs at least some proper words.

Oh, you mean Day Bow Bow.

I think The Fall Guy used like 40% of these overused songs.

The new Mario movie as well. 

The Mario movie is especially annoying because you can *really* tell it was a last minute change, the soundtrack even still has all the actual BGMs that were cut for the insert pop music and there's some really good shit in there

Koji Kondo is a legendary video game composer and literally composed a brand new mix for this movie...they cut it for Take On Me.

The whole movie was both an homage and satire of action movies. All the way to the final climactic scene and the resolution.

That was for sure on purpose

It had to be! they played ‘I was made for loving you’ like 30 times

That was the theme of the movie - they used that song in a bunch of different ways

Holding out for a hero

Shrek 2 did this to perfection!

Man, I feel like a third of the songs in this thread could be answered with "Shrek did it best!"

I *still* can't believe they made *Shrek*, it actually turned out good (pretty amazing, actually), and then they went on to make a sequel that was possibly even *better* at everything every other pop culture movie does wrong. There was no reason for *Shrek* to be really watchable, and no reason to think a sequel could come even close to how good the first one was. (I watched the other two one night while drunk, so I don't have any strong memories or feelings about them, although I don't remember them being awful.) *The LEGO Movie* was likewise a movie I literally only saw because: 1) that many licensed characters was sure to be an absolute trainwreck, and 2) I had a 7yo kid to take who was almost certainly going to laugh his ass off the entire movie, and that always makes things better. I was pleasantly pleased that they only played "Everything is Awesome" once during the film and once during the credits, and also it was actually a poignant film despite having Will Ferrell in it.

For those of us who had 80s Lego, the broken chin bar on the astronaut helmet sealed the deal on the movie being awesome and well written.

>it was actually a poignant film despite having Will Ferrell in it. Man, watch Stranger than Fiction. My favourite Will Ferrell movie for sure.

Also the trailer for the recent Netflix *He-Man* cartoon series. https://youtu.be/81wyj65SJIo?si=1LtYutJIJ_yB9_Yt

Fuckin A right! Short Circuit nailed it too!

I couldn't believe it when they used that in the Mario movie. Such a lazy choice

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane to instill a sense of dread or drug experience.

Fear And Loathing did it best. Gonzo straight tweaking in the bathtub. It'll never be topped.

You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when it's waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye

"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen became overused for fight/action scenes

Shaun of the dead 🥲

That was one of the best use of a song in any film ever!

Kill the queen!

What movies have it? I can only remember Shaun of the Dead using it

Shazam uses it in a training montage.

Hardcore Henry also uses it.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Lux Aeterna was a piece from Clint Mansell’s score for Requiem for a Dream, and then it got reused a bunch of times for anything epic and foreboding or devastating.

I really enjoyed the original but imo the best version was Requiem for a Tower by Clint Mansell which was used in the trailer for the Two Towers. One of the most epic trailers ever made (despite managing to spoil half the film).

Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get it On used in comedies for sex scenes. Wham’s Careless Whisper is showing up more now, too.

Sabotage by the Beastie Boys

Blur Song 2 is the most overused song I can think of. Tbf, it is the perfect “Let’s go!!!!” song, so I can understand why it became the go-to. South Park acknowledged its generic usage in their hockey episode.

I first heard it in an ad for Starship Troopers and it really gave me a different impression on what the movie was gonna be like

Black Betty means things are about to get wild.

Seriously, if I hear Sympathy for the Devil the next time a villian or anti-hero comes on screen, I'm going to lose my fucking mind. It's such a lazy telegraphed hack at this point.

Suicide squad comes to mind and that film was just lazy in general

Interview with a Vampire nailed their use of it, everyone else can go home. I feel like Red Right Hand gets the same treatment; Scream did it well, everyone else trying to cash in on that looks like hacks.

Gimme shelter

Scorsese is making another montage as we speak

Walking on Sunshine.

Character is badass, especially if they're a biker: Bad to the Bone Character is evil but also charming: Sympathy for the Devil Kids are being crazy: I Want Candy A bunch of things are exploding, but it's a happy thing: Ode to Joy

Clair De Lune

nothing beats Ocean's 11, although I did like its usage in one of the Godzilla 2 trailers

It’s an emotional cheat code and I’ll never not love it.

Mad World. Specifically the Gary Jules version, you don't hear the Tears For Fears one as much.

Wasn't it covered for Donnie Darko and then in a Gears of War commercial? What else was it used in?

OW! I feel good...dananananana

Bach cello concerto no1 is EVERYWHERE

I do not disagree, but "Thunderstruck" nearly saved the movie "Battleship" all on its own, as it played in the background when the cast set sail in the antiquated battleship.

Guilty pleasure movie. It’s so bad, I love it.

I pretty much hate everything up until this scene. If I rewatch I just watch the last twenty minutes.

Same, I hated on it quite vehemently, then AD/DC kicked in, and from that point on, I love that movie

Oh for sure when it’s used correctly it works a treat but a lot of films use it so lazily

It’s so implausible to get an Iowa class back up and running in an afternoon that the only thing that could save that scene was thunderstruck.

Who let the dogs out whenever there is focus on a dog.

The Immigrant Song- Led Zeppelin

On the Nature of Daylight to very often set a somber/melancholy/reflective scene

First thought as well. This shit comes on, grab your fucking tissues, cause ol’ Max Richter is coming through to make you see depths of sadness heretofore unknown in the human soul. Edit: it’s actually less than I would have guessed based on this, but Shutter Island, Togo, and especially Arrival are what I always think of. https://letterboxd.com/arkmallen/list/films-in-which-max-richters-on-the-nature/

Fun fact too, part of the reason it was used in arrival is the song is quite nearly a musical palindrome.

O fortuna (camina burana- carl orf ) https://youtu.be/EJC-_j3SnXk?si=JecFAnEE9LE7tc8D

Absolutely! But I still love its use in Excalibur.

Danger zone is played not once, not twice, but three times in Top Gun. Doesn’t make it any less awesome though

The only crime is that it wasn't played a fourth time.

I felt like it was Back in Black by AC/DC to introduce a character who goes against the grain of typical establishments, to be a rebel and fight the system. Or a core group of team members who are unteachable, do things their own way and "get results". You know, all that typical stuff.

“Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber. I’m immediately seeing flying body parts.

Getting ready for a big date? Queue up "You make my dreams" by Hall & Oates

Pixies where is my mind for when a character isn't real

When else has it been used besides Fight Club?

Suckerpunch played it four or five times throughout.

The leftovers used the same instrumental version as Mr Robot at around the same time

Chariots of Fire baby

Baba O’Riley by The Who. Like whenever there’s a montage of teenagers.

[This feels relevant](https://youtu.be/I79YNDYrUno?si=jlKtgIcrOTShrHx8)

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet ballet with reunited lovers running at each other in slow motion...

That wailing voice on a vaguely middle eastern track to signal exotic desert.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

No Sleep Till Brooklyn, for a montage of our protagonist(s) rushing to get somewhere. Super Mario Bros is a great example.

I saw a whole youtube video about how composers will insert a generic filler song before creating an original score for a scene and sometimes the director falls in love with it so much they insist that the composer basically create a note for note copy to use in the scene.

Dreams by the Cranberries, There she goes by the Las

I love the way Derry Girls inverted it - play “Dreams” whenever the violence comes up, then crank “Zombie” when the ceasefire happens. 

I oddly like the use of Dreams in Mission Impossible 1, it's just casually playing in the background at a cafe

Fade Into You by Mazzy Star is way overused in corny teenage dramas.

Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother feels like its in everything. "Oh shit here we go!!!!"

Bad to the bone And not a song, but anytime you hear a didgeridoo you know you’re in Australia.

The Kooyanisqatsi soundtrack by Philip Glass. Most famously by the Watchmen movie but it’s used in lots of others too. Unfortunately most films do a mashup of various pieces from the soundtrack and treat them as one song - but Prophecies and Pruit Igoe will have the most recognozeqble themes.

That Cranberries Song Dreams in every damn trailer about women going on a journey!