The title of their list is inaccurate. This is not the list of best movie songs of all time, it's a list of the best movie songs from NON-MUSICALS since 1967. And they don't even keep to their own self-inflicted parameters. They list Goldfinger, from the film of the same name, which came out in 1964.
Ha. They must have rewritten the intro after I posted my comment. The original comment said they picked 1967 as the starting point because the era started with S&G's soundtrack to The Graduate (or something like that,they definitely picked 1967 because of that film). I guess someone pointed out the goof with Goldfinger so they fixed it. Maybe they saw my comment?
Start spreading the news, but surely, "New York, New York" is the greatest song ever written for the movies. And probably the most often performed. Wasn't even nominated for the Oscar, which tells you all you need to know about the Academy Awards. ("I'm Easy" from "Nashville" won that year; number 33 in this list, but can anyone hum it? Of course not).
I wouldn't call it a great song, but Dylan's "Band of the Hand (Hell Time Man)" from the Michael Mann produced 'Band of the Hand' movie features a great riff from Tom Petty.
"Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross is also very nice. I'm not sure why there was so much hate for Christopher Cross, both that and "Sailing" are very nice songs.
Yet another Internet list by young squirts who don't know the territory. Even if you count "South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut" and "Team America: World Police" as musicals and disqualify them, there are still countless songs better than some of the junk on this list. In addition to the ones already mentioned in the comments, how about "Georgy Girl," "What's New, Pussycat," "Alfie," "The Days of Wine and Roses," "The Look of Love," "Born Free," "True Grit," "Dear Heart," "Come Saturday Morning," and I'm not even out of the '60s yet?
The title of their list is inaccurate. This is not the list of best movie songs of all time, it's a list of the best movie songs from NON-MUSICALS since 1967. And they don't even keep to their own self-inflicted parameters. They list Goldfinger, from the film of the same name, which came out in 1964.
ReplyDeleteNo, they say in the intro, non-musical English language films made after 1960.
DeleteHa. They must have rewritten the intro after I posted my comment. The original comment said they picked 1967 as the starting point because the era started with S&G's soundtrack to The Graduate (or something like that,they definitely picked 1967 because of that film). I guess someone pointed out the goof with Goldfinger so they fixed it. Maybe they saw my comment?
DeleteStart spreading the news, but surely, "New York, New York" is the greatest song ever written for the movies. And probably the most often performed. Wasn't even nominated for the Oscar, which tells you all you need to know about the Academy Awards. ("I'm Easy" from "Nashville" won that year; number 33 in this list, but can anyone hum it? Of course not).
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ReplyDelete"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" should be in the top 10. They mentioned it, but it didn't make their top 33.
ReplyDeleteThey also didn't include "Everybody's Talkin'" Or "Lookin' For Love." (Both the Midnight Cowboy and Urban Cowboy Soundtracks were overlooked.)
Whitney Houston's overwrought version of "I Will Always Love You" at #1?
The biggest miss though, of course, was Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" from the Amadeus Soundtrack. :D
I wouldn't call it a great song, but Dylan's "Band of the Hand (Hell Time Man)" from the Michael Mann produced 'Band of the Hand' movie features a great riff from Tom Petty.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG_Qlb5C4Xk
"Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross is also very nice. I'm not sure why there was so much hate for Christopher Cross, both that and "Sailing" are very nice songs.
ReplyDeleteYet another Internet list by young squirts who don't know the territory. Even if you count "South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut" and "Team America: World Police" as musicals and disqualify them, there are still countless songs better than some of the junk on this list. In addition to the ones already mentioned in the comments, how about "Georgy Girl," "What's New, Pussycat," "Alfie," "The Days of Wine and Roses," "The Look of Love," "Born Free," "True Grit," "Dear Heart," "Come Saturday Morning," and I'm not even out of the '60s yet?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know "Georgy Girl" was written for a movie. Another 60s song I'd add: Lulu "To Sir, With Love."
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