Best use of a song or piece of music in a film.

And for complete scores I would add:

The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (Nyman)
Wonderland (Nyman)
Somewhere in Time (Barry)
A Short Film about Killing (Preisner)
The Pumpkin Eater (Delarue)
Psycho (Herrmann)
Scott of the Antarctic (Vaughan Williams)
Conan the Barbarian (Poledouris)
Blue Velvet (Badalamenti)
Star Wars (Williams)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
 
All great, great choices! Nice one!

"In '87 Huey released this...Fore - their most accomplished album.

I think their undisputed masterpiece has to be Hip to Be Square - a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics...but they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trenRAB. It's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey Paul! Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you f-cking stupid bastard!!!" :D:D:D
 
"Duellin' Banjos" in Deliverance.

"Isn't that pitiful? Talk about genetic deficiencies!"
"Who's pickin' the banjo here?"

Classic.
 
Nope, 'fraid you're the fool.

I am talking about the 1993 Peter Weir directed movie starring Jeff Bridges as the survivor of a plane crash.

Not the Jet Li film.
 
The opening theme from Blade Runner.

Fills me with a mixture of sadness and excitement every time I hear it. Combines beautifully with those opening shots of a futuristic Los Angeles.
 
Mad World - Donnie Darko
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DR91Rj1ZN1M

The greatest use of a song in film history, haunting and was the perfect ending.

I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me - Carrie
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYGFd2qFV4

Beautiful 70's song, that captured Carrie's happiness at finally having her first kiss.....before the horror starts!!

Wise Up - Magnolia
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A_9EpBL5Txc

Beautiful record and the way it was incorporporated into the movie was brilliant.

The Lonely Man Theme (Incredible hulk walking away scene at the end)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uodJSeHWiG4&feature=related

Is there a sadder piece of music then this?

John Williams - Cavatina - The Deer Hunter
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3UB3js8v6R0

So So beautiful, worRAB fail me.
 
It's Moby - God moving acroos the face of the water (or something) - great choice.

Also, Adagio for strings in Platoon and at the end of the Elephant Man
:cry:

The classical piece in Raging Bull also!
 
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