Songs about/that mention films

[hitmouse]

I feel like C.C. Baxter in Wilder's 'Apartment',
That particular arrangement just came out of the blue



She looks like Eva Marie Saint
In "On the Waterfront"



Return of the fly
Return of the fly
With Vincent price
Yeah, return of the fly

And so on and so forth, that sort of thing.

 

[Knotted]

What about Breakfast At Tiffanies?????

Yeah what about it?

 

[Knotted]

Sun Ra - Unmask the Batman

 

[hitmouse]

Lovely song, even if the central reference hasn't aged that well.

 

[hitmouse]

 

[Knotted]

Tom Newman - Superman

 

[danny la rouge]

Bond and Oceans 11

 

[Reno]

Alludes to Dracula (1931)

 

[killer b]

This track from Life (from Phi Life Cipher) mentions all the films.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

'Good as Gold', Beautiful South - 'Carry on Regardless'

 

[platinumsage]

Die Hard:

 

[deeyo]

guns of brixton; the harder they come - gone full circle with mr cliffs cover.

 

[hitmouse]

guns of brixton; the harder they come - gone full circle with mr cliffs cover.

Oh yeah, the Clash loved a good film reference:

 

[BCBlues]

Oh yeah, the Clash loved a good film reference:

They sure did...



Taxi Driver

 

[mx wcfc]

Every Burt Reynolds film in one song......

 

[deeyo]

this one's of course a classic of the genre, but i'm not sure if the actual movie ever was reliably identified...?

 

[rekil]

She was in The Omen with Gregory Peck
She got killed, what the heck

Spoiler

 

[Bus Honeygun]

'Good as Gold', Beautiful South - 'Carry on Regardless'

Unsurprisingly, I think this one names most of the Carry Ons:

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Not really sure what the normally impeccable Stereolab were getting at referencing this beyond-the-pail Japanese film:

 

[Reno]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre



Eraserhead

 

[belboid]

They sure did...



Taxi Driver

That Mick Jones in particular. Note his tribute to Nic Roeg



The title (& second verse) is obviously Insignificance, the first is Walkabout and the song also contains references to Performance & the Man Who Fell to Earth.

 

[JimW]

XTC's Merely a Man mentions the Wizard of Oz, though it's the character rather than the film per se.

 

[skyscraper101]

References “Remains of the Day”

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Scott! Should be spoilered really. He gives away the entire plot.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Scott! Should be spoilered really. He gives away the entire plot.

Death is Keyser Söze?

 

[hitmouse]

There's probably a whole essay to be done on Scarface and music - from Prince Buster through to the Specials, and then every 80s/90s hiphop track in the world sampling the remake.

 

[hitmouse]

Between Guns of Navarone, Cincinnati Kid and Al Capone I suppose classic ska has film pretty well covered. You could also post pretty much the entire discography of Mr. Robert Zombie here.

 

[belboid]

If we’re into sampled sections Blade Runner must be up there too, everyone from Sigue Sigue Sputnik to Unkle

 

[Signal 11]

Reefer Madness - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[DJWrongspeed]

This may be cheating a bit but Bryan Ferry's "In the mood for love" is the soundtrack for the trailer for the said film.
The track was only used in the trailer but aren't trailers a little world in themselves ? It's a timeless film I always recommend.