Favorite Movie Song(s)...........

[BigFoot_BigThumb]

Well, many of us watch movies and the movie is one thing, but the music within it and on the souindtralc is another.  It can help tell the story and/or set the mood for what's about to happen. What song or songs from a movie are most memorable to you?

For me it is the following.....

"Visions of a Sunset" by Shawn Stockman from "Mr Holland's Opus."  One the most beautifl string arrangements I've ever heard.

"Father Can You Hear Me" from "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."  This song brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.

"I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight" from "School Daze."  One of the best movie songs EVER!  I bump it in the car and in the house on the regular.  Sometimes I even pull out my bass and play along with it, or at least try.

"In The Middle" from "The Five Heartbeats."  That is my jam.  Also, "Nights Like This" is my other favorite, but not the version when Eddie is singing it out in the parking lot.  Dyyannnnnnnngggggg!!!!!!!  That whole soundtrack is one of the best.

"These Three Words" by Stevie Wonder from "Jungle Fever."  Another tear jerker because it really makes you think.  That is true songwriting right there.  Stevie is the man!!!

"You Will Know" by Black Men United from "Jason's Lyric."  A great song because it was written to inspire.  Also it was the true debut of D'Angelo because he wrote it.  He's the one at the keyboard in the video 

I got so many more, but those are the ones that really stand out to me.
 

[SirTJ]

This is an easy one. "Be Prepared" from the Lion King. OOOOOOOH, I could watch that evil Lion, Scar, sing that one for days. I even have it on my Ipod. The lyrics are awesome, especially for a cartoon.

[sistagurl]

"God Is Trying To Tell You Something" on the Color Purple soundtrack.

[LaylaMonroe]

Sister from The Color Purple

Hakuna Matata from The Lion King

We Haven't Finished Yet from The Five Heartbeats (the first version, when the sister helped him write it)

I Could Fall in Love and Dreaming of You from Selena

And I am Telling You I'm Not Going from Dreamgirls

and I love EVERY song on What's Love Got to Do With It, but my two favorites are: It's Gonna Work Out Fine, of course A Fool in Love, Shake a Tail Feather, and River Deep, Mountain High.


Don't Let Go by En Vogue from Set it Off

And although you didn't ask this, my ALL-TIME FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK is the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack.  I loved 13 of the 16 songs!!!  Just a phenomenal soundtrack.  My favorite songs from that movie are: Sittin Up in My Room and Not Gon' Cry and Kissin You and My Love, Sweet Love.

[kodacolor]

"I2I" - Goofy Movie

"Circle of Life" - Lion King

"A Hero Comes Home" - Beowulf (I still haven't seen this movie!)

"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Waiting to Exhale

"Here's Where I Stand" - Camp

"That's How You Know" - Enchanted (I'm sorry, but I like this song!

"You Are Good" - The Gospel (the original is better)

The entire Dreamgirls soundtrack

More but I don't want to overload ya'll.   

[kodacolor]

*There's more but I don't want to overload ya'll.   

[musallio]

HERE IS SOMETHING FOR YOU..WITH MIDIS ETC

[BigFoot_BigThumb]

I Could Fall in Love and Dreaming of You from Selena

[Don't Let Go by En Vogue from Set it Off

Bit of trivia.  "If I Could Fall in Love" was recorded here right outside of Nashville.  It was the same writer/producer that did BeBe and CeCe Winans' "Heaven" CD.  Wynonna Judd was recording at the studio at the same time and Selena was cooking in the kitchen for her crew and Wynonna thought that she was a cook for the studio and requested that she make some food for her people too.  She thought Selena was somebody's servant. Somebody got their face broke that day.


"Don't Let Go(Love)" is my jam too.  I just can't play that song at a low volume no matter how hard I try.
                                                                                     

[kodacolor]

Bit of trivia.  "If I Could Fall in Love" was recorded here right outside of Nashville.  It was the same writer/producer that did BeBe and CeCe Winans' "Heaven" CD.  Wynonna Judd was recording at the studio at the same time and Selena was cooking in the kitchen for her crew and Wynonna thought that she was a cook for the studio and requested that she make some food for her people too.  She thought Selena was somebody's servant. Somebody got their face broke that day.


"Don't Let Go(Love)" is my jam too.  I just can't play that song at a low volume no matter how hard I try.
                                                                                     

Lol!  Wow!  First the mall now this?! 

[under13]

"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Waiting to Exhale

Don't Let Go by En Vogue from Set it Off

And although you didn't ask this, my ALL-TIME FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK is the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack.  I loved 13 of the 16 songs!!!  Just a phenomenal soundtrack.  My favorite songs from that movie are: Sittin Up in My Room and Not Gon' Cry and Kissin You and My Love, Sweet Love.

I loved that WHOLE soundtrack. The Movie was BORING, but the music wase hot.

That en vouge song was hot too

I like all the disney songs. Alladin, the little Mermaid, beauty and the beast etc. (From when I was a kid. Dont try to take away my man card)

I'm not really into movies, so thats all can think of

[kodacolor]

I loved that WHOLE soundtrack. The Movie was BORING, but the music wase hot.

That en vouge song was hot too

I like all the disney songs. Alladin, the little Mermaid, beauty and the beast etc. (From when I was a kid. Dont try to take away my man card)

I'm not really into movies, so thats all can think of

Yeah I'm a bigger fan of the soundtrack than I am the movie.  However that may be subject to change because I haven't seen the movie all the way through.  Still based on what I've seen so far...like the soundtrack better than the move

[kodacolor]

*movie

[lordluvr]

My favorite movie song is, and likely always will be "Fight the Power" from Do The Right Thing.  The timing of the release of that song and the movie are significant to me.  I was a college student who regularly attended Labor Fest at VA Beach annually, starting my freshman year.  In my sophomore year, the mayor of Va. Beach decided she didn't want black college students in her city anymore, so she started doing things like imposing curfews and bringing out the National guard to line the streets.  We definitely didn't feel welcome, but it didn't stop us from coming, and by my junior year, tensions reached their boiling point and the students started staging protests which eventually turned into riots.  (I left before the riots ensued)

Not long after, that movie came out- and that song at the beginning of the movie seemed to make a statement about my experience in Va Beach that summer.

[clefnote]

CIRCLE OF LIFE-LION KING

YOU GOT A FRIEND IN ME-TOY STORY

SISTAH-COLOR PURPLE

PURPLE RAIN-PURPLE RAIN (DON'T ACT LIKE YALL DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOVIE!)

[Doubles22]

"I'm a Mean Ole Lion - The Wiz  (I'm sorry y'all but Ted Ross just got a brotha hyped on that song)

"Kiss The Girl" - The Little Mermaid (That song is just too fun!)

"Never Should Have Let You Go" - Sister Act 2

"Jungle Boogie" - Pulp Fiction

"It's Gonna Rain" - Life

[LaylaMonroe]

CIRCLE OF LIFE-LION KING

YOU GOT A FRIEND IN ME-TOY STORY

SISTAH-COLOR PURPLE

PURPLE RAIN-PURPLE RAIN (DON'T ACT LIKE YALL DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOVIE!)

I could kick myself for forgetting Purple Rain... 

Definitely one of my faves...

Regarding Waiting to Exhale, I suppose it's just more of a chick flick... it really was a pretty good movie.  What disappointed me the most is that they had hyped up the soundtrack so much, and actually released it ahead of the movie.  So, I had it for a long time before the movie came out.  I grew to love the soundtrack from the moment I first played it... and THAT ALONE is what got me excited about seeing the movie.  As I've said before, I'm not much of a movie person.  Mannnn, I couldn't wait to see that darn movie, just because I knew the music was gonna be hot.  Little did I know that they would only play like 15-20 seconds of each song, and it would be played in the background so inconspicuously that you really didn't even know it was playing.... 

[ReddGirl]

"Memories" -  from movie "The Way we Were" - Barbara Streisand
"I Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls
"Endless Love"- from Blue Lagoon
"Be One" School Daze - Phyllis Hyman
"I will Always Love You" BodyGurard, Whitney Houston

[T-Block]

I got a ton of em, LOL:

"How Do I Live" by LeAnne Rimes - Con Air

"Again" by Janet Jackson (and all the instrumental versions) - Poetic Justice

"Definition of Love" by Deborah Cox - Akeelah and the Bee

"When Will I See You Again" forgt the artist, a girl group - Can't Hardly Wait (and countless other movies)

"Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls

"This Woman's Work" by Maxwell - Love & Basketball (I like all the music from this movie)

"Seasons Of Love" - Rent

"What I've Become" by Likin Park - Transformers

"Down To Da River" by T-Bone & Lil Zane - The Fighting Temptations

"Hero" by Chad Kroeger (leadsinger of Nickelback) - Spiderman

"Broken" by Seether feat. Amy Lee - The Punisher

"My Immortal" by Evanescence - Daredevil

[LaylaMonroe]

I forgot my faves from Beaches (one of my favorite movies):

Wind Beneath My Wings, and

I Think it's Going to Rain Today, and

The Glory of Love

[themidiroom]

"Stay Gold"  by Stevie Wonder from The Outsiders