TOP 5 MOST UNFORGETABLE MOVIE SONGS

Roxanne - Always reminds me of the scene in 48 Hours where Eddie Murphy is sitting in his La-Z-Boy listening to it on his headphones and singing it off-key.

Children of Sanchez - Oddly I have never seen the movie, because as far as I know it was never released.  Nevertheless, Chuck Mangione had a gold album soundtrack to it.  The theme is fantastic!  Whenever I hear the song, I think of the oddity of him having such a good selling soundtrack to a movie that was never released.

Born to Be Wild - But not from Easy Rider, from Fandango.  It was a brat pack-esque movie about one of the guys going off to war and one last road trip.  There's a scene where one of the guys wanders off to Mexico and needs a rescue.  So, they call the only guy they know who can get there fast enough - a stoner pilot with a Cessna 182 he's got all painted up like a tie-dyed T-shirt.  He's following road directions and flying underneath bridges and overpasses to read the road signs.  But there's an absolutely perfect scene cut from them needing help and the question, "Who do we know who can get there fast enough?" to a blackout with the opening notes of Born to Be Wild and when the heavy duty strumming kicks in they blast the screen with a closeup of the tie-dyed plane peeling up from barnstorming an underpass with the stoner reading a road map while flying. 

Western Theme - I don't really know the title of the song, but it is an orchestral piece that was first used to my knowledge in High Plains Drifter, but it was also used to good effect in Silverado and Pale Rider.  It certainly evokes images of wide open spaces and opportunity for the making.

Theme to Star Wars - Yeah, I know.  But it is unforgettable.

- Zurf

Hi Guys ,
  How about these , only us old timers will probably remember them .
   Moreen McGovern's :
  " The Morning After " from
The Posieden Adventure ,
   David Gates' :
  " The Goodbye Girl " from the original movie ( not the remake )
   Bette Middler"s :
  " Wind Beneath My Wings "
from Beaches
   Coven's :
  " One Tin Soldier " from
Billy jack

   Oh , do you remember
these.............?

                         Jerry

Sorry Zurf ,
   I know what you mean , and I feel your pain , but those were the first ones that came to mind . L O L .....

                      Jerry

I love this topic.
Did you see the movie, also directed by the COEN brothers: O brother where art thou?
That movie has a fantastic soundtrack too, with 1 strange fact.
The movie is about a period end 20ties but the FANTASTIC SONG: you are my sunshine was added, WRITTEN or ON A RECORD in 1939.
- A man of constant sorrow
- You are my sunshine

ANOTHER GREAT SOUNDTRACK IS: PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID written by Bob DYLAN.
This album by DYLAN is for me one of his best albums. Except from KNOCKIN'ON HEAVENS DOOR are the songs all with the same chord progressions but every song is a jewel.
http://www.bob-dylan.com/albums/patgarrett.html BOB DYLAN at his BESST.