ONTD Original: Songs You Hear in a Movie That You’ll Always Remember

When you’re watching a movie and you hear a song you had never heard before and can’t get it out of your head? Or hear a song during a particular or poignant scene and can’t forget the scene or the song. For me most of the movies on the list are movies I saw as a child and they have stuck with my older self. The songs on the list fit the criteria well.
Note: The songs that were chosen are only in the move and NOT on the movies’ soundtrack.


People Get up and Drive that Funky Soul (1973)
James Brown
Spider Man 3(2007)




Explanation of Scene: Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) “grows arrogant with the city starting to embrace him for the first time in his career, an alien symbiote attaches itself to Peter's costume and influences his behavior for the worse”. As he becomes the staff photographer Daily Bugle after gets Eddie Brock fired, here enters the famous dance from Emo Peter Parker.

Just the song





Get Down Saturday Night(1983)
Oliver Cheatham
Ex Machina(2015)



Explanation of Scene: Nathan (Oscar Issac) and his assistant/”girlfriend” Kyoko (Sonoya Mizuno) break into a impromptu dance after Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) confront Nathan about Ava (Alicia Vikander).

Just the song





Troubles of the World (1959)
Mahalia Jackson
Imitation of Life (1959)



Explanation of Scene: “As she wished, Annie (Juanita Moore) is given a lavish funeral in a large church, complete with a gospel choir, followed by an elaborate traditional funeral procession with brass band and horse-drawn hearse.

Just the song





Try a Little Tenderness(1963)
Otis Redding
Pretty in Pink(1986)



Explanation of Scene: As Andie (Molly Ringwald) waits at her job TRAX (a record store) so her date Blane (Andrew McCarthy) can meet her but he’s late. Before he asks Andie for a date, Duckie (Jon Cryer) first serenades Andie with the Otis Redding’s classic.

Just the song






Banana Boat Song [Day-O](1959)
Harry Belafonte
Beetle Juice(1988)



Explanation of Scene: Wanting to get rid of the Deetzes, the deceased Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam (Alec Baldwin) Maitland attempts wreak havoc during a small dinner party so they can leave their home.

Just the song





Tired of Being Alone(1971)
Al Green
Dead Presidents (1995)



Explanation of Scene: After Cleon snitches to the police on his and Anthony (Larenz Tate), Kirby (Keith David) and Skip (Chris Tucker) involvement in a bank heist, Skip is found dead from an overdose by the police.

Just the song








Sources
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Wikipedia: 1|2|3|4|5|6

What are your favorites ONTD?