Ok today is poach an idea from an online music magazine.....it was a fantastic idea....I had to borrow.
So this is the concept from Spinner Canada, "Best Closing Songs: 25 Final Tracks in Film That Made a Lasting Impression" by Marina Galperina.
And here are the rules as laid out by Ms. Galperina:
So this was a tough one. Especially the non-song themes criteria. That cancelled out about a dozen films I could have picked. But rules are rules.
Then 90-minutes later I was still trying to finish this project so I decided to eliminate one of the rules...
No doubling up on directors
Phew so much easier to complete this challenge now. Hey it's my blog, my rules...or lack thereof....but I digress.
So the question remains. What song would you choose?
So here's my list...
1. The Breakfast Club - 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' - Simple Minds
2. Top Gun - 'You've Lost That Lovin Feeling' - The Righteous Brothers"
3. Pretty In Pink - 'If You Leave' - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - 'Oh Yeah' - Yello
5. Pay It Forward - 'Calling All Angels' - Jane Siberry
6. 10 Things I Hate About You - 'I Want You To Want Me' - Letters To Cleo
7. Flashdance - 'Flashdance...What A Feeling' - Irene Cara
8. Studio 54 - 'If You Could Read My Mind' - Stars on 54
9. Dirty Dancing - '(I've Had) The Time Of My Life' - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
10. Garden State - "Let Go' - Frou Frou
11. High Fidelity - 'I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)' - Stevie Wonder
12. Sixteen Candles - 'If You Were Here' - Thompson Twins
13. Grease - 'We Go Together' (cast)
14. Footloose - 'Footloose' - Kenny Loggins
15. Good Will Hunting - Miss Misery' - Elliot Smith
16. The Royal Tenenbaums - 'Everyone' - Van Morrison
17. 13 Going on 30 - 'Crazy For You' - Madonna
18. Full Metal Jacket - 'Paint It Black' - The Rolling Stones
19. Pretty Woman - 'Pretty Woman' - Roy Orbison
20. Ghostbusters - 'Ghostbusters' - Ray Parker Jr.
21. Twilight - 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth' - Iron & Wine
22. Empire Records - 'This Is The Day' - The The
23. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas - 'Viva Las Vagas' - Dead Kennedy's
24. I Am Sam - 'Two Of Us' - Aimee Mann & Michael Penn
25. Goodfellas - 'My Way' - Sid Vicious
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