theplatypus wrote:"Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" at the top of The Master was genius.
"Innocent When You Dream" in Smoke.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space" and "Fourth Time Around" in Vanilla Sky (the entire movie is great for music).
"Both Sides Now" in Love Actually (a really powerful moment in an otherwise lighthearted movie).
"Staralfur" in The Life Aquatic.
"Poison Cup" at the end of Wellness.
"Six Different Ways" in The Rules of Attraction (and, in a sick way, their use of Harry Nilsson's "Without You" too).
I know you specified "modern music", but I really love the use of Bach's Goldberg Variations in that scene in Silence of the Lambs when Lecter savages the prison guards.
And uhhhh "New Town" by Life Without Buildings in the film I'm shooting in December!
both sides now
and I got a Name: Django
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 6:22 am
by nyquillyn
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 5:39 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Hackers
Strange Days
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 6:02 pm
by Jorge
turned2black wrote:
I actually really hated this moment. But I'm not crazy about the movie that surrounds it either.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 6:14 pm
by bodysnatcher
Jamiroquai. Canned Heat. Napoleon Dynamite.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 7:48 pm
by mastaflatch
turned2black wrote:
I actually really liked this moment. But I'm crazy about the movie that surrounds it.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 8:55 pm
by Harry Lime
mastaflatch wrote:
turned2black wrote:
I actually really liked this moment. But I'm crazy about the movie that surrounds it.
I like her "save me" song that closes the movie.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:28 pm
by nyquillyn
Harry Lime wrote:
mastaflatch wrote:
turned2black wrote:
I actually really liked this moment. But I'm crazy about the movie that surrounds it.
I like her "save me" song that closes the movie.
I have never had a bigger change of heart with a movie than with "Magnolia". I fucking hated it when I saw it in the theater. I guess I had crazy high expectations after "Boogie Nights". A couple of years later, I watched it again and loved it. I originally had a problem with how the movie was structured, but later, appreciated it as a sprawling mess of unhappy people.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:56 pm
by Mecca
theplatypus wrote:
turned2black wrote:
I actually really hated this moment. But I'm not crazy about the movie that surrounds it either.
The scene feels trite to me
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 11:34 pm
by Soma.
Watching Fight Club when I was 12 years old introduced me to the Pixies. So, that.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 11:39 pm
by BurtReynolds
Moby's stuff in Heat.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 11:50 pm
by elliseamos
i especially like the following directors (with obvious notable movies) for their music pairings w/ their scenes.
quentin tarantino: pulp fiction, django, kill bill
martin scorsese: goodfellas, the departed
wes anderson: royal tannebaums, rushmore
cameron crowe: jerry maguire, vanilla sky
the coen brothers: oh brother where art thou, big lebowski
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 3:44 pm
by Harry Lime
The early & unrestrained camera work of Paul Anderson.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 4:00 pm
by Orpheus
Harry Lime wrote:The early & unrestrained camera work of Paul Anderson.
You seen this? Start at 2:11
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:09 pm
by Harry Lime
Orpheus wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:The early & unrestrained camera work of Paul Anderson.
You seen this? Start at 2:11
I haven't. BUT NOW I SEE That's cool.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:12 pm
by elliseamos
Soma. wrote:Watching Fight Club when I was 12 years old introduced me to the Pixies. So, that.
I should have had Fincher on my list. He's great at utilizing music to enhance a scene.
also, Forrest Gump is pretty high on my list for "modern music in a movie."
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:38 pm
by nyquillyn
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 12:17 am
by Orpheus
Harry Lime wrote:I haven't. BUT NOW I SEE That's cool.
That whole movie is really cool, it was basically made as propaganda but just watch it for the filmmaking.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 12:23 am
by BurtReynolds
Just watched a movie called Legends of the Fall. Probably the worst use of music in a movie I've ever heard. terrible.
Re: Best Use of Modern Music in a Movie
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 12:27 am
by Jorge
BurtReynolds wrote:Just watched a movie called Legends of the Fall. Probably the worst use of music in a movie I've ever heard. terrible.
You know what movie was terrible like that? Watchmen. Aside from the intro montage set to "The Times They Are a-Changin'", everything else was just awkward and ill-fitting.
That's cool.