Musical Montage Musical Montage: Pharrell Williams “Happy” April 10, 2023 Illumination cleaned up at the box office this past weekend with The Super Mario Bros. Movie and they cleaned up in theaters and on the music charts in 2013 when Despicable Me 2 opened and featured Pharrell Williams’ single “Happy” on the soundtrack.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Apollo 440 “Lost in Space (Theme)” April 3, 2023 The 1998 remake of Lost in Space, which hit theaters 25 years ago today, got one of the most 1998 theme songs ever courtesy of British electronic group Apollo 440.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Stevie Wonder “Stay Gold” March 27, 2023 Celebrating its 40th anniversary this past weekend, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders featured a theme song from the legendary Stevie Wonder along with its all-star cast.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: The Black Keys “Howlin for You” March 20, 2023 Seemingly taking a page from Grindhouse, which opened a few years earlier in 2007, The Black Keys went full retro exploitation style for the 2011 music video for their song “Howlin’ For You” by making it a fake movie trailer starring Tricia Helfer.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava “Naatu Naatu” March 13, 2023 After an electrifying live performance and a win for Best Original Song, it’s time to celebrate RRR’s joyfully over-the-top song “Naatu Naatu”, which accompanies one of the movie’s absurdly great dance sequences.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Hi-Five “Never Should’ve Let You Go” March 6, 2023 1993’s Sister Act 2: Back in Habit was full of music and alongside all the gospel and chorus music was the song “Never Should’ve Let You Go” from R&B group Hi-Five.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Cee Lo Green & Jack Black “Kung Fu Fighting” February 27, 2023 Originally released in 1974 by Carl Douglas, Cee Lo Green and Jack Black teamed up in 2008 for a partially rewritten cover of “Kung Fu Fighting” for the first Kung Fu Panda movie.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Hoku “Another Dumb Blonde” February 20, 2023 Featured on the soundtrack of the 2000 Nickelodeon movie Snow Day, the song “Another Dumb Blonde” was the biggest hit ever for Hawaiian singer Hoku.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Dusty Springfield “The Look of Love” February 13, 2023 One of the many contributions to the world of music and film from the late Burt Bacharach, who passed away last week, was “The Look of Love”, which was sung by Dusty Springfield and included on the soundtrack for 1967’s Casino Royale.