Musical Montage Musical Montage: Wang Chung “To Live and Die in LA” April 3, 2017 A huge fan of the band’s album Points on a Curve, director Wiliam Friedkin hired Wang Chung to compose every song on the soundtrack for his Secret Service action thriller, To Live and Die in LA in 1985.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Yello “Oh Yeah” March 27, 2017 Instantly recognizable and inextricably tied to Ferris Bueller and the 80’s, Yello’s “Oh Yeah” has been a juggernaut, appearing in countless commericals, movies and TV shows.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: LeAnn Rimes “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” March 20, 2017 Can’t Fight the Moonlight was not only a major plot point of 2000’s Coyote Ugly as one of the songs written by aspiring songwriter/Coyote Piper Perabo but the version by LeAnn Rimes also exists and she shows up at the bar at the end of the film to sing it.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Ariana Grande & John Legend “Beauty and The Beast” March 13, 2017 Ariana Grande and John Legend take over “pop version” duties from Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson for this coming Friday’s live action remake of Beauty and the Beast for the duet title song.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Tone Loc “Ace is in the House” February 20, 2017 Since he co-starred with Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura, it made sense that Tone Loc would contribute a song to the soundtrack, which he did with “Ace is in the House”
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Motorhead “Hellraiser” February 6, 2017 Appearing on the soundtrack for Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Motorhead performed a version of the song Hellraiser that Lemmy wrote with Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde and made a music video that features Pinhead himself, Doug Bradley.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Rammstein “Feuer Frei” January 16, 2017 Setting the tone for the xXx universe, Rammstein performed their song Feuer Frei in the opening sequence of the 2002 xXx and director Rob Cohen directed the band’s official music video as well.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Night Ranger “The Secret of My Success” January 2, 2017 Night Ranger provided the title track for the 1987 Michael J. Fox comedy, The Secret of My Success, where Fox tries to make it in the big city but gets caught up in a fake persona and a love square between himself, his boss, his boss’ wife and a fellow exec.