Musical Montage Musical Montage: Jimmy Buffet “Turning Around” August 28, 2023 The first starring role for John Candy, Summer Rental has become a deep cut cult classic for 80s comedy fans and it features the only appearance of the Jimmy Buffet song “Turning Around”.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Madonna “Crazy for You” July 3, 2023 Alongside Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino, 1985’s Vision Quest also featured the first movie appearance from Madonna, who performed the song “Crazy for You” in the movie and on the soundtrack.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Queen and David Bowie “Under Pressure” May 29, 2023 One of the most fantastic collaborations of all time, the power of Queen and David Bowie combined in 1981 for “Under Pressure”, which had a music video that featured footage from silent movies like Nosferatu, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Battleship Potemkin.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: The Little Mermaid May 22, 2023 The live-action remake of The Little Mermaid arrives in theaters this weekend and while it remains to be seen how it will be received, the bar was set incredibly high by Disney’s 1989 classic, especially in the music department.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Devo and Toni Basil “The Only One” January 30, 2023 Easily one of the most unique aspects of the schlocky 80s horror movie Slaughterhouse Rock is the fact that Devo provided most of the soundtrack and “Mickey” singer Toni Basil co-starred. Devo and Basil teamed up for the movie’s end credits song, “The Only One”.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Bryan Ferry “Is Your Love Strong Enough?” January 2, 2023 For Ridley Scott’s 1986 cult classic fantasy movie Legend, Bryan Ferry provided “Is Your Love Strong Enough?” for the movie’s end credits.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Siouxsie and the Banshees “Spellbound” October 31, 2022 Although they actually recorded a song called “Halloween”, we’re featuring “Spellbound” by Siouxsie and The Banshees for this Halloween edition of Musical Montage.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Metropolis “The Darkest Side of Night” October 24, 2022 The Friday the 13th series has also had a good relationship with heavy metal and hard rock, with musicians like Alice Cooper and Lion providing songs to entries in the franchise. For Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Takes Manhattan, the hard rock duo Metropolis provided “The Darkest Side of Night” as the theme song for the movie.