Musical Montage: Rush Hour
Along with featuring classic songs like “War” and “Another Part of Me”, the soundtracks for the Rush Hour movies were loaded with hits thanks to working with Def Jam with singles like “Can I Get A…” from Jay-Z, “How Deep is Your Love” by Dru Hill, “Area Codes” by Ludacris and more.
Musical Montage: Melissa Manchester “Let Me Be Good to You”
As Disney+ launches this week, we can revisit classics like 1986’s The Great Mouse Detective, which features possibly the single most horny song in Disney history, the burlesque number “Let Me Be Good to You” by Melissa Manchester.
Musical Montage: Michael Jackson “Ghosts”
Michael Jackson, Stephen King, Mick Garris and Stan Winston came together in 1996 to deliver the 39-minute long music video epic that was Michael Jackson’s Ghosts, which King and Garris co-wrote while Winston directed and created the many special effects.
Musical Montage: Neil Diamond “Heartlight”
Inspired by seeing ET in 1982, Neil Diamond, along with songwriters Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach, wrote the song “Heartlight” that appeared on the album of the same name.
News Shotgun 9/1
The Rock will play the legendary King Kamehameha and his Big Trouble in Little China movie will be a sequel, not a remake, Streets of Rage 4 is announced, the Doom Patrol has its villain, 90s Nicktoons streaming channel NickSplat launches, Top Gun 2 is delayed and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Musical Montage: Shaquille O’Neal
Starting in 1993, Shaq set out to conquer the rap/hip-hop world with his first album, Shaq Diesel, and subsequently released four more albums and getting guest stars like Notorious BIG, Ice Cube, RZA, Method Man and more.
Musical Montage: Michael Jackson “Will You Be There”
The theme song for 1993’s Free Willy, Will You Be There was also the eighth single off the Dangerous album and the longest song (at least the album version) in Michael’s discography.
Musical Montage: Michael Jackson “Remember the Time”
Eddie Murphy, Iman, Magic Johnson and Tommy “Tiny” Lister co-star with Michael Jackson for the Egyptian themed epic music video for Remember the Time, directed by John Singleton.