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.
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: Billy Idol “L.A. Woman” January 23, 2023 For his 1989 TV movie, LA Takedown, which later got remade as Heat, Michael Mann included Billy Idol’s “L.A. Woman” on the soundtrack and the song got a music video directed by David Fincher.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: U2 “The Hands That Built America” January 16, 2023 Considering 2002’s Gangs of New York dealt with Irish immigrants trying to survive after coming to America in the 19th century (along with engaging in gang warfare across New York City), it makes sense that the biggest Irish band in the world, U2, would contribute a song to the soundtrack, which they did with “The Hands That Built America”.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Taking Back Sunday “Cute Without the E (Cut from the Team)” January 9, 2023 Coming off their debut 2003 album Tell All Your Friends, Taking Back Sunday’s “Cute Without the E (Cut from the Team)” paid homage to David Fincher’s Fight Club with its music video.
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.