Saturday, September 8, 2007

Top Ten Movie Songs (21st Century)

In no particular order, here's a list of my favorite cuts from soundtracks so far this century:

Just Like Honey/Jesus & Mary Chain
Lost in Translation
A beautiful love song for an unrequited love affair.

Let Go/Frou Frou
Garden State
Zach Braff sure knows how to compile a soundtrack (hear also: The Last Kiss)

America (**** Yeah)
Team America: World Police
Oh so bad. Oh so hilarious.

Long Ride Home/Patty Griffin
Elizabethtown
Classic Patty Griffin--pure and haunting.

The Blower's Daughter/Damien Rice
Closer
Stark and poignant and full of longing...just like the film.

A Kiss At the End of the Rainbow/Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara)
A Mighty Wind
A great folk song that's the centerpiece of the film.

Once Soundtrack/Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
All of the songs were written and performed by the two leads. This is why indie movies rule.

Oompa Loompa Songs/Danny Elfman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Goofy and the most memorable parts of the film.

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going/Jennifer Hudson
Dreamgirls
A star-making turn that gave me goose bumps in the movie theater.

Across the Universe/Rufus Wainwright
I Am Sam
I've heard several covers of this song since, but Rufus still rules.

2 comments:

G3 said...

A tough list to compile! Well done.

Reel Fanatic said...

Great list ... Along with that very funny (and very twisted) Team America song, I'd take "Blame Canada" from the "South Park" flick