Browsing through my Itunes, I always pick up on songs that I feel would work perfectly in a number of films yet to this day (and to my knowledge) still haven't, so here is my list of 5 songs I believe should be used for film:
1/ Muse - Supremacy
When this song was released, the first film that came to mind would be James Bond. At this moment in time, I though that this would be perfect for the film, however I was unaware that the intro theme for Skyfall had already been decided. It was, of course, Adele's song "Skyfall" which was actually quite good and I'm not normally a massive fan of her work but it did seem to fit with the general mood/tone of the film. As two more Bond films have been announced, it would be so fitting for this song to be used but being realistic, they always write a song the year the film comes out. But hopefully they'll employ Muse to write the next theme tune.
2/ Buddy Holly - Everyday
Now I did some research and it turns out this song has been used in a film. However, it's a Belgian film called Mr Nobody, and I haven't seen it so it doesn't count. What this song always reminds me is that scene in Reservoir Dogs where Michael Madsen tortures that cop whilst "Stuck in the middle with you" is playing on the radio. I think this song would be a perfect song to accompany a torture scene as it's so nice, it would make the scene so much creepier than it would be with a song intent on being creepy. Oh and muting the whole scene while the song plays would add that extra little touch.
3/ Panda Bear - Bros
If ever a director needed a song to support a acid trip in a film, this song would work perfectly. Playing for over 12 minutes (this version cuts out 3 mins), the repeating melodic verse, the frantic bridge and the energetic final section, the song could visually cover so many aspects of a trip that are so frequently documented in films. Interchange it with surreal imagery, stock photography and just pure random scenes, the whole scene would just be aesthetically brilliant. Of course, I think this would most fitting with a director with an experimental tendency as I don't think many people would stand watching this for 12 minutes without any actual plot direction.
4/ Battles - Atlas
This song is just badass, but in a weird way. With the altered vocals, the thumping drums and the trippy but enthralling guitar lines, this song could work in two ways. Firstly, I feel it could work in futuristic action film of some description, where people are progressively rising up against dystopian authorities and chaos is generally ensuing. As the song progresses, events in the film escalade and shit just goes down really. Secondly, I think it would work in a horror, especially a zombie film. It's that touch of eeriness with the strange vocals and the daunting buildup. This would obviously be the part of the film where the zombies are winning and infecting/eating most of humanity where the audience is presented with an array of different scenarios of zombie attacks which would make it a hell of a lot scarier.
5/ Skrillex - Bangarang
Ok, I'm being lazy here but like the previous song, this song would also be intense in a zombie film. However, this would the part of the film where the badass and the unlikely hero rise up agains the zombies. Seconds before the song starts, the two heroes do their last preparations before kicking open a door and the song starts with a beginning of the chaos. Shotguns, blown up heads, machetes, sliced up limbs, two guys against countless hordes of zombies, it would be so epic. This would definitely first in my soundtrack for the zombie apocalypse.
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