What are some of the most overused songs in movie trailers?

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thessnake03@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 208d (3 replies)

Bwaaaaaaaa

Steve@communick.news · 1 pts · 208d (2 replies)

Not a song

davidgro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d (1 reply)

You sure about that? Just by reading the title I know it's composed by Hans Zimmer.

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 207d

Tbf I don’t think he’s written any songs since the Going For Gold theme

neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 208d

Pop Culture Happy Hour did an episode on this not long ago. Their picks:

  • Thunderstruck by AC/DC
  • Feeling Good by Nina Simone
  • Dreams by The Cranberries
  • All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix (with the comment "Vietnam needs a new soundtrack.")

But also, starting every trailer with the isolated piano key F6 (the same note as car horns and digital alarm clocks, specifically chosen to slap your brain to attention).

SJSmith@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 208d

O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)

BigTrout75@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 208d (1 reply)

Go on, your a rockstar, something something get paid

davidgro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d

Hey now!

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d

The ride of the Valkyrie's

Or The Immigrant Song.

Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 208d (2 replies)

Song 2 by Blur

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 207d (1 reply)

The Clive Owen BMW short was so damned great, though.

Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 207d

Starship Troopers is the one that I still remember, I also remember a small amount disappointment that it wasn't in the actual movie.

bizarroland@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 208d (1 reply)

Halcyon by Orbital

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 207d

But the first time you heard it; c'mon, wasn't it amazing? It's like that weird song about the Puffy Clouds.

MimicJar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 207d

I Feel Good by James Brown was in the trailer for every family comedy made for over a decade.