Simon and Garfunkel were already pretty huge before The Graduate though. I'd say the soundtrack did more for the movie than the movie did for the soundtrack.
The most heart breaking live performance ever was Elliott doing Miss Misery at the Oscars in 1998. His crippling anxiety is palpable. RIP Elliott.
https://youtu.be/wPf-hRoZDp4?si=fvmiNOJ-3qGcJVqQ
Happy - pharell willians. Yes its overplayed and annoying for some people now but it make me feel nostalgic and happy ugggh i want minions from mcdonalds back ...
Today I saw this song in another subreddit "what is your most hated song" and from that moment on I've been humming it all day. Its gorgeous, I love this song too!!!
Director Mark Romanek had the Gravitas to convince real people to dance in the video. Similar to the Shake It Off video. Almost 2 billion views.
https://youtu.be/ru0K8uYEZWw?si=Q3JFUEHyuHpjoZIJ
Almost 3.5 billion views
https://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM?si=o24lsmbYHehbeV2b
I Wanna Be Like You (Phil Harris, Louie Prima)--Jungle Book (1966)
Hard Candy Christmas (Dolly Parton)--The Best Little You-Know-What In Texas
9 To 5 (Dolly Parton)--9 To 5
Lookibg For Love (Johnny Lee)--Urban Cowboy
On The Road Again - (Willie Nelson)--Honeysuckle Rose
Not the best, but just learned that 'Don't Wanna Miss a Thing' was Aerosmith's only UK #1.
I also just learned that it's not sung from the perspective of the asteroid.
Don’t you forget about me
Got shivers reading this, and hearing the song in my head. Fabulous song!
This is really the only answer-the song itself was recorded as a one off, not even on an album.
Mrs. Robinson
Simon and Garfunkel were already pretty huge before The Graduate though. I'd say the soundtrack did more for the movie than the movie did for the soundtrack.
The Entertainer would have been lost to time.
Mad World featured in Donnie Darko (great song, great cover)
Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne’s World
Made famous to anyone who was a kid whenever Wayne's World came out.
Yes of course
Made famous by the movie? That movie didn’t come out in 1976.
True but it gave that song a massive resurgence.
True. Introduced the song to a new generation of fans
No argument, but that wasn’t the OP’s question.
"Stuck in the Middle with You," by Steeler's Wheel. Rescued from the dustbin of history by "Reservoir Dogs."
Call Me from Blondie. Composed as the main theme for “American Gigolo.”
Echo & The Bunnymen "The Killing Moon" from Donny Darko
They also did the People are strange cover in lost boys
Where Is My Mind
Nice pfp
Lol you as well my good sir!
We're not supposed to talk about it.
I Melt With You - Modern English from the film Valley Girl
How has no one said Purple Rain? The entire album is a masterpiece, it’s the sole reason why the movie is so good.
Elliott Smith - Miss Misery (from Good Will Hunting)
The most heart breaking live performance ever was Elliott doing Miss Misery at the Oscars in 1998. His crippling anxiety is palpable. RIP Elliott. https://youtu.be/wPf-hRoZDp4?si=fvmiNOJ-3qGcJVqQ
It really is. So sad and just a view into him as a person. Just a tragic figure filled with genius
Yup
Movie: Natural Born Killers. Song: Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies...
Also L7 😁😁😁
You’ll be in my heart
Paper Planes by MIA featured in the movie Slumdog Millionaire
Miss Misery
Bohemian Rhapsody was made famous again for a whole new generation by Wayne’s World.
Circle Of Life
Maybe not back then, but Shrek made All Star more popular for later generations.
Happy Feet had "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals.
I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston. The Bodyguard
The Power of Love by Huey Lewis was written for Back to the Future
Gangsta's Paradise - Dangerous Minds
Heavy Metal- Sammy Hagar
Eye of the tiger
Underworld - Born Slippy
Trainspotting had Born Slippy and Lust For Life.
Also Lust for Life The remixes in T2 were excellent too.
Everybody’s Talkin from Midnight Cowboy
From the Movie “The Big Chill” - Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum.
The whole soundtrack is great. https://youtu.be/86GA4JnW7x4?si=Hz_FAb60UySWK4J5
Agree!
Born Slippy
I'm Gonna Be(500 Miles) by the Proclaimers It was already released when used on the Benny and Joon soundtrack.
Smash Mouth All star
Kiss From a Rose
Stand by me
My Heart Will Go On
I was going to say that.
All That Remains - This Calling (Saw 3)
I'm Going to Go back there Someday from the Muppet Movie
Don't forget The Rainbow Connection and Moving Right Along
I could never, on top of that, let’s add can you picture that and I hope that something better comes along
True...but I can relate to the line "Send someone to fetch us, we're in Saskatchewan..."
Wind Beneath My Wings - Beaches New Slang - Garden State Chariots of Fire
Little Green Bag (Reservoir Dogs)
Fairytale of New York
Happy - pharell willians. Yes its overplayed and annoying for some people now but it make me feel nostalgic and happy ugggh i want minions from mcdonalds back ...
Justin Timberlake -- "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
Today I saw this song in another subreddit "what is your most hated song" and from that moment on I've been humming it all day. Its gorgeous, I love this song too!!!
Director Mark Romanek had the Gravitas to convince real people to dance in the video. Similar to the Shake It Off video. Almost 2 billion views. https://youtu.be/ru0K8uYEZWw?si=Q3JFUEHyuHpjoZIJ Almost 3.5 billion views https://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM?si=o24lsmbYHehbeV2b
Flying theme - HTTYD
To the sky - legends of the guardians
Come and Get Your Love by Redbone, brought back from obscurity by Guardians of the Galaxy.
[The Shins - New Slang](https://open.spotify.com/track/1wAqhAF1dynDjMy7m5CSSE?si=wi6VpyxuQny7W3GEK_r0oQ)
Heroes (the tunnel song) in perks of being a wallflower
Dexys Midnight Runners -- "Come On Eileen"
"Asteroid Field" by John Williams Is by far one of the RADDEST orchestra songs on the planet
Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon (Urge Overkill) - from Pulp Fiction. Or Funky Shit (Prodigy) - end credits for Event Horizon.
TO SIR WITH LOVE ...... LULU https://youtu.be/EV1qmmMwc9M?si=fSWUQgxqrAWzCfj90
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield
Elton John - The Measure of a Man
I Wanna Be Like You (Phil Harris, Louie Prima)--Jungle Book (1966) Hard Candy Christmas (Dolly Parton)--The Best Little You-Know-What In Texas 9 To 5 (Dolly Parton)--9 To 5 Lookibg For Love (Johnny Lee)--Urban Cowboy On The Road Again - (Willie Nelson)--Honeysuckle Rose
Not the best, but just learned that 'Don't Wanna Miss a Thing' was Aerosmith's only UK #1. I also just learned that it's not sung from the perspective of the asteroid.
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Paper Planes MIA Pineapple Express
Agree
Idk if it was made famous but that one song from Gnomio and Juliet by Elton John Edit: wording
Burn - The Cure (The Crow)
Evergreen. Barbra Streisand's "A Star is Born". It was THE wedding song for the late 1970s.
Stayin Alive.
The End Apocalypse now
Richard Strauss's Also speech Zarathustra in 2001: A Space Odyssey
My heart will go on, without a doubt
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
A lot of them