Best song made for a movie?

[Jackonfire]

 

[mafuman]

dance magic dance

 

[PurpleStorm]

A few I like.

New York, New York for Scorsese movie of same name

The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff

Rock N Roll High School by The Ramones

Little Sister by Lou Reed for a cheesy 80's comedy can't recall the title

Memo From Turner by the Stones for Performance (Ry Cooder playing slide)

Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney / Wings for the Bond movie

Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey for the Bond movie

Breathless by X (cover of Jerry Lee Lewis song) for the remake

Superfly & The Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf for Easy Rider

Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nillson & The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel for Midnight Cowboy

Beautiful Stanger by Madonna and William Orbit for Austin Powers

 

[Jackonfire]

 

[Sweater of AV]

 

[Madmick]

These are great, but if we're going to scores, I'm not sure there has ever been a more inspiring theme than Patrick Doyle's scoring for Henry's Crispin Day speech in Branagh's film from the 90's of the Shakespeare play. This thing was so goddamn popular in the late 90's I swear I heard it used in more than two dozen trailers/montages and other marketing campaigns for various movies, TV shows, and so forth. The only other scores from the era that I think can compete as far as offering this same feeling of momentous, life-affirming, heart-racing inspiration are the main themes from Glory and Chariots of Fire.

If you're unfamiliar, you have to wait until 2:29 before the central motif of this theme is played for the first time.

 

[RogerB08]

 

[Jonathan Utah]

 

[Mohawk Mauler]

 

[Hatorade]

The Lost Boys theme was pretty epic.
World of imagination from Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
Now you're a man from Orgazmo
The dark side from Eddie and the Cruisers

 

[aerius]

 

[lilfuq]

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Knocking on heavens door

 

[shinkyoku]

You could basically list every song from that movie.

 

[shinkyoku]

from one of the best movies ever. It would have cleaned house in the Oscars/Academy awards -if it had not been unfortunate enough to compete with Schindlers list in every category that year.

 

[jefferz]

 

[TXstriker]