There's nothing quite like a great movie soundtrack. Watching a good movie is exciting enough, but when a certain scene is punctuated by a particularly poignant song—or even just an old favorite—it makes the experience all the more special. In fact, lots of movies are well-known and loved because of their soundtracks, like 2011's Drive, which is virtually synonymous with Kavinsky's 'Nightcall,' or 2016's Moonlight, which features everyone from Aretha Franklin to Jidenna.
The right music can enhance the emotions in a movie scene, from the romantic to the terrifying. And if the wrong song is paired with the wrong scene—well, all bets are off. 'Tis the season for Oscar-bait releases, meaning great flicks (and predictably great soundtracks) are coming to theaters near you. But before you hit up the half-price matinee (or the late-night premiere), let's look back at some of the best movie soundtracks of all time. These are the classics that set the stage for the next generation of amazing movies and their soundtrack counterparts.
So, let's celebrate the superior sounds of cinema with The Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time. Before anyone screams out, 'Yo, where da fuck is daGodfather ova heah?!' we're talking strictly songs, no scores (that's another list!). So what takes the prize? Keep reading to find out.
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Assault On Precinct 13
Composer: John Carpenter
Directors composing their own soundtracks is nothing new, but John Carpenter and his keyboard remain king of that very peculiar niche. He began with Dark Star, but really announced his presence as a purveyor of atmospheric aural accompaniment with the swagger of the title track from Assault On Precinct 13. The score, overall, is a belter - the delicate Contemplationis a standout - but it’s the Main Title that looms over all, with its fuzzy bassline repeating over and over and over again, embellished by waves of string. Without knowing it at the time, Carpenter had coined the phrase ‘Carpenteresque’, used to describe the countless soundtracks since that have tried to emulate the director’s relentlessly cool vibe. Back to the menu
Halloween
Composer: John Carpenter
That man Carpenter again. With this and the ominously insistent bass of The Fog, he pretty much rewrote the rulebook on horror soundtracks, to the point where even the great Ennio Morricone’s magnificent score for The Thing sounded like a Carpenter tribute band. Halloween, in particular, is magnificent, a creepy cavalcade of catchy motifs that stalk and slash their way into your brain, Michael Myers-style. There’s not a lot of variation here – the main theme, Laurie’s Theme and Myers’ House are pretty much recycled throughout, but what themes they are. Oh, and for an amazing revamp of the Halloween Theme, check out Carpenter and Alan Howarth’s score for Halloween II. Back to the menu
Grease
Composer: Various Artists
If there’s one film that marks the moment that culture turned away from the muddy, mustardy ‘70s to the day-glo ‘80s, it’s surely Grease. A sun-coloured musical that is both lousy with nostalgia and oddly timeless, this story of adolescent love has become a rite of passage for teens and tweens. Everyone watches Grease at some point, probably at a party full of your fellow 13 year-olds, and so the insanely catchy songs become part of a new generation’s fantasy teenhood and the cycle continues. We can hope one day to lay the Grease Megamix, that scourge of ‘90s dancefloors, to rest, but we’ll never say goodbye to Grease itself. Say rama-lama-lama-key-ding-a-de-ding-a-dong instead. Back to the menu
Mean Streets
Composer: Various Artists
You’d have to go a long way to find a director with a greater LP collection than Martin Scorsese. His use of music inspired by both movies – Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising – and real life – the tunes that poured out of the windows from his Little Italy – he mixes up opera, ‘50s doo-woop and ‘60s/’70s rock to energise the lives of his small-time hoods. Some classic Mean Streets movie moments: Keitel’s head hitting the pillow to The Ronettes’ Be My Baby; De Niro strutting down the bar to The Stones or clowning about to The Miracles’ Mickey’s Monkey; a fantastic pool hall punch-up to Please Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes – all pop videos a good ten years before MTV was invented; all intrinsic to the world of the film. Back to the menu
Chinatown
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
The ultimate noir score, with haunting trumpet solos and strings that stab as suddenly as a flick knife to the nose. Although it lost to The Godfather Part II at the Oscars, Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack is far more celebrated and influential. But it almost didn’t happen at all. Goldsmith wasn’t hired until a last-minute preview screening of the film yielded disastrous scores. The composer toiled day and night to complete his score, which incorporated four harps, two percussionists and a string section. Plus, of course, legendary Hollywood trumpeter Uan Rasey, who has since revealed that Goldsmith “told me to play it sexy — but like it’s not good sex!” Back to the menu
Dawn Of The Dead
Composer: Goblin
Two soundtracks for your listening pleasure here, due to the film’s varying versions. Dario Argento supervised his own cut for non-English speaking countries (calling the film ‘Zombi’), a version scored by frequent collaborators Goblin. Their creepy score is a bonkers melting pot of influences, ranging from weird country to voodoo chanting to some sort of proto-techno, taking in guitar, piano, sax, funk bass, and, of course, the most evil instrument known to man, the Mellotron. But DOTD’s most famous track, the chirpy choon in your head right now, is from the other album of incidental tracks Romero chose for his own, Goblin-reduced cut. It’s called The Gonk, by Herbert Chappell. When there’s no more room in hell, you may be able to find it online. Back to the menu
The Godfather
Composer: Nino Rota
Nino Rota’s score for The Godfather is almost as iconic as the dialogue, performances and Francis Ford Coppola’s direction. It has become a touchstone for those referencing, or even parodying the film, and remains just as evocative without the visual accompaniment. There was some controversy, though, as Rota’s music was removed at the last minute from the list of 1973 Oscar nominees when it emerged that Rota had used some music from his theme for Eduardo De Filippo’s Fortunella. Still, the score for The Godfather Part II managed to scoop the gong despite using the same love theme. Back to the menu
Get Carter
Composer: Roy Budd
It’d be an injustice for Roy Budd’s place in cinema history to be overshadowed by that other jazzy Brit, John Barry, but there’s no denying Barry got the sweeter gigs. While Budd was doing sterling work on the likes of The Black Windmill (1974) and Diamonds (1975), his contemporary was busy on Bond and Born Free. Still, Budd’s work on Get Carter was a deserved breakthrough, its groovy-yet-melancholic theme showcased by that amazingly time lapsed train journey. The story goes that Hodges had a budget of £450 for the score, so Budd accompanied his own Jazz Trio on harpsichord, electric and grand piano. The resulting theme as cool as it is influential; check out, for example, Lindstrøm’s The Contemporary Fix, and enjoy the similarities. Back to the menu
The Harder They Come
Composer: Jimmy Cliff
Paving the way for Bob Marley’s conquest of the airwaves was Jamaican superstar Jimmy Cliff. He provided the title track and lead turn in this Jamaican crime thriller, and spearheaded a soundtrack that featured classic reggae and ska cuts from Desmond Dekker, The Slickers and The Maytals. Cliff’s work spawned a stage musical, a novel and a 2003 re-release, has been sampled by The Clash, covered by Madness and Cher, and inspired filmmakers like Sofia Coppola. “As a kid, I remember hearing The Harder They Come soundtrack,” she remembers. “I don't know if my dad was into it or what, but it’s a strong memory.” Back to the menu
Quadrophenia
Composer: The Who
To catch The Who playing Quadrophenia this year, you probably won’t get enough change from £100 to buy a tin of scooter wax. The buzz around the tour is testament to the enduring appeal of band, LP and film, a combination that, for a time in ’70s Britain, was the zeitgeistiest thing on two wheels. Like Tommy in 1975, The Who’s rock opera was the nuts-and-bolts of a Brit flick full of angry yoofs and iconic moments that made Britannia cool well ahead of schedule. Ten of the album’s 17 tracks made it to the screen, with the band recording an extrathree new tracks for the film. The 2000 re-release also added The Ronettes, Booker T. & The M.G.’s and The Crystals to a heady brew. Back to the menu
Saturday Night Fever
Composers: Bee Gees
Trust us when we tell you that night fever is an actual medical condition, first unleashed by the brothers Gibb and spliced into some virulent and contagious by Johns, Badham and Travolta in their ‘70s disco mindbomb. Just hit play on Stayin’ Alive or Night Fever – the title track of the band’s dancefloor monster – and see what it can still do to a wedding dancefloor. All the glitz and hedonism of the era’s nightlife was bottled in a record that wasn’t so much a movie soundtrack as a social phenomenon. The Bodyguard has since overtaken it as the biggest selling soundtrack of all time, but Saturday Night Fever’s disco legacy endures. As Disco Stu would say: “Boogie down.” Back to the menu
Shaft
Composer: Isaac Hayes
Though Gordon Parks’ film remains a soul classic, Isaac Hayes’ soundtrack has enjoyed a life far beyond the cinema screen. Hayes initially hoped to win the title role in the movie, but with Richard Roundtree already cast, the legendary musician had to make do with a cameo role and scoring duties. As runners-up prizes go, it wasn’t half bad – hisensuing double album rocketed up the charts and the main Shaft theme has become one of the most recognisable in cinema history. And no discussion of Shaft is complete without a shout out to Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly, which followed in 1972 attached to the film of the same name and essentially launched the idea of a soul concept album. Back to the menu
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American Graffiti
Composer: Various Artists
“One-two-three o’clock, four o’clock, rock.” The energetic strains of Bill Haley And The Comets’ Rock Around The Clock blasted George Lucas’ ‘50s nostalgia trip to life and rewrote the soundtrack collection rulebook in the bargain. Lucas used the music to help structure the screenplay – each scene was around two and a half minutes long, the length of the average ‘50s pop song – yet the tunes mainly underscore mood rather than lyrically aping actions (an exception is The Platters’ Great Pretender accompanying Richard Dreyfuss acting tough). The cost of licensing denied Lucas the use of Elvis Presley, but this is among the finest collection of ‘50s tunes you are ever likely to find. Bitchin’, as they said back then. Back to the menu
The Omen
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count this: Jerry Goldsmith – the great Jerry Goldsmith, the man who wrote scores as wildly contrasting and memorable as Chinatown, Poltergeist, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and First Blood – was nominated for an Oscar on 17 occasions. He won just once, a ludicrous state of affairs – but what a victory. His soundtrack for The Omen is the sort of thing you can imagine Satan slipping on for a bit of easy listening; an invidious, sepulchral work that inspires naught but dread. It’s dominated by the outstanding and pants-filling opening track, Ave Satani (literally ‘Hail Satan’). There are whole armies of death metal bands who would give their right soul to write something this spooky. Naturally, it lost Best Song to Barbra Streisand. Back to the menu
Rocky
Composer: Bill Conti
Here’s a soundtrack guaranteed to get you in the mood for punching beef or running up steps. Bill Conti’s chronicle of the rise and heroic fall of Sly Stallone’s lovably mumbly Rocky Balboa is a dramatic, driving, often disco-y affair, with tracks like the brassy Fanfare For Rocky and the reflective, then triumphant The Final Bell standing out. But it’s Gonna Fly Now, the main theme that soars on a volley of trumpets, noodling guitar and a choir bellowing potentially inappropriate lyrics like “Trying hard now, it’s so hard now”, that stands out. One listen of this batch of aural steroids and you’ll be ready to take on the champ. If only Lance Armstrong had listened to this before his Tours de France.. Back to the menu
The Exorcist
Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
One of the few categories in which William Friedkin’s terrifying horror movie didn’t get Oscar-nominated was Best Score – hardly surprising, considering The Exorcist mostly used pre-existing music to conjure up its menace. And boy does it work, with Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki contributing a few cues, including the magnificent Polymorphia, a track which sounds like all the nails in the world being dragged down all the blackboards in the universe at the exact same time. Kubrick clearly thought so, as he used it several years later for The Shining. And then there’s the song that launched a thousand ringtones: Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, a cascading clash of riffs that just might have influenced John Carpenter’s Halloween theme. Oldfield and Penderecki, together at last. Who can possibly resist? Back to the menu
Jaws
Composer: John Williams
Pop quiz. What do Caddyshack, The Secret Of My Success and Super Gran have in common? They have all used the Jaws theme as a comedic signal for encroaching menace and terror. The main two-note theme – an E and an F – is one of the most recognisable pieces of music of any kind in the world, its primal insistence immediately putting you at water level. But Jaws is so much more than just its theme, brimming as it does with high adventure, rigorous classicism (listen to the music as they construct the shark cage) and sea-salted jigs. So packed full of memorable music, it is proof positive that the devil doesn’t have the best tunes, John Williams does. Back to the menu
Star Wars
Composer: John Williams
There are untold reasons why John Williams’ 105 minutes, 46 seconds of music for Episode IV should be here. Historians will argue it revived orchestral scores to a ‘70s dominated by pop. Musicologists will tell you it heralded the return of the ‘leitmotif’ approach – where recurring music signifies a character, place or idea – thought long buried with Wagner. Showbiz types will argue it bagged three Grammys and Williams’ third Oscar. But the real reason Star Wars is here is in the listening: granite-hard action scoring, romantic sweep, atonal colour, and, in its two Cantina Band source tunes, otherworldly jazz. Luke and Han’s haircuts may have dated, but the music is timeless. Back to the menu
Superman The Movie
Composer: John Williams
If you don’t feel stirred to heroism by John Williams’ Superman theme, you’re made of stronger stuff than us – or perhaps weaker. An aural invocation of truth, justice and the American way, it perfectly encapsulates the Big Blue Boy Scout’s shining idealism without losing the gee-whizz, Boy’s Own feel of the comic-book source. In the complicated world of the late ‘70s – post-Watergate, pre-Glasnost – Superman offered a respite from shades of grey and brought a sense of wonder back to the cinema, building on the Star Wars legacy. Rarely has a film, or its score, so thoroughly delivered on a tagline: you’ll believe a man can fly. No, not you, R Kelly. Back to the menu
A Clockwork Orange
Composer: Various Artists
Perfect for those calm little moments before the storm, Beethoven has foreshadowed moments of extreme nastiness since Stanley Kubrick made Symphony No. 9 A Clockwork Orange’s droog-busting melody. Leon, Django Unchained and Irreversible, to name three, have employed its swells to create more unease than a man in a powdered wig has any right to provoke. There was something in the juxtaposition of classicism and clinical brutality that Kubrick recognised and exploited on a score that also boasted Rossini, Elgar, Purcell and the Moog work of Wendy Carlos. With the film withdrawn from UK cinemas, the score and Wendy Carlos’ Clockwork Orange, a double LP packed with uncut cues, helped keep it alive. Back to the menu | Back to the soundtrack celebration hub
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The songs listed below don't have to appear on a soundtrack album to be eligible for this list and they are not automatically eligible if they were. These are basically 'Movie Moments' where no other song could have captured the moment like these did. I also tried to avoid using musicals like 'Grease' or 'Willie Wonka' or biographical films about musicians like La Bamba or Walk The Line since that's just too easy.
The Greatest Musical Movie Moments or MMMs
100 Best Movie Soundtrack Songs
Listed by SONG, (Scene in which the song appears) and MOVIE.
- MOVING IN STEREO by THE CARS (Phoebe Cates comes out of the pool and adolescence will never be the same in) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
- STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU by STEALER'S WHEEL (The ear-chopping scene with the cop Marvin in) RESERVOIR DOGS
- GOODBYE HORSES by Q LAZZARUS (The tuck your penis in and dance like a total trans-gender psycho song in) THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
- DAY-O (THE BANANA BOAT SONG) by HARRY BELAFONTE (The amusing séance song from) BEETLEJUICE
- IN YOUR EYES by PETER GABRIEL (John Cusack's overhead boombox for unrequited love in) SAY ANYTHING..
- THEME FROM 'FLASH' by QUEEN (The greatest soundtrack theme ever created by a rock band from) FLASH GORDON
- I GOT YOU BABE by SONNY & CHER (The wake up and start it all over again song from) GROUNDHOG DAY
- JUST DROPPED IN (TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN) by FIRST EDITION (The Dude's bowling montage / acid-flashback in) THE BIG LEBOWSKI
- GIMME SHELTER by THE ROLLING STONES (The drug-induced spinout of Henry Hill and his cocaine mistress in) GOODFELLAS
- LUST FOR LIFE by IGGY POP (The opening chase scene / hit by a car in) TRAINSPOTTING
- DAMN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTA by GETO BOYS (Getting seriously gangsta on the Copy Machine in) OFFICE SPACE
- ROCKY'S THEME (GONNA FLY NOW) by BILL CONTI (Running through the Streets of Philly with all the kids and then up the steps from) ROCKY and ROCKY II
- ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) by CHRISTOPHER CROSS (Take me through the park Bitterman, you know how much I love the park! from) ARTHUR
- IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP by THREE SIX MAFIA (The studio recording scene in) HUSTLE & FLOW
- HOLIDAY ROAD by LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM (Griswold traveling theme to) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S 'VACATION'
- SHOUT by Otis Day & The Knights (Live from the frat house in) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S 'ANIMAL HOUSE'
- SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW by JUDY GARLAND (The final shootout in) FACE/OFF
- BRAND NEW KEY by MELANIE (The Rollergirl Strip song in) BOOGIE NIGHTS
- ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU by THE MOLDY PEACHES (The closing duet between Cera & Page in) JUNO
- WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE by GUNS N' ROSES (The violent opening scene transition in ) LEAN ON ME
- EYE OF THE TIGER by SURVIVOR (training montage in) ROCKY III
- THIS WOMAN'S WORK by KATE BUSH (Kevin Bacon's maternity waiting room song from) SHE'S HAVING A BABY
- MRS. ROBINSON by SIMON & GARFUNKEL (The coming of age pool scene in) THE GRADUATE
- TROUBLE by CAT STEVENS (Teenage heartbreak of a whole other kind from) HAROLD AND MAUDE
- QUE SERA SERA by SYD STRAW (Backyard Croquet in) HEATHERS
- BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY by TOMOYASU HOTEI (The Battle with the Crazy 88s in) KILL BILL VOL. 1
- NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU by THE FOUNDATIONS (Closing theme to) SHALLOW HAL
- YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT by THE ROLLING STONES (Funeral procession in) THE BIG CHILL
- FIGHT THE POWER by PUBLIC ENEMY (used throughout the amazing and important) DO THE RIGHT THING
- BURNIN' FOR YOU by BLUE OYSTER CULT (Vampire in the Backseat song in) LET ME IN
- FOOTBALL RAP by LL COOL J (The closing credits song with Goldie Hawn and cast) WILDCATS
- IT'S COLD OUTSIDE by WILL FERRELL & ZOE DESCHANEL (The funny shower-room scene in) ELF
- Basic programming software free download. SON OF A PREACHER MAN by DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (Picking Up Mrs. Mia Wallace in) PULP FICTION
- FREE BIRD by LYNYRD SKYNYRD (The final highway shootout in) THE DEVIL'S REJECTS
- IF YOU WERE HERE by THOMPSON TWINS (The closing kiss, wish 'already came true' song in) SIXTEEN CANDLES
- MAKING TIME by CREATION (Bill Murray's bicycle run-over revenge in) RUSHMORE
- SINGING IN THE RAIN by Malcolm McDowell (The shockingly funny rape scene in) CLOCKWORK ORANGE
- HIP TO BE SQUARE by HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS (The greatest murder in the film is done to this hilariously bad song from) AMERICAN PSYCHO
- SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by ESQUIVEL (The Troublemakers theme in) FOUR ROOMS
- TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS by THE COMMITMENTS (their best performance before utter implosion) THE COMMITMENTS
- UP WHERE WE BELONG by JOE COCKER & JENNIFER WARNES (The romantic warehouse ending to) AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
- TOO YOUNG by PHOENIX (The streets of Tokyo in) LOST IN TRANSLATION
- PEOPLE ARE STRANGE by ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (Welcome to Santa Carla theme from) THE LOST BOYS
- BAD TO THE BONE by GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS (The theme to one evil car in) CHRISTINE
- DREAM AWAY by GEORGE HARRISON (The closing credits to) TIME BANDITS
- CANNED HEAT by JAMIROQUAI (The 'VOTE FOR PEDRO' big dance contest winner in) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
- WHERE IS MY MIND? by THE PIXIES (The world collapsing on itself in) FIGHT CLUB
- ALL BY MYSELF by ERIC CARMEN (The hilarious funeral boombox in) TO DIE FOR
- NOT READY TO MAKE NICE by THE DIXIE CHICKS (The Free Speech anthem from) SHUT UP & SING
- I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW by THE SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS (live performance in) O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
- BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP by THE FOUNDATIONS (the closing theme to) THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
- Street fighter 4 game download. THE BABYSITTING BLUES by ELIZABETH SHUE (Nobody leave this place without sangin' the blues song from) ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
- AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD by DEAN MARTIN (Budding romance in) A BRONX TALE
- LITTLE GREEN BAG by GEORGE BAKER SELECTION (The opening slo-mo shot in) RESERVOIR DOGS
- BLACK BETTY by RAM JAM (for the Dope runs to South America in) BLOW
- WHITE RABBIT by JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (The hysterical attempted bathtub suicide in) FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
- GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Pt. 1) by MARVIN GAYE (The song that keeps the peace in the) BARBERSHOP
- WISE UP by AIMEE MANN (The song they all spontaneously start singing in) MAGNOLIA
- LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL by HOWARD JONES (The 'Fix up the car with a foreign exchange student' song in) BETTER OFF DEAD
- SWEET JANE by THE COWBOY JUNKIES (The love scene in) PRELUDE TO A KISS and also used in NATURAL BORN KILLERS
- ROLLING WITH MY HOMIES by COOLIO (the hilarious Brittany Murphy version in) CLUELESS
- UNDER PRESSURE by QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE (Music Therapy in) IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
- WAVE OF MUTILATION by THE PIXIES (Walking home paranoid as hell in) PUMP UP THE VOLUME
- EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' by NILSSON (Gigolo Cowboy Street-combing in NYC) MIDNIGHT COWBOY
- HEY YOU by PINK FLOYD (The Un-original song sung by Jesse Eisenberg in) THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
- I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY by THE EAGLES (Will Ferrell's version is heartbreaking in) WINTER PASSING {a must-see}
- AMERICA by NEIL DIAMOND (the big concert at the end of) THE JAZZ SINGER
- DON'T BE SHY by CAT STEVENS (The amazing opening of) HAROLD AND MAUDE
- MARY JANE by RICK JAMES (For a joint over at Smokey's house in ) FRIDAY
- BOYS BETTER by THE DANDY WARHOLS (The Sound of New York City in) IGBY GOES DOWN
- UNCHAINED MELODY by THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (The clay mold love scene in ) GHOST
- WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE by DANIEL REY (a/k/a Weiner Dog's theme from) WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE
- SUMMER IN THE CITY by THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL (Opening credits and a bomb going off in Manhattan in) DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
- READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN by BARRY MANILOW (The opening West Coast Highway song in) FOUL PLAY
- GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON by URGE OVERKILL (Uma dances and then..Overdose!!!! in) PULP FICTION
- SUMMER BREEZE by SEALS & CROFTS (Out til the morning light in) DAZED & CONFUSED
- SOMEBODY'S BABY by JACKSON BROWNE (The losing your virginity at a baseball field song in) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
- AMERICAN GIRL by TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (The final victim in) THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
- DANCING IN HEAVEN (Orbital Be Bop) by Q-Feel (The Dance Contest Song from) GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN
- MIDNIGHT RIDER by GREGG ALLMAN (The opening credit sequence to) THE DEVIL'S REJECTS
- MAY THIS BE LOVE by JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE (the 'gettin to know you' song in) SINGLES
- NEW JACK HUSTLER (NINO'S THEME) by ICE-T (The big chase after Chris Rock on the bike from) NEW JACK CITY
- IT MUST BE LOVE by MADNESS (The funny love scene in which Jeff Goldbum & Emma Thompson trash the apartment in) THE TALL GUY
- BOOM SHAK-A-LAK by APACHE INDIAN (The Shaggin' Wagon theme to) DUMB AND DUMBER
- WALKING ON SUNSHINE by KATRINA AND THE WAVES (Used in too many films to count but hilarious in) HIGH FIDELITY
- LOVE IS STRANGE by MICKEY AND SYLVIA (Dance lesson classic in) DIRTY DANCING
- SUPERSTITION by STEVIE WONDER (Watching the infected dog walking around camp in) THE THING
- [tie] NO EASY WAY OUT by ROBERT TEPPER (The angry drive-history montage); HEART'S ON FIRE by JOHN CAFFERTY (Training montage in the snow from) ROCKY IV
- THE PROMISE by WHEN IN ROME (The tether-ball song in) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
- HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO by BONNIE TYLER (Playing chicken on the tractors) FOOTLOOSE
- YOU'RE THE BEST! by GERALDO ESPOSITO (the karate finale in) THE KARATE KID
- I'M CASTING MY LASSO TOWARDS THE SKY by SLIM WHITMAN (The song that saves the earth in) MARS ATTACKS!
- BORN SLIPPY by UNDERWORLD (The 'how it worked out' ending of) TRAINSPOTTING
- DUELING BANJOS by ??? (The Holy Shit, where the hell are we? song in) DELIVERANCE
- SWEET EMOTION by AEROSMITH (The opening minutes of the first day of school 1976 from) DAZED AND CONFUSED
- LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR by Pete Townshend (Steve Carell vs. Dane Cook love triangle song in) DAN IN REAL LIFE
- IT MIGHT BE YOU by Stephen Bishop (The realizing you're in love with a woman who thinks you're a woman song from) TOOTSIE
- YOU NEVER CAN TELL by CHUCK BERRY (The twist contest at Jack Rabbit Slim's in) PULP FICTION
- HEY PAULA by PAUL AND PAULA (The guitar smashing Belushi in) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S 'ANIMAL HOUSE'
- EVERYBODY WANTS SOME! by VAN HALEN (The claymation hamburger song in) BETTER OFF DEAD
- Love the list. one correction. Number 17 is sung by Olivia Newton John.
- I am really pulling for 'Tiny Dancer' in Almost Famous. Such a great MMM!!
- Cool List you have here, check out my Top Movie Soundtracks at http://tad.co.in/?p=814
- Come On! 'Hold Tight' - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & TichDrive and die in a car crash ('Bulletproof ' of Quentin Tarantino
- 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem in 8 Mile?'MY Heart Will Go on' in Titanic?'Johnny B. Goode' in Back To The Future?'Bohemian Rhapsody' in Wayne's World?
- When Maximus dies in Gladiator and Lisa Gerard sings on the Gladiator movie soundtrack. That is one of the greatest film music moments of all time. http://filmscorereviews.com/
- I'm sure somebody has probably mentioned this, but Harry Belafonte's 'Jump in the Line' is actually played at the end of Beetlejuice, when Winona Rider gets her good marks and gets to dance in the air. The tune played during the meal where the guests get possessed is Belafonte's version of 'Day-O' (The Banana Boat Song). During the séance scene it is just creepy Danny Elfman music.It doesn't detract from the fact that 'Jump in the Line' is one of the greatest soundtrack tunes ever though! I'm a reggae and party DJ and it's one of my absolute favourite songs and I play it almost without fail every set. Beetlejuice is also one of my favourite movies.Sorry to correct you!x
- Titanic. My heart will go on!!?!
- Jonny B Goode - Back to the future?!?
- Great list.I love #3.I would have gone with 'Let's Stay Together' from Pulp Fiction. 'Walk On By' by Issac Hayes in 'Dead Presidents' is also great. The whole Dead Presidents soundtrack is actually pretty money.
- good list. animal house scene with 'hey, hey paula' was when Donald Sutherland smoked with his students. Check out 'lunatic fringe' in the movie 'Vision Quest'. how about that Motown? song scene in Platoon when they were smoking through their guns.
- Or 'Power of Love' by Huey Lewis in Back to the Future, 'Only the Young' by Journey in Vision Quest, 'Born to be Wild' from Easy Rider, 'White Wedding' from Wedding Singer,
- What about 'Staying alive' in Saturday night fever, 'East bound and Down' in Smokey and the Bandit, 'Fight to Survive' in Bloodsport, 'Hurricane' by Bob Dylan in the Hurricane, 'Don't you forget about me' in Breakfast Club, 'Mad World' Donnie Darko, 'Looking for Love' or 'Cherokee Fiddle' in Urban Cowboy by Johnny Lee
- What about Kashmir by Led Zeppelin? Defos one of the best movie soundtracks
- # 32 'Baby, it's cold outside' performed by Zooey Deschannel & Leon Redbone (not Will Ferrell)
- 'Jump in the Line' was used at the end of 'Beetlejuice''The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)' was the song used in the séance.
- Just letting you know that Making Time by creation is a fabulous song in one of my all time favorite movies Rushmore BUT it's not during Murray's run over bicycle revenge scene, its during the very beginning when they show all the clubs he is in at Rushmore. The bicycle scene has another great song A quick one while he's away by The Who.
- John Murphy - Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) from the movie Sunshine should be up there.You obviously haven't seen the movie otherwise it would be one there. In fact there's no John Murphy or Danny Elfman or even Hans Zimmer which basically makes this list invalid.
- My goodness - where is Arms of an Angel?
- great list but as far as fear and loathing goes i always thought of 'expecting to fly' by buffalo springfield as the song the truly defines a moment in the movie as it occurs when thompson realizes the falseness of the ideals he had set out to live due to those 'who never understood the essential old mystic fallacy of the acid culture'
- What about when Ferris says goodbye to Sloane and The Edge of Forever by The Dream Academy.
- Great great list! loved it! although i was looking for 'Angel' by Massive Attack, from Snatch, you know that scene where Brad Pitt's mum's caravan is burning, with his mum inside..I thought that was a genuine scene-maker.Somebody else might have already suggested that, i was too lazy to read all the comments.
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World (REAL GENIUS) .. every time i hear it, i think of a house exploding from popping popcorn.
- tracks of my tears - deer hunterForest Gump almost all the songsButch cassidy - Raindrops keep falling on my headLayla instumental exit good fellasCant you hear me Knocking Blow
- Hi, the song that slim whitman sang in 'Mars attacks' that saved the world was 'Indian Love Call' and not 'I'm Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky'. Hope this is of help.
- Only english musicOnly american films..the list has no credibility
- surprised not to see any from almost famous on here that film has an amazing soundtrack
- I love the connection of pop/rock songs and movies. How about Charlie Sheen's theme in Major League, Wild Thing by the Troggs? How about (I can't get no) Satisfaction while going up river in Apocalypse Now? Bad to the Bone in Terminator 2? or 3? Just too many to get them all. I love this stuff...
- Battleme - 'Hey Hey, My My'The last song, in the last show, on the 3rd season of SOA.Sweet potatoe!
- Thanks for your list!How about 'All Summer Long' at the end of American Graffiti?
- have you considered sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones in the credits for the movie Fallen
- u didn't see 'my heart will go on' anywhere. dissapointing :/
- Hi, really enjoyable choices, was humming away with memories. My age late 40's so if I did a list from the 60's/70's/80's I would name 'The Way we Were' (Barbara Streisand) and also Barbara for the movie she did with Kris Kristofferson 'A Star is Born' for the music, which sadly at this time the exact name of the theme tune escapes me, although I can remember the tune and words! It goes 'Love, soft as an easy chair, love, fresh as the morning air, One Love, that is shared by two..you know!! Anyway good read, thank you!
- first off, GREAT LIST! Second, where are the Righteous Brothers with You've lost that lovin feelin? Top Gun Soundtrack. End credits.
- Whoops .. How could I forget David Bowie's 'The Heart's Filthy Lesson' from Se7en?
- Great list .. one add: THe amazing E. Coli mix of Pete Townsend's 'Let My Love Open the Door' from Grosse Point Blanke
- i do love your article
- huey lewis' hip to be square is not a terrible song!
- When I go to this site I receive the following virus:Trojan.JS.lframe.rrCan someone contact the owner of this site about this? I can't find a 'Contact Us' link on this website in order to contact him about it. Thanks.
- The Rock (1996) undefeatable soundtracks and best of the bests from the beginning till the end.
- How come 'Cruel Intentions' soundtrack is not anywhere on the list?
- Great list! One of my favorite movie moments highlighted by a fantatic song would be in the movie 'Like Father, Like Son' when Kirk Cameron decks the school bully. As his fist makes contact with the bully's face, in slow-mo, Motley Crue's Wild Side comes blasting in! AWESOME!
- Thank you so very much for taking the time to compose this list it totally ROCKS! :)
- How about Gimme Some Loving from Days of Thunder. Fits in perfectly with Tom Cruise learning about NASCAR
- lisa gerrard now we are free in gladiator, music couldn't sum up the situation any better
- Pretty huge list of movie soundtrack songs.Thanks.
- New Dawn Fades - Moby (joy division cover) used when Pacione follows Deniro on the highway in HEAT
- Twist and shout, Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Really?! How memorable was that. Its just a transient song in that film.But yet no Ghostbusters, Neverending Story, Magic Dance (Labyrinth), the Last Unicorn, He's Back (Jason 7), The Gael (The Last of the Mohicans), The Living Daylights, Story Book Love (The Princess Bride) and more.These are all exciting, memorable and canonical songs written specifically for those great movies.Unlike 'WALKING ON SUNSHINE by KATRINA AND THE WAVES (Used in too many films to count but hilarious in)'
- Bennie and the Jets from the bar scene of 27 Dresses!!Great List!!
- I miss the soundtrack from 'Requiem for a dream'!!!!!!!!!best soundtrack ever!!!!hear the original at youtube and i promise you, that you want to watch the film!!! ;)
- Great playlist!! Thanks a millionGreat suggestions for both classic movies and amazing songs !
- you make my dreams by hall and oates in (500) days of summer. that. scene. rocks. mostly because of the contrast between that scene and the next one, otherwise, an astoundingly good list
- Great list. I really like 'Love on railtrain' with tangerine dreams from the movie Risky Business and 'don´t fear the reaper' with blue oyster cult from the stand. Another favorite is the main theme from das boot or 'pet semetary' with the ramones from Pet semetary.But your list was truly amazing.
- Duuude, just reading through that list brought back so many good memories of great movies!
- I just got finished watching The Warriors and got to thinking about the best songs played at the end of a movie. In the city has got to be one of the best for me. So I did a search for others and found this list.
- the doors - the end. opening scene of apocalypse now
- Hi moviemanSome excellent choices - some weird i.e. the one from Silence of the Lambs - that gave me shivers! I was surprised no Against all Odds, Phil Collins. Great reading though, thanks.
- these days - nico (margot gets off bus to see brother in) The Royal Tenenbaums
- oh god your 100 is so wrong, you forget about platoon, fight club, 28 days later, the pianist. i dont think i need to go on but i will ammend your whole site of you like so that its actually sane
- Statler Brothers - Flowers on the wall.. Bruce Willis in this Honda !
- First of all..Great list ! I spent much time with your Hub's !! Q Lazzarus caused Goose pimples (is that the right word ?!), great song :) But i miss Oliver Onions Songs, the whole 'Death Proof' Soundtrack is great, Top Gun, Old habits die hard (Alfie), All i need is you (Over the Top), No easy way out (Rocky), Oakenfold - Ready steady go (Collateral) and things like that !Greets from Germany ;)
- You forgot sugarhigh by coyote shivers in empire records!!
- What about New Divide from Linkin Park in Transformers 2 and Lose Yourself by Eminem in 8 Mile? C'mon, those were great!
- Great List One That Should Be in the top 10 is Gary Jules' 'Mad World' at the end of Donnie Darko. Or even Echo and the bunny men's 'The Killing Moon' at the beginning of Donnie Darko.
- Few of them are my lifetime favourites!! By the way, Thanks a million for the list, I will try other tracks also!
- Hmm.. Not too shabby, but I'm confused how Neil Diamond's America could be in a movie made in 1927..
- Amazing! Thanks!
- Love the list, but I would have to include, from Purple Rain, 'The Beautiful Ones.' I cannot hear the song without visualizing the movie.
- Great list - this is something to be proud of. A couple of my choices - Top Gun tunes - Danger Zone, Take my Breath Away, and Mess Around from Planes, Trains, and Autos.
- Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live. closing scene of Con Air.perfect.
- No banana splits by dickies in the film kick-ass?ultraviolence with a childrens tv theme song..works. really. well.
- Karate Kid song needs to be moved up to top 20 imo!!
- Enjoyed the list. I didn't see Leaving Las Vegas in there anywhere. I haven't seen the movie in a while, yet I remember 'Lonely old town' and 'Angel eyes' beautifully interwoven with the emotion of the story.And the movie 'Thief' (a while back) used Tangerine Dream to great effect.
- Great list. Do you happen to know what movie that starred Cher, Bette Midler, and sorry, can't remember the third. The three of them ( at least Cher was) sang Mr. Sandman. Neither my husband or I can think of the name of the movie.
- showdown, from kingpin.
- What about 'My Sharona' by the Knack..from the movie Reality Bites?
- awesome list.
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Comparing Decades (descending order):
- The 1960s had 20 songs in the top 100
- The 1950s had 17 songs in the top 100
- The 1970s had 16 songs in the top 100
- The 1940s had 14 songs in the top 100
- The 1980s had 13 songs in the top 100
- The 1930s had 11 songs in the top 100
- The 1990s had 6 songs in the top 100
- The 2000s had 3 songs in the top 100
- There were no songs from the 1920s
The earliest song on the top 100 list was:
- 'Isn't It Romantic' from Love Me Tonight (1932) at # 73
The newest songs on the top 100 list were:
- 'All That Jazz' from Chicago (2002) at # 98
- 'Lose Yourself' from 8 Mile (2002) at # 93
Two seasonal songs placed in the top 100:
- 'White Christmas' from Holiday Inn (1942) at # 5
- 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) at # 76
Two counter-cultural films featured these honored songs:
- 'Born to Be Wild' from Easy Rider (1969) at # 29
- 'Aquarius' from Hair (1979) at # 33
There were no Beatles songs among the nominees -- and obviously, in the winners list. Was this because the films were not American-made and therefore ineligible?
Dubious 'winners' included:
- 'Fight the Power' from Do the Right Thing (1989) at # 40
- 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead' from The Wizard of Oz (1939) at # 82
- 'Let The River Run' from Working Girl (1988) at # 91
- 'Lose Yourself' from 8 Mile (2002) at # 93
100 Best Movie Theme Songs Of All Time
'Puttin' On The Ritz' at # 89 was attributed to Young Frankenstein (1974), but was originally sung in Blue Skies (1946).
Three musicals succeeded in having their three nominees honored in the top 100:
- Singin' In The Rain (1952): 'Singin' in the Rain' at # 3, 'Make 'Em Laugh' at # 49, and 'Good Morning' at # 72
- The Sound Of Music (1965): 'The Sound of Music' at # 10, 'My Favorite Things' at # 64, and 'Do Re Mi' at # 88
- West Side Story (1961): 'Somewhere' at # 20, 'America' at # 35, and 'Tonight' at # 59
Two unrelated versions of 'New York, New York' made the top 100:
- 'Theme From New York, New York' from New York, New York (1977) at # 31
- 'New York, New York' from On The Town (1949) at # 41
There were two Burt Bacharach compositions in the top 100:
- 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' from Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) at # 23
- 'Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)' from Arthur (1981) at # 79
Two individuals were represented five times on the list:
- Judy Garland:
'Over The Rainbow' from The Wizard of Oz (1939) at # 1
'The Man That Got Away' from A Star is Born (1954) at # 11
'The Trolley Song' from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) at # 26
'Get Happy' from Summer Stock (1950) at # 61
'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) at # 76
[Note: Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli had two songs on the list: 'Cabaret' at # 18, and 'Theme From New York, New York' at # 31.] - Gene Kelly:
'Singin' in the Rain' from Singin' In The Rain (1952) at # 3
'I Got Rhythm' from An American in Paris (1951) at # 32
'New York, New York' in On the Town (1949) at # 41
'Good Morning' from Singin' In The Rain (1952) at # 72
'Long Ago and Far Away' from Cover Girl (1944) at # 92
Four individuals were represented four times on the list:
- Barbra Streisand:
'The Way We Were' from The Way We Were (1973) at # 8
'Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)' from A Star is Born (1976) at # 16
'People' from Funny Girl (1968) at # 13
'Don't Rain On My Parade' from Funny Girl (1968) at # 46 - Fred Astaire:
'Cheek to Cheek' from Top Hat (1935) at # 15
'Let's Call The Whole Thing Off' from Shall We Dance (1937) at # 34
'The Way You Look Tonight' from Swing Time (1936) at # 43
'That's Entertainment' from The Band Wagon (1953) at # 45 - Julie Andrews:
'The Sound of Music' from The Sound Of Music (1965) at # 10
'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' from Mary Poppins (1964) at # 36
'My Favorite Things' from The Sound Of Music (1965) at # 64
'Do Re Mi' from The Sound Of Music (1965) at # 88 - Marni Nixon (dubbing):
Marilyn Monroe (partial), 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend' from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) at # 12
Audrey Hepburn, 'I Could Have Danced All Night' from My Fair Lady (1964) at # 17
Deborah Kerr, 'Shall We Dance?' from The King and I (1956) at # 54
Natalie Wood, 'Tonight' from West Side Story (1961) at # 59
There were three songs on the list sung by Bing Crosby:
- 'Holiday Inn' from White Christmas (1942) at # 5
- 'Swinging on a Star' from Going My Way (1944) at # 37
- '(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco' (with Bob Hope) from Road to Morocco (1942) at # 95
Popular title songs from many musicals or other films failed to make the top 100:
- 'Three Coins In The Fountain' from Three Coins In The Fountain (1954)
- 'Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing' from Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
- 'An Affair To Remember' from An Affair To Remember (1957)
- 'Charade' from Charade (1964)
- 'Born Free' from Born Free (1966)
- 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' from Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), to name a few
Some song winners represented different genres of music:
- disco ('Stayin' Alive' from Saturday Night Fever (1977) at # 9)
- rap ('Lose Yourself' from 8 Mile (2002) at # 93)
- rock 'n' roll ('Jailhouse Rock' from Jailhouse Rock (1957) at # 21, 'Rock Around the Clock' from Blackboard Jungle (1955) at # 50, and 'Old Time Rock and Roll' from Risky Business (1983) at # 100)
Nominees from rock musicals that surprisingly didn't make the top 100:
- 'The Time Warp' from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- 'Big Bottom' from This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Songs from Frank Sinatra or from the documentary film Woodstock (1970) did not make the cut to be in the top 100.
Twenty-nine of the top 100 AFI picks won the Oscar for Best Song:
- 'Over the Rainbow' from The Wizard of Oz (1939) at # 1
- 'Moon River' from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) at # 4
- 'White Christmas,' Holiday Inn (1942) at # 5
- 'When You Wish Upon a Star,' Pinocchio (1940) at # 7
- 'The Way We Were,' The Way We Were (1973) at # 8
- 'My Heart Will Go On,' Titanic (1997) at # 14
- 'Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born),' A Star Is Born (1976) at # 16
- 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) at # 23
- 'High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin),' High Noon (1952) at # 25
- 'Swinging on a Star,' Going My Way (1944) at # 37
- 'Theme from Shaft,' Shaft (1971) at # 38
- 'Days of Wine and Roses,' Days of Wine and Roses (1962) at # 39
- 'The Way You Look Tonight,' Swing Time (1936) at # 43
- 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,' Song of the South (1946) at # 47
- 'Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),' The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) at # 48
- 'Fame,' Fame (1980) at # 51
- 'Flashdance…What a Feeling,' Flashdance (1983) at # 55
- 'The Windmills of Your Mind,' The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) at # 57
- 'Beauty and the Beast,' Beauty and the Beast (1991) at # 62
- 'Thanks for the Memory,' The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) at # 63
- 'Streets of Philadelphia,' Philadelphia (1993) at # 68
- 'Up Where We Belong,' An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) at # 75
- 'The Shadow of Your Smile,' The Sandpiper (1965) at # 77
- 'Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do),' Arthur (1981) at # 79
- 'I'm Easy,' Nashville (1975) at # 81
- '(I've Had) The Time of My Life,' Dirty Dancing (1987) at # 86
- 'Buttons and Bows,' The Paleface (1948) at # 87
- 'Let the River Run,' Working Girl (1988) at # 91
- 'Lose Yourself,' 8 Mile (2002) at # 93
Winners included five Disney animations:
- 'When You Wish Upon A Star' from Pinocchio (1940) at # 7
- 'Some Day My Prince Will Come' from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) at # 19
- 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' from Song of the South (1946) at # 47
- 'Beauty And The Beast' from Beauty and the Beast (1991) at # 62
- 'Hakuna Matata' from The Lion King (1994) at # 99
Other animation/live-action and puppetry winners included:
Songs From Movies
- 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' from the live-action/animated Mary Poppins (1964) at # 36
- 'Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah' from Disney's live-action/animated Song of the South (1947) at # 47
- puppetry in 'Rainbow Connection' from The Muppet Movie (1979) at # 74
Although 'That's Entertainment' from The Band Wagon (1953) ranked at # 45, nominee 'There's No Business Like Show Business' from Annie Get Your Gun (1950) didn't make the cut.
Other classic standard songs that were nominated but didn't appear in the final list:
- 'That Old Black Magic' from Bus Stop (1956)
- 'I've Got You Under My Skin' from Born To Dance (1936)
- 'Silver Bells' from The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
- 'If I Loved You' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone' from Carousel (1956)
Other surprising omissions in the top 100 from the 400 nominees:
- 'Lullaby of Broadway' from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
- 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B' from Buck Privates (1941)
- 'High Hopes' from A Hole in the Head (1959)
- 'Seventy-Six Trombones' from The Music Man (1962)
- 'Consider Yourself' from Oliver! (1968)
- 'Hello, Dolly!' from Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- 'The Candy Man' from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
- 'You Light Up My Life' from You Light Up My Life (1977)
Twenty-two songs in the top 100 list were from Broadway productions, many of which were merely adaptations from their Broadway stage musical versions, such as:
- 'The Sound Of Music' from The Sound Of Music (1965) at # 10
- 'I Could Have Danced All Night' from My Fair Lady (1964) at # 17
- 'Cabaret' from Cabaret (1972) at # 18
- 'Aquarius' from Hair (1979) at # 33
- 'America' from West Side Story (1961) at # 35
- 'Shall We Dance?' from The King And I (1956) at # 54
- 'Thank Heaven For Little Girls' from Gigi (1958) at # 56
- 'Tonight' from West Side Story (1961) at # 59
- 'All That Jazz' from Chicago (2002) at # 98
One of the songs in the top 100 list was originally from an opera:
- 'Summertime' from Porgy and Bess, from Porgy and Bess (1959) at # 52