Inspired by the long running current topic, I figured I'd just look for the inverse and ask what the best closing song was. For me it would have to be Hugh Harris's "Rhythm of Life" (which I'd like to be the song played at my funeral when that day comes--hopefully much, much later than sooner) closing out Uncle Buck. It's the perfect reflection of the film itself; sweet and subtly triumphal, with a subtle message of how wonderful it is to find joy in life in the places you didn't expect, a classic Hughesian thought. Even better about it is how Hughes and the music editor (have to check the credits) break it up structurally with the moods of the final moments: the "choir of doorbells" from the opening when Cindy returns, the quick rise to the instrumental version when she and Tia embrace, the brief halt after Buck ruins the moment, then bringing the instrumental back in slowly at the beginning of the final scene, slowly bringing it more and more to the forefront as the scene winds down, and then switching to Harris's vocal tracks when the credits pop up. And you definitely walk out the theater door feeling much better because of it.
Yours?
Posted by phatpants (Member # 5784) on :
For me, the best isn't so much a closing "song with lyrics" but more a haunting instrumental score. The music I'm referring to is the closing credits theme for the 1987 supernatural thriller The Gate. It's a very personal score to me (it fills me with exhilaration rather than dread) with it's ambient, Spielberg-esque tones...I really dig it. Great to listen to through headphones. Lol! Check it out here...
Okay...so the visuals in this particular video aren't anything to do with the actual movie, but I'm just overjoyed at how good the music sounds. I haven't heard The Gate's closing theme sound this good...ever!
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on :
i love 'IN THE CITY' at the end of The Warriors.
i would have loved it though if Ajax would have turned up at the end too !!!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Thats a good one!
I also like the remake of I Cant Help Falling In Love With You at the end of SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. Oooh..and If You Were Here at the end of 16 CANDLES.
Posted by SammyHain Made The Devil Do It (Member # 3150) on :
quote:Originally posted by hewzy: i love 'IN THE CITY' at the end of The Warriors.
i would have loved it though if Ajax would have turned up at the end too !!!
Great song and an awesome flick. Definitely in my top 10 of all time.
But to answer the topic in this thread I have to go with "Slow Ride" by Foghat from Dazed and Confused.
Posted by NOMS is Legend (Member # 2688) on :
"Anything, AQnything" by Buckcherry - from Road Trip
"After Midnight" by Fastway - From Trick or Treat
Noms Posted by P.S. It's Paul.... (Member # 1022) on :
Some that stand out for me:
SKOW - Just Can't Help Falling In Love With You. Obvious one for me....
Secret Of My Success - not sure of the title, but it runs over the scene at the end of the movie when all is cool and the key characters are all filthy rich and happy.
Streets Of Fire - Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young. Epic track, and so in keeping with the feel of that part of the movie.
Posted by gotta go back (Member # 9818) on :
Hands down Against All Odds by Phil Collins.
Posted by Leo Logan (Member # 9206) on :
Who's That Girl by Madonna Vision Quest - Only the Young by Journey Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Oh Yeah by Yello
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I was thinking about this.
A) Does Only The Young count if it opens the movie too?
B) I love What it Takes by The Honeymoon Suite from One Crazy Summer for a closing. Not to mention With One Look at the end of Better Off Dead.
We are DEVO
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
quote:Originally posted by hewzy: i love 'IN THE CITY' at the end of The Warriors.
i would have loved it though if Ajax would have turned up at the end too !!!
As soon as I saw the title I instantly thought of In The City. The Warriors rule.
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
Thunder In Your Heart by John Farnham from RAD.
Posted by gotta go back (Member # 9818) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bernie_Lomax:
quote:Originally posted by hewzy: i love 'IN THE CITY' at the end of The Warriors.
i would have loved it though if Ajax would have turned up at the end too !!!
As soon as I saw the title I instantly thought of In The City. The Warriors rule.
Warriors...come out to playay! Hilarious, love that movie.
Posted by Fightertown (Member # 7418) on :
Real Genius
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Performed by Tears for Fears
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
i thought cheer down on lethal weapon 2 was pretty good, though i dont know how it really fits the movie like what candy man said for uncle buck
Posted by Leo Logan (Member # 9206) on :
quote:Originally posted by Devolution: A) Does Only The Young count if it opens the movie too?
Yes it does, making it one of the rare examples of a song that opens and closes a movie.
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
quote:Originally posted by P.S. It's Paul....: Secret Of My Success - not sure of the title, but it runs over the scene at the end of the movie when all is cool and the key characters are all filthy rich and happy.
Paul, I have checked and it is Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First and it is performed by Pat Benatar.
Posted by gordongecko (Member # 4685) on :
Did I not see this or has Breakfast Club, "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds not get put down. Maybe a little too commercial of a pick but that's the first one I thought of when I read the title.
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on :
Jon Parr - Restless Heart / Running Away With You fotm The Running Man
Posted by kenkobra (Member # 892) on :
Zapped!
Ready Or Not by Plain Jane
Posted by CrashesParties n TheValley (Member # 2903) on :
Pet Sematary - "Pet Semaraty" The Ramones
Better Off Dead - "With One Look" Rupert Hine
Tommy Boy - "I Love It Loud" (Injected Mix) Phunk Junkeez
Valley Girl - "Melt With You" Modern English Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Great thread. Let Your Love Flow(Bellamy Bros.) from Little Darlings
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB: Great thread. Let Your Love Flow(Bellamy Bros.) from Little Darlings
Forgot about Only the Young Leo Logan. Nice.
Posted by JCWBobC (Member # 2525) on :
I liked "Just Because" by Ray Charles at the end of The Sure Thing.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Invincible was a pretty good one in The Legend of Billie Jean
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
One of the greatest is F/X - Murder by Illusion end credits tune "Just an Illusion" by Imagination.
Posted by Fostersman (Member # 37345) on :
For me there can only be one song to close a film and that has to be of course Simple Minds,Don't You(forget about me) from The Breakfast Club
Posted by Jakey V (Member # 37348) on :
What movie closed with "Be Good To Yourself" by Journey?
Posted by Jakey V (Member # 37348) on :
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB: Great thread. Let Your Love Flow(Bellamy Bros.) from Little Darlings
That's one of the best. The opening song fits too.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jakey V: What movie closed with "Be Good To Yourself" by Journey?
Jakey v I've got a feeling its - white water summer starring Kevin bacon,great film,I purchased the DVD not long back actually.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jakey V:
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB: Great thread. Let Your Love Flow(Bellamy Bros.) from Little Darlings
That's one of the best. The opening song fits too.
I cant remember the opening song Jakeyv.
Posted by Jakey V (Member # 37348) on :
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB:
quote:Originally posted by Jakey V:
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB: Great thread. Let Your Love Flow(Bellamy Bros.) from Little Darlings
That's one of the best. The opening song fits too.
I cant remember the opening song Jakeyv.
I think it's called "Shake it". It's by Ian Matthews.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
http://youtu.be/pkOtS9Xz3qE - high school nights by dave edmunds at the end credits of porky's revenge was a pretty cool song.
the music video features porky's cast members.
and listen to your heart by the little river band http://youtu.be/b2Mw6FsVWtQ from the end credits of karate kid 3
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
the awesome end credits song bachelor party by oingo boingo from the classic 1984 comedy - bachelor party.
John Hughes movies have to be up there. If you have not at least felt like crying to at least one John Hughes movie endings then perhaps you could be considered as a cold hearted cynic. The Breakfast Club's don't you forget about me is unforgetable but if you don,t cry to Everytime You Go Away at the end of Planes,Trains & Automobiles then you clearly have no heart. John Candy represents all that is good and decent in this world and seeing him emotional makes me ball my eyes out.
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
John Hughes movies have to be up there. If you have not at least felt like crying to at least one John Hughes movie endings then perhaps you could be considered as a cold hearted cynic. The Breakfast Club's don't you forget about me is unforgetable but if you don,t cry to Everytime You Go Away at the end of Planes,Trains & Automobiles then you clearly have no heart. John Candy represents all that is good and decent in this world and seeing him emotional makes me ball my eyes out.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
i know what you mean bernie that scene where john candy and steve martin are about to go there seperate ways definitely raises a lump in the old throat and then in flashback you realise candy's character of del has been putting on a brave front all this time and infact his life does more or less pretty much stink,he's lost his wife,no real friends etc and so on.
then martin realises all this and rushes back to make things right and invites del to stay for thanks giving at his house with his family all the while paul young's every time you go away is playing in the back ground.
a real feel good and emotional ending and one that i'd agree you'd have to be pretty hard hearted not to feel even slightly choked up!
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
keeping with the sad endings here, hows about Journeys Open Arms at the end of The Last American Virgin after Gary got his heart ripped out.
Posted by Pyro (Member # 7658) on :
quote:Originally posted by TerdNthePoolGGB: keeping with the sad endings here, hows about Journeys Open Arms at the end of The Last American Virgin after Gary got his heart ripped out.
Yeah, that is a sad ending in that movie. But I believe the song that plays at this ending was "Just Once" by James Ingram
Posted by Chloe (Member # 37365) on :
"Can't Help Falling In Love" by Lick The Tins at the end of Some Kind Of Wonderful!
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds at the end of The Breakfast Club!
Posted by P_a_u_l (Member # 1022) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fightertown: Real Genius
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Performed by Tears for Fears
Can't believe when I posted that I didn't mention this... Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
Now I feel I need to give a shoutout to 'If You Leave' from Pretty in Pink, which technically closes out the movie, but then 'Pretty in Pink' kicks off over the credits. Both deserve a mention.
I don't know how I missed this topic when it was first posted. I do have to agree with The Warriors- In the City was a great ending song. I love that movie.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
I wanted to add, when we watched the series finale of the television show The Shield, the final song was Long Time Ago by Concrete Blonde. It was an absolutely perfect ending song.
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