Gothamist: Top Movies About Music

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Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:16:56 -0500

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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:12:32 -0500

Hey 'The Dive', those are some great movies you have posted!

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John

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:37:13 -0500

Agree with a lot of the above but I also need to point out two great trashy rock movies from the late 60's, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and Wild in the Streets. Just commented further in my blog here. And on Moulin Rouge, I'll cast another "love it" vote. When a friend first told me I thought I'd hate it but when I finally got around to it I totally bought in...

LBC

Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:02:55 -0500

I am Trying to Break Your Heart, a documentary about Wilco, is strangely compelling. On Moulin Rouge, I vote hell yeah. The Elephant Medley is a work of art culminating in that great Bowie tune Heroes.

Timmay

Fri, 16 Apr 2004 05:26:54 -0500

Easy Rider. The Harder They Come.

The Diva

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:56:27 -0500

Fame Grease Saturday Night Fever Singing in the Rain Stomy Weather The Rose Meet Me in St. Louis Purple Rain Beat Street/Breakin (sucky movies, but some really good music) Brown Sugar (One of the best Hip Hop soundtracks to date) Black Caesar (Entire soundtrack by James Brown "The Big Payback" Papa Don't Take No Mess") Trouble Man (Some of Marvin Gaye's best work) Sparkle ( Curtis Mayfield Classics) SuperFly ( More Mayfield classics) Shaft ( The theme put Issac Hayes in the mainstream) Standing in the Shadows of Motown. The Wiz Cabin in the Sky Let's Do It Again (introduced the world to the Staple Singers) Lady Sings the Blues Coal Miner's Daughter 5 Heart Beats Grace of My Heart Flashdance O'Brother Where Art Thou Cotton Club 'Round Midnight

Brian

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:59:08 -0500

Nashville

*jade

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:40:58 -0500

It's a tv show, but That 70's Show has two soundtracks out that have some nifty stuff on it, and the show plays great music in the background. Also, Grease, that soundtrack's so kitschy but I love it. South Park, any Kevin Smith movie, and Spinal Tap are some of my other favorites.

Erich Ian

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:38:44 -0500

� Romeo is Bleeding � Go � The Big Lebowski � Buena Vista Social Club � Rushmore � 9 1/2 Weeks � Fight Club � Hero (The Chinese one) � Twin Peaks (TV series)

Mark

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:59:07 -0500

Totally agree about South Park--best musical film of the last ten years. As for soundtracks, I always thought Hal Hartley's movies had some good stuff--Amateur works nicely with its music

LS

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:34:07 -0500

Great soundracks... I shot andy warhol stand by me singles

Hilton

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:26:18 -0500

Sh*t, how could we forget "Coal Miner's Daughter"? That's Americana and music biography rolled up in one. Then again, I do think the Brits started this (seemingly kinda ridiculous) poll.

Scott Partee

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:06:41 -0500

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sim

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:59:49 -0500

The only movie REALLY about music is Dancer In The Dark

Jonas!

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:19:13 -0500

shine hilary and jackie SWEET AND LOWDOWN!!!

Jen

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:58:52 -0500

All such great suggestions. There are things I like about Moulin Rougue (Baz Luhrmann's tenacity), but the movie, for me, blew - I couldn't feel much sympathy for Satine. The best recent movie musical for me has been South Park The Movie.

bernie

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:27:36 -0500

oh.. and SUBURBIA

Daniella

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:05:56 -0500

Oooh, I forgot Delicatessen and The Mission....

Nicolette

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:35:48 -0500

Judgment Night, The Lost Boys and The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert

Brian

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:19:13 -0500

If you're going to go the documentary route: "The Land Where Blues Began" (Alan Lomax profile of Mississippi blues origins. Anything by Lomax is worth getting) "The Filth and the Fury" (definitive Sex Pistols doc) "Woodstock" AND "The Isle of Wight Festival" (to see the height and end of the Peace n' Love music festival thing) "The Monterey Pop Festival" (Ravi Shankar rocks!) "Hype" (the Seattle music scene) "Don't Look Back" (Dylan was never so gloriously pissy) "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (can't go wrong with 70's Bowie) "The Decline of Western Civilization" (West Coast punk rocks... but not as hard as Ravi Shankar!) "Gimme Shelter" (not so much for the music than the time) "The Last Waltz" (a little stiff, but tons of great performers and directed by Scorsese)

Dan

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:53:37 -0500

What about Donnie Darko for a great use of music to set the atmosphere. Echo and the Bunnymen - The killing moon sounds great for the opening sequence!

Rance Frayger

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:09:19 -0500

About music: American Hot Wax http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077158/ Not about music: American Graffiti http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/

Amy in Paris

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:14:04 -0500

The Big Chill! and Se7en has a good eclectic soundtrack

mmChronic

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:25:35 -0500

Quadrophenia - soundtrack by the Who and extra material from other 60's artists.

Marten

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 02:14:12 -0500

"marcia, I love musicals, but hate Moulin Rouge. I just... I mean, 80s pop songs done as big Broadway numbers? I almost walked out when they started singing Madonna songs." You is open-minded! I kind of thought that to be the main strength of Moulin Rouge. The notbeingafraidofusingcrappymusic-factor. That, and the mind-numbing eye-candyness of it all.

m

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:26:59 -0500

um... make that "skateboarders"

m

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:23:26 -0500

Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001), doc about surboarders in California in the '70s

Erich

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:30:30 -0500

The movie Valley Girl, Especially for being there to POPularize Modern English's "Melt With You." For the FIRST time around. And giving you Nicholas Cage.

Ben

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:24:15 -0500

Eddie and the Cruisers

dent

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:18:09 -0500

stop making sense is the only movie bout music.

erika herzog

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:15:48 -0500

what about.... allison anders amazing and wonderful SUGARTOWN with john doe and john taylor http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0173390/ another allison anders flick GRACE OF MY HEART http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116442/ and the unfortunately titled but quite enjoyable PREY FOR ROCK AND ROLL with gina gershon and drea de matteo http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0307351/

j c moore

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:53:28 -0500

The Red Violin

nick

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:17:17 -0500

hard core logo and SLC punk

Stuart Ian Burns

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:14:59 -0500

And what about the legendary 'The Red Violin'? Or '22 Short Films about Glenn Gould' for that matter ...

Julie

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:54:42 -0500

"The Ballad of Ramblin Jack" is a little-known gem and a must see for all music lovers. Easily one of my favourite films.

kwa

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:47:48 -0500

Electric Dreams (1984)

Brett

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:29:36 -0500

Don't forget about the Forrest Gump soundtrack. A ton of great pop songs that span over several decades.

bernie

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:09:03 -0500

how about the documentary about dylan - "don't look back"

Kristen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:03:16 -0500

Stealing Beauty actually has a really great soundtrack.

Hilton

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:00:34 -0500

Good one about Sid and Nancy. How about 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould?

lopo

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:05:13 -0500

I'd definitely like to second "The Commitments" (how was that forgotten in favor of "Moulin Rouge"?!), and, to a lesser extent, the flawed but sincere "Grace of My Heart." Good calls, both.

Erin

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:50:43 -0500

marcia, I love musicals, but hate Moulin Rouge. I just... I mean, 80s pop songs done as big Broadway numbers? I almost walked out when they started singing Madonna songs. Maybe not a classic, but I'd add Camp to the list. It's kind of angsty and adolescent, but the music is pretty good. And what about movies like The Rose or Coal Miner's Daughter?

dy

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:39:30 -0500

okay, so i missed the "anything by Paul Thomas Anderson" - ouch.

Sheila

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:52:25 -0500

-Thank God It's Friday

Sheila

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:47:31 -0500

How about: -Last Waltz -Hard Day's Night/Help/Yellow Submarine -The Doors -The Committments -Flashdance

marciaingalls

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:47:17 -0500

"Moulin Rouge - meh"??? I would have assumed Gothamist digs musicals. I don't, but any lover of pop music would be nuts not appreciate that movie. Drysdale didn't make mention, but songs sampled in it include: "Children of the Revolution," "Roxanne," "Silly Love Songs," "Your Song".. that's off the top of my head. "Nature Boy" alone makes it worth the rental. My favorite music movie: "Grace of my Heart." Allison Anders' movies always rock.

jen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:41:27 -0500

if we want to go old-school soundtrack route, then the big chill should be included, obvs.

lames

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:26:45 -0500

before mama mia on broadway, abba was put to good use on the muriel's wedding soundtrack - would not be the same without...also what about flashdance and footloose?

Stephen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:26:23 -0500

And Wong Kar-Wai. The music in In the Mood for Love and the last act of Chungking Express perfectly fit the films.

Coolfer Glenn

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:21:39 -0500

Spinal Tarp gets my vote. (Serious fans will get the joke.) Others: Saturday Night Fever. Woodstock. Crossroads (the one with Ralph Machio, not Britney). Dancehall Queen. Rock and Roll High School. Sid & Nancy. And of course Light of Day starring Joan Jett and Michael J Fox. That goes without saying.

Stephen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:19:14 -0500

I'd also add just about anything by Krzysztof Kieslowski (particularly Red) and Scorsese (particluarly Raging Bull and Goodfellas). Terrence Malick's use of music is also quite good.

Brian

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:06:46 -0500

I'm assuming that this is for non-documentaries: Sid and Nancy This is Spinal Tap

drew

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:59:50 -0500

On the old school soundtrack side, I'm shocked nobody has mentioned The Graduate and Harold And Maude. Simon And Garfunkel and Cat Stevens respectively were crucial elements to those flicks being the classics that they are.

Clarissa

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:49:12 -0500

Loved the soundtrack on "Requiem for a Dream". It got me listening to the Kronos Quartet.

jen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:25:18 -0500

ok, so it's not a great movie, but... empire records. i also think darren aronofsky's (sp?) films have rather fantastic soundtracks/scores.

Leslita

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:24:07 -0500

Velvet Goldmine, if only for the eye candy.

Joel

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:17:17 -0500

You don't like Moulin Rouge? My LOL is all OMG.

Hilton

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:14:15 -0500

Good point about Almost Famous, Amadeus, etc. Totally agree. Other films that come to mind: - The Jazz Singer (notably the first "speakie" or whatever, and, of course, the remake by Neil Diamond) - True Stories by David Byrne/Talking Heads - Sweet and Lowdown by Woody Allen - Concert movies like Rattle and Hum by U2 or Gimme Shelter by Rolling Stones - The Music Man (duh...) - Psycho (arguably about the music as much as about the plot/cinematography, etc.) - Fame - Docs like Decline of Western Civilization I mean, there are HUNDREDS. Why he picked those (Moulin Rouge?) I don't know... -H

faust

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:09:57 -0500

DePalma's Phantom of the Opera is pretty rad

dahl

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:05:09 -0500

oh, and almost forgot - Oh Brother Where Art Thou and Swingers. Both responsible for starting music fads.

james

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:01:52 -0500

The Virgin Suicides - for the exquisite use of Crazy on You, the late night communicating through music over the phone scene, the air soundtrack/soundscape and for involving a Sloan song.

dahl

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:00:56 -0500

Reality Bites, Clueless Kevin Smith movies always have the soundtrack playing prominent roles (though Chasing Amy never released a CD of the soundtrack, much to my disappointment). And definately Cameron Crowe movies.

blah

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:58:36 -0500

Repo Man... And, following in the LA vein, Decline of Western Civilization Part 1 (Penelope Spheeris waaaay before Wayne's World or the bad hair metal of Decline... part II).

Jen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:58:28 -0500

Yeah, Drysdale mentions Hedwig in his list, and I thought I covered Boogie Nights (and Magnolia) by saying "anything by Paul Thomas Anderson."

Jen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:52:00 -0500

Yes, the soundtrack to Out of Sight is really good. And good call on Trees Lounge and Kids; let's also add Laurel Canyon. I think it's interesting how movies now try to stack the deck with great soundtracks. It'd be nice if they could make a good movie first then think about the soundtrack (in lieu of directors/writers/producers who consider certain song elements while making the film).

West Coaster

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:51:44 -0500

Don't forget Hedwig and the Angry Inch!

dy

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:48:21 -0500

I might be the only one, but I love the Boogie Nights soundtrack.

Kristen

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:46:28 -0500

Soundtracks... don't forget Out of Sight.

Daniella

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:42:20 -0500

You're missing the soundtrack to Tree's Lounge (Shane McGowan and Brenda Lee, on the same soundtrack--hell, yeah!) and the soundtrack to Kids.