This is a list of my picks for the top ten songs written specifically for the movies they are in. Most (if not all were nominated for Oscars and most deserved to win and didn't. Enjoy:
10. Eye Of The Tiger - Rocky 3: Everyone knows it and everyone loves it. A classic motivational training song.
9. Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr: One of the first songs I remember hearing as a kid. If someone doesn't know the theme to Ghostbusters than they have been living under a rock or in Iraq for many years.
8. Vanilla Sky - Vanilla Sky - Paul McCartney - The soundtrack to this movie is great by itself but when this track comes up over the credits it is so perfectly placed and goes so well with the background. A dreamlike and amazing song.
7. Blaze Of Glory - Young Guns 2 - Bon Jovi - A song where I love the song and just think of the movie as so so. The movie was better when I was 11 or 12 but I still hold a place for it and this song in my heart.
6. Be Prepared - The Lion King - Another nostalgia song. Was one of my favorite Disney songs as a kid and still remains great. Beats "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" any day.
5. .You've Got A Friend In Me - Toy Story - Randy Newman - Yet another Disney and yet another nostalgia song. Randy Newman's music outside of Disney and Pixar is good but this is the one he will long be remembered for.
4. The Hands That Built America - Gangs Of New York - U2 - A very moving and powerful song. I remember being really pissed off when this lost the Oscar in 2002 or 3 to M&M's "Lose Yourself". Again this song is perfect when the credits start at the end of the film.
3. Falling Slowly - Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - I could not stop listening to this song after I watched the movie. The music and lyrics are phenomenal. Having to choose one song from this soundtrack is hard enough but this was the first one i heard and remains my favorite.
2. Live And Let Die - Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney - The best bond theme from a time where some of the worst Bond movies came out. McCartney was robbed the Oscar that year. Great opening to the movie.
1. Times Have Changed - Wonder Boys - Bob Dylan. - I did not enjoy Wonder Boys. The performances were ok but the story and characters just didn't do it for me. I was bored out of my mind at times and not laughing when I should have been. Yet when I heard the theme to Wonder Boys by Bob Dylan I was sold. Dylan's voice and lyrics are in top form. This is completely different from the boring title song he turned out for The Hurricane. I don't remember much of Wonder Boys other that I didn't like it. Times Have Changed I remember quite well. It is one Dylan's best.
