Carl Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 I miss the days when the biggest songs and movies were intertwined. The Best Song category at The Oscars used to be filled with the hits of the day - "Eye Of The Tiger" battling it out with "Up Where We Belong." Now, the category is barely breathing. This year, there are just two entries, and neither is anywhere near a hit. The movies themselves might be to blame - Elton John did a song for a film this year, but Gnomeo and Juliet ain't The Lion King. Why do you think movies don't break hit songs these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Gnomeo And Juliet? That's Gnonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 There were plenty in the '80s and '90s but only a small handful in the '00s. A few hits from the '00s are: 2008: Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" - A.R. Rahman & the Pussycat Dolls 2004: Spider-Man 2 "Vindicted" - Dashboard Confessional 2002: 8 Mile "Lose Yourself" - Eminem 2002: Spider-Man "Hero" - Chad Kroeger Eminem's song is the biggest hit ever to be written for a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Maybe youtube and the net have something to do with it? "Hits" are no longer hits like before... people vote and download the songs and they care less from where it is. We used to go more to the movies some years ago as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) I think Edna's right.....with YouTube, Myspace and even TV shows, musicians don't need movies to sell their music anymore. Also, the category is for an original song written for the movie, and most movies now don't use songs written for the movies. It seems like mostly musicals or cartoons have original songs. I used to own many movie soundtracks, so I miss those days myself. Edited January 31, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Also, I think a lot of those hits from movies are now so associated with cheesy 80s montages that no serious musician or filmmaker wants to deal with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm with Edna and Jenny on this one. I remember (but not proud of) owning soundtracks from movies like "Fast Times At Ridgemont High", "The Breakfast Club" , etc... There were good tunes by good bands (at the time) but now the movies are not a medium needed to put your music out there. It's all about original score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 (but not proud of) owning soundtracks from movies like "Fast Times At Ridgemont High", I still have that! On vinyl!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 You bought that because of the Stevie Nicks song. The best songs from the movie weren't on the soundtrack - no "Moving In Stereo" or "Kashmir." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I think there may be quite a few hit songs from movies, except I wouldn't be able to name them because I don't watch new movies. The last I remember were the songs by Air for the 1999 movie, The Virgin Suicides (they weren't hit songs, though, but I really liked them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I can understand how some songs are associated with the cheesy 80's montages, but what about back when a new song was the theme of the movie? Like "Mrs. Robinson" and "The Graduate" or "Everybody's Talkin" and "Midnight Cowboy"? I wouldn't mind seeing something like that again, an original song written specifically for a movie. The one I remember most recently was "Falling Slowly" by The Swell Season for the movie "Once". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjudge Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 "Never Say Never" by Jaden Smith & Justin Bieber was orginally written for "The Karate Kid", in which Jaden starred. It was originally a minor top 40 hit (#33), but several months later hit the top 10 (#8) in a remixed version from Bieber's self-aggrandizing documentary film "Never Say Never". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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