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- Fight Club. Song: Pixies - Where Is My Mind? The ending of Fight Club goes like this (including spoilers, in case you’re one of the eight people who’s not seen it): Tyler works out that Tyler is Tyler.
- Stand By Me. Song: Ben E. King – Stand By Me. Though Stand By Me is based on Stephen King’s novella The Body, the film takes its name from the Ben E. King song.
- 8 Mile. Song: Lose Yourself - Eminem. The whole of 8 Mile was building up to its ending, when B-Rabbit has a rap battle that, if he wins, hip-hop supremacy awaits.
- The Bourne Ultimatum. Song: Moby – Extreme Ways. For most sensible people, the end of the third Bourne film comes as a musical epiphany. Instead of being a guy who makes dreary music for adverts, it turns out that Moby's music is occasionally amazing.
Listen to all 7 songs from the Avengers: Endgame soundtrack, playlist, ost and score.
- 'Where Is My Mind?' in 'Fight Club' The crunching guitars, sharp drums, and Kim Deal's warbling gives the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" a psychedelic sound that compliments David Fincher's mind-bending satire of commercialism and masculinity.
- 'My Way' in 'Goodfellas' Martin Scorsese is a master of using music in his movies, but perhaps one of his most memorable needle drops is Sid Vicious' snarling cover of Frank Sinatra's "My Way" in the final scene and end credits of "Goodfellas."
- 'Baby You're a Rich Man' in 'The Social Network' Trent Reznor's mechanical score is a striking component of David Fincher's "The Social Network," a chilling study of the internet phenomenon that completely transformed the world as we knew it.
- 'Paint it Black' in 'Full Metal Jacket' Stanley Kubrick frequently uses the soundtrack in parodic ways throughout "Full Metal Jacket" to amplify his critique of chauvinism, from the light-hearted opening "Hello, Vietnam" to the Mickey Mouse Club theme song at the end, where young men sing the ironic sound of childhood innocence as they march through a barren wasteland of death and destruction.
- Vera Lynn – “We’ll Meet Again” in Dr. Strangelove (1964) The Cold War made for a lot of incredible entertainment between the 1950s and 1980s, and some of the best of it came in satirical form — like this black comedy, surely one of the best films to bear Stanley Kubrick’s directorial title.
- Simple Minds – “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” in The Breakfast Club (1985) Scottish rockers Simple Minds only had one hit in the U.S., “Don’t You (Forget About Me).”
- Underworld – “Born Slippy (Nuxx)” in Trainspotting (1996) The first line in the 1996 film adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel Trainspotting is “Choose life,” which initially seems ironic, considering the story centers around a cast of characters that struggle with heroin addiction.
- Elliott Smith – “Miss Misery” in Good Will Hunting (1997) Gus Van Sant’s 1997 film Good Will Hunting blended heartwarming and soul-crushing elements to tell the story of tormented delinquent/genius prodigy Will Hunting, so it’s no surprise that the filmmakers chose to use five Elliott Smith songs, the bulk of them from either/or, as part of its dramatic score.
- ‘Born Slippy’ – Underworld
- ‘Exit Music
- ‘Miss Misery’ – Elliott Smith
- ‘Wake Up’ – Rage Against The Machine
- ‘Where Is My mind?’ – Pixies
- ‘She’s Got You High’ – Mumm-Ra
- ‘Baby, You’Re A Rich Man’ – The Beatles
- ‘Heroes’ – David Bowie
- ‘The Sun Ain’T Gonna Shine Anymore’ – Frankie Valli
- ‘Les Fleurs’ – Minnie Riperton
Though it had a relatively small budget, Danny Boyle’s 1996 drama about heroin addiction was marketed so cleverly that uni students still put ‘Choose Life’ posters up in halls. Part of its mass appeal was the soundtrack, featuring Lou Reed, Brian Eno, and New Order, which was primed for the 1990s indie-Britpop phenomenon. Oasis were even asked to c...
Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 on the Shakespearean tragedy modernised the story stylistically and through their soundtrack. Luhrmann approached Radiohead to write a song for the film, and ‘Exit Music (For a Film)’ was born. In 1997, frontman Thom Yorke told Humo Magazine: “When we saw the scene in which Claire Danes holds the Colt 45 against her head, we sta...
Like Radiohead’s contribution to Romeo + Juliet, Elliott Smith also wrote ‘Miss Misery’ to appear in Good Will Hunting. The soundtrack featured a number of Smith’s tracks, but ‘Miss Misery’ was the one that went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for ‘Best Original Song’ in 1998. The psychological drama sees ‘Miss Misery’ play in its final m...
One of the defining films of the 1990s, The Matrixgained widespread popularity for its cyberpunk futurism and innovative filmmaking, including the “bullet time” effect. The film has retained cultural relevance to this day, with continued references to the “red pill” scene. Its soundtrack was similarly innovative, featuring a range of alternative me...
One of the most iconic ending scenes and songs of all time, the climactic final minutes of Fight Club see the narrator shoot himself in the cheek, thinking he’s shooting Tyler Durden. ‘Where Is My Mind?’ from the Pixies’ 1998 album Surfer Rosakicks in as buildings fall around him and Marla. He takes her hand and states, “You met me at a very strang...
The 500 Days of Summer soundtrack was an indie haven that featured The Smiths, Simon & Garfunkel, Doves and more. The final scene is soundtracked by the optimistic indie rock track ‘She’s Got You High’ by Mumm-ra. Tom has seemingly shaken off his hopeless romanticism and abandoned his belief in fate. But in the film’s final moments, he meets a new ...
David Fincher’s second entry on the list, The Social Networkfeatures a Beatles song at its climax. Fincher shows Mark Zuckerberg pathetically requesting his ex-girlfriend on his own website, then solemnly refreshing the screen repeatedly as the camera zooms in. ‘Baby You’re A Rich Man’ plays, and Lennon remarks on the rich and famous. On-screen tex...
Every 2010s indie kid’s favourite film and introduction to the alternative music of the ’70s and ’80s, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has a climactic final scene soundtracked by David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’. Paralleling the earlier tunnel scene, an excited Sam, played by Emma Watson, tells protagonist Charlie that she’s “found the tunnel song”. The thre...
Midsommar’s final moments birthed some iconic cinematographic imagery – the burning yellow temple, the bear suit, and Florence Pugh’s oddly victorious smile. After the nine-minute sonic cathartic release that is Bobby Krlic’s ‘Fire Temple’, the end credits roll with the accompaniment of Frankie Valli’s version of ‘The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore’....
Another triumph in modern horror, Jordan Peele’sUs in 2019 featured a sinister “tethered mix” of ‘I Got 5 On It’ alongside music from Janelle Monae, N.W.A. and The Beach Boys. But in its final moments, as the film reveals that its protagonist was “tethered” all along, Minnie Riperton’s ‘Les Fleurs’ fades in, and the camera pans to show the lengthy ...
Here is a list of my favourite ending credit songs in movies, those which make you stay in front of the film although it is finished.
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