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Uplifting songs in movies (regardless of genre or it being an original song)

posted 7 years ago by BanditOne (98)
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Just something random:

What songs (in what movies) come to mind when I say "uplifting (happy)" songs. Doesn't matter in what kind of genre and it doesn't matter if it was written for the movie or not. Some examples:

"Gimme Some Loving" (Spencer Davis Group) both in "Days Of Thunder" and "Notting Hill"

"Brown Eyed Girl" (Van Morrison) in "Sleeping With The Enemy"

"Higher And Higher" (Sung by Howard Huntsberry) in "Ghostbusters 2"

"Wheaterman" (Delbert McClinton) in "Groundhog Day"

[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

"Paint It Black"---"Tour of Duty" introduction. - Best part of the damn show.

[–] BanditOne (98) 7 years ago

Paint It Black ... great choice!

[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

The soundtrack---the final 2 minutes of "Meet Joe Black"

In combination with the intense fireworks display over it---it is pure dynamite...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVh7z3-M1B8

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

How it Ends by Devotchka, in Little Miss Sunshine and Everything is Illuminated

[–] GlenEllyn (21659) 7 years ago

"He's my Friend" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a favorite of mine - the scene looks like so much fun.

"Step in Time" and "Let's Go Fly a Kite" from Mary Poppins.

"Make 'Em Laugh" and "Good Morning" from Singin' in the Rain.

"San Francisco" from the 1936 movie of the same name.

"Shipoopi" from The Music Man.

I love musicals and I could go on...

[–] BanditOne (98) 7 years ago

To answer my own question:

Totally forgot about "East Bound And Down" (Jerry Reed) in the good old classic "Smokey And The Bandit".