| A good song has the potential to make or | | | | popular tunes, such as "Do-Re-Mi" and "My |
| break a movie. Some songs can salvage bad | | | | Favorite Things." Nonetheless, the |
| films and make good films even better. Then | | | | performance of the song, its metaphoric |
| there are certain songs that are so memorable | | | | qualities, and the fact that it was the last |
| it's impossible to get them out of your head | | | | Oscar Hammerstein II ever wrote, is one of |
| and out of your heart. The following is our | | | | the most memorable moments of the entire |
| list of The Best Ten Movie Songs of All Time. | | | | film. |
| Many of these have won Academy Awards and | | | | |
| some have won Grammy's, but we are sure that | | | | "New York, New York" - New York, New York |
| inclusion on our list will be their greatest | | | | (1977): The song that made us all want to be |
| accomplishment yet. | | | | a part of it, "New York New York" was first |
| | | | performed in its title movie by Liza Minelli. |
| "Over the Rainbow" - Wizard of Oz (1939): Few | | | | However, Frank Sinatra was the one who really |
| movie songs of the past or present can reach | | | | made the tune famous, seemingly adopting it |
| "Over the Rainbow." Written by E.Y. Harburg | | | | as one of his theme songs. Despite this, our |
| and Harold Arlen, and performed by Judy | | | | favorite rendition of "New York, New York" is |
| Garland, this song caught us up in hopes and | | | | showcased in Gremlins 2, when it's |
| ideals, and made us forget all about the | | | | passionately sung by a group of the |
| Wicked Witch of the West. A song that allowed | | | | mischievous little creatures. |
| Garland to hook her ladder to a star, "Over | | | | |
| the Rainbow" is, plainly put, the mother of | | | | "What A Feeling" - Flashdance (1983): A song |
| all movie songs, or at least the Auntie Em. | | | | and a movie that made us all want to get up |
| | | | and boogie, "What a Feeling" was a tune that |
| "When You Wish Upon A Star" - Pinocchio | | | | many of us probably found ourselves working |
| (1940): Is it just me, or is Jiminy Cricket | | | | out to in the mid-eighties. Written by |
| so cute when he sings that you want to throw | | | | Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, |
| away every bottle of insect spray sitting | | | | who also provided vocals, "What a Feeling" |
| under your kitchen sink. "When you wish Upon | | | | helped Flashdance do for torn sweatshirts |
| a Star" not only won an Academy Award - | | | | what Bill Clinton's administration did for |
| thanks to the talents of Ned Washington, | | | | Gap Dresses. |
| Leigh Harline, and Cliff Edwards - but it has | | | | |
| also become Disney's anthem over the past | | | | "Let The River Run" - Working Girl (1988): |
| seven decades. | | | | Working Girl is a movie about the little guy |
| | | | (in this case the little guy is Melanie |
| "High Hopes" - A Hole in the Head (1959): So | | | | Griffith) who finishes first. A movie that |
| apparently, Frank Sinatra can sing. Bellowing | | | | makes us wish a mean and deceiving Sigourney |
| out the tune written by Jimmy Van Heusen and | | | | Weaver would have gotten eaten by aliens, one |
| Sammy Cahn, Sinatra found himself with "High | | | | of the most memorable things about Working |
| Hopes"…high in the sky apple pie hopes. | | | | Girl is Carly Simon's rendition of "Let the |
| A song that was a hit, it turns out his hopes | | | | River Run." It's inspiring, it's |
| were high for a reason. | | | | enlightening, and it's worthy of winning an |
| | | | Oscar. |
| "Moon River" - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961): | | | | |
| A song that helped make Breakfast at | | | | "Under The Sea" - The Little Mermaid (1989): |
| Tiffany's one of the most memorable films of | | | | A song performed by Samuel Wright and written |
| all time, "Moon River" was written by Johnny | | | | by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, "Under the |
| Mercer and Henry Mancini. Legend states that | | | | Sea" is one of the best songs to ever come |
| an executive wanted to remove the song from | | | | out of the movies hands, er....fins, down. |
| the movie, but Audrey Hepburn fought to keep | | | | It's fun, it's clever, it's detailed, and it |
| it in. Had the executive proven victorious, | | | | makes us second guess ourselves whenever we |
| he might have just been up a moon river | | | | go to Red Lobster. |
| without a paddle. It is one of only a handful | | | | |
| of songs to have received both an Academy | | | | "Seasons of Love" - Rent (2005): Okay, so |
| Award for Best Song (in 1961) and a Grammy | | | | it's not completely crazy that a Broadway |
| Award for Song of the Year (in 1962). | | | | musical turned movie would have a few good |
| | | | tunes. Rent, housing Jonathan Larsen's |
| "Edelweiss"- The Sound of Music (1965): | | | | memorable songs, didn't disappoint. But, one |
| Written by a duo who just might have known a | | | | song stood out from the rest: "Seasons of |
| thing or two about music (Rodgers and | | | | Love." We like it so much that we'd listen to |
| Hammerstein), "Edelweiss" was The Sound of | | | | it 525,600 times. |
| Music song that took a backseat to more | | | | |