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The Ten Best Movie Songs of All Time

A good song has the potential to make orpopular tunes, such as "Do-Re-Mi" and "My
break a movie. Some songs can salvage badFavorite Things." Nonetheless, the
films and make good films even better. Thenperformance of the song, its metaphoric
there are certain songs that are so memorablequalities, and the fact that it was the last
it's impossible to get them out of your headOscar Hammerstein II ever wrote, is one of
and out of your heart. The following is ourthe 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): FewHowever, Frank Sinatra was the one who really
movie songs of the past or present can reachmade the tune famous, seemingly adopting it
"Over the Rainbow." Written by E.Y. Harburgas one of his theme songs. Despite this, our
and Harold Arlen, and performed by Judyfavorite rendition of "New York, New York" is
Garland, this song caught us up in hopes andshowcased in Gremlins 2, when it's
ideals, and made us forget all about thepassionately sung by a group of the
Wicked Witch of the West. A song that allowedmischievous  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" - Pinocchiomany of us probably found ourselves working
(1940): Is it just me, or is Jiminy Cricketout to in the mid-eighties. Written by
so cute when he sings that you want to throwGiorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey and Irene Cara,
away every bottle of insect spray sittingwho also provided vocals, "What a Feeling"
under your kitchen sink. "When you wish Uponhelped 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): SoGriffith) who finishes first. A movie that
apparently, Frank Sinatra can sing. Bellowingmakes us wish a mean and deceiving Sigourney
out the tune written by Jimmy Van Heusen andWeaver would have gotten eaten by aliens, one
Sammy Cahn, Sinatra found himself with "Highof 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 hopesRiver 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 ofA song performed by Samuel Wright and written
all time, "Moon River" was written by Johnnyby Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, "Under the
Mercer and Henry Mancini. Legend states thatSea" is one of the best songs to ever come
an executive wanted to remove the song fromout of the movies hands, er....fins, down.
the movie, but Audrey Hepburn fought to keepIt'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 rivergo  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 Grammyit'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 asong stood out from the rest: "Seasons of
thing or two about music (Rodgers andLove." We like it so much that we'd listen to
Hammerstein), "Edelweiss" was The Sound ofit 525,600 times.
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