BOT Top 100 Movie Songs of All Time! I Need lists ASAP now People! You have until saturday, I will begin the countdown Sunday or Monday evening (Korea time)

[chasmmi]

I have done a list in a long time and this one hasn't been touched in any form for many a year so here we go

 

List is simple. What are the best movie songs of all time? Now as there are many ways to categorise a movie song I will clarify:

 

1. Any song that was sung by a character in a movie

2. Any song that plays as part of the soundtrack during the runtime of a movie

3. Any song written specifically for a movie

4. Multiple instances of the same song within the same franchise are not eligible, pick the best one. The same song in different franchises can be voted for in two different positions.

5. A Movie song MUST HAVE LYRICS AND SINGING - No scores or instrumentals, just songs.

6. Any rule I haven't thought of yet

 

Please choose songs based on their impact and relevance to the movie and its scene. Don't just pick a song you like  

 

Your list can be anything from 15 to 100 songs. The scoring system will be presented in the Spoilers below (as it is needlessly complicated ). 

 

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1st 25 pts

2nd 22pts

3rd 20pts

4-5th 18pts

6-7th 16pts

8-10th 14pts

11-15th 12pts

16-20th 10pts

21-30th 8pts

31-40th 6pts

41-50th 5 pts

51-60th 4 pts

61-70th 3pts

71-80th 2pts

81-100th 1pt

 

Multiple Vote Bonuses: (Total)

 

2 Votes - 6pts

4 votes - 12pts

6 votes - 18pts

8 votes - 25pts

10 votes - 30pts

12 votes - 35pts

15 votes - 40pts 

 

 

If anyone wishes to put forward a non-ordered list it will be accepted and scoring will be done with all songs given an identical score equal to the average score the films would have received in an ordered list.

 

PM lists are preferred for both ease of compilation and suspense purposes.

 

DEADLINE IS LATE SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY

[Plain Old Tele]

Does playing over the credits constitute "part of the movie" or not?

[chasmmi]

Just now, Telemachos said:

Does playing over the credits constitute "part of the movie" or not?

 

I would say yes, especially if it fits the ending of the film (ala Men In Black for example)

[chasmmi]

Oh and not including God Gave Rock and Roll and at least 1 Team America song results in immediate banning from the world  

[4815162342]

Will be interesting to see how this one turns out.

 

My Top 100 Scores thing from last year had some interesting developments, but ended up with a giganticaly predictable and "safe" Top 10. Plan on doing that again early next year to see how the 2-year gap changes things.

[Amadeus]

1. Help! (The Beatles) -- Help! (1965)
2. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) -- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
3. The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles) -- Let it Be (1970)
4. Belle (Little Town) -- The Beauty and the beast (1991)
5. Gia Ena Tango -- Before Midnight (2013 -- end credits)
6. Knock on Wood -- Casablanca (1942)
7. Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon) -- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
8. Edelweiss -- Sound of music (1965)
9. Do Re Mi -- Sound of Music (1965)
10. America -- West Side Story (1961)
11. I Feel Pretty -- West Side Story (1961)
12. Starman (Bowie) -- The Martian -- pretty moving sequence of pop culturism (2015)
13. Hopelessly Devoted -- Grease (1978)
14. Cabaret -- Cabaret (1972)
15. South American Getaway -- Butch Cassidy (1969)
16. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) -- American Hsutle (2013)
17. Slow Boat to China -- The Master (2012)
18. Let it Loose  (Rolling Stones) -- The Departed (2006)
19. Moritat (Mack the Knife) -- Quiz Show (end credits, 1994)
20. Someday My Prince Will Come -- Snow White (1938)

[chasmmi]

On ‎21‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 9:07 PM, Amadeus said:

1. Help! (The Beatles) -- Help! (1965)
2. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) -- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
3. The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles) -- Let it Be (1970)
4. Belle (Little Town) -- The Beauty and the beast (1991)
5. Gia Ena Tango -- Before Midnight (2013 -- end credits)
6. Knock on Wood -- Casablanca (1942)
7. Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon) -- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
8. Edelweiss -- Sound of music (1965)
9. Do Re Mi -- Sound of Music (1965)
10. America -- West Side Story (1961)
11. I Feel Pretty -- West Side Story (1961)
12. Starman (Bowie) -- The Martian -- pretty moving sequence of pop culturism (2015)
13. Hopelessly Devoted -- Grease (1978)
14. Cabaret -- Cabaret (1972)
15. South American Getaway -- Butch Cassidy (1969)
16. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) -- American Hsutle (2013)
17. Slow Boat to China -- The Master (2012)
18. Let it Loose  (Rolling Stones) -- The Departed (2006)
19. Moritat (Mack the Knife) -- Quiz Show (end credits, 1994)
20. Someday My Prince Will Come -- Snow White (1938)

 

Thanks, some unique choices there I think

 

Be interesting to see how many old school musical songs make the list.

[Plain Old Tele]

What about songs (not composed specifically for the the movie) that characters partially sing within the movie?

[chasmmi]

6 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

What about songs (not composed specifically for the the movie) that characters partially sing within the movie?

 

Anything that you think adds to a scene or movie that is a song (sung by someone or on soundtrack) I will accept as long as it is a song and not score/background music.

 

Examples of things that would be totally acceptable:

 

God Gave Rock and Roll - Bill and Ted

As Time Goes By - Casablanca

Bohemian Rhapsody - Wayne's World

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Old School

Dust in the Wind - Old School

X Gonna Give it To ya - Deadpool

 

Its essentially the best use of songs in a film  

[Ethan Hunt]

So you're telling me that Gone Gone Gone counts for The Amazing Spiderman 2? 

 

 

[Avatree]

Yess!! Definitely submitting a big list for this. I make an album every year of the best used songs in movies released in that year.

[Kalo]

So does come and get your love used in Guardians of of the Galaxy count? 

[James]

Does elvish lyrics count?

 

 

[Plain Old Tele]

22 minutes ago, James said:

Does elvish lyrics count?

 

 

 

No.

 

(At least, IMO they shouldn't, any more than some score using Latin choral elements. Or, as the case with the TPM score, Sanskrit.)

[chasmmi]

3 hours ago, Ethan Hunt said:

So you're telling me that Gone Gone Gone counts for The Amazing Spiderman 2? 

 

 

 

I feel like I should veto anything from ASM2 just because ASM2  

[chasmmi]

2 hours ago, Kalo said:

So does come and get your love used in Guardians of of the Galaxy count? 

 

Yes it does, it's a big part of the opening credits  (Although I think you were actually asking about Hooked on a Feeling surely?  ) 

 

[chasmmi]

2 hours ago, James said:

Does elvish lyrics count?

 

 

 

I am assuming that is choral and thus would be considered orchestral as opposed to singing. Just like that Omen theme shouldn't count for similar reasons. 

 

If there is an actual song sneaked in somewhere then a foreign language or invented language song is eligible. (But not a dubbed foreign language song like say the German version of Let it Go or something).

 

[Kalo]

2 minutes ago, chasmmi said:

 

Yes it does, it's a big part of the opening credits  (Although I think you were actually asking about Hooked on a Feeling surely?  ) 

 

 

lol no actually.  although I will have hooked on a feeling as well. come and get your love was my favorite use of music in the film though. 

[chasmmi]

Just now, Kalo said:

 

lol no actually.  although I will have hooked on a feeling as well. come and get your love was my favorite use of music in the film though. 

 

Guardians is a walking soundtrack of awesome to be fair, could probably include like 6 of their songs (if I'd only ever watched 25 movies) 

[Kalo]

This is going to take me some time, it may be hard narrowing down a top 100.

 

here are some FYCs for the meantime:

 

 

 

(and Pretty much every song from this movie)

 

 

 

 

 

 

and some more

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