What are your top 5 favorite musical moments ever in cinema?

Submitted by Gattsu2000 t3_127yutp in movies

This is specifically talking about scene in which the main characters are shown to actually be doing the singing and music rather than just a scene which puts a lot of emphasis on the music driving the scene, meaning that such scenes like "I'm Still Here" from Treasure Planet and and some of the scenes in "In The Mood For Love" where it plays its iconic music.

For me, it would be:

  1. "Moon Song" from "Her": https://youtu.be/bVnQmll4kyU
  2. The final rap monologue from "Blindspotting": https://youtu.be/0isJhUwLBtM
  3. "Hellfire" from "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame": https://youtu.be/-NP-RsRGzVo
  4. "Sweet Transvestite" from "Rocky Horror Picture Show": https://youtu.be/lwUjJXxoGy4
  5. "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" from "Blues Brothers": https://youtu.be/EHV0zs0kVGg
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Consistent-Annual268 t1_jegfto2 wrote

Pippin singing to whatshisfaceDenethor in The Two TowersReturn of the King while the soldiers charge to their deaths in battle.

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Dragonborn83196 t1_jegq9a0 wrote

You almost had that right, I upvoted anyhow because I know what you’re talking about lol.

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monkelus t1_jeguzo3 wrote

  • Dueling Banjos - Deliverance
  • Canned Heat - Napoleon Dynamite
  • Wise Up - Magnolia
  • Don't Stop Me Now - Shaun Of The Dead
  • Freebird - Devil's Rejects

I've avoided musicals as it made it too easy

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Personage1 t1_jegpakm wrote

  1. I mean it's just cheating that Blues Brothers exists. James Brown killing it and Rawhide are probably my favorites, but I mean come on.....

  2. Miles singing along with Sunflower just did such a wonderful job of setting the tone for Spiderverse.

  3. Puttin on the Ritz from Young Frankenstein.

  4. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

  5. I am a Man of Constant Sorrow.

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HowIsYourBreathing t1_jeghcd4 wrote

Top Hat (1935) for "Cheek to Cheek" performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Love Me Tonight (1932) for "Mimi" performed by Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald

42nd Street (1933) for "42nd Street" performed by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) for "The Yankee Doodle Boy" performed by James Cagney

South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) for "Uncle Fucka" performed by Matt Stone and Trey Parker

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CaptainONaps t1_jegj2e0 wrote

Team America world police. America, fuck ya. That’s the only one on my list.

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Gattsu2000 OP t1_jegjom9 wrote

Isn't just music playing in the movie rather than them singing the song in-universe? The AIDS would definitely count tho.

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CaptainONaps t1_jegmf41 wrote

Oh ya. I guess you’re right. It’s still a banger though.

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Alaska_Pipeliner t1_jeh4zag wrote

The opera alien song in Fifth Element. One of my favorite movies.

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uncchris2001 t1_jeh5d38 wrote

In no particular order:

- The old guy and Mama Corleone singing at Connie's wedding in the opening of The Godfather.

- The scene from Clue where they play "Life Could be a Dream" and stage the corpses to look like a party is happening.

- Jack Rabbit Slim's Twist Contest in Pulp Fiction.

- War drums/flaming guitar as the war party rolls out in Mad Max: Fury Road

- Marty playing Johnny B. Goode at the end of Back To The Future.

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Intelligent-Age2786 t1_jegv1bl wrote

Rocky Horror Picture Show

No specific scene. The entire movie is incredible and astounding.

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TheDadThatGrills t1_jegl0kc wrote

The first time Peter O'Toole breaks out into song in The Ruling Class. The movie is insane under a veneer of sophistication... which is basically the point of the film.

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hedronist t1_jegrl9l wrote

The Ruling Class

Now there's a name title I have not heard in a very long time.

Genuinely one of the weirder films I've ever seen. A snippet to accompany your afternoon tea. And a song to go with it!

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TheDadThatGrills t1_jegt4nq wrote

Caught it on the Criterion Channel and genuinely felt like I discovered an unknown classic. Appreciate you adding the links!

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lostonpolk t1_jegs5zt wrote

Can't Buy Me Love - A Hard Day's Night

The Old Bamboo - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Tiny Dancer - Almost Famous

La Marseilles - Casablanca

When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2

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wjbc t1_jegjnq9 wrote

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  1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) - The Ecstasy of Gold (Ennio Morricone)
  2. Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Final Theme (Ennio Morricone)
  3. Once (2007) - Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová)
  4. Goodfellas (1990) - Layla (Derek & The Dominoes)
  5. Baby Driver (2017) - Bellbottom (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
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Jolly_Job_9852 t1_jegoske wrote

  1. Singin' in the Rain

  2. Let's Go Fly a Kite- Mary Poppins

  3. Do you hear the People Sing?

  4. In the Navy- Andrews Sisters musical war film

  5. French National Anthem- Casablanca

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CryptidGrimnoir t1_jeguo8w wrote

>Do you hear the People Sing?

Singing the songs of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again!

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Stuckinaelevator t1_jegrcuz wrote

I'm not into musicals, so my list is shot.

  1. The whole movie Purple Rain.
  2. Adam Sandler in the Wedding Singer singing his Cure inspired song.
  3. Neil Diamond in the Jazz Singer, coming to America.
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outbound_flight t1_jegntsy wrote

"Let's Build a Snowman" from Matt Stone/Trey Parker's Cannibal: The Musical. For what was essentially a sideproject while they were at university, they had a lot of hits in there.

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TheSunRogue t1_jegwich wrote

The first performance of That Thing You Do! in That Thing You Do!

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313Wolverine t1_jeh3moy wrote

Tom Cruise singing 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'' in Top Gun.

/s

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jfstompers t1_jeh54ww wrote

When Terrence and Philip break into Uncle Fucker in South Park it's pretty amazing.

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Dragonborn83196 t1_jegqqpz wrote

Repo! The Genetic Opera- Legal Assassin, Zydrate Anatomy, and Infected

Rocky Horror Picture Show- Sweet Transvestite and Time Warp

I guess that’s five even though it’s only from two musicals lol

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PJTikoko t1_jegt10r wrote

It’s hard to pick, so I’m going to cheat and say thy entire beauty and the beast(1993) film.

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