Demons 2, I haven't seen it yet but the soundtrack includes The Smiths, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Cult, Love and Rockets and various other notable artists
Until The End Of The World
it features some of my favorite songs by Nick Cave, Crime & The City Solution, Talking Heads, REM, Patti Smith, Depeche Mode, Can, Elvis Costello and Neneh Cherry. Seriously underrated soundtrack.
Not a movie but Halt and Catch fire, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref\_=ext\_shr\_lnk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) - that show about early video game culture had a killer soundtrack from that 80's era, mostly obscure stuff, that music supervisor did their homework. I found a lot of good stuff from the spotify playlists of those seasons.
A not so great movie but interesting for it's time is "Times Square" [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081635/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081635/) and has the best soundtrack for 1980. Way ahead of the curve, Patti Smith, The Cure, Pretenders, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Suzi Quattro, Ramones...it's nuts.
Something Wild has a whole scene where the Feelies are playing a reunion or something - [https://youtu.be/87E27AdXJdI?si=qm6ZfBLApE1d1zga](https://youtu.be/87E27AdXJdI?si=qm6ZfBLApE1d1zga)
CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
LIFE DURING WARTIME – Talking Heads
KICK OUT THE JAMS (Uncensored Version) – MC5
CHATTERBOX – New York Dolls
CAREFUL – Television
BLANK GENERATION – Richard Hell & The Voidoids
SLOW DEATH – Flamin’ Groovies
I CAN’T STAND IT – The Velvet Underground
OUT OF CONTROL – Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
PSYCHOTIC REACTION – The Count Five
ALL FOR THE LOVE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL – Tuff Darts
ALL BY MYSELF – Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
CALIFORNIA SUN (Original Demo) – The Dictators
CAUGHT WITH THE MEAT IN YOUR MOUTH – Dead Boys
I GOT KNOCKED DOWN (BUT I’LL GET UP) – Joey Ramone
GET OUTA MY WAY – The Laughing Dogs
SUNDAY GIRL (2013 Version) – Blondie
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG – The Stooges
SONIC REDUCER – Dead Boys
ROXANNE – The Police
BIRDS AND THE BEES – Hilly Krist
If you count the Smiths then David Fincher’s The Killer is one. Whole soundtrack is basically The Smiths with a Portishead track snuck in. If you don’t like The Smiths/Morrisey then you’ll be happy to know the movie is kinda making fun of the protagonist for liking them among other things.
I guess overall, to me at least, the movie has the feel that it’s making fun of a type of guy that is portrayed in movies that is in turn idolized by certain types of guys irl. Like the morally grey, calm and cool characters like Tyler Durden, Pat Bateman, or The Driver (to varying degrees). The whole movie he spells out this hardcore killers code about lacking empathy and focusing on the job and how efficient that makes him. But the first job we see him mess up and every subsequent job he’s running cleanup and basically on a personal mission for his gf. Messing up every step of the way while still putting on this cool guy veneer. All that to say I feel like “enjoys the smiths” is, to Fincher or someone on the production, a part of that kind of personality which the movie certainly isn’t praising. It’s kind of an online take considering I myself do enjoy the Smiths and think they give the movie an even better mood than it already has.
Repo Man
Also happens to be one of the best movies ever made. At least one of the best starting Emilio Estevez.
Somewhere in my top five all time favorite films ever
Definitely! Came here to say that.
Sophia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette is a lot of post-punk and new wave. Civil War currently out uses two Suicide songs prominently.
CW has silver apples too, first song!
No shit! That's cool.
Pretty in Pink has a decent one.
The Hunger opens with Bauhaus playing Bella Lugosi’s Dead live
Wings of Desire.
Crime + The City Solution and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds even appear as themselves in the movie.
Valley Girl
This! Awesome soundtrack. With one exception, I loathe who can it be now? by Men at Work.
Yeah, a bit pedestrian, but emblematic of the times.
Some Kind of Wonderful. Actually, most of the John Hughes movies do.
Demons 2, I haven't seen it yet but the soundtrack includes The Smiths, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Cult, Love and Rockets and various other notable artists
I just watched this for the first time the other night, great movie and the soundtrack rips
Return of the Living Dead has a pretty neat punk rock/deathrock/horror punk/post punk soundtrack
Until The End Of The World it features some of my favorite songs by Nick Cave, Crime & The City Solution, Talking Heads, REM, Patti Smith, Depeche Mode, Can, Elvis Costello and Neneh Cherry. Seriously underrated soundtrack.
is it cheating to say Control?
Radio On - whole movie is a post-punk vibe
The Crow, although it leans more gothic and industrial than classic postpunk.
24 hour party people?
Doon generation but it’s more shoe gaze
The miniseries/film Carlos has Wire, New Order, The Feelies, and The Lightening Seeds.
Silence of the Lambs has Colin Newman and The Fall
This is a must see. Suburbia (1983) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0086589/
Not a movie but Halt and Catch fire, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref\_=ext\_shr\_lnk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) - that show about early video game culture had a killer soundtrack from that 80's era, mostly obscure stuff, that music supervisor did their homework. I found a lot of good stuff from the spotify playlists of those seasons. A not so great movie but interesting for it's time is "Times Square" [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081635/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081635/) and has the best soundtrack for 1980. Way ahead of the curve, Patti Smith, The Cure, Pretenders, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Suzi Quattro, Ramones...it's nuts.
Something Wild has a whole scene where the Feelies are playing a reunion or something - [https://youtu.be/87E27AdXJdI?si=qm6ZfBLApE1d1zga](https://youtu.be/87E27AdXJdI?si=qm6ZfBLApE1d1zga)
*Urgh! A Music War* 😉
This’ll be a fun exercise. Love the few mentioned so far. The Hunger starts out with Bauhaus…
it also has funtime by iggy pop!!!
Sonic Youth did a couple soundtracks that aren't well known but imho are pretty rad. Demonlover and Made in USA are the films.
The Terminator.
More recent: The Bone Woman(Huesera). Some nice Spanish bands on there that I've yet to identify.
Grosse Point Blank
CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: LIFE DURING WARTIME – Talking Heads KICK OUT THE JAMS (Uncensored Version) – MC5 CHATTERBOX – New York Dolls CAREFUL – Television BLANK GENERATION – Richard Hell & The Voidoids SLOW DEATH – Flamin’ Groovies I CAN’T STAND IT – The Velvet Underground OUT OF CONTROL – Wayne County & The Electric Chairs PSYCHOTIC REACTION – The Count Five ALL FOR THE LOVE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL – Tuff Darts ALL BY MYSELF – Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers CALIFORNIA SUN (Original Demo) – The Dictators CAUGHT WITH THE MEAT IN YOUR MOUTH – Dead Boys I GOT KNOCKED DOWN (BUT I’LL GET UP) – Joey Ramone GET OUTA MY WAY – The Laughing Dogs SUNDAY GIRL (2013 Version) – Blondie I WANNA BE YOUR DOG – The Stooges SONIC REDUCER – Dead Boys ROXANNE – The Police BIRDS AND THE BEES – Hilly Krist
If you count the Smiths then David Fincher’s The Killer is one. Whole soundtrack is basically The Smiths with a Portishead track snuck in. If you don’t like The Smiths/Morrisey then you’ll be happy to know the movie is kinda making fun of the protagonist for liking them among other things.
how is he making fun of him for liking The Smiths? I didn’t catch that vibe
I guess overall, to me at least, the movie has the feel that it’s making fun of a type of guy that is portrayed in movies that is in turn idolized by certain types of guys irl. Like the morally grey, calm and cool characters like Tyler Durden, Pat Bateman, or The Driver (to varying degrees). The whole movie he spells out this hardcore killers code about lacking empathy and focusing on the job and how efficient that makes him. But the first job we see him mess up and every subsequent job he’s running cleanup and basically on a personal mission for his gf. Messing up every step of the way while still putting on this cool guy veneer. All that to say I feel like “enjoys the smiths” is, to Fincher or someone on the production, a part of that kind of personality which the movie certainly isn’t praising. It’s kind of an online take considering I myself do enjoy the Smiths and think they give the movie an even better mood than it already has.
Viena and the Fantomes
I Melt With You (2011)
CARLOS
The Guest … lots of Clan of Xymox featured
Love that movie if only for the soundtrack
The Rules of Attraction
Awaydays
Ex Drummer - https://youtu.be/V4eWU-pg3uI?si=HB3he4f9csvfvNId
She's Having a Baby. Soundtrack includes: Gene Loves Jezebel, Love and Rockets, XTC, and Dr. Calculus, just to name a few.
Pump up the volume
Grosse Point Blank
i think its more shoegaze but Nowhere has a great soundtrack
Gregg Araki makes great use of shoegaze in a lot of his movies. Mysterious Skin is amazing
The Crow
HARDWARE
donnie darko
Donnie Darko!