Title song originally in The Hollywood Review (1929)

The Black Jungle (1955)

“Rock Around the Clock”- Bill Haley

Wanted to portray rebellious intercity youth by using rock n roll—MGM didn’t want to, but lost the battle

#1 for 8 weeks

entire movie is Simon and Garfunkel hits (minus one song by them written for the film)

“Mrs. Robinson” only song written for the movie—was used as a merchandising tool

won Grammy for Album of the Year

Used popular music to appeal to young people

“Born to Be Wild” Steppenwolf

Songs carefully chosen to lyrics, mood

Total of $750 paid for each song that went in the movie/on the album

 Album stayed on charts for 72 weeks

“Everybody’s Talkin” - Harry Nilsson

John Barry enlisted to compose score and find tunes that were representative of the movie

wall to wall rock n roll from 1959-1962

Value of songs in movie/album is beginning to be known

Album spends a year on Billboard

“The End” by the Doors

Brilliant use of pre-existing song....The lyrics are relevant, brilliantly cut to the images, and this is the music they would have been listening to in Vietnam, the time period of the movie

“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” - The Temptations

More or less a Motown soundtrack

Album went double platinum and spent 161 weeks on Billboard

57 songs n the movie, 44 of which were masters

Set tone and time period, went through 3 decades of music

 Soundtrack spent 94 weeks on Billboard

“Neutron Dance”—album went to #1

more like current state of music suerpvision

HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SCENE, except maybe the fact that is was upbeat and gave a "feeling" that fit

 “Gangsta’s Paradise”—1^st hard core rap song to go to #1 on British charts