Greatest Movie Songs Tournament (prelim round 1)

[Widow's Peak]

Just to save time, I'll start with the last "AFI 100 Years…100 Songs" but you are free to nominate others. My criteria is simple: the song most either have been written exclusively for the film or it must have played a vital role in the film. I'll leave nominations open until next Sunday, then I'll stay the qualifying round.

Contenders:

1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" -Dirty Dancing
2. "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" -Road to Morocco
3. "9 to 5" - Nine to Five
4. "42nd Street" - 42nd Street
5. "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" — A Mighty Wind
6. "A Wink and a Smile" — Sleepless in Seattle
7. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" — Against All Odds
8. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg "- The Big Chill
9. "All That Jazz" - Chicago
10. "America" - West Side Story
11. "Aquarius" - Hair
12. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Arthur
13. "As Time Goes By" - Casablanca
14. "Be Our Guest" — Beauty and the Beast
15. "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" — The Mambo Kings
16. "Beauty and the Beast" - Beauty and the Beast
17. "Blame Canada" — South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
18. "Blaze of Glory" — Young Guns II
19. "Born to Be Wild" - Easy Rider
20. "Buttons and Bows" -The Paleface
21. "Cabaret" - Cabaret
22. "Cheek to Cheek" -Top Hat
23. "Come What May" - Moulin Rouge!
24. "Danger Zone" for Top Gun
25. "Days of Wine and Roses" - Days of Wine and Roses
26. "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
27. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" - The Wizard of Oz
28. "Do Re Mi" -The Sound of Music
29. "Don't Rain on My Parade" - Funny Girl
30. "Don't You Forget About Me" - The Breakfast Club
31. "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" - A Star Is Born
32. "Everybody's Talkin'" -Midnight Cowboy
33. "Eye of the Tiger" — Rocky III
34. "Fall To Pieces" - Phantoms
35. "Falling Slowly" — Once
36. "Fame" - Fame
37. "Fame" — Fame
38. "Fight the Power" - Do the Right Thing
39. "Flashdance... What a Feeling" - Flashdance
40. "Footloose" - Footloose
41. "Friend Like Me" — Aladdin
42. "Get Happy" - Summer Stock
43. "Ghostbusters" for Ghostbusters
44. "God Gave Rock 'n Roll to You" – Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
45. "Goldfinger" - Goldfinger
46. "Gonna Fly Now" -Rocky
47. "Good Morning" - Singin' in the Rain
48. "Hakuna Matata" - The Lion King
49. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Meet Me in St. Louis
50. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" - High Noon
51. "Holiday Road" - National Lampoon's Vacation
52. "I'm Alright" - Caddyshack
53. "I'm Easy"-Nashville
54. "I Could Have Danced All Night" - My Fair Lady
55. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" — Armageddon
56. "I Got Rhythm" - An American in Paris
57. "I Will Always Love You" - The Bodyguard
58. "If I Didn't Have You" — Monsters, Inc.
59. "Isn't It Romantic?" - Love Me Tonight
60. "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" — Hustle & Flow
61. "It Had to Be You" - When Harry Met Sally...
62. "It Might Be You" — Tootsie
63. "Jailhouse Rock" - Jailhouse Rock
64. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" - Shall We Dance
65. "Let the River Run"- Working Girl
66. "Let the River Run" — Working Girl
67. "Listen" — Dreamgirls
68. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" -Cover Girl
69. "Lose Yourself" - 8 Mile
70. "Luck Be a Lady" - Guys and Dolls
71. "Make 'Em Laugh" - Singin' in the Rain
72. "May It Be" — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
73. "Moon River" - Breakfast at Tiffany's
74. "Mrs. Robinson" - The Graduate
75. "My Favorite Things" - The Sound of Music
76. "My Heart Will Go On" - Titanic
77. "New York, New York" - On the Town
78. "Nobody Does It Better" -The Spy Who Loved Me
79. "Ol' Man River" - Show Boat
80. "Old Time Rock and Roll" - Risky Business
81. "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - Bright Eyes
82. "Over the Rainbow" - The Wizard of Oz
83. "People" - Funny Girl
84. "Put the Blame on Mame" -Gilda
85. "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Young Frankenstein
86. "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" - The Man Who Knew Too Much
87. "Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie
88. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
89. "Ramona" - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
90. "Rock Around the Clock" - Blackboard Jungle
91. "Save Me" — Magnolia
92. "Say You, Say Me" — White Nights
93. "Seems Like Old Times" Annie Hall
94. "Separate Lives" — White Nights
95. "Shall We Dance?" - The King and I
96. "Singin' in the Rain" - Singin' in the Rain
97. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
98. "Some Enchanted Evening" - South Pacific
99. "Somewhere" - West Side Story
100. "Somewhere Out There" — An American Tail
101. "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" — Dick Tracy
102. "Springtime for Hitler" -The Producers
103. "Stayin' Alive" - Saturday Night Fever
104. "Stormy Weather" - Stormy Weather
105. "Streets of Philadelphia" -Philadelphia
106. "Suicide Is Painless"- MASH
107. "Summer Nights" - Grease
108. "Summertime" - Porgy and Bess
109. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - Mary Poppins
110. "Swinging on a Star" - Going My Way
111. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - Gigi
112. "Thanks for the Memory" - The Big Broadcast of 1938
113. "That's Entertainment" - The Band Wagon
114. "That Thing You Do!" — That Thing You Do!
115. "The Man that Got Away" - A Star Is Born
116. "The Power of Love" — Back to the Future
117. "The Rainbow Connection" — The Muppet Movie
118. "The Rose" - The Rose
119. "The Shadow of Your Smile" - The Sandpiper
120. "The Sound of Music" - The Sound of Music
121. "The Trolley Song" - Meet Me in St. Louis
122. "The Way We Were" - The Way We Were
123. "The Way You Look Tonight" - Swing Time
124. "The Windmills of Your Mind" - The Thomas Crown Affair
125. "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler
126. "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - Yankee Doodle Dandy
127. "Theme from New York, New York" - New York, New York
128. "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft
129. "Tonight" - West Side Story
130. "Unchained Melody" - Ghost
131. "Up Where We Belong" - An Officer and a Gentleman
132. "We Don't Need Another Hero" – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
133. "We Fight For Love" - Commando
134. "When She Loved Me" – Toy Story 2
135. "When You Wish upon a Star" - Pinocchio
136. "White Christmas" - Holiday Inn
137. "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Beaches
138. "You'll Be in My Heart" — Tarzan
139. "You've Got a Friend in Me" — Toy Story
140. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Song of the South
141. “Gaston" - Beauty and the Beast
142. “Magic Dance” – Labyrinth
143. “Ninja Rap” – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
144. “Turtle Power” – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

"Fall To Pieces" by Patsy Cline in the movie Phantoms. It seems like that song gets song over and over again, esp. towards the end. (and liev schrieber trying to sing that song is horrifying enough as it is without him turning into a multi-tentacled creature out to kill rose mcgowan.)

[Bake Or Die]

Ramona by Beck (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World)(2010)

[MasonK565]

Don't You Forget About Me from the Simple Minds for The Breakfast Club. Duh!

[Widow's Peak]

Updated. Keep the suggestions coming!

[Bake Or Die]

If you need anymore suggestions I have one or two more that I can think of.

[Widow's Peak]

Still looking for more suggestions.

[Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h]

"Ghostbusters" for Ghostbusters
"Danger Zone" for Top Gun

[Widow's Peak]

Added a few more. I'll take a few more nominees if anyone wants to add them, but the first elimination round will be up later tonight.

[Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h]

WHoever picked "That thing you do" good choice, I completely forgot that movie and how awesome that song is

[forgottensinpwf]

"Holiday Road" by Lindsey Buckingham: National Lampoon's Vacation


"We Fight For Love" by The Power Station: Commando


"Turtle Power" by Partners in Kryme: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


"I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins: Caddyshack

[forgottensinpwf]

Oh, and perhaps my favorite ending ever

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[Widow's Peak]

Okay, nominations are closed for right now. Currently, there are 144 contenders, so in order to cut this down to 64, I will have a series of preliminary rounds. In prelim round one, I will list 12 songs. You will need to pick your top six choices in each group. any song receiving 0 votes will be eliminated from the tournament.


Prelim Round one, Match One:

1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" -Dirty Dancing
2. "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" -Road to Morocco
3. "9 to 5" - Nine to Five
4. "42nd Street" - 42nd Street
5. "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" — A Mighty Wind
6. "A Wink and a Smile" — Sleepless in Seattle
7. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" — Against All Odds
8. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg "- The Big Chill
9. "All That Jazz" - Chicago
10. "America" - West Side Story
11. "Aquarius" - Hair
12. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Arthur

[Bake Or Die]

I've Had The Time Of My Life
9 To 5
All That Jazz
Aquarius
Arthur's Theme