A List of Memorable Movie Music for Retro Spectrum Radio With Pauly C
Some of the Significant Uses of “Found” Music in Cinema
1 min readJun 24, 2021
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (dir. Kubrick, 1968)
Thus Spake Zaruthstra (Dawn of Man sequence)
Blue Danube (Space Shop docking with Space Station)
Lux Aeterna (Encounter with Monolith)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (dir. Kubrick, 1971)
Purcell: Funeral for Queen Mary
Beethoven Ninth: Aversion therapy
Beethoven Ninth ending at ending
APOCALYPSE NOW (dir. Coppola, 1979)
The End Reprise (Willard Kills Kurtz)
The Ride of the Valkyries: AirCav Attack on Village
AMERICAN GRAFFITI (dir. Lucas, 1973)
Rock around the Clock opening sequence (Toad’s scooter gets away from him)
CASINO ( (dir. Scorsese, 1995)
Ace and Ginger: “Love is Strange” (song and slow mo sequence starts at 1:50)
Nicky going to meet ace in the desert
DAZED AND CONFUSED (Dir. Linklater, 1993)
Alice Cooper: School’s Out for Summer