A List of Memorable Movie Music for Retro Spectrum Radio With Pauly C

Some of the Significant Uses of “Found” Music in Cinema

Jon Hopwood
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 title sequence

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

War: Low Rider

JACKIE BROWN (dir. Tarantino, 1997)

Across 110th St: Opening

MEAN STREETS (dir. Scorsese, 1973)

Jumping Jack Flash

Rubber Biscuit

RESERVOIR DOGS (dir. Tarantino, 1992)

Steeler’s Wheel: Stuck in the middle with you

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