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- The Social Network (2010) "It has to be the choir version of 'Creep' by Radiohead." —eyeballorigami. You can watch the trailer here: View this video on YouTube.
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) "The teaser trailer that used a combination of Tems' 'No Women, No Cry' and Kendrick Lamar’s 'Alright' is absolutely beautiful."
- Ready Player One (2018) "The Comic-Con version, which used 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush. Maybe I'm biased because I'm a fan of Rush, but it fit so well." —zwood320.
- Fresh (2022) "When they used 'Heads Will Roll' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for the teaser." —abbydixon. You can watch the trailer here: View this video on YouTube.
Jul 28, 2024 · Choosing the right song for a trailer can add emotion and depth to a scene, enhancing the overall viewing experience. Familiar songs in trailers can create a sense of nostalgia and intrigue, keeping viewers engaged and interested in the film.
- The Social Network
- Logan
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Pineapple Express
- Watchmen
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Where The Wild Things Are
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo
David Fincher's The Social Network is hailed as a masterpiece and one of the greatest films of the 21st century, but the film's trailer is a classic in its own right. The Scala & Kolacny Brothers cover of the Radiohead hit "Creep" is a large part of why the trailer for the film works as well as it does — so much so that this cover will forever be s...
Superhero trailers tend to always use either a fast-paced song or a slow and moody cover of a popular hit. That's what makes the first trailer for James Mangold's Logan so special. The use of Johnny Cash's iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" promises fans this is truly a different kind of superhero movie, giving it engaging, neo-western vibes. ...
As divisive as Martin McDonaugh's Oscar-winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri may have been when it first debuted, there's no denying that the use of The Four Tops' cover of The Left Banke's "Walk Away Renée" perfectly reflects the chaotic and mean-spirited nature of the trailer. The song, which plays during the last half of the trailer...
Comedy trailers typically aim for one primary goal: to make the audience laugh. Which makes the trailer for David Gordon Green's Pineapple Express all the more impressive with how committed it is to its pretty serious song choice: M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes." While the song is not specifically about weed (and more about how Americans tend to look down ...
It was certainly a bold choice for the first trailer for Zack Snyder's highly ambitious adaptation of Watchmen to be set to a song that originated from the soundtrack of Batman & Robin, a film so reviled that it very nearly ended superhero movies. Yet it paid off magnificently as Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" perfectly en...
The trailers for the last several Mission: Impossible films have been brilliantly set to various songs, from Eminem and P!nk's "Won't Back Down" forGhost Protocol to Fugees' "Ready Or Not" for Rogue Nation. But neither of those hold a candle to the use of Imagine Dragons' "Friction" in the trailer for Christopher McQuarrie's Fallout. Similar to oth...
After an introductory line, the trailer for Spike Jonze's adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are barely has any words; just the sounds of howling and the Arcade Fire hit "Wake Up." The moving nature of the song, as well as its chorus, helped give audiences just a glimpse at the emotional depth of what the general audience initially perceived as "j...
Similar to the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, this teaser for Ben Stiller's The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty could serve a dual purpose as a music video. The use of Of Monsters and Men's "Dirty Paws" sets a certain aura for the film as the slower build-up plays over the titular character's mundane life before quickly rising as our hero embar...
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street is perhaps one of the wildest films in the auteur's illustrious career, so it's more than fitting that the trailer is set to the beat ofKanye West's "Black Skinhead." It just makes sense that a trailer that focuses on the luxuriously unethical lifestyle of Jordan Belfortis set to a song from someone as pola...
Many now associate the first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok as one of the best uses of Led Zeppelin's brilliant "Immigrant Song," but there's a good argument that the trailer for Fincher'sThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo did it much better with a cover by Karen O, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross. The warped version of the classic hit certainly captures t...
- Nate Richard
- Resource Editor
Aug 10, 2022 · Here are some movie trailer songs that got us to buy our tickets in advance and a few that terminated our interest all together. Best: “Hurt” cover by Johnny Cash, Logan
- Liam Gaughan
- Saltburn - “The Pioneers” (M83 Remix) by Bloc Party. Key Lyric: “We will not be the first.” This was a stunning teaser for Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature that paired M83’s remix of Bloc Party’s “The Pioneers” with the glamorous excess of British aristocracy and colorful font that rotated between primary colors — red, blue, and yellow.
- Leave the World Behind - “Oh Baby” by LCD Soundsystem. Key Lyric: “You’re already gone.” The trailer starts with the opening beats of this LCD Soundsystem song that plays like a relaxing vacation gone horribly wrong.
- American Symphony - “Butterfly” by Jon Batiste. Key Lyric: “Butterfly all alone. But can you fly on your own?” The piano strings of “Butterfly” play over the Netflix logo as this trailer establishes the documentary’s life-and-death stakes.
- Past Lives - “Stay” by Cat Power. Key Lyric: “I want you to stay.” Cat Power’s haunting voice chimes in halfway through this trailer as the earnest lyrics declare, “I want you to stay,” which is what we know Teo Yoo’s Hae Sung wants to hear from Greta Lee’s Nora Moon.
Mar 3, 2014 · In light of that marriage in marketing, we thought it’d be wise to rope together the 30 best songs in 30 different trailers. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll remember why you paid $12 to see these movies.
Nov 2, 2018 · Kyte’s Sigur-Rós-style “Solsbury Hill” manages to make the world’s most famous movie trailer song and make it sound even more like a movie trailer song, while still being actually good.
