Movies identified by theme music

[silvagod]

I was just going through some old films today and got to thinking, dangerous I know, but a lot of films from the past are well known just by their theme music. This seems to have been lost recently. Maybe too many films are being made, maybe composers are 2 a penny, I don't know.

However, what films do you know that are instantly known when hearing their theme?

Let me start....

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Superman
Star Wars

I've left plenty of scope for you....

[Chimune]

get carter
bullit

and the answer to 90% of film threads.... sexy beast

[davepoth]

The Great Escape, for certain.

[slipstream 1985]

dam busters

[Morningside]

Indiana Jones.
Star Wars.

[Halb]

The OP's three have all (beyond reasonable doubt) entered popular culture.


I wouldn't know;
Bullet
Great Escape
Sexy Beast

[SAB888]

The Italian Job.

[anonymous-user]

Durrrr-dum. Durrrrrrrrr-dum. Dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum da-da-dahhhh.

[toasty]

Crossflow Kid said:

Durrrr-dum. Durrrrrrrrr-dum. Dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum da-da-dahhhh.

Jaws

Almost anything by John Williams.

[The Nur]

Morningside said:

Indiana Jones.
Star Wars.

Indiana Jones was my first thought when I read the thread title.

[silvagod]

Jaws....how could I have missed that..also The Great Escape. In among those, I'll give you 'Bridge over the River Kwai'

I'll bet you though, that those will not mean anything to persons under 28 (random age guess)

How many however, would recognise the X men theme? (nope-me neither)

ETA....I know the Stranglers song, and have seen the film but the song means more as a chart hit to me (old git).

Just shows how things move with the times!

Edited by silvagod on Friday 29th August 23:53

Edited by silvagod on Friday 29th August 23:54

[slipstream 1985]

toasty said:

Crossflow Kid said:

Durrrr-dum. Durrrrrrrrr-dum. Dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum dum-dum de-dum da-da-dahhhh.

Jaws

Almost anything by John Williams.

you could make that fit dam busters...

[vournikas]

Midnight Cowboy

The Graduate (identified by the tune "Mrs Robinson")

Star Wars

All the Indiana Jones films

[slipstream 1985]

star trek baldy captains ones

[silvagod]

vournikas said:

Midnight Cowboy

The Graduate (identified by the tune "Mrs Robinson")

Star Wars

All the Indiana Jones films

I'll give you Indy and Star Wars, but the others are more songs that have defined the film, not the first thing that enters (one's) your head when you hear it.

Let's try this...close your eyes and tell me what film it is (or at least the type of film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Eflz8ebYE

There again, I've just added another...James Bond!

Edited by silvagod on Saturday 30th August 00:08

[Billyray911]

Psycho (not just that scene!)
Assault on Precinct 13
Halloween
The Exorcist
Blade Runner
The Godfather
Ups and downs of a handyman

Edited by Billyray911 on Saturday 30th August 02:18

[Beati Dogu]

633 Squadron
Top Gun
The Thing
Saturday Night Fever
Beverly Hills Cop
Ghostbusters
The Breakfast Club
Pretty much all the Bond films.
Universal Soldier (Body Count - Ice-T's metal band)
8 Mile

[toohuge]

Mission impossible
Dirty Dancing

[DervVW]

the terminator?
Rocky?

[DuckAvenger]

Shaft
Pulp Fiction
Pink Panther