david bowie “Queen Bitch” (The Life Aquatic)
gary jules “Mad World” (Donnie Darko)

“Exit Theme For A Film” Radiohead from Romeo and Juliet, best hands down

“Tangerine” Led Zeppelin from Almost Famous

“I Believe” Stevie Wonder from High Fidelity

“Shelter From the Storm (Alternate Version)” Bob Dylan Jerry Maguire

“Vanilla Sky” Paul McCartney from Vanilla Sky

“Queen Bitch” from the Life Aquatic and “Mad World” from Donnie Darko are also an excellent choices

Sister Ray from Brick

I second:
“Tangerine” Led Zeppelin from Almost Famous

“Singin’ in the Rain” in A Clockwork Orange
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” in Roger and Me
“Seems Like Old Times” in Annie Hall
“Everyone” in The Royal Tenenbaums

Dang Rolling Stone, you already took the best ones for yourself.

I was going to say “God Gave Rock ‘n Roll To You” by Kiss, but I can’t remember if they played it over the closing credits in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey or not.

rage against the machine- wake up, in the original matrix is great.

“The Trapeze Swinger” Iron & Wine- In Good Company

“In God’s Country” U2- Three Kings

“God Moving Over The Face Of The Water” Moby- Heat

“We’ll Meet Again”don’t remember who- Dr. Stranglove

“In the City” Joe Walsh (the Warriors)

“Baby I’m A Star” Prince, from Purple Rain.

elliott smith – because (beatles cover) – american beauty

aimee mann – save me – magnolia

“Street Fighting Man” at the end of “V for Vendetta”

“Rockin’ in the Free World” at the end of almost any Michael Moore movie

“Don’t You Forget About Me” closing the Breakfast Club.

I think everyone literally touched on everything else. Now bring in the 17 year olds to say that Frou Frou song that closed “Garden State” was fucking brilliant or something.

One of the best ever: “Waltzing Matilda” by Lou Reed at the end of “The Squid & The Whale.”

Also Virginia Astley’s gorgeous piano instrumental “A Summer Long Since Passed” at the end of “Me And You And Everyone We Know”

If they did best opening song, i would elect David Byrne’s “Glass, Concrete & Stone,” (from “In Good Company) the song is the personification of the best kind of waking up in the morning.

Dianogah – “Dreams Of Being King” from Reach The Rock

The person who put Waltzing Matilda from the Squid and The Whale is my new best friend.

Also Miss Misery by Elliot Smith from Good Will Hunting.

And Philadelphia by Neil Young from the movie of the same name.

Frank Sinatra’s “Summer Wind” from Pope of Greenwich Village

Paint It Black end of Devil`s advocate

Cat Stevens “Trouble” Harold & Maude

i second iron and wine’s “trapeze swinger” from In Good Company

Okay, maybe it’s not a serious song… but what about “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from ‘Monty Python’s The Life of Brian?’ Easily one of the most brilliant endings to a comedy! I know people who have never even heard of the movie, yet they somehow know that song.

Ballad of Easy Rider.

Dudes, you got it on the opening-song list but forgot it in this list: ‘Trainspotting’! How could you forget Underworld’s “Born Slippy”?

On the comic tip, the musical number at the end of ‘The 40-Year Old Virgin’ set to Hair’s “Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” takes an already excellent comedy to a whole new level.

Springsteen’s “The Fuse” at the end of “25th Hour”.

“you’ve lost that loving feeling” the righteous brothers (top gun)

the horn theme from Jaws.

“feuding banjos”. deliverance

Man of the Hour by Pearl Jam from Big Fish…. it made me cry

“Into the Mystic”-Van Morrison-Immediate Family

Bobby Womack’s “Across 110th Street” (Jackie Brown)

The beat-save it for later
kingpin

You guys picked some KILLER cuts!!! Don’t forget “Porpoise Song” from the Monkees’ movie, HEAD. Is Springsteen’s seldom heard gem, “Dead Man Walking” featured at the end of the movie from the same name??? Just curious…

Breakfast Club- Don’t You (Forget About Me) By Simnple Minds- Raise that fist!

“Maybe Tomorrow” by Stereophonics at the end of “Crash”

If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out is the Cat Stevens song that closes Harold & Maude.

Everyone
- Van Morrison
Royal Tennenbaums

Closers:

- “I’m Alright” (Caddyshack)

- “Pure Imagination” (1st Willy Wonka)

- “All I Want is You” (Rattle & Hum)

Openers:

*** Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith (dazed & confused) ***

- Hey Jude, instrumental (Royal Tenenbaums)

great thread!

I second “Tangerine” from Almost Famous and “Street Fighting Man” from V For Vendetta

One more: Frou Frou’s “Let Go” at the end of ‘Garden State’ is pretty awesome.

Well someone was going to say it.

“mad world” at the end of donnie darko. its not the version by tears for fears…

David Bowie “Young Americans” (Dogville)
Nicolas Cage “Love Me Tender” (Wild at Heart)
Nat King Cole “Almost Like Being In Love” (Groundhog Day)

Donovan -Season of the Witch – To Die For

Oingo Boingo – Goodbye, Goodbye – Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Doo Wop version of Blue Moon – Am American Werewolf in London

“Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” Tears For Fears, from Real Genius

i’m gonna agree with the jesus and mary chain for lost in translation…the whole movie has some pretty stellar music including my bloody valentine!

rex mannings “say no more, mon amour” in empire records

ohhh rexy, you’re so sexy!

Agree 100% with “Just Like Honey” by Jesus and Mary Chain and “Where is My Mind?” by the Pixies …

Other strong final songs:
“Waiting for Somebody” – Replacements (Singles)

“Vindicated” – Dashboard Confessional (Spiderman 2)

“Man of the Hour” – Pearl Jam (Big Fish)

“Mighty Wings” – Cheap Trick (Top Gun)

“Extreme Ways” – Moby (Bourne series)

“Things Have Changed” – Bob Dylan (Wonder Boys)

A few more

“Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” – Beck (Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind)

“Blower’s Daughter” (Closer)

travis’ cover of “the weight” (by the band) at the end of “igby goes down.”

“Paint it Black” Full Metal Jacket

I agree with a lot on here…although these have been mentioned already, my picks are:
-Sigur Ros “Untitled 4″ (Vanilla Sky)It doesn’t end the credits, but it’s the last song in the film, while Tom Cruise is talking to Penelope the last time, then he jumps…good ending!
- Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (Real Genius)
- Pearl Jam “Man of the Hour” (Big Fish) What a song, that nearly made me cry too..
- Radiohead “Exit Music” (Romeo and Juliet)
-Every ending song on the Lord of the Rings trilogy…those are all just perect for those films.
- Rage Against the Machine “Wake Up” (Matrix) I left the theater head banging.
- Damien Rice “Blower’s Daughter” (Closer)
- Pixies “Where is My Mind?” (Fight Club)

Matt got the answer early on. It has to be “We’ll Meet Again” during the bomb sequence at the end of “Dr. Strangelove.”

When the Man comes Around, by Johnny Cash, in Hunted.

“The Rose” (the simple version without the orchestra) playing at the end of “The Rose” starring Bette Midler was heartbreaking.

Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” Full Metal Jacket
Monty Python “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life” Life Of Brain
RATM “Wake Up” Matrix
Pearl Jam “Man of The Hour” Big Fish
Kansas “Wayward Son” Anchorman
Foghat “Slow Ride” Dazed & Confused
Queen “You’re My Best Friend” Shaun of the Dead
“Jailhouse Rock” The Blues Brothers

The closing of Life Aquatic and Lost in Translation, absolute perfection. And the closing music to Million Dollar Baby and Mystic River is sweet as well. Music in movies is everything.

‘We’ll meet again’ in Dr. Strangelove..both matrix and matrix reloaded had killer closing cuts by RATM…’Paint it black’ in Full Metal Jacket..Intense!

how about tiny dancer from almost famous?

or the only living boy in new york by simon and garfunkal in garden state

I think the best songs for the compound the films’ emotion exponentially, and make the two works inseparable from one another.

“Where is my mind” FIGHT CLUB
“Mad World” DONNIE DARKO
“God Moving Over the Face of Water” HEAT
“Paint It Black” FULL METAL JACKET
“Don’t You Forget About Me” THE BREAKFAST CLUB
“Untitled 4″ VANILLA SKY
“Born Slippy” TRAINSPOTTING
“Wake up” THE MATRIX
“The Maker” SLING BLADE
“Adagio with Strings” PLATOON
“Miss Misery” GOOD WILL HUNTING
“Philadelphia” from the film and and “Man of the Hour” from BIG FISH both make me cry every single damn time.

Jumping Jack flash at the end of fear and loathing in las vegas
Best ending ever!

How about the rooftop Get Back from Let it Be when the cops are trying to shut them down?

“Don’t You Forget About Me” at the end of “The Breakfast Club” will always stick in my mind as a great song to end a movie.

“All I Want Is You” will forever be a great U2 song attached to a mediocre movie.

In case it hasn’t been said, “Everyone,” by Van Morrison, from the Royal Tennenbaums. That movie is full of great songs, actually.

queen bitch by david bowie at the end of the life aquatic

Say what you want.. I say Elevation, from Tomb Raiden…That song just turn me on haha

song at the end of Ciao Manhattan by Andy Warhol don’t know what it is?

Guns and Roses “sweet child of mine” from TERMINATOR 2

all the real girls…say goodbye good…by the promise ring…not just a good movie…a great movie…not only a good song…but a special song…unlike anything they have ever written…and really the only song worth listening to…never have the credits to a film affected me…fade to black…cue song…cue credits…the perfect ending…a beautiful epic song out of nowhere for a strange beautiful film out of nowhere…black metal

“Bright Side of the Road” Van (The Man) – from “Michael”, has always been my favorite closer.

Baby Youre A Big Star Now– Counting Crows in Rounders.

“Knocking on heaven’s door” in the same titled german movie. Sung not by Dylan but covered very well.

“Paint it black” in the Devil’s Advocate.

“Across 110th street” is great (Jackie Brown by Tarantino).

“Aquarius” 40 Year Old Virgin

“Fools Gold” by The Stone Roses, appears at the end of “Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels”

‘Bittersweet Symphony’ at the end of Cruel Intentions

Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Devils Rejects

“Exit Music (for a film)” – Radiohead

Romeo + Juliet

street hassle lou reed-squid and the whale

chingon – malaguena salerosa (Kill Bill 2)

“don’t worry baby” by the beach boys at the end of never been kissed. one of my favorite movie scenes ever! makes me weak in the knees everytime!

yea…
“MAD WORLD” is by far the best ending In Donnie Darko.

“In The Deep” is pretty amazing in Crash.

“Free Bird” in The Devils Rejects

“Jump In The Line” in BeetleJuice

“Running on empty” in Forrest Gump

What was the ending (credits)instrumental music from “High Fidelity”?

tom waits “innocent when you dream” of the movie smoke.

vera lynn “we’ll meet again” of the movie dr.strangelove (stanley kubrick) – there’s also a cover-version by johnny cash (american IV – when the man comes around)

I’m not crazy about the film itself, but Sebadoh’s “Spoiled” at the end of Kids is a really beautiful closer.

“Cheer Down”-George Harrison
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