Boardsies Greatest Song from the Movies

Kolido

Welcome to Boardsies Greatest Song from the Movies.

We all love good movies, and what can make a movie even better, a good soundtrack or signature song.

So, lets decide what really is the greatest song from the movies.

Your nominations can be songs which...

are played during the movies including opening and closing titles
appear on the official movie soundtrack album
have footage of the movie in their official promo video.

Bassically, any song associated with a movie.

Please nominate up to 15 songs

tusk

The whole LOTR soundtrack.

Tournament over.

Irish Aris

I'm definitely in!!

Kolido, will you leave nominations open until early next week? I want to consult my lists but on holidays at the moment and back in Ireland next week

Nedington

Time - inception

Sawduck

Are you looking for songs that were written for a movie or any song that has ever been used in a movie, even if it was written years before the movie was made?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Noms in. All done.

ArnoldJRimmer

Are nominations here, or via PM?

Irish Aris

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Are nominations here, or via PM?

with a PM.

JP Liz V1

I will get thinking

Kolido

Irish Aris wrote: »

I'm definitely in!!

Kolido, will you leave nominations open until early next week? I want to consult my lists but on holidays at the moment and back in Ireland next week

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Yep will be a few weeks, load of time

Sawduck wrote: »

Are you looking for songs that were written for a movie or any song that has ever been used in a movie, even if it was written years before the movie was made?

All of the above.

Great I’m in- will you give me a big obstinate reminder PM if close to cut off day? I’m likely to forget

JP Liz V1

How do I narrow down The Greatest Showman soundtrack, I have it on repeat, love Wolverine singing

Kolido

I got to weed out some duplicates but we have over 100 songs so far. I don't plan on running another 300+ this time

Everlong1

I'm a huge fan of David Fincher who's made great use of some class rock tunes that fit the theme of his movies. The end of Fight Club, which features The Pixies "Where Is My Mind" playing as Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter stand watching the city explode around them is one. The ending of The Social Network is another - The Beatles Baby, You're a Rich Man playing as Jess Eisenberg's Mark Zuckerberg character sits at his laptop desperately refreshing Facebook in the hope of finding his ex. I'm a big Beatles fan but had never come across that song before.

Everlong1

Everlong1 wrote: »

I'm a huge fan of David Fincher who's made great use of some class rock tunes that fit the theme of his movies. The end of Fight Club, which features The Pixies "Where Is My Mind" playing as Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter stand watching the city explode around them is one. The ending of The Social Network is another - The Beatles Baby, You're a Rich Man playing as Jess Eisenberg's Mark Zuckerberg character sits at his laptop desperately refreshing Facebook in the hope of finding his ex. I'm a big Beatles fan but had never come across that song before.

Arse, only realising now I had to PM nominations. Chances are my two tunes were nominated anyway.

ArnoldJRimmer

Everlong1 wrote: »

Arse, only realising now I had to PM nominations. Chances are my two tunes were nominated anyway.

I got ya on the Pixies

JP Liz V1

Everlong1 wrote: »

I'm a huge fan of David Fincher who's made great use of some class rock tunes that fit the theme of his movies. The end of Fight Club, which features The Pixies "Where Is My Mind" playing as Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter stand watching the city explode around them is one. The ending of The Social Network is another - The Beatles Baby, You're a Rich Man playing as Jess Eisenberg's Mark Zuckerberg character sits at his laptop desperately refreshing Facebook in the hope of finding his ex. I'm a big Beatles fan but had never come across that song before.

Trent Reznor involved in few Fincher soundtracks

Deja Boo

Kolido wrote: »

So, lets decide what really is the greatest song from the movies.

Count me in ta Kolido !

littlevillage

15 songs PM'd.

I have made a prediction about what the top 3 will be as well.... (Let's see if I'm clued in... or clueless!!!)

Kolido

Thanks for the nominations so far. We have already 134 songs. A lot I have never heard and a lot of what I would call obvious missing.

Plenty of time for nominations still.

Irish Aris

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

How do I narrow down The Greatest Showman soundtrack, I have it on repeat, love Wolverine singing

Hahahaha, I will share with you Liz!!
I have already decided which song I will select from that soundtrack -

hint: not one of the Wolverine singing

Is it one nomination per show? also do you rank in order of preference or is it simply number of votes received per song?

JP Liz V1

Irish Aris wrote: »

Hahahaha, I will share with you Liz!!
I have already decided which song I will select from that soundtrack -

hint: not one of the Wolverine singing

This Is Me

JP Liz V1

PM gone in, I could have submitted 50 not 15

Spook_ie

Like wise getting it down to 15 near (Mission) Impossible :cool:

Anyways to keep it more on theme rather than going for all the great soundtracks
like Guardians of the Galaxy etc. I tried to stick with the theme songs. So expecting most of them to fall at the first match.

Spook_ie

Kolido wrote: »

I got to weed out some duplicates but we have over 100 songs so far. I don't plan on running another 300+ this time

Can we see if there's anyway to allow listening to the nominations without having to rush a vote in? But whatever way you decide to go I'll still be in trying to vote

Irish Aris

And nominations sent. Indeed it was very difficult to select only 15.
I left a couple of very obvious choices out (trusting that someone else would nominate them) and I have a couple of rather unknown songs in my nominations that I think they deserve to be heard a bit more.

Thank you very much for organising Kolido. As a big film fan I'm really looking forward to the competition!!

Kolido

Spook_ie wrote: »

Can we see if there's anyway to allow listening to the nominations without having to rush a vote in? But whatever way you decide to go I'll still be in trying to vote

I will see what can be done, I agree the last contest was very rushed for the qualifiers.

We have now 213 noms

Purgative

Kolido wrote: »

I will see what can be done, I agree the last contest was very rushed for the qualifiers.

Maybe something like "voting opens in 10/20 mins"?

We have now 213 noms

Could be another record

Electric Nitwit

15 more winging their way to you. A few will be duplicates I'm sure, but they had to be included. I threw in a few more leftfield ones too

the purple tin

Kolido wrote: »

I will see what can be done, I agree the last contest was very rushed for the qualifiers.

We have now 213 noms

Yeah I missed most of the qualifiers it was so fast, I think some people see a tune they like or one of their noms and vote for it straight away without listening to the others.
There were lots of good uns that went out without a single vote.

Kolido

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

15 more winging their way to you. A few will be duplicates I'm sure, but they had to be included. I threw in a few more leftfield ones too

Cheers EN. Surprisingly, there has not been that many duplicates for this tournament at all (apart from one song almost everyone has nominated)

230 songs now and I haven't even added my own songs.

Kolido

We have around 280 songs now. I plan to start this on Oct 19th. Format still to be decided. Still accepting noms.

Each day until kick off, I will post one random song thats been nominated.

I will let everyone here decide if it should go directly to Round 1. First to 4 yes or no will be the result.

Kolido

The Wonders - That Thing You Do! (That Thing You Do!)

Irish Aris

Kolido wrote: »

We have around 280 songs now. I plan to start this on Oct 19th. Format still to be decided. Still accepting noms.

Each day until kick off, I will post one random song thats been nominated.

I will let everyone here decide if it should go directly to Round 1. First to 4 yes or no will be the result.

Hehe, that sounds like that music talent show (is it X-Factor or one of the American?) that take candidates through?

I'll vote yes for The Wonders

the purple tin

Yes on the Wonders

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Yeah, go on sure, its a Yes from me.

ShaneU

Yes I say!

Sawduck

Yes great song from a great movie

Kolido

The Wonders - That Thing You Do! (That Thing You Do!) are through to round 1

Tune in tomorrow for another chance to move a song to round 1 or relegate it to the qualifiers.

JP Liz V1

Kolido wrote: »

The Wonders - That Thing You Do! (That Thing You Do!)

Did Tom Hanks write and direct the film and song?

Irish Aris

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Did Tom Hanks write and direct the film and song?

yes Liz, he wrote and directed the film.
He also wrote some music for the film but not the theme song.

Kolido

Face the Boardsies - Day 2

Sigur Ros - Festival (127 Hours)

Yes or No to round 1

the purple tin

No.

Purgative

the purple tin wrote: »

No.

You're right, I think there are better tunes.


So nah.

Necro

That's a no from me Jeff.

trashcan

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Did Tom Hanks write and direct the film and song?

The song was co-written by Adam Schlesinger of the band Fountains of Wayne, who sadly died earlier this year from Covid at the shockingly young age of 52.

It's a great tune. I feel this would be better if it was restricted to songs that actually came from movies, rather than any old song that just happens to be in a movie. That Thing You Do is certainly a contender. Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney is another that springs to mind.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I like Sigur Ros, so gonna say Yes

Kolido

trashcan wrote: »

The song was co-written by Adam Schlesinger of the band Fountains of Wayne, who sadly died earlier this year from Covid at the shockingly young age of 52.

It's a great tune. I feel this would be better if it was restricted to songs that actually came from movies, rather than any old song that just happens to be in a movie. That Thing You Do is certainly a contender. Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney is another that springs to mind.

I had thought of this but it seemed to much to screen. Folk can vote against a song if they don't think it should be there. I think the real movie songs will get to the latter stages of the contest.

JohnGreenFan

I'm also going to vote No to Sigur Ros.

Irish Aris

I'll vote yes for Sigur Ros - big fan in general and one of my favourite live bands ever!!

(I think I will be like Paula Abdul again, I will just like everything!!!