Cameron Crowe's Top Ten Film Songs

I've long admired Cameron Crowe’s use of music in his films. Who can forget his use of the Cars in the famous Phoebe Cates swimming pool scene in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High?” And who else could breathe life into Elton John’s oeuvre as Crowe did in “Almost Famous.”

So I was intrigued when I recently came across his Top Ten list of best uses of songs in films. Here’s the list in full.

10. 'Where Is My Mind' (The Pixies) from Fight Club (1999)

9. 'Cucurrucucu Paloma' (Tomas Mendez) from Talk To Her (2002)

8. 'Edge Of Reality' (Elvis Presley) from Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)

7. 'Everybody's Talking' (Harry Nilsson) from Midnight Cowboy (1969)

6. 'Jump Into The Fire' (Harry Nilsson) from GoodFellas (1990)

5. 'Tubular Bells' (Mike Oldfield) from The Exorcist (1973)

4. (Tie) 'Going Home: Theme Of The Local Hero' (Mark Knopfler) from Local Hero (1983)/ 'Hoppipola' (Sigur Ros) from Heima (2007)

3. 'Falling Slowly' (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) from Once (2006)

2. 'She Smiled Sweetly / Ruby Tuesday' (The Rolling Stones) from The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)

1. 'Don't Be Shy' (Cat Stevens) from Harold and Maude (1971)

For the full article from Empire magazine, cut and paste the following link:

http://www.empireonline.com/features/cameron-crowe-greatest-music-moments/default.asp

So what do you think?