MovieMusic Tagged Articles at Cinematical

These days, music is having an added impact on the world of cinematic themes. We're getting tons of biopics, like the two dedicated to Leonard Chess; we've seen documentaries about air bands and hair bands; we've even watched granny and gramps get their groove on. But this week, something a bit different has hit the air. Yesterday, Elisabeth shared news that Jim Croce's "Leroy Brown" was going to become a feature film under the eye of producer Warren Zide. Today, I wrote about a new teen sex comedy on the pike called Hot for Teacher. One is completely based on a song, while the other is, at the very least, inspired by one.

Elisabeth asked if news of a Leroy Brown movie meant that Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. I'm not sure that I'd say that, since art has always been heavily influenced by the practice of adapting old themes in new settings, but it's definitely tapping into a new well rather than striving for the unique and original. So that got me thinking -- with this mostly untapped resource just bubbling with a million different songs to choose from, which would make good movies? Which would intrigue me? Which would be terrible? Are there any we so desperately need?

Take the jump to see some music videos and possibilities, some serious and some not-so-much, and then let us know what you think about songs being turned into movies. Do you love it? Do you hate it? Which should be picked up, and which should Hollywood never dare to touch?

I've had a thing for lounge covers of popular songs ever since I heard Jaymz Bee's take on Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" and Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose." But those were all Canadian covers. Stateside, Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine take care of the big lounge covers, and Watchmen filmmaker Zack Snyder really likes them. He likes them so much, in fact, that he just wrote a blog post about them for MTV.

Considering the fact that he is in the final weeks of shooting the film, I would say that he's probably got a lot on his mind. Maybe it's a jump, but I wonder if he would be writing an 880 word blog post right now that isn't, somehow, specifically linked to the film. Snyder mentions the feature, and thinking about music for the film, but doesn't specifically connect the two and state that lounge covers will appear in the movie.

But really, if done right, lounge covers could completely make sense in the alternate reality of Watchmen, where the same pop figures pop up, but in a different context since there were, for a time, masked heroes helping to keep the streets safe. Snyder says: "Although tonally they are vastly different in many ways, the film and the Cheese-y music share an in-your-face look at the world, calling bullsh-- on pop culture in an unapologetic way."

Here, here! But please, Mr. Snyder, check out Jaymz as well.