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The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

In 2000, the group A New Found Glory released an EP of cover versions of songs from movies—called From the Screen to Your Stereo—which included a version of "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough".


And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Meanwhile, the usage of "H.E.R." as an acronym is an allusion to "I Used to Love H.E.R." by fellow rapper Common, the 1994 song which personified hip-hop as a woman and former love interest.

Astoria–Megler Bridge

The bridge itself is featured prominently in the movies Short Circuit, Kindergarten Cop, and The Goonies.

Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

It also features the orchestral version of the song "Doubleback" performed at the festival in 1885 during the film, but does not feature the ZZ Top version of the song performed over the credits.

Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film Back to the Future Part III, the third and final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Bodega Bay, California

The Goonies (1985) Some scenes filmed along the Sonoma Coast, Bodega Bay (and Astoria OR, and Cannon Beach OR).

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park have appeared in several films including: The Goonies (1985), Twilight (2008), Hysterical, and Point Break.

Destini Beard

The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which Beard worked on with Midnight Syndicate, won an award for Best B-Movie Soundtrack at the 2011 Golden Cob Awards.

Songs from this album were then featured in the The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Disturbia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Taper Jean Girl" by Kings Of Leon is not featured on the soundtrack even though it was in the film, and credits.

Dream, Extinguished

Originally intended for an April release, Dream, Extinguisheds date was moved forward to January 29 (see 2008 in music) to compensate for the unforeseen delay of And I Love H.E.R., his fifth studio album.

Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 3D space drama film Gravity, written and conducted by British film composer Steven Price.

Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock can be seen in the opening scene of The Goonies, when the Fratellis are fleeing from the police and then enter a race on the beach.

James Kahn

Kahn did several more novelizations after that – Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies and Poltergeist II.

Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks

Much of the 1985 film The Goonies was filmed there, and the final scenes of the 1991 film Point Break were filmed at Indian Beach in the park.

Mairi Campbell

The best-known recording of Campbell's voice is probably The Cast's rendition of Robert Burns poem "Auld Lang Syne", which is featured on the soundtrack of 2008 hit film Sex and the City.

Show Me How You Burlesque

"Show Me How You Burlesque" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for the accompanying soundtrack album to her film debut, Burlesque (2010).

Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Despite this, Track 23 contains an instrumental interpolation of "Skyfall", written by Adele and Paul Epworth.

Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to drag queen RuPaul's fairly successful low-budget film, Starrbooty.

The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Other music that appears in the movie from haunt rockers Lazy Lane, heavy metal group Eternal Legacy, and hIPNOSTIC round out the disc.

Tika Sumpter

The song is the first official single featured on the Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album which Sumpter is a part of.

True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Other hymns are also referenced in the score, including "The Glory-Land Way" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".

The 1888 hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" is used as Mattie Ross's theme, and about a quarter of the score is based on it.

Wanted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Played for comic relief after the initial car chase is the song "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes, and "Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli plays while Fox and Wesley kill a man in a limousine.


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