List of songs based on a film explained

This is a list of songs partly or entirely based on a film. The list does not include songs that are related to a film as part of its soundtrack, original or not.

List of songs based on a film
SongArtistFilm
"2HB" [1]
"Alice" Alice in Wonderland [2]
"The American Nightmare" A Nightmare on Elm Street [3]
"Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman" Attack of the 50 Foot Woman [4]
"Attack Ships on Fire" Blade Runner [5]
"Brownswille Girl" The Gunfighter [6]
"Calvero" Limelight [7]
"Carlotta Valdez" Vertigo [8]
"Chain Saw" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [9] [10]
"Children of the Damned" Village of the Damned [11]
"Cinderella Man" Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [12]
"The Clansman" Braveheart [13] [14]
"The Crimson Ghost" The Crimson Ghost [15]
"Dawn of the Dead" Dawn of the Dead [16]
"Day of the Dead" Day of the Dead
"Dead by Dawn" The Evil Dead [17]
"Death of an Interior Decorator" Interiors [18]
"Debaser" Un Chien Andalou [19]
"DNA" Prometheus [20]
"Dream Warriors" [21] [22]
"The Edge of Darkness" Apocalypse Now [23]
"Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" Dawn of the Dead [24]
"Enjoy Your Slay" The Shining [25]
"Eyes Without a Face" [26]
"Evil Dead" The Evil Dead [27]
"Fidelity" High Fidelity [28]
"Fitzcarraldo" Fitzcarraldo [29]
"Freak Flag" The Devil's Rejects
"From Now On We Are Enemies" Fall Out Boy
"Ghost of Frankenstein" The Ghost of Frankenstein [30]
"A Girl Like You" Say Anything.. . [31]
"Godzilla" Godzilla [32]
"A Grave Mistake" The Crow
"Gump" Forrest Gump
"Haddonfield" Halloween [33]
"Heartlight" E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [34]
"Hello McFly" Back to the Future [35]
"Hier kommt Alex" A Clockwork Orange [36]
"Home" The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [37]
"How I Go" Big Fish [38]
"I Can Transform Ya" [39]
"Imitation of Life" Imitation of Life
"It is the End" It
"Jaws" Jaws [40]
"The Jig Is Up" Saw
"Jurassic Park" Jurassic Park
"The Kelly Affair" Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [41]
"Key Largo" Key Largo
"King Kong Song" King Kong [42]
"Kirsten Supine" Melancholia
"Land of the Dead" Land of the Dead [43]
"Leon" [44]
"Lost Boys" The Lost Boys [45]
"Love Bites" An American Werewolf in London
"Man on the Edge" Falling Down
"Matilda"
"Meet Me in Montauk" Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [46]
"Merry Axe-mas" Silent Night, Deadly Night
"Mortopsycho Nightmare" [47] [48]
"A New Hope" [49]
"Night of the Living Dead" Night of the Living Dead [50]
"Nosferatu" Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [51]
"Ode to a Superhero" Spider-Man [52]
"Of Wolf and Man" The Wolfen [53]
"One" Johnny Got His Gun
"Ouch" Dawn of the Dead [54]
"Out of the Silent Planet" Forbidden Planet [55]
"Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn" The Evil Dead [56]
"Return of the Fly" Return of the Fly [57]
"Rocking the Boat" Jaws
"The Saga Begins" [58]
"Savages" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
"Scissorhands (The Last Snow)" Edward Scissorhands [59]
"The Seventh Seal" The Seventh Seal [60]
"Shining" Poltergeist [61]
"Skinny Blues" The Lost Weekend
"So Long, Astoria" The Goonies
"Stabbing in the Dark" Halloween
"Stranger in Town" Whistle Down the Wind [62]
"Sweep the Leg" Karate Kid [63]
"Thank God It's Friday" Friday the 13th
"Twilight of the Dead" Land of the Dead [64]
"The Union Forever" Citizen Kane [65]
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [66]
"Where Eagles Dare" Where Eagles Dare
"Wind It Up" The Sound of Music [67]
"The Wicker Man" The Wicker Man [68]
"The World in My Hands" Edward Scissorhands
"Year 3000" [69]
"Yoda" The Empire Strikes Back
"Youngster (Kent Arrow)" Quadrophenia [70]
"Your Number's Up" Scream

Music video

In certain cases, only the music video includes elements inspired by given films.[71] Examples include "Telephone" by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé containing references to Kill Bill[72] and "Kill Bill (킬빌)" by Brown Eyed Girls, with visual references to the same film.[73]

See also

Albums based on films:
Other

Notes and References

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