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LOS ANGELES, November 18, 2003—The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs to be the annual theme for AFI's on-going celebration of 100 years of American movies.
AFI'S 100 YEARS...100 SONGS: AMERICA'S GREATEST MUSIC IN THE MOVIES will count down America's 100 greatest songs in the movies, as chosen by experts of the motion picture community, in a three-hour television event on the CBS Television Network in June 2004.
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There are lots of great music moments in film. Here are a few I was especially glad to see get nominated.
As Times Goes By - Casablanca
Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing - Eyes Wide Shut
The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book
Big Bottom - This is Spinal Tap
Blame Canada - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Bohemian Rhapsody - Wayne's World
Come What May - Moulin Rouge
The End - Apocalypse Now
Eye of the Tiger - Rocky III
Friend Like Me - Aladdin
Gangsta's Paradise - Dangerous Minds
Gonna Fly Now - Rocky
Hakuna Matata - The Lion King
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
The Power of Love - Back to the Future
Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie
Shout - National Lampoon's Animal House
Stuck in the Middle With You - Resevoir Dogs
The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tiny Dancer - Almost Famous
Twist and Shout - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Song of the South
I'm not sure how many of these will make the final list. I'm certain As Time Goes By and Over the Rainbow probably will. If not Over the Rainbow, then another song from Wizard of Oz probably will. But I'm curious to see how many rock songs will make the list compared to the Broadway musical type songs and love songs.
Personally, I think the Blues Brothers were a little underrated in the nominations. I saw them in there for Think, but I would like to see Shake a Tailfeather, Everybody Needs Somebody, and Minnie the Moocher on there as well.
What are your thoughts? Can you think of others that should have made the nominations?