Comments on: The 20 Greatest Musical Moments In The Films Of Cameron Crowe

By: Kristin Galvin

Kristin Galvin — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:17:56 +0000

Enjoyable list. I\’m a huge fan of Crowe. Just to be the nit-picky person though, Diane and Lloyd are not driving back from the prom. It\’s just a post-graduation house party. And Crowe has done a total of 8 features (not counting the 2 docs), not 7 as stated above.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:17:56 +0000

Great article! Definitely would have added "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" from Almost Famous… William running through New York looking for Penny while the camera pans upwards with the music slowly crescendoing; definitely one of my favourite parts!

By: Whealey

Whealey — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:17:56 +0000

Lovely article reminded me of why I love Crowe movies when he\’s on form and how enriching his use of music is. But erm who\’s Diane? Doesn\’t Jerry walk into the sunset with Dorothy Boyd?

By: DBW

DBW — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:17:56 +0000

Good stuff, but leaving Come Pick Me Up off any "top"-anything list for which it qualifies calls for some reflection. If Lloyd Dobbler, and not Orlando Bloom, had been on the other end of that phone call, that sequence would be every bit the equal of In Your Eyes. I\’ll confess I\’d never heard Tangerine or Jesus Was a Crossmaker before seeing the movies; now those moments are burned in my brain.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:17:56 +0000

And if you wanna know Crowe\’s biggest waste of a song, I think it easily goes to Aimee Mann\’s Wise Up which as far as I know was written for the film since it wasn\’t in any of her albums. I\’ve seen the film at least 20 times and still can\’t tell you where the song is used but it\’s in the credits and even in the soundtrack which was years before PTA thankfully reused it to great effect in Magnolia.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:17:56 +0000

Great list guys! You describe the same thoughts and emotions I had for almost every cue. I know you could use almost all his music scenes in the list, and you catch a few more in the honorable mentions, but if there is one oversight, I think it is Sigur Ros\’ The Nothing Song that plays at the end of Vanilla Sky when they are on the rooftop. The song had been played live by the band but wouldn\’t actually come out until their album () was released. But Crowe being Crowe just took one of the live cuts. He also used another song of theirs in the film which obviously foreshadowed his relationship with Jonsi.