10 Best Hard Rock Songs Used In Movies

10. Bad To The Bone - Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Using Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood in a movie seems like a really tired cliché at this point. Whereas the original might have reeked of rebellion at the start, the though of using it in kids' movies nowadays oftentimes feels cheap and ruins any dangerous attitude the original once had. However, James Cameron managed to get it right at least once in Terminator 2.

Compared to other blockbuster sequels, Arnold's second turn as the cyborg is one of the greatest sequels there is, upping the ante of the first instalment by a wide margin. Though many people tend to remember something like the T-1000 regenerating in the film, there's actually one shot of Arnold getting on his motorcycle containing the single greatest use of this badass blues tune. As he dons his leather jacket and peels out of the parking lot, those opening guitar chords work surprisingly well, almost like it's preparing you for some more serious stuff coming just on the horizon.

Granted, this was also a time before this became as overexposed as it did, with every other director getting the same idea and using Thorogood's classic to accompany scenes that have no business being described as dangerous. However, that doesn't stop the original version from being one kickass moment in action movie history. Even though Arnold had promised to come back, this song proved he was arriving with a vengeance.