10 Best Musical Scenes In Movies
Can anything really beat Baby Groot dancing to Mr Blue Sky?
Film is first and foremost a visual medium. No matter how much you want to debate it, any filmmaker's goal is to take the idea that they have in their head and have it manifest itself before their audience's eyes. Though the plot may play out in front of your face, the actual use of sound is what makes you stand up and take notice.
From older masterpieces to modern classics, there is something to be said about the way a director might choose a song to go along with the action taking place in front of you. It might be an actual musical, mood music, or just an epic soundtrack cut, but each of them make that emotional connection all the same. Instead of just seeing a lot of epic performances brought to life on screen, the music helps throw the viewer into the experience, as if they are right by the character's side as they deal with their own trials and tribulations.
Your brain may pick up on the storyline, but the music is what moves the plot past your brain and into your heart. Whether it's an essential part of the story or just a kickass interlude, these songs have certainly left an impression on each movie they were in.
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10. Another Day Of Sun - La La Land
Upon first watching, La La Land, filmgoers were transported into the romanticized version of Hollywood that most folks only dream about. If you wanted to make a movie about the wondrous aspects of the movie industry, opening your film with "Another Day of Sun" is definitely starting off on the right foot.
The song does a brilliant job of both capturing the hustle and bustle of LA while also showing more adventurous touches with the dancers and drivers perfectly choreographed to the opening tune. The whimsy behind the scene becomes even more astounding as the song breaks for subtle touches like performers emerging from the backs of semi-trucks and eventually bringing the entire highway to a complete stop. Sure, it may suck that you can't get to work on time, but you almost don't mind with entertainment like this.
What makes the sequence all the more impressive is that the opening song launches you into the film, with our protagonists having their first encounter while sitting in the same backed-up highway intersection. In terms of raw entertainment value, "Another Day of Sun" provides just the right tunefulness to put a smile on the viewer's face as they embark on La La Land's not-so-glamorous take on the Hollywood life.