10 Greatest Musical Moments In Martin Scorsese Movies
5. Goodfellas: Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
After Morrie has rather unwisely been bothering Robert De Niro’s Jimmy over money he feels owed from a recent job, the camera cuts to Jimmy leaning at the bar. Looking sharp as ever, he takes a long and smooth drag from his cigarette as the opening riff from Sunshine of Your Love kicks in.
As the camera slowly zooms in and the smoke begins to swirl, Jimmy smirks a dastardly grin to himself, and you almost see the evil machinations taking root in his mind.
The driving guitar riffs puncture the moment perfectly; it becomes momentarily a theme for Jimmy himself, a tribute to his own unseen inner dialogue. It contributes to making Jimmy in this moment appear like one of the coolest, yet also most deadly, bastards of all time.