10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Named After Songs
3. Brazil
Brazil is often considered as director Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. Heavy influenced by George Orwell's 1984, the film follows Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), a low-level civil servant who is often prone to fantasizing about rescuing his dream woman. Filled with depictions of faulty machinery, overbearing bureaucracy and underground rebels, it is probably one the best dystopian visions ever put on the big screen.
Terry Gilliam has said that he chose the title, Brazil, from the 1939 song Aquarela do Brasil, by Ary Barrosso. One of Brazil's best loved songs, Gilliam felt as though the upbeat tempo of the music helped to convey the positive mood of Lowry as he dealt with the rather grim, dirty, and metallic city that surrounded him.
The film uses a recording by singer Geoff Muldaur, and parts of the song are also incorporated throughout the orchestral score. A version with Kate Bush on vocals was recorded, but, in the end, it was not used for the film.