There's something perfect about the right music track hitting during a purely electric scene in a movie. The amalgamation of two forms of art can make an audience lean in and embrace a story, and give a scene and the song immortality. You feel as if the director and editor are conductors, and they control your emotional response to all the things happening on the screen. Today, I want to go over some of the best needle drops in movies of all time. We'll dig through all of film history to pull some of the most inventive and creative iterations as well. Let's dive in. 1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)Director: Quentin TarantinoWriter: Quentin TarantinoCast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve BuscemiThis is the moment that defined Tarantino's style and welcomed him into the world of Hollywood. He showed he would push boundaries and unsettle people. You've got this breezy, '70s hit "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel. It's playing while Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) gleefully tortures a cop. The song is so innocent, but the scene is so brutal. 2. Goodfellas (1990)Director: Martin ScorseseWriter: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin ScorseseCast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine BraccoI think that Scorsese is right up there with Tarantino when it comes to needle drops in general. In this movie, Scorsese could have used the rocking part of "Layla," but he waits until the Lufthansa heist is over and the paranoia has set in to then use the...
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