SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE (THE GODFATHER, 1972)

“You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?”

– Don Vito Corleone

One of the best films ever made, The Godfather is a tour-de-force in all levels. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo, it's the story of the infamous Corleone Clan. The haunting score simply called The Godfather theme has become famous with a standalone title as Speak Softly Love sung by Andy Williams. The theme has been covered by numerous artists as well.


SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE
sung by: Andy Williams

Speak softly, love and hold me warm against your heart

I feel your words, the tender trembling moments start

We're in a world, our very own

Sharing a love that only few have ever known

Wine-colored days warmed by the sun

Deep velvet nights when we are one

Speak softly, love so no one hears us but the sky

The vows of love we make will live until we die

My life is yours and all because

You came into my world with love so softly love

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Wine-colored days warmed by the sun

Deep velvet nights when we are one

Speak softly, love so no one hears us but the sky

The vows of love we make will live until we die

My life is yours and all because

You came into my world with love so softly love

TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS (TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS, 1979)

Lee Remick stars as Diane Conti, a married woman who fell in love with another man, hence, the title. The story has been the subject before in several movies and t.v. but the performance of the three leads (Remick, Joseph Bologna (as Diane’s husband Ted) and George Peppard (Paul Rasmussen) makes it convincing. Mary Macgregor sung one of her famous songs in her career, Torn Between Two Lovers.


TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS
sung by: Mary MacGregor

There are times when a woman has to

say what's on her mind

Even though she knows how much it's gonna hurt

Before I say another word let me tell you, I love you

Let me hold you close and say these words

as gently as I can

There's been another man that I've needed and I've loved

But that doesn't mean I love you less

And he knows he can't possess me and

he knows he never will

There's just this empty place inside of me

that only he can fill

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' you both is breakin' all the rules

You mustn't think you've failed me

Just because there's someone else

You were the first real love I ever had

And all the things I ever said

I swear they still are true

For no one else can have the part of me I gave to you

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' you both is breakin' all the rules

I couldn't really blame you if you turned and walked away

But with everything I feel inside, I'm asking you to stay

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' you both is breakin' all the rules

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules

Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool

Lovin' you both is breakin' all the rules

Feelin' like a fool

Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules...

WITH ONE MORE LOOK AT YOU / WATCH CLOSELY NOW (A STAR IS BORN, 1976)

The second remake of the tale of doomed lovers takes a different route in showbusiness. Barbara Streisand as Esther Hoffman struts her way to stardom while lover Kris Krisfofferson as John Norman Howard suffers in obscurity. One of the heartful themes in the movie is sung both by stars Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, With One More Look At You/Watch Closely Now.


WITH ONE MORE LOOK AT YOU /

WATCH CLOSELY NOW
sung by: Barbara Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

With one more look at youI could learn to tame the clouds

and let the sun shine through

Leave a troubled past and I might start anewI'll solve

the mysteries if you're the prize

Refresh these tired eyes

With one more look or you I might overcome the anger

That I've learned to know

Find a peace of mind I lost so long ago

Your gentle touch has made me strong again

And I belong again

For when you look or me

I'm everything and more that I had dreamed I'd be

My spirit feels a promise

I won't be alone

We'll love and live more, love and live forever

With one more look at youI'd learn to change the stars

And change our fortunes too

I'd have the constellations point your portrait too

So all the world might share this wondrous sight

The world could end each night

With one more look at you

With one more look at you

I want one more look at you

Are you watching me now?

Watch closely now

Your eyes ore like fingers

Touching my body

Arousing me so I'm riding the passion arising inside me

How high can I go?

You're comin' with me, I'm gonna show you how

And when it's scary, I won't look down

Are you watching me now?

Watch closely nowI see the hunger arise in your eyes

And it's urging me on

Higher and harder and it's faster and farther

Than I've ever gone

Your pleasure is part of the secret

Of flight that I found

When I feel like on eagle
My soul has no place on the ground

Born out of madness

I'll double the danger with no net at all

If you don't look away I'm secure

In the fact that you won't let me fall

Watch closely now

Are you watching me now

I'm the master magician

Who'll help you escape

From the lies you've been hold
When they're breaking your back

Bring the last straw to meI turn straw into gold

I break chains made of boredom

That others have lived with for years

I leave good news on doorsteps

And laughs where there used to be tears

I'm gonna need you later

When you're not around

But I can take itI won't look down
Watch closely now

Are you watching me now

Watch me now

Are you watching me now

Are you watching me now

WHAT IF (SCREAM 3, 2000)

“Surprise. Surprise. Someone dies and

Gale comes running.” – Dewey

The third time's still a ‘Scream” where all the characters return and some end up dead. Sidney and the rest of the Woodsboro once again face the killer (or killers) in the Ghostface mask. Creed on their part sung What If on the film's soundtrack.


WHAT IF
sung by: Creed

I can't find the rhyme in all my reason

Lost sense of time and all seasons

Feel I've been beaten down

By the words of men who have no grounds

Can't sleep beneath the trees of wisdom

When your ax has cut the roots that feed them

Forked tongues in bitter mouths

Can drive a man to bleed from inside out

What if you did?

What if you lied?

What if I avenge?

What if eye for an eye?

I've seen the wicked fruit of your vine

Destroy the man who lacks a strong mind

Human pride sings a vengeful song

Inspired by the times you've been walked on

My stage is shared by many millions

Who lift their hands up high because they feel this

We are one

We are strong

The more you hold us down the more we press on

What if you did?

What if you lied?

What if I avenge?

What if eye for an eye?

[Guitar Break]

I know I can't hold the hate inside my mind

'Cause what consumes your thoughts controls your life

So I'll just ask a question

A lonely simple question

I'll just ask one question

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if you did?

What if you lied?

What if I avenge?

What if eye for an eye?

What if your words could be judged like a crime?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What if?

What If I?

RED RIGHT HAND (SCREAM 2, 1997)

“I don't know about homicide, but you've definetely got me for raising my voice in a public library.” – Cotton

The sequel to the successful slaher flick Screams returns with more mayhem and more songs in the second soundtrack. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds sung the often played song Red Right Hand in the film simply titled Scream 2.


RED RIGHT HAND
sung by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Take a litle walk to the edge of town

Go across the tracks

Where the viaduct looms,like a bird of doom

As it shifts and cracks

Where secrets lie in the border fires

in the humming wires

Hey man, you know you're never coming back

Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks

On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man

In a dusty black coat with a Red Right Hand

He'll wrap you in his arms

tell you that you've been a good boy

He'll rekindle all the dreams

it took you a lifetime to destroy

He'll reach deep into the hole

heal your shrinking soul

But there wont be a single thing that you can do

He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru

They're whispering his name through this disappearing land

But hidden in his coat is a Red Right Hand

You don't have no money?

He'll get you some

You don't have no car?

He'll get you one

You don't have no self-respect

You feel like an insect

Well, don't you worry buddy,'cause here he comes

Through the ghettos and the barrio

and the bowery and the slum

A shadow is cast wherever he stands

Stacks of green paper in his Red Right Hand

(Organ solo)

You'll see him in your nightmares

you'll see him in your dreams

He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems

You'll see him in your head,on the TV screen

And hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off

He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru

You're one microscopic cogin his catastrophic plan

Designed and directed by his Red Right Hand

(Organ solo)

WHISPER TO A SCREAM (SCREAM, 1996)

“Never say "who's there?" Don't you watch scary movies? It's a death wish. You might as well come out to investigate a strange noise or something.” - Ghostface

One of the most successful slasher flicks in recent years was helmned by Director Wes Craven. Inventive and well-made scary movie. SoHo sung the famous Whisper To A Scream as heard at the end of the movie.


WHISPER TO A SCREAM
sung by: SoHo

Love comes down upon us and it floats like water

Burning with the hope of inside

Feathered books the colors of a bright elation

Stolen in the sight of love

We are, we are, we are we're just children

Finding our way around in decision

We are, we are, we are all but helpless

Take this forever

Whisper to a scream

Birds fly in the eye of a painter's daughter

Spoken at the bitter end

Wasted sacrifice for the new nirvana

Night time, sends us on our way

We are, we are, we are we're just children

Finding our way around in decision

We are, we are, we are all but helpless

Take this forever

Whisper to a scream

Whisper to a scream

Whisper to a scream

Whisper to a scream

Whisper to a scream

We are, we are, we are we're just children

Finding our way around in decision

We are, we are, we are all but helpless

Take this forever

Whisper to a scream

THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT (THE FACULTY, 1998)

“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.” – Stokely

Aliens took over the Herrington High, literally. Creatures from another planet with insatiable thirst for water possesses the teachers and staff of the ill-fated school. A group of unlikely students however bonded to put a stop on them. This was made at the height of teen slasher flicks in the ‘90’s. Director Robert Rodrguez tries a different route of the alien kind. The Offspring sung one of the songs in the film's soundtrack, The Kids Aren't Alright. Aptly timely.

THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT
sung by: The Offspring

When we were young the future was so bright

The old neighborhood was so alive

And every kid on the whole damn street

Was gonna make it big in every beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn

The kids are grown up but their lives are worn

How can one little street

Swallow so many lives

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for Used to be

Still it's hard

Hard to see

Fragile lives

Shattered dreams

Jenny had a chance, well she really did

Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids

Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job

He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

Jay committed suicide

Brandon OD'd and died

What the hell is going on?

The cruellest dream - reality

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for what used to be

Still it's hard

Hard to see

Fragile lives

Shattered dreams

I MELT WITH YOU (SKY HIGH, 2005)

“Oh my God, I made out with an old lady.” – Will Stronghold

A fun variation in a story of one young man’s dreams and predicaments of being a superhero. Will Stronghold happens to be on how to deal on being a sidekick. The classic ‘80’s song I Melt With You has been revived by the group Bowling For Soup.


I MELT WITH YOU
sung by: Bowling For Soup

Moving forward using all my breath

Being friends with you was never second best

And I saw the world crashing all around your face

Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace

I'll stop the world and melt with you

You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

There's nothing you and I won't do

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(You should know better) Dream of better lives, the kind which never hate

(You should see why) Trapped in a state of imaginary grace

(You should know better) I made a pilgrimage to save this human race

(You should see why) Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

(Let's stop the world) You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do

(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world) I've seen some changes, but it's getting better all the time

(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do

(I'll stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

I'll stop the world

I'll stop the world

I'll stop the world

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time

(I'll stop the world) And there's nothing you and I won't do

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with youI'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

I'll stop the world and melt with you

(I'll stop the world and melt with you)

CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, 2006)

"Details of your incompetence do not interest me."

- Miranda Priestly

Acting legend Meryl Streep is deliciously evil as the boss from hell Miranda Priestly based on the bestseller of the same title, The Devil Wears Prada. An entertaining film for all sexes. Music group legend U2 sums up the feel of the movie in the eyes of Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) via the song City Of Blinding Lights.

CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS

sung by U2

The more you see the less you know

The less you find out as you go

I knew much more then than I do now

Neon heart, day-glow eyes

The city lit by fireflies

They're advertising in the skies

And people like us

And I miss you when you're not around

I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight...

Don't look before you laugh

Look ugly in a photograph

Flash bulbs, purple irises the camera can't see

I've seen you walk unafraid

I've seen you in the clothes you've made

Can you see the beauty inside of me?

What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

And I miss you when you're not around

I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight...tonight

In the city of blinding lights

Time...time....time...won't leave me as I am

But time won't take the boy out of this man

Oh you look so beautiful tonight

Oh you look so beautiful tonight

Oh you look so beautiful tonight

In the city of blinding lights,

The more you know

The less you feel

Some pray for, others steal

Blessings not just for the ones who kneel, luckily

FORSAKEN (QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, 2002)

"All She Wants Is Hell On Earth." - tagline

One of the good things in the film Queen Of The Damned are the songs in the soundtrack. While the film somewhat lacks the 'bite' of a real Anne Rice novel-turned-into a movie, the songs played elevate the film and Lestat himself (Stuart Townsend) into a believable rock star.

FORSAKEN

sung by: Jonathan Davis

I’m over it.

You see I’m falling in a vast abyss

Clouded by memories of the past

At last I see

I hear it fading

I can’t speak it

Or else you will dig my grave

You feel them finding

Always whining

Take my hand

Now be alive

You see I cannot be forsaken

Because I’m not the only one

We walk amongst you

Feeding, raping

Must we hide from everyone

I’m over it

Why can’t we be together?

Endlessly

Sleeping so long

Taking off the masks

At last I see

Queen of the Damned

Dave Draiman-Forsaken

My fear is fading

I can’t speak it

Or else you will dig my grave

You fear them finding

Always whining

Take my hand

Now be alive

You see I cannot be forsaken

Because I’m not the only one

We walk amongst you

Feeding, raping

Must we hide from everyone

You see I cannot be forsaken

Because I’m not the only one

We walk amongst you

Feeding, raping

Must we hide from everyone

Everyone

Everyone

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (THE OTHER SISTER, 1999)

"I love you every minute. I love you more than band music and cookie-making." - Daniel McMann

Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi play their role to a t as two mentally-challenged young adults who fell in love and overcome obstacles. A heartwarming and fun flick to watch. Juliette Lewis herself sung one of the songs in the soundtrack, Come Rain Or Come Shine. Cute.

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE

sung by Juliette Lewis

I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you

Come rain or come shine

High as a mountain, deep as a river

Come rain or come shine

I guess when you met me

It was just one of those things

But don't you ever bet me

'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me

Come rain or come shine

Happy together, unhappy together

Won't if feel fine

Days may be cloudy or sunny

We're in or out of the money

But I'm with you always

I'm with you rain or shine

I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you

Come rain or come shine

High as a mountain, deep as a river

Come rain or come shine

I guess when you met me

It was just one of those things

But don't you ever bet me

'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me

Come rain or come shine

Happy together, unhappy together

Won't if feel fine

Days may be cloudy or sunny

We're in or out of the money

But I'm with you always

I'm with you rain or shine

SOME HEARTS (AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, 2001)

"Can I just say something please? Excuse me. What was said about my penis on the screen... that is completely false. Completely! I am extremely well hung. I will submit to a physical inspection right now." - Hector

One of the lesser known songs in America's Sweethearts but nevetheless worth listening to. Kelly Levesque sung Some Hearts aptly played at the end of the film. One of Julia Roberts's signature films.

SOME HEARTS

sung by: Kelly Levesque

I've never been the kind that you call lucky

Always stumblin around in circles

But I must have stumbled into something

Look at me

Am I really alone with you?

I wake up feeling like my life's worth living

Can't recall when I last felt that way

Guess it must be all this love you're giving

Never knew, never knew

It could be like this...

But I guess

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

Now who'd have thought someone like u could love me?

You're the last thing my heart expected

Who'd have thought I'd ever find somebody?

Someone who, someone who

Makes me feel like this

Well I guess

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

Ooooh

Even hearts like mine

Get lucky, lucky sometimes

oooh oh oh oh

Ohhhhhhhhhh!

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

Some hearts they just get all the right breaks

Some hearts have the stars on their side

Some hearts they just have it so easy

Some hearts just get lucky sometimes

Some hearts just get lucky, lucky sometimes

I'm not the kind of girl that you call lucky...

I'm not the kind of girl that you call lucky

(some hearts get lucky sometimes...oooooooh....)