L O V E (THE PARENT TRAP, 1998)

L O V E is one of Nat King Cole's classic song and was often heard in romance-comedy-themed flicks. In the 1998 remake of the family classic, The Parent Trap used the famous song as heard during the opening credits.

L O V E
sung by: Nat King Cole

L is for the way you look at me

O is for the only one I see

V is very, very extraordinary

E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that I can give to you

Love is more than just a game for two

Two in love can make it

Take my heart and please don’t break it

Love was made for me and you

L is for the way you look at me

O is for the only one I see

V is very, very extraordinary

E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that I can give to you

Love is more than just a game for two

Two in love can make it

Take my heart and please don’t break it

Love was made for me and you

Love was made for me and you

Love was made for me and you

HELENA (HOUSE OF WAX, 2005)

One of the countless horror remakes was shown in 2005 via the flick, House Of Wax. The movie was based on Vincent Price's original classic which in turn was based in the 1933 version Mystery Of The Wax Museum. The latest version merits some really creepy and gory scenes (Paris Hilton gets to have the most fun) but still cannot hold a candle for the Vincent Price version. My Chemical Romance provided their song in the film's soundtrack, Helena.

HELENA
sung by: My Chemical Romance


Long ago
Just like the hearse you die to get in again
We are so far from you

Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know
And what’s the worst you take (worst you take)
From every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well I’ve been holding on tonight

What’s the worst thing I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long not goodnight

Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
We are the very hurt you sold
And what’s the worst you take (worst you take)
From every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well I’ve been holding on tonight

What’s the worst thing I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Well if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long not goodnight

Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Can we pretend to leave and then
We’ll meet again
When both our cars collide?

What’s the worst thing I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Well if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long not goodnight

HELLO AGAIN (THE JAZZ SINGER, 1980)

A soulful theme Hello Again by Neil Diamond is part of the movie-musical The Jazz Singer. The 1980 film was a remake of a 1927 classic starring Al Jolson. The film's story has been told many times, about pursuing one 's dreams and trying to make it.

HELLO AGAIN

sung by: Neil Diamond

Hello again, hello

Just called to say ‘hello’

I couldn’t sleep at all tonight

And I know it’s late

But I couldn’t wait

Hello, my friend, hello

Just called to let you know

I think about you every night

When I’m here alone

And you’re there at home

Hello

Maybe it’s been crazy

And maybe I’m to blame

But I put my heart above my head

We’ve been through it all

And you loved me just the same

And when you’re not there

I just need to hear

Hello, my friend, hello

It’s good to need you so

It’s good to love you like I do

And to feel this way

When I hear you say

Hello

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Hello, my friend, hello

Just called to let you know

I think about you every night

And I know it’s late

But I couldn’t wait

Hello

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

NOW AND FOREVER (THE GETAWAY, 1994)

"Choosing between love and money is one thing.

Getting away with both is something else." - tagline

Richard Marx sung the theme Now And Forever for the remake of a Steve McQueen/Ali MacGraw classic. This time it's Alec Baldwin as Carter "Doc" McCoy and Kim Basinger (Carol McCoy) who gets chase by the police.

NOW AND FOREVER

sung by: Richard Marx

Whenever I'm weary

From the battles that rage in my head

You make sense of madness

When my sanity hangs by a thread

I lose my way but still you

Seem to understand

Now and forever

I will be your man

Sometimes I just hold you

Too caught up in me to see

I'm holding a fortune

That heaven has given to me

I'll try to show you

Each and every way I can

Now and forever

I will be your man

Now I can rest my worries

And always be sure

That I won't be alone anymore

If I'd only known you were there

All the time

All this time

Until the day the ocean

Doesn't touch the sand

Now and forever

I will be your man

Now and forever

I will be your man