Continuing a look at my favorite movie music scenes of 2025…
Today’s clip was an easy choice for this series, another one of those moments that I mentally pencilled in as soon as I saw it in the theater.
The scene comes about halfway through Ari Aster’s Eddington, a bracing and darkly funny portrait of America during Covid. This was one of last year’s best films, and one I think hit too close to home for a lot of people and ended up outside of the awards conversation as a result.
Continuing a look at my favorite movie music scenes of 2025…
The British dramedy The Ballad of Wallis Island, about a musician invited to a private island for an exclusive concert, was a wonderful year-end surprise. Its sweetness, humor, and credible use of very good original music reminded me very much of the work of John Carney (Once, Sing Street).
The musician, Herb McGwyer, is played by Tom Basden, who co-wrote the film with his creative partner Tim Key. Key plays Charles Heath, the eccentric millionaire widower who extends the invite. Unbeknownst to Herb, Charles has also invited Herb’s former music (and life) partner, Nell (Carey Mulligan). [Note: Spoilers follow]
Continuing a look at my favorite movie music scenes of 2025…
Sometimes I’m watching a movie and I get to a particular scene and somewhere in the back of my mind I think, “this is totally going on my year-end music moments list.” Such was the case with a darkly comic encounter in the first half of No Other Choice.
The protagonist, Yoo Man-su (played by Lee Byung-hun), is a career paper company supervisor who loses his job and has no success finding a new one. So he hatches a scheme to identify and eliminate the competition.
Continuing a look at my favorite movie music scenes of 2025…
My next selection is a late addition. I couldn’t resist adding this clip to the mix when I caught up with M3GAN 2.0 last week. The sequel to 2022’s horror comedy M3GAN shifts to sci-fi action and doubles down on the camp, resulting in a goofily enjoyable popcorn flick and one great scene.
In the first film, a much deadlier version of the M3GAN doll sings Sia’s ‘Titanium’ to the child she is tasked with protecting. In the sequel, a revived (and less lethal) M3GAN shows off her vocal chops to the girl’s aunt/adopted mother Gemma, played by Alison Williams.
Petula Clark held the #1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 the week of February 8, 1966, with ‘My Love,’ enjoying its second of two weeks in the pole position.
Clark wasn’t a fan of the song after recording it and asked the studio not to release it as a single. They ignored her wishes and ‘My Love’ ended up as her second #1 hit in the States, following 1964’s ‘Downtown.’
Meet Me In Montauk 