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.

Her song of choice is Kate Bush’s ‘This Woman’s Work,’ a raw, emotional ballad about medical complications during a pregnancy. It’s a beautiful song, and on its face this is a lovely moment.

But the absurdity of the circumstances, and Gemma’s knowledge that it’s the work of an algorithm she designed, turns it into comedy. I particularly like Williams’ delivery of “M3GAN, please don’t take this to the chorus” and the increasingly forceful ways M3GAN keeps her listening.

Note: While I’m on comedic musical moments, I want to give an honorable mention to Pamela Anderson’s scat singing in The Naked Gun.