It's weird to think that all you need to hear is the music from a movie to spark your emotion. In scary movies, it's the steady beat or the short staccato notes that trigger you to curl up and cover your eyes. It's the melancholic sounds that make you sob at the end or make the end even more satisfying than the director or actors could. It's because music makes a movie and without it, movies wouldn't be one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Way back in the Charlie Chaplin days of movies, when talking was non existent, music is what carried the story from beginning to end. Has there ever been a movie without some form of music? No.
Some movies have made their music so famous that people can recognize the song more than lines from the movie. When you think of "Titanic," sure you think "I'll never let go, Jack" or that sudden jolt of anger because Rose didn't move over on that stupid door to save a gorgeous Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Dawson to lay beside her. But you also break out to "My Heart Will Go On." When you think of "Jaws" you instantly thinking "dun dun. dun dun. dun dun dun dun." Or "Star Wars" you start humming the main theme.
Some scores are just so beautiful and great and I have rounded up the 10 that make their movie a hundred times better.
10."Latika's Theme" by AR Rahman from "Slumdog Millionaire"
9. "Main Theme from Castaway" by Alan Silvestri
8. "Neverland (Piano Variation in Blue)" by Jan. A.P. Kaczmarek from "Finding Neverland"
7."Theme from Forrest Gump" by Alan Silvestri
6. "Theme from Jurassic Park" by John Williams
5. "Theme to Cider House Rules" by Rachel Portman
And yes Michiganders, this the the Pure Michigan theme, long before those commercials took over the TV and radio.
4. "Surface of the Sun" by John Murphy from"Sunshine"
3. "This Land" by Hans Zimmer from "The Lion King"
2. "Hymn to the Sea" by James Horner from "Titanic"
Justin Beiber. Lady GaGa. Miley Cryus. Linkin Park. Ke$ha. Just a few polarizing names in the music industry. You either love them or hate them. There seems like there is no in between when it comes to these artists. These artists are known for being the worse musicians or the most successful, whatever your take is. Have you ever asked yourself, "how in the world did these people get signed?" You're not alone, many people have wondered the same thing too. It's a fact they are no Celion Dion, John Lennon or the next Beatles, but someone saw some talent in them for them to be some of the hottest musicians.
10 most hated artists. 10 wonderful underrated songs that might, maybe, not a guarantee, but could possibly change your mind on them.
1. Ke$ha
Let's start with the girl who has just as many haters as she does fans. You know her as the white girl who raps in her drinking songs, the dirty one that bathes in glitter and carries around a tooth brush and a bottle of Jack wherever she goes. But before her music producer Dr. Luke ruined her upcoming career, the girl who spells her name with a symbol of currency actually sang normal music. Here's the other side to the party animal, minus Dr. Luke, auto-tune, drinking and glitter. It's Kesha, spelled with an "S."
2. Lady GaGa
Despite the fact she's a five time Grammy award winner, people still hate Mother Monster. It doesn't matter if she was accepted into the most prestigious music school in the country, Julliard, or if she was accepted into NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, people see her as the 21st century Madonna wannabe. If you just strip away her outlandish outfits, you get Stefani Germanotta. And because she's a little out there, people see her as this crazy, bubble wearing wannabe. "You and I" will be on Lady GaGa's third album, on sale May 23.
3. Justin Bieber
Apparently the world doesn't like overnight Canadian Youtube sensations discovered by Usher. Or 17 year old boys who like to wear purple sweatshirts, shake their shaggy brown every five seconds, ride Segways, and release 3D documentary concert films. If they did, then they would like Justin Bieber. But even though he taught himself how to play the piano, guitar and drums all before he was 13, people still think he's ruining today's music. Hate him all you want, but you can't say he sucks at playing the drums.
If that little clip doesn't convince you, maybe this Justin Bieber song will.
4. Katy Perry
She kissed a girl and she liked it. She would rather not by a push up Victoria's Secret bra, but instead a cupcake bra that spews out whip cream. Is her blue hair too flamboyant for you? Well, she just has that bold personality, and it seems like with many artists, their bold personality, like Lady GaGa, makes people hate them even more. Maybe "I Kissed a Girl," "Hot and Cold" and "California Gurls" aren't the right songs to show her artistic talent, but she has plenty of other songs that do.
5. Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is not as hated as Ke$ha, GaGa and Justin Bieber, and yes, she did suck at her 2010 Grammy performance beside legend Stevie Nicks. But at least Swift is one of the very few artists today who never used auto-tune, she plays guitar and piano, and gasp, she actually writes her own songs. Yes, she has a whole album where she didn't need help from one co-writer, her third album "Speak Now." Some people don't like her voice, some people don't like how she started out country and then turned pop. But this song is an older one when she didn't let pop music convert her into a country-pop singer.
6. Miley Cyrus
Dun. Dun. Dun. Oh no, can it be? Ah, it's Miley Cyrus. Miley Cyrus is like Brussels sprouts, no matter how many times you listen to her, you're never going to love her because she's just that bad. But there is one song, if you don't watch the music video to see her pouty face and snaggeltooth, where she actually sounds quite decent...for a Miley song.
7. Rihanna
Umbrella, ella, ella, ay, ay, ay, in a nasally voice, oice, oice, ay, ay, ay. When Rihanna decides to thicken up her voice, she has the potential of not sounding like a donkey. Yes, her songs are overplayed catchy. They're your guilty pleasure, so don't say you don't blast "Umbrella" and "Rude Boy" when you're home alone.
8. Justin Timberlake
It seems these days Justin Timberlake is striving for an Oscar than a Grammy. Maybe he should stick to singing songs about sex and his womanizer ways and his attempt to beatbox. (It's sad to say Wikipedia calls that an instrument, which is why you shouldn't rely on that site for facts.) But there is one Justin Timberlake song where he doesn't rap or beatbox. Although it's on his first solo album, it sounds like his N'SYNC days, you know, when he actually sang.
9. Pink
She may have a hard exterior and what seems to be like an infinite number of songs that take over the radio. She might have tattoos running up her arms and additional space on her husband. During the early 2000s, when acting punk was "in" thanks to Avril Lavigne (too bad Miley wasn't a little older then), Pink hit her peak in her career. Her raspy voice and "rock songs" are an acquired taste, but there's one song that peels away her "I'm all tough, so don't mess with me" image for a more sensitive one.
10. Linkin Park
A lot of people hate Linkin Park because all their songs sound the same and they use the same chords and chord progressions in every single song that is about how they hate their life, the hardships they face, or them complaining about something. Yes, this song is them complaining about something, but when I first heard it on the radio, I didn't even know it was them. If they made songs more like this where they experiment with different chords on their guitars, maybe people will start to love them.
But the real, unanswered question is, how did Nickelback and Rebecca Black get signed? That will always be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
This blog is inspired by that wonderful cover that Miley Cyrus did of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." And by wonderful I mean god awful.
But let's not dwell on those covers that put the original song to shame. Most covers are indeed that, but there are some better than the originals. Doing a successful cover can be done. You just need this thing called talent and a voice, and you're already on your way to becoming successful. So let's go through the slush pile of Youtube and pick out the best of the best.
1. "Born This Way" by Maria Aragon.
She's only 11 years old, but I like her version better than Lady GaGa's. I'm sure most have seen her since Lady GaGa posted this on her Twitter and even invited Maria to sing the song during one of her concerts. Talk about a successful cover.
2. "Paparazzi" by Greyson Chance
Ellen already signed him, and he's a legit artist now because he has his own VEVO channel on Youtube. Everyone and their brother has seen this video, but it's just so good.
3. "Love the Way You Lie" by Helena and Maria
I just discovered them a couple days ago, but these twins really know how to sing. Eminem should have found them instead of Rihanna.
4. "Firework" by Tyler Ward and Alex Goot
If you watch covers on Youtube frequently, then you have come across Alex Goot and especially Tyler Ward, who seems like the King of Youtube Covers. "Firework" is getting overplayed on the radio, but these guys don't make it sound that annoying anymore.
5. "Love Story" by Gabe
This cover is two years old, but it's just so good. Taylor's Swift's "Love Story" from Romeo's perspective. So clever. So good. He even got appraisal from Taylor Swift on Twitter.
6. "You're Not Sorry" by Lexie Hayden
She definitely has a stronger voice than Taylor Swift.
7. "The Cave" by Tyler Ward and Megan Nicole
Except for I don't understand the random air guitarist for a split second in the video.
8. "Hallelujah" by Justin Robinett and Michael Henry
This song is one of the most covered songs, but this version is the best. The secret: the harmonies.
9. "The Harold Song" by AZsinger 62
The kid looks like he's 12, and although I love this song so much because it's one of the very few songs we actually get to hear Ke$ha sing, I think I might like his version better than hers.
10. "Airplanes" and "Brick by Boring Brick" by Justin Robinett and Michael Henry
The guys who sung "Hallelujah" have more hits on this song than Tyler Ward does on this song. They are the only two people who are allowed to pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars.
