A Lot Like Love
Love when a movie has pop music in it that fits and somehow doesn’t overpower the acting. It’s one of those creative decisions Hollywood gets to make but if an indie filmmaker did it they would be called amateur.
Noah’s Arc Jumping the Broom
I used to scavenge like a fiend for all the songs on YouTube because I was too cheap to buy it. An ex boyfriend bought it for me for my birthday and it is still to this day, one of the best birthday gifts I ever received. The boyfriend is gone, but the music is, as Cardi B says “forevvvvaaaaaa”.
Mamma Mia
Growing up with my mom’s love of ABBA, this was a delight to watch, listen to, and sing along with.
Lemonade Mouth
“Reach for my hand cuz it’s held out for you,
My shoulders are small but you can cry on them too.
Everything changes but one thing is true, understand,
We’ll always be more than a band”
For the rest of the song they sing “my shoulders are strong” instead of “my shoulders are small”.
“More Than a Band” I love this song. So sweet, innocent, and encouraging. The whole movie has great songs but this one is the best, according to me 🙂
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
To be fair…this is actually an audiobook I listened to, not a movie. Music is integral to the storytelling and I don’t know how one could just read this book, you must absolutely listen to it. It follows a harmonica that affects several different, and I mean DIFFERENT characters around the world. Fredrich is in Germany and his tendency to stand up and conduct the imaginary orchestra that he hears in his head catches the eyes of the Nazis. Mike and his brother are orphans trying to stay together in Pennsylvania. Ivy is a young Latina in California whose brother is off at war. Then there is Otto who meets 3 sisters forced to work for a witch in the forest. Amazing story…the music is beautiful.
Olusala Sisters 