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Green Phoenix - 8 Amazing Songs From Average Movies

Since cinemas very earliest beginnings, sound and music has played an essential role in enhancing the immersion and visual experience. Even in the age of silent films, music was often employed by the theater directly to better engage the audience and make us feel more, a quality that only increased in importance upon the introduction of films that produced sounds on their own.

Now usually, the role of a soundtrack or musical elements is to enhance the thematic or narrative presentation of the film, to better evoke an emotional reaction and to assist and aide in the entertainment experience. Music and sound is meant to enhance the viewing experience, not prioritize over it (as opposed to music videos, where the visuals enhance the music). Despite this general rule, there are times when a film is overshadowed by its soundtrack, or even a single song.

To start the new year, I've decided that these songs will be the focus of our first article. Those pieces in a soundtrack that completely overshadow the movie they were written for. Whether it is a particularly notable song in a musical or a song that was written as a tie-in piece for the credits, the only determinant for entry on this list will be a song that is arguably more well-regarded than the film it came on.

This isn't even to say that the film in question has to be terrible, just overshadowed by the quality of a superior sounding musical piece.

Perhaps that is a bit confusing but I think you all will understand the kind of songs I mean when you look at the list below.

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