Those interested in finding their own film syncs should be aware that syncing to The Beatles album Help! is one of the most widely used albums. Interestingly, it is often used for action films which seems (at first blush) a rather odd choice as it has so many love/relationship songs on the album. Filmmakers compensate by making broad use of "Ticket To Ride" and "Help" and then to cast a rather blind eye to gender issues. So, the song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" could be used tongue in cheek for a lost enemy, lost gem, lost dog, etc. etc.
Another thing to forget about is that one song follows another. Filmmakers don't give a darn about the order of things on an album, they care about using music to inspire them. Period.
I've done a sync of four songs to a segment of the film including:
"Ticket to Ride" "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" "Help!" "I Need You"
Those interested could easily continue the sync to the end of the film if they pay attention to the scenes and little care about needing to repeat songs (hint, hint).
Steven Spielberg has commented on how much an impression the Bond films had on him as a filmmaker. When presenting Sean Connery with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award he said:
“well rare is the moment when to honor an actor who has captured lightning in a bottle. And rare is the moment when that actor creates a character for me, for you and for millions of people around the world. People who do not speak the same language but they share this character, one that inhabits our most impossible dreams and influences what we’d like to wear (Turnbull & Asser with Rolex watch) what we’d like to drink (martinis, shaken not stirred) and what we’d like to drive (Aston Martin DB-5). His very name is an example of this, his name is Bond, James Bond.”
It turns out that the Bond film music helped inspired one of the the most memorable scenes in movie history, the opening scene in Spielberg's film, Raiders of the Lost Ark. So here are the main themes to Goldfinger and Thunderball, back-to-back, separated by only a few seconds within the film, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
