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When you're setting up an [[All-Star Cast]], who says you have to stop at ''actors?''
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This particular practice has been somewhat all-over-the-place since it first began. Earlier, [[Trope Maker|Trope Making]] examples sprouted up in [[The Eighties]] with examples such as David Bowie doing the songs for ''[[Labyrinth]]'' and Queen doing the music for movies such as ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Highlander]].'' But animated movies in [[The Nineties]] really [[Trope Codifier|codified]] this trope, with examples such as [[Elton John]] doing the songs for ''[[The Lion King]].'' In particular, animated movies with this kind of musical casting are prone to [[Award Bait Song
And before you ask: Yes, he was in [[Oingo Boingo|a band.]] No, [[Danny Elfman]] does ''not'' count.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Yuki Kajiura]], maker of many soundtracks for various anime series, is one of the two members of famous Japanese pop duo See-Saw (disbanded), and regularly contributes to Japanese music through the solo project [[Fiction Junction]] and the band [[Kalafina]].
** In case you were wondering, yes, this is why ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' and its sequel have insert songs by [[Fiction Junction]], and this is also why ''[[
** Also why ''.hack//SIGN'' has an opening theme, "Obsession" by See-Saw.
* [[Susumu Hirasawa]], a pop star during the 80s and 90s, experienced something of a second coming as a composer of anime soundtracks, notably ''[[Berserk]]'' and the works of [[Satoshi Kon]].
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* From what the rumors say, they tried to do this to ''[[Bone]]'', with famous pop songs and a plot changed to be more "[[Animation Age Ghetto|teen friendly.]]" Jeff Smith was not pleased and shot it down, hard.
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** [[Older Than They Think|A surprisingly early example]]: Peggy Lee wrote (with Sonny Burke) the songs for ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' and sang most of them.
** Country singer Roger Miller wrote and performed "Oo-de-lally", "Not In Nottingham", and "Whistle-Stop" for Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''.
** ''[[The Lion King]]'', with songs by [[Elton John]] (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), popularized this trope in animated features.
** [[Phil Collins]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] wrote the songs for ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]].'' A few years later, he also did the songs for ''[[Brother Bear]]'', which then is lampshaded in the [[DVD Commentary]]:
{{quote|'''Rutt:''' Phil Collins, Phil Collins, Phil Collins... He's everywhere.
'''Tuke:''' Doesn't he take a break? }}
** ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' was originally set to feature a whole arsenal of songs by [[Sting (music)|Sting]], but due to the movie undergoing a massive plot-shift in development, only two songs remain in the movie: Kuzco's facetiously-used theme song, and the end credits [[Award Bait Song]], "My Funny Friend and Me." The rest of the songs can still be heard on the soundtrack album.
* [[Elton John]] also wrote and sang most of the songs in ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'', though unlike ''[[The Lion King]],'' that [[All Animation Is Disney|wasn't a Disney movie.]]
* While [[Peter Gabriel]]'s main contribution to Pixar's ''[[WALL-E]]'' was the end credit song "Down to Earth", he also co-wrote EVE's theme with underscore composer Thomas Newman.
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* will.i.am performed and co-wrote with composer [[Hans Zimmer]] music for ''[[Madagascar]]: Escape 2 Africa''.
* ''[[Despicable Me]]'' had original songs by Pharell Williams, who was also credited for the underscore along with Heitor Pereira.
* Originally, ''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]'' was set to have a whole arsenal of songs by [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]. However, they ended up not fitting with the tone of the film, and mostly getting cut. One short song, sung by Other Father, does remain in the film.
* Plan on watching ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''? Hope you like Bryan Adams!
* The animated ''[[Curious George]]'' movie has songs by Jack Johnson.
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* Stewart Copeland of [[The Police]] wrote the music for ''[[Rumble Fish]]''.
* [[Bob Dylan]] composed a number of original songs for the Sam Peckinpah western ''Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.'' He also appears in a minor role. One of the songs from the film, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," is one of his greatest hits, recorded by (among others) [[Guns N' Roses]].
* [[Neil Young]] improvised the electric guitar soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's acid western ''[[
* Jack White of The White Stripes performed five songs in the film ''[[Cold Mountain]]'' and appeared in a minor role.
* ''[[Kill Bill]] Vol. 1'' features original music by The RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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* Clint Mansell, former vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock-rap-techno-industrial-grebo band Pop Will Eat Itself, moved into film scores after the band disbanded in 1996. Nowadays he's most famous for writing the scores for every single Darren Aronofsky film.
* [[Peter Gabriel]] of 'In Your Eyes' and 'Solsbury Hill' fame composed the music for ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]''.
** He'd actually done another soundtrack before
* Paul McCartney as solo artist composed music for several films, including ''[[Spies Like Us]]'', ''Father's Day,'' ''[[Vanilla Sky]]'', and the American versions of ''[[The Lake House]]'' and ''[[The In Laws]]''. For some reason, films that use his music tend to get too philosophical or too [[Fauxlosophical]] for the intended audiences and achieve limited success.
* Cameron Crowe's film ''[[Singles]]'' features songs from bands in the Seattle grunge scene, which had just started to explode. [[Pearl Jam]] wrote two original songs, "Breath" and "State of Love and Trust," for the film. [[Soundgarden]] created an acoustic track for use in the background ambience of a scene. The song was "Spoonman," which was later re-recorded and became Soundgarden's breakout single.
* [[Dire Straits|Mark Knopfler]] composed a number of scores for movies, such as ''[[Local Hero]]'' and ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''.
* Paramount and [[Disney]]'s ''[[Popeye]]'' [[Live Action Adaptation]] was a musical with songs written by Harry Nilsson.
* [[Daft Punk]] composed the music for ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.
* Horror film ''Trick of Treat'' from 1986 had all its songs written by [[Hard Rock]] band Fastway.
* [[The Residents]], of all people, performed the soundtrack to little-known [[The Eighties|Eighties]] black comedy ''The Census Taker'' (although about half of the soundtrack was previously released material).
* Mark Oliver Everett of Eels composed the soundtrack to ''Levity''.
* Shudder To Think released two soundtracks in 1998 that were notable for being [[Something Completely Different]] from their normal alternative/art-punk sound: the score to ''High Art'' was a mixture of ambient music and instrumental trip-hop, while ''First Love Last Rites'' was a [[Retraux]] 50's and early 60's pastiche with loads and loads of guest vocalists such as [[The Smashing Pumpkins|Billy Corgan]], [[Cheap Trick|Robin Zander]], [[Liz Phair]], and [[Jeff Buckley]]. Members Nathan Larson and Craig Wedren now both do soundtrack work from time to time.
* [[Yo La Tengo]] scored ''[[Adventureland]]''.
* Dave Priner of Soul Asylum scored [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Chasing Amy]]''.
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* ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' had songs by [[Prince]].
** The Sequels had Siouxsie and The Banshees,Nick Cave,Seal,U2 and the Smashing Pumpkins
* Trent Reznor of [[Nine Inch Nails]] and his collaborator Atticus Ross did the soundtrack for ''[[The Social Network]]'' and won an Academy Award for their efforts. They worked together again on the score to the 2011 adaptation of ''[[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]]'', and also had [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs|Karen O]] contribute guest vocals for the [[Cover Version]] of [[Led Zeppelin|"Immigrant Song"]] featured in the opening credits.
* [[BT]] scored the films ''[[Stealth]]'', ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'', ''[[Catch And Release]]'', ''[[Look]]'' and ''[[Monster (film)|Monster]]'', along with the [[Pixar]] short ''Tokyo Mater''.
* [[Nick Cave]] and Warren Ellis created Beautiful scores for ''[[The Proposition]]'',''[[The Road]]'' and ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James]]''
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* U2 wrote and recorded several songs for the film ''[[The Million Dollar Hotel]]''.
* Randy Edelman began his career as a musician who occasionally did film scores, recording a few albums in the process. Since the 1980's, he's recorded film scores full time.
* David Byrne, former lead singer of [[Talking Heads (band)|Talking Heads]] co-wrote the soundtrack for ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' with Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was the composer for ''[[
* The Polyphonic Spree performed the score to ''Thumbsucker''. Before [[Author Existence Failure]] set in, [[Elliott Smith]] was going to score it instead. The songs Smith did complete for the film (two original songs and a [[Cover Version]] of [[Big Star (band)|Big Star]]'s "Thirteen") were still included in the final product.
* Jeremy Barnes' first album as [[A Hawk and a Hacksaw]] provided the soundtrack for the documentary ''Zizek!'' AHAAH has also written an unofficial score that they perform live at showings of ''[[Film/Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors|Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors]]''.
* Alex Turner of the [[Arctic Monkeys]] provided five acoustic songs for the 2010 film [[Submarine]], each used in memorable montages between the two main characters. One of them was even rerecorded for the Monkeys' fourth album.
* Two former members of [[Led Zeppelin]] did film scores. Jimmy page did the scores for ''[[Death Wish II]]'' and ''[[Death Wish 3]]'', and John Paul Jones did the score for an obscure film called ''Scream For Help.''
* While he didn't score the whole film, Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis composed and performed several short instrumental pieces for the independent film ''Gas Food Lodging''.
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* Masato Nakamura from the J-pop band Dreams Come True wrote the soundtracks for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''.
** [[Michael Jackson]] was reportedly hired to compose for ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic 3]].'' Some members of Sonic Team claim Jackson's involvement was unofficial and happened without Sega's knowledge, if it happened at all; others claim to have possession of a complete soundtrack's worth of demos from Jackson. How much of his work actually made it into the finished game is unknown. [[Urban Legend of Zelda|Rumors abound, though]], about [[The Jimmy Hart Version|Jimmy Hart versions]], stolen beats, and whole ''messes'' of trouble relating to the situation.
* Trent Reznor (from [[Nine Inch Nails]]) composed the score for ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]].'' His contributes are noted by the "NIN" logos on the nail packs, which are used as ammo for the nail gun.
** Reznor's drummer buddy, Chris Vrenna also supplied the score for ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''.
* The first three ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' games had their soundtrack composed by Stewart Copeland of the famous 80s band [[The Police]].
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* The overarching [[Leitmotif]] in [[Tales of the Abyss]] is derived from the theme music, composed by BUMP OF CHICKEN, called "Karma".
* The [[God of War]] ''Blood & Metal'' EP by Roadrunner Records was made with this in mind: includes appearances by Trivium, [[Killswitch Engage]], [[Opeth]] and [[Dream Theater]], all writing original material.
* [[David Bowie]] co-wrote and performed the songs of ''[[Omikron: The Nomad Soul]]'', and appears as two different characters in-game. Several of the songs made it onto his album ''hours...''
* [[BT]] produced the soundtrack of ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]] 2: Viva Las Vegas'' and ''[[Tiger Woods]] PGA Tour 2005''. One of the songs in ''DHT 2''(the intro and the second Hoover Dam level) was a remix of his own "Mad Skillz (Mic Chekka)".
* ''[[Descent]] II'' had three of its songs produced by Ogre of [[Skinny Puppy]], and an instrumental remix of "Haunted" by [[Type O Negative]].
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* The title theme to ''WRC'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQYwUm-P2MM Speed]", was produced by Rollo & Sister Bliss, the duo behind Faithless.
* Sonic Mayhem (aka Sascha Dikiciyan aka Toksin) produced the music to ''[[Quake]] II'', ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', and ''[[Hellgate:London]]'', as well as half the music to ''Quake III Arena'', the rest of which was done by [[Front Line Assembly]].
* Indie pop musician Owen Pallett (session violinist / string arranger on albums by [[Arcade Fire]] and others, and has some solo albums) composed part of the music to ''[[Traffic Department 2192]]'' (specifically, the songs "Menu", "Vulture", "Intro 2", and "Death"), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717072107/http://www.zoilus.com/documents//2005/000631.php about 8 years before] his earliest recorded music.
* Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, from the bands System 7 and [[Gong]], composed the music for a few games: the Xbox 360 port of ''[[Centipede]] & [[Millipede]]'' (2007), and the [[Full Motion Video]] game based on ''[[The Lawnmower Man]]'' (1993)<ref>this one is only by Hillage, according to the credits</ref> and its sequel ''Cyberwar'' (1994).
* ''[[Myst|Uru: Ages Beyond Myst]]'' and ''Myst IV: Revelation'' both featured songs by [[Peter Gabriel]].
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