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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Labyrinth]]'' featured a song score by [[David Bowie]], who also played the main antagonist, the Goblin King. Ten years prior, he worked on a score with Paul Buckmaster for his first [[Non -Actor Vehicle]], ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'', but it went unused and has never seen the light of day save for a snippet of backwards bass that appears on the ''Low'' track "Subterraneans". Various explanations and theories have been given and floated as to why it didn't pan out, ranging from contractual issues to the director wanting a more American sound. ''Another'' popular musician, John Phillips (of The Mamas and the Papas), was hired to write part of the score instead.
* [[Queen]] provided the music for [[Flash Gordon (film)|FLASH! AH-AAAH--]] ...er, we mean ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]''. [[Verbal Tic|Sorry about that.]]
* [[Queen]] also were "born to be princes of the universe" with ''[[Highlander]]''.
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* ''[[Halo]] 2'' has "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin, "The Odyssey" by Incubus, and "Connected" by Hoobastank, although the last isn't used in the game.
* 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"), [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).