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So you're leaning back in your comfy theater chair, next to your significant other, munching on overpriced lobby snacks, when the [[Coming Attractions|previews]] come on. The first opens with some dramatic [[In a World]] narration about the [[Earth-That-Was]]...but wait a minute. That music sure sounds familiar. "[[Requiem for a Dream|Requiem for]] [[The Lord of the Rings|a Tower]]", again? The next trailer is for some run-of-the-mill PG-rated [[Eddie Murphy]] [[Toilet Humor]] kiddy comedy. It's "I Feel Good" by James Brown! [[Seen It a Million Times|Again!]]
This is a common movie trailer trope. Simply put, many editors of trailers find it easy to use famous songs to elicit a specific mood within a two- or three-minute duration.
See also [[Standard Snippet]]. [[Recycled Trailer Music]] is a close sister trope.
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* As mentioned above, [[James Brown]]'s "I Feel Good" is the go-to song for inane kids' comedies based around [[Toilet Humor]] and [[Eddie Murphy]] [[Acting for Two|playing all the characters]]. In fact, its status as a cliché was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[Tropic Thunder]]''.
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